Graduation in a university master´s degree program.
AI Website GeneratorThis document (hereafter Requirements) for accredited Doctoral study program History of Sciences and Technology, study branch History of Sciences and Technology in Czech and English, hereby defines the requirements for admission into full-time and combined form of this DST at FEE CTU in Prague.
Admission of applicants for DSP HST is governed by the following:
1. Act No. 111/1998 Coll. on Universities and on changes and amendments of other acts (Universities Act), as amended (hereafter only “Act“),
2. Statutes of the Czech Technical University in Prague (approved by the AS CTU in Prague on June 28, 2017 and effective as of September 1, 2017), i.e.:
a) Article 6 Admission for Study,
b) Article 9 Requirements for Study of Foreigners,
c) Article 11 Fees connected with studies (1) – see Annex No. 5 to the CTU Statutes,
d) Article 45 Official Notice Board and Delivery, and
3. these Requirements for admission procedure for the DSP HST.
Doctoral study program: History of Sciences and Technology
Study branch: History of Sciences and Technology
Program code: P0222D120032/ P0222D120033
Form of study: full-time, part-time (combined)
Standard length of study: 4 years
Awarded academic title: doctor (PhD)
Language of instruction: Czech, English
Graduation in a university master´s degree program.
Successful completion of a two-round admission procedure.
To study at FEE CTU in Prague applicants submit Application for DSP HST. Applications should be accompanied with required documents and evidence of payment of admission fee and addressed to:
Department for Science and Research at FEE CTU in Prague
Technická 2
CZ-166 27 Praha 6.
Date of delivery is decisive.
by April 30 (course commences on September 1)
or
by October 31 (course commences on February 1)
DSP HST SAB offers a list of framework (general) subjects for doctoral theses, as published at http://www.fel.cvut.cz, and in these requirements as appendices, also allowing PhD students eventual individual selection of their subject.
Proposals of specific subjects to be submitted as part of one´s application should be consulted in advance (at least two months prior to the deadline for submitting applications) with Prof. PhDr. Marcela Efmertová, CSc., SAB Chair, (efmertov@fel.cvut.cz); the selected subject together with the name of the tutor of the framework subject should be added in the application.
A. Evidence of applicant´s acquired education – officially verified copy of documents on education:
A a) Applicants, who have properly and successfully finished their master´s degree study by the time of submitting their application, should also attach to it documents on passing final state exam of their master´s degree stage, plus an officially verified copy of their master´s diploma. Applicants, who have not yet properly finished their master´s degree by the time of submitting their application, should submit a document on passing final state exam of their master´s degree, plus an officially verified copy of their master´s diploma as soon as possible after completing it, by the time of registration for DSP HST at the latest.
A b) Applicants, who have finished their master´s degree at a university abroad (except the Slovak Republic), shall submit a document on the recognition of university education abroad in accordance with the provisions of § 89 and § 90 of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on universities, at the time of registration for DSP HST at the latest.
Certificate on the knowledge of the Czech language shall be submitted solely by foreign students (except citizens of the Slovak Republic), either as:
• an officially verified copy of the document on applicant´s school-leaving exam or state exam in the Czech language,
or
• an officially verified copy of the certificate on passing Czech language exam, level B2. Certificate on passing the Czech language exam should be attached to the application, eventually delivered on the day of the admissions procedure at the latest.
• in exceptional cases, approved by DSP HST SAB, French language may also be used in conformity with the agreements between FEE CTU in Prague and Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (co-tutelle study module).
B. Structured professional CV signed by applicant.
C. Proposed project indicative of applicant´s planned doctoral thesis, complete with an outline of its methodology, research methods, list of sources and specialized literature relating to the project, running from five to ten pages.
D. Summary of applicant´s professional activities so far (e.g. awarded grants, pedagogical activity, cooperation in exhibitions, guide services, editorial and other experience etc.).
E. List of own publishing activities focused on the subject area for entrance interview.
F. Document on the payment of fee for admission procedure.
Data in your application should be true and complete. Application forms containing false or incomplete data, just as those without attached annexes shall not be accepted. Application forms arriving after deadline shall not be considered either.
There are two deadlines for receiving applications for DSP in each academic year – April 30 and October 31. At the proposal of the Chair of DSP HST SAB (following agreement of the entire SAB), Vice-dean may call an extraordinary term of admission procedure for DSP HST. Announcement of a special term will be published on FEE CTU´s Official Notice Board.
Comprising a two-round selection procedure, entrance interview is held in front of DSP HST SAB. Its aim is to identify applicant´s prerequisites for studying the given DSP HST, for autonomous scholarly creative work and publishing activities, and to check his or her adequate level of specialized and linguistic knowledge.
The two-round admission procedure for DSP HST consists of written tests and orals.
Both stages of the entrance interview are designed to test primarily applicants´ specialized knowledge, their ingenuity and readiness for autonomous scientific research in the chosen branch. Oral entrance interview comes complete with a specialized discussion of the submitted doctoral thesis project. In keeping with the accreditation regulations of the HST branch, entrance interview is conducted in Czech or English, eventually in a world language in accordance with the specific terms of the entrance interview (for the co-tutelle/double degree module).
Vice-dean of FEE CTU may permit applicants to hold their entrance interview at an alternative date after they have asked for an alternative date in writing and the request has been delivered to Vice-dean´s hands on the third day after the regularly fixed date of holding the interview at the latest. Vice-dean shall grant the request if applicants cannot attend the scheduled interview at the regular date due to serious and well-documented reasons.
Prerequisite for admission is to submit application, complete with all the above-mentioned annexes, including documents on finished master´s degree by the stipulated date and on subsequent passing of the two-round admission procedure.
Applicants for study will be admitted depending on the order of their results scored in the selection procedure until the capacity of the full-time and combined DST HST courses has been reached.
Admitted for study will be applicants, who have scored a minimum of 70 points in their oral entrance interview (having been invited only after passing written tests from history: primarily History of Sciences and Technology and economic and social history of the 18th – 20th centuries and selected language) and who have placed - in the number of points scored - among the previously stipulated maximum total of seven (7) admitted applicants according to the NAU (National Accreditation Bureau) accreditation for DSP HST in the given academic year. Applicant´s overall points score is a sum total of partial points evaluation of his or her performance in the individual items of the oral entrance interview. Overall, maximum of 100 points can be scored.
Entrance interview - oral (max. 100 points) consists of the following categories:
1. Expertise (max. 60 points):
a) specialized discussion of the submitted project of one´s doctoral thesis in the HST branch and its methodology, plus specialized literature and sources relating to the project (max. 30 p.),
b) evaluation of applicant´s expertise and track record in specialized and publishing activities relating to the study branch so far (max. 15 b.),
c) display of applicant´s knowledge in his or her own study of the HST branch (max. 15 p.).
2. Oral linguistic knowledge (max. 40 points) – EN, FR, GER:
a) promptness (max. 10 p.),
b) style and command of specialized vocabulary (max. 15 p.),
c) linguistic correctness (max. 15 p.).
Announcement of admission procedure results
Decision on admission or non-admission shall be delivered to applicants at least 30 days after the date of their entrance interview by registered letter delivered into their own hands. Applicants, who have not yet finished their master´s degree at the time of submitting their application, shall receive decision on admission into DSP HST after delivering documents on completing their master´s degree and an officially verified copy of their diploma. Applicants are obliged to deliver such documents at FEE CTU immediately, at the time of registration into DSP HST at the latest. When admitted for studies, applicants will receive notification on admission as well as an invitation for registration. Should an applicant fail to receive his or her notification, the decision will be published on FEE CTU´s Official Notice Board in Prague. The eighth day following the publication on the board shall be considered as the delivery date.
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