Doctoral Studies

Details about the Study

General information about doctoral studies is provided in the following paragraphs. More detailed information can be found on this page.

Admission Requirements

Candidates who are about to finish or have completed their master's studies are admitted to the doctoral study program (DSP). Admission is conditioned upon passing an interview in front of a committee. The committee has at least three members, it is chaired by the head of the Department of Informatics and Chemistry, and includes all potential supervisors. During the interview, the candidate briefly (about 10 minutes, no need to prepare a PowerPoint presentation) introduces not only to his/her diploma thesis, but mainly his/her PhD project. Therefore, the candidate should discuss the PhD project with his/her supervisor in advance. The interview is held in English.

Course of Study

  1. The study in the doctoral study program follows an approved individual study plan (ISP) compiled jointly by the student and the supervisor.
  2. It is assumed that the student will complete exams from all subjects of the ISP no later than at the end of the 2nd year of the study.
  3. Each PhD student is obliged to participate, usually by the end of the 2nd year, in the scientific conference of PhD students at the UCT Prague, where he/she will give a lecture in English describing results of his/her Ph.D. project. This conference is held 3 times a year (March, June, November). The number of places at the conference is limited. It is necessary to report interest in participation to the dean's office, preferably when enrolling to the new year of study.
  4. Part of the doctoral studies is also the international internship at least one month long.
  5. At the latest, at the end of the 2nd year of study the student must choose 3 thematic areas, from which he/she will take the State Doctoral Exam (SDZ). It is expected that the student will take the SDZ at the end of the 3rd year of doctoral studies. details

Individual Study Plan (ISP), details

  1. The ISP must include at least 4 subjects selected according to the following key:
    • At least 2 subjects from the Module A that contains "core" bio and chemoinformatics subjects.
    • The remaining subjects from the Module B that includes subjects from areas complementary to the studied DSP. Within the Module B, apart from those proposed, other doctoral or master's subjects taught at UCT or other universities can also be chosen.
    • From the optional Module C, it is highly recommended to take the two-semester course Effective Scientific Writing. However, do not include this subject into your ISP! The course is led by Craig Riddell, a native speaker with a university education in a technical field. The aim of the course is to improve students' abilities needed for writing scientific articles. Craig announces in advance when he will open the enrollment. The enrollment is done by sending the e-mail to Craig, because the coiurse is in a high demand, the e-mail must be sent just in the second the enrollment opens!
  2. It is recommended to put into the ISP just the minimum number of necessary subjects (i.e., 4). Any additional subjects can of course be attended by the student, but if they are not in the ISP (therefore not a study obligation), the student does not need to stress about having to pass exams from these.

Doctoral Study Subjects, details


State Doctoral Exam (SDZ), details

The SDZ includes 2 compulsory and 1 optional area. The optional area is chosen by the student according to the focus of his/her dissertation. Each area is linked to one subject in the Module A.

Two compulsory areas Optional (choose 1 area)