Doctoral Studies – Admission

Conditions for admission

• completion of study on the Master study programme,
• submission of the required annexes,
• payment of an administrative fee for the admission procedure,
• successful completion of the admission interview.

Application for study

• electronically at eprihlaska.zcu.cz,
• fill in required data,
• enclose the following annexes (in PDF format - rules):
  • structured CV in the format Europass,
  • university diploma or other proof of completed higher education; in the case of higher education undertaken abroad, the decision on the recognition of foreign education or confirmation on the level of foreign education achieved,
  • diploma supplement,
• we do not require a medical certificate of medical fitness,
• the applicant has the right to state in the application that he/she is a person with special educational needs,

Rules for attachments to doctoral study at FEL UWB

• Scan the originals of the required documents to PDF and upload them when submitting the e-application in step 2, section Upload files required for you field of study.
• Attachments are accepted in Czech or English.
• If you do not yet have attachments available at the time of application, you can upload them later.
• Choose appropriate file names to make attachments easy to identify.
• Attachments can be uploaded individually or combined into a single file.
• To upload attachments, use the Browse... button at the bottom of the page.
• Confirm the upload of the file by clicking Save file.
• Uploading attachments must be done by the deadlines.
• A maximum of 12 files can be uploaded.

Payment of the administrative fee

• The administrative fee for admission procedure is CZK 750.
• The fee can be paid by bank transfer, cash at a bank or at the UWB cash desk, or by postal order.
• Information on the bank transfer:
  • BIC  SWIFT: KOMBCZPPXXX
  • bank code: 0100
  • IBAN - CZK: CZ8101000000004811530257
  • IBAN - EUR: CZ0401000000004845500267
  • IBAN - USD: CZ3201000000004845490257
  • variable symbol: 2275000126
  • specific symbol: generated number for the application.

Admission interview

• The interview is held with the candidate present in person, in front of a committee appointed by the Dean but can also be conducted by means of a videoconference.
• The admission interview takes place in the language of the study program for which the applicant is applying.
• During the interview, the committee will ask the candidate questions with regard to the field of study and the general topic for which the candidate applies.
• Each applicant is asked three questions by the committee. Each response will be assessed by the Committee using the following grades: "Passed" or "Failed".
• The candidate will have successfully passed the admission interview if he/she receives a "Passed" grade for minimally two answers.
• Applicants who fail to attend the admission interview will be assessed as “Failed” and will not be admitted.

Admission procedure dates

Deadline for submitting the application      from 15 December 2025 to 15 April 2026

Deadline for submitting the required annexes to the application      by 15 April 2026

Deadline for payment of the administrative fee      by 15 April 2026

Date for admission interview      28 April 2026

Deadline for verification of the admission procedure requirements      30 April 2026