PhD Essentials

• An applicant becomes a student on the day of enrolment in their studies. Enrollment in doctoral studies takes place only in the 1st year.

Doctoral study programmes are realised in the full-time or part-time (combined) form. PhD studies are not ECTS-based. Courses for doctoral students only are not assigned a particular number of credits. Study requirements are the same in both study forms. 

• Full-time form: the doctoral student fully participates in the work at the supervising workplace, and uses all the social benefits and rights of a full-time CU student (stipend, dormitory accommodation, discounted meals in canteens).
• Part-time form: the doctoral student is usually in a regular employment relationship and is not entitled to the benefits provided by the university to full-time students.

You can request a change of your study form, which may be granted upon the Dean’s decision.

A standard period of study is at most four years, depending on the accreditation of the respective programme. The maximum duration of a doctoral study programme is eight years. For students admitted to study no later than the academic year 2016/2017, the maximum length of study is the standard length of study of this study programme prolonged by five years. You can find your maximum duration of a doctoral study programme in the IS module “Personal data and settings.”

In case you are not a CUNI graduate or your IS credentials expired, please visit the CU Point after enrolment to obtain your CUNI Student Card with the credentials to the IS.

• How to generate your transcript of records
• How to find your delivered decuments
• How to find the reviews of your dissertation
• How to find invitations to state doctoral examinations/defences in the SIS
• How to approve an ISP (for SABs)
• How to approve an annual assessment (for supervisors)
• How to approve an annual assessment (for SABs)
• How to submit a request via IS

Please, keep your personal data – especially your contact details and bank details – updated and valid. You can change some of these yourself in the SIS, otherwise please contact your study advisor with a request for change. 

Data that a student can change on his/her own:

• the data “other address”, which is the address for the delivery of documents within the scope of studies
• which address is to be used for the delivery of documents in the course of studies (permanent or “other address”)
• the dormitory and room number
• up to three telephone numbers: mobile, telephone 1, telephone 2
• email address for communication on study-related matters (faculty email address is preferred)
• bank details: bank code, bank account number

Information that can only be changed by the Department for PhD Study:

The following is a list of the student's personal data that can only be changed by the relevant department of the faculty or faculties at which the student is studying (or by the personel department of the CU units, if the student is also in an employment relationship with a CU unit), based on a written notification of the change of data and the presentation of the student's ID card or passport (or other document, if specified below for the relevant data):

• surname, first name, middle name and maiden name (to be proved by a civil registry document, e.g. marriage certificate)
• marital status (as evidenced by a civil registry document, e.g. marriage certificate)
• titles before the name, titles after the name – titles obtained by studying at CU or other schools
• birth number or birth code of the foreigner
• citizenship and citizenship qualifier (citizen, refugee, etc.)
• ID card number
• up to two passport numbers (for foreigners)
• municipality, district and country of birth
• whether the person is a permanent resident of the Czech Republic
• indication of “permanent address”
• the current status of the card and the date of the last change in this status (when the student's card is surrendered to the Department for PhD Study and when the card is reissued to the student if he or she re-enters the programme)
• notes on telephone numbers
• the highest level of education attained

You can interrupt your studies by providing a formal request (to be downloaded here).

Please submit a Notification of withdrawal from study at the study department (to be downloaded here).

1. It is possible to withdraw from the scheduled date of defence by submitting a written notification to the PhD office. The defence date expires.
2. If you do not attend the defence/SDE without a reasonable apology, the date expires. 
3. If you realize on the date of the defence/SDE, that you can't attend (for health reasons or any other serious reasons), please call and send an email to the PhD studies office and the SAB chairman. Please submit a document justifying your absence as soon as possible. The Dean decides whether your apology is justified or not; if not, the date expires. 
4. If you know you won't be able to attend the SDE/defence date for serious reasons, please submit an official request for rescheduling. 

The student graduates, and therefore may use their academic title, from the day of the successful defence. Read more on the graduation ceremony and diplomas...