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 municz)General informationThe organizational framework of educational activities follows the classification of natural sciences with regard to interdisciplinary approach and is closely connected to research in individual fields of science: biology, chemistry, Earth sciences, mathematics, and physics. Information about the doctoral study programs and branches can be found here. Students are expected to have a good background in the field as well as sufficient language skills to understand fully the study materials. Applicants are required to hold a corresponding degree from a university. The faculty encourages applications from all students and does not discriminate on the basis of national origin, race, gender or religion. The applicant has to submit following documents (if not required otherwise all materials must be in Czech or English or must be original documents accompanied by Czech or English translations): Faculty of Science does not organize special Open Days for prospective Doctoral students but they are welcome to visit our faculty during Open Days for prospective Bachelor or Master students (see here) or it is possible to come to the International Relations Office after prior arrangement. For further information please contact Mr. Petr Bureš from International Relations Office (pbures@sci Fill in the application form and send it with all required documents (see Admission requirements) to following address: International Relations Office, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 267/2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic. There is no application deadline, you can apply all over the year. Every applicant has to fill an application and pay an admission fee in the amount of 600,- CZK.
Payment instructions are mentioned in the application. If the applicant applies in the period when the electronical application is not open, s/he should contact the International Relation Office that opens and manages the application and sends necessary information about the payment directly to each applicant. The entrance examinations are organised all over the year. The student is required to pass the entrance examination in the appropriate degree program at Masaryk University in person; if this is not possible, the evaluation will be made on the basis of e-mail correspondation held in English. Once the International Office receives all the documents necessary for an admission (mentioned on this web page), the office send them to rectorate of Masaryk University to manage a recognition of the previous education (http://www.muni.cz/study/recognition?lang=en
). This can take some time (months) to manage this. We recommend you to read the amendment to the Act on Residence of Foreign Nationals' in the Territory of the Czech Republic which entered into force on January 1, 2011
and follow its regulations!!! IT IS NECESSARY to come to Czech Republic with at least 20 000 CZK (€ 800) for life expenses in the first month of stay. IT IS NECESSARY to have a health insurance at minimum for the first year of study by one of these Czech insurance companies:
The tuition fee for the doctoral study program in the English language is € 5000 per academic year, to be paid by the employer, government (scholarship) or the student himself/herself. The tuition is payable in September (by those who start in the fall semester) or February (by those who start in the spring semester), and is not refundable.
Students must have satisfactory English language skills. Students who will study the programs in the Czech language are eligible for the annual stipend and they do not pay any tuition. Such students have to prove either their satisfactory Czech language skills or they have to to participate on a
3 years long Czech language course from the beginning of their study, offered free of charge by the Faculty of Science. The graduate students may also work as teaching assistants in the corresponding departments or ask their prospective supervisors for additional financial aid. International students studying in czech language study programme can apply for a scholarship from South Moravian Centre For International Mobility. More information can be found here. |