Dean´s Directive for admissions proceedings to studies in DDS
1 Basic provision
The Directive complements the Dean´s Regulation No.12/2018
on the Conditions for Admission to Study in Doctoral Degree Study Programmes at the Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU in Prague
approved by the Academic Senate of FCE CTU in Prague on 28 November 2018.
2 List of Doctoral degree study programmes
Type of study: full-time and combined
Standard period of study: 4 years
Fyzikální a materiálové inženýrství
Physical and Materials Engineering
Pozemní stavby
Building Engineering
Konstrukce a dopravní stavby
Structural and Transportation Engineering
Stavební management a inženýring
Construction Management and Engineering
Inženýrství životního prostředí
Environmental Engineering
Vodní hospodářství a vodní stavby
Water Management and Water Engineering
Matematika ve stavebním inženýrství
Mathematics in Civil Engineering
Geodézie a kartografie
Geodesy and Cartography
Architektura a stavitelství
Průmyslové dědictví
Stavební obnova památek
Architecture and Sustainable Development
Integrální bezpečnost
Integral Safety
Akustika
Acoustics
3 Important dates
Start of Doctoral degree studies | 1. 9. 2024 |
Published | 1. 12. 2023 |
Submission of applications to the Department of Science and Research | 18. 4. 2024 – 30. 5. 2024 |
Forwarded to BB Chairpersons | by 3. 6. 2024 |
Returned from BB Chairpersons to the Department of Science and Research | 27. 6. 2024 |
Decision on admission (sent to Ph.D. study applicants) | by 26. 7. 2024 |
In exceptional cases, based on an application, the Dean may authorise an extraordinary date of the admissions proceedings and the start of Doctoral degree studies.
4 Application requirements
The Ph.D. study candidate fills in the electronic application form attaching all compulsory enclosures mentioned below to it.
After paying the administration fee, the candidate prints out the saved application, signs it, gets it signed by the Supervisor
and the Head of the Training Department and, including printed enclosures, submits it to the Department of Science and Research
(Doctoral degree studies) by the date stipulated by this Dean’s Directive, Art. II.
Address for submitting documents:
Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU in Prague
Department of Science and Research (Room C 105)
Thákurova 7
166 29 Praha 6
In the event of a state of emergency situation, the conditions for submitting applications are currently specified.
The Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU in Prague does not accept applications for Doctoral degree studies from applicants who
have been expelled from Doctoral degree studies at FCE CTU in Prague.
5 Application enclosures
- CV (hand signed by the applicant)
- Study results from university studies (Bachelor’s and Master’s degree)
- Copies of certificates of education (certified copy of an academic degree diploma in Master’s degree studies, the copy
can be certified by an authorized person by comparing it to the original at the time of registration for Ph.D. studies)
– final year university students shall submit it immediately after graduation.
The applicants who have completed their previous education in a country other than the Czech Republic or the Slovak Republic must
submit a certificate of their diploma nostrification together with their application – this is arranged by the CTU Rectorate
- List of the applicant’s published and unpublished works and other activities
- References (evaluation) by two experts in the field, at least one of whom must be a university teacher
(for the form see - https://portal.fsv.cvut.cz/en/doktor/doctoral_study.php)
- One of the following documents, proving the passing of an examination in Czech in accordance with the Conditions for Admission to Study
(Dean’s Regulation No. 12/2018, par. d) - applies to foreign nationals
(excluding citizens of the Slovak Republic) applying for studies in Czech:
- certificate of graduation from a Master’s degree study programme taught in Czech
- certificate of passing the school leaving or state examination in Czech
- certificate of passing an examination in Czech minimally at a B2 level according to the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages"
at the Department of Languages FCE CTU in Prague or at the Institute for Language and Preparatory Studies Charles University.
- One of the following documents, proving the passing of an examination in English in accordance with the Conditions for Admission to Study
(Dean’s Regulation No. 12/2018, par. e) - applies to applicants
applying for studies in English:
- certificate of graduation from a Master’s degree study programme taught in English
- certificate of passing the school leaving or state examination in English
- certificate of passing an examination in English minimally at a B2 level according to the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages"
at the Department of Languages FCE CTU in Prague or at the Institute for Language and Preparatory Studies Charles University.
6 Application submission procedure
6.1 Fill in and print out the CTU electronic application at:
prihlaska.cvut.cz,
attach compulsory enclosures to it and submit all in printed form (included all enlosures) to the Department of Science and Research.
6.2 The fee for the acts related to the admissions proceedings is 900 CZK and is paid within the electronic application filling procedure
either through a payment gateway or by a CTU card. After the application has been registered at the Faculty, the administration fee is not refundable.
6.3 The application will be accepted for the admissions proceedings if the above points 6.1 and 6.2 have been complied with by a specified date.
7 Course of admissions proceedings
After submitting their application, the applicants for Doctoral degree study programmes may be invited by the Chairpersons of Branch Boards to attend
an entrance examination in person or invited to a distance interview.
The Branch Board Chairperson (in his/her absence, the Examination Board Chairperson) draws up the "Admissions Proceedings Protocol" on the course
of the admissions proceedings.
The Examination Board may decide on the result of the entrance examination without the applicant’s presence. This fact is noted in the Protocol
in the section "Entrance Examination Course".
The Faculty sends the Dean’s decision on admission/non-admission to study to the applicants by registered letter to their own hands no later than
30 days after the entrance examination date. The applicant may apply for a review of this decision. The written application shall be submitted
to the CTU Rector via the Department of Science and Research within 30 days from the date of the decision receipt.
m.p.
Prof. Ing. Jiří Máca, CSc.
Dean of FCE
PDF version of the directive - see this website