Completion of studies

Requirements

• Achieving 240 credits
• Meeting the requirements of an individual study plan
• Successful completion of compulsory core subjects
• Successful completion of compulsory hard skills subjects
• Successful completion of compulsory soft skills courses
• Annual active participation in the PhD Progress Day
• Completing one internship
• Publication of results of student's doctoral theses in an international journal with an impact factor.* The student has to be the first author of at least one publication. If this publication has not IF in Q1 in the given field of study, there should be two more publication with IF in Q1 or Q2 of which student should be a co-author.
  * In case you plan to publish an article in an open access journal without impact factor, consult your intention with the chair of the doctoral committee immediately. The committee will review the specific situation and quality of the journal and decide whether such output will meet the requirements for the completion of studies.

Procedure

Detailed information:  MU Study and examination regulations, sections 31 – 34

Student submits the Application for the State Doctoral Examination (SDE), the Application for the Defense of PhD thesis with all required attachments and the Dissertation work at least two months before the planned date of the state exam.

The State doctoral examination, thesis, as well as the defense, is performed in English.

The Chair of the Doctoral committee designates a 7-member Board of experts (an examination committee) composed of the Chairman, Members, and Opponents. At least two members are not in an employment relationship with MU; one of the opponents must be from a foreign institution.

The State doctoral examination and Defense of PhD thesis are coordinated by the CEITEC Department of Strategy and Science in cooperation with the Office for International Relations and Doctoral Study at the Faculty of Science.

The defense of PhD thesis follows the SDE within a day.

The dissertation thesis

The thesis presents the results of work carried out by a candidate in the course of his/her studies. It must contain original results which have been either published or accepted for publication and can be processed in two different formats:
a) a set of publications or manuscripts accompanied by a comprehensive introduction and commentary
b) a monography with experimental results

The dissertation thesis is submitted electronically through IS MU plus 5 printed copies in B5 format (1 copy for archiving at the Faculty of Science, 3 copies for opponents, 1 copy for archiving at CEITEC MU).

The State Doctoral Examination (SDE)

BIO-OMICS
For SDE, the supervisor in co-operation with the Chair of the Doctoral Committee designate three topics regarding the theme of the doctoral theses and passed hard skills subjects. The student is acquainted with the designated topics within 2 weeks after submission of the Application for  SDE. According to his/her choice, he/she will prepare for the SDE a presentation of about 10 minutes to one of these topics. The presentation will be followed by a discussion on the topic chosen and also on the two remaining topics, then as well on general questions covering the field.

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
For SDE, the supervisor in co-operation with the Chair of the Doctoral Committee identifies three general topics that do not cover the topic of the dissertation work (they may touch but not build on it). The student is acquainted with the specified topics within 2 weeks after submission of the Application for  SDE. According to his/her choice, will prepare for the SDE a presentation of about 10 minutes on one of them. The presentation will be followed by a discussion on the chosen topic, as well as questions covering the area of the given discipline, based on the syllabus of the topics for the state doctoral examinations.

Defense

A student must meet all requirements for completion of studies before starting PhD thesis defense. The defense is given by a 20-minute presentation of results of the doctoral project, followed by a discussion clarifying the comments and questions of the opponents and further questions of the members of the committee.

Candidates for members of the Examination Committee – Bio-omics

Chair:

Prof. Jiří Fajkus
Assoc. Prof. Miloslava Fojtová
Assoc. Prof. Jan Paleček

Internal Members:

Assoc. Prof. Jan Havliš
Assoc. Prof. Martin Lysák
Assoc. Prof. Jan Hejátko
Assoc. Prof. Ctirad Hofr
prof. Šárka Pospíšilová

External members:

prof. Boris Vyskot
prof. Petr Hořín
prof. Jaroslav Doležel

Candidates for members of the Examination Committee – Structural Biology

Chair:

prof. Lukáš Žídek
prof. Jaroslav Koča
prof. Michaela Wimmerová
prof. Vladimír Sklenář

Internal members:

Assoc. Prof. Miroslav Fojta
Assoc. Prof. Petr Skládal
prof. Jiří Šponer
Assoc. Prof. Richard Štefl
Assoc. Prof. Lukáš Trantírek
Assoc. Prof. Štěpánka Vaňáčová

External members:

Assoc. Prof. Michal Čajan
prof. Libor Grubhoffer
Assoc. Prof. Richard Hrabal
Assoc. Prof. Marek Petřivalský
Assoc. Prof. Vojtěch Spiwok
prof. Marek Šebela
prof. Michaela Vorlíčková