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This Directive complements Conditions for Admission to Study in Doctoral Degree Study Programmes at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU in Prague approved by AS FCE CTU on 25.3.2015.

I. List of Doctoral degree study programmes

II. Important deadlines

1. start of Doctoral degree study (DDS) on 1. 10. 2017
   Published on: 1. 12. 2016
   Submitting application forms to Department of Science and Research (DSR): 20. 4. 2017 - 31. 5. 2017
   Passed to Chairs of Branch Boards: 2. 6. 2017
   Returned from Chairs of Branch Boards to DSR: 26. 6. 2017
   Decision on admission (sent to candidates for DDS): by 26. 7. 2017

2. start of Doctoral degree study (DDS) on 1. 3. 2018
   Published on: 3. 7. 2017
   Submitting application forms to Department of Science and Research (DSR): 16. 11. 2017 – 8. 1. 2018
   Passed to Chairs of Branch Boards: 10. 1. 2018
   Returned from Chairs of Branch Boards to DSR: 29. 1. 2018
   Decision on admission (sent to candidates for DDS): by 28. 2. 2018

III. Admission procedure

After submitting the filled in application form, candidates for Doctoral degree study in Doctoral degree study programmes of Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Cartography and Architecture and Building Engineering may be invited to personal participation in the entrance examination by Chairpersons of Branch Boards.

The Chairperson of a Branch Board (or the Chairperson of the Board of Examiners, if the former is absent) elaborates the ´Entrance Procedure Protocol´ about the course of the entrance procedure.

The Board of Examiners may decide about the result of the entrance examination without the candidate´s presence. This fact is entered in the Protocol, in section ´Course of Entrance Examination´.

The Dean´s decision on admission/non-admission to study is sent by the Faculty to candidates by registered mail with personal delivery against a receipt no later than within 30 days after the entrance examination date. The candidate may apply for a review of this decision. The written application is submitted to the CTU Rector via the Department of Science and Research within 30 days after the delivery date of the decision.

IV. Prerequisites of the application form

Candidates for study submit a properly filled in application form, including the enclosures below, to the Department of Science and Research by the date specified in this Dean´s Directive:

Fakulta stavební ČVUT v Praze / Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU in Prague
Odd. pro vědu a výzkum / Department of Science and Research
Thákurova 7
166 29 Praha 6

Application forms cannot be sent by electronic mail for the reason of adding signatures (candidate´s, supervisor´s, head of department´s).
The Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU in Prague does not accept application forms from candidates who have been expelled from doctoral degree study at FCE CTU in Prague.

Enclosures to the application form:

1. curriculum vitae (signed by candidate´s own hand)
2. study results during university study (Bachelor´s and Master´s degree)
3. copies of certificates of education (certified copy of the diploma granting a degree – no later than within 5 days after the graduation ceremony, the copy can be certified against the original by an authorized staff member during registration), potential other documents certifying passed examinations (in a selected branch, in foreign languages), students of the last year at university shall submit the above certificates after passing the final graduation examination/graduation ceremony. Candidates who completed previous education in a country other than the Czech Republic or Slovak Republic must submit a certificate of their diploma validation together with the application form
4. list of published and unpublished candidate´s works and other activities
5. recommendation (evaluation) by two experts in the field, one of whom, at least, must be a university teacher. The recommendations must be confidential, i.e. in a sealed envelope
6. proof of payment of the fee covering expenses related to the admission procedure
7. one of the certificates below proving passing an examination in Czech language pursuant to Condition for Admission to Study, Par. 1d) – refers to foreign citizens (excluding candidates from the Slovak Republic) applying for study in Czech:
   • certificate of completion of a Master´s degree study programme taught in Czech,
   • certificate of passing the school-leaving examination or state examination in Czech,
   • certificate of passing an examination in Czech language at min. a B2 level according to the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" at the Department of Languages FCE CTU or at any faculty/part of CTU, or at the Institute for Language and Preparatory Studies Charles University.
8. one of the following certificates proving passing an examination in English language pursuant to Conditions for Admission to Study, Par. 1e) – refers to candidates for study in English:
   • certificate of passing a Master´s degree study programme taught in English,
   • certificate of passing the school-leaving examination or state examination in English,
   • certificate of passing an examination in English at min. a B2 level according to the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages".

V. Administration fee

The fee covering acts related to the admission procedure (pursuant to Art. 11 Par. 1 Letter a/) amounts to 0.2 times the basic fee rounded down to the nearest multiple of fifty Czech Crowns.

The fee can be paid by postal order of type A or by bank transfer. The Faculty postal order can be obtained at the Department of Science and research.

Bank connection:
Komerční banka Praha 6
Account No.: 19-5504610227/0100
Variable symbol: 312
Note for the recipient: candidate´s name

Banking fees related to the transfer of the fee to the Faculty account are always paid by the candidate.
After filing the application form at the Faculty, the administration fee shall not be returned.

24. 11. 2016