Ph.D. in Musicology
Prague, Czech Republic
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Mar 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
CZK 25,000 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Applications can only be submitted between December and March 31. The application must be submitted only electronically via the Charles University information system: https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php?do=obory&fakulta=11210&fst=&druh=D&stupr=&obor1=&iscedkod=&jazyk=ENG
** The application fee is paid separately. The exact amount of the application fee for the current academic year can be found here: https://www.ff.cuni.cz/home/applicants/phd-programmes/application-and-admission/#fee
Introduction
We are delighted with your interest in studying at the Faculty of Arts.
On this page, you will find all the available information about the study programme.
If you are really interested in studying, please read the information below before sending us a question. Don't forget to click through all the headlines below as well. Here you will find not only detailed information on the admission requirements but also the curriculum and much more.
The language of instruction is English.
For all information about the study programme and admission procedure conditions see THIS PAGE.
Applications can only be submitted:
- between December 1 and March 31
- electronically using the form provided HERE
Description of the admission process:
- Contact a dissertation consultant (you can find a list of consultants according to your chosen study programme HERE) and send him/her your dissertation proposal for review.
- Submit your application for study via THE ONLINE FORM
- Applications can only be submitted from December 1 until March 31!
- In late April/early May, you will receive an Invitation to the entrance examination via the same system in which you applied.
- At a specified time in May, you will take an entrance exam. The entrance exam is oral and takes place in person in Prague.
- The maximum number of points you can score on the exam is 60. If you have a total of 30 points or more, you have a chance to be admitted – but you need to be within the expected admission number for the programme.
- In May or July, the admission procedure is evaluated, and the information about its result is sent to all applicants.
- Candidates who are successful in the admission procedure are subject to NOSTRIFICATION. This means that they must provide evidence of their previous Master's degree according to the conditions listed HERE.
- Those who have properly documented their previous education and language skills may attend the enrolment in the study, which usualy takes place from August to September.
Admissions
Curriculum
This Plan is obligatory for students enrolled in 2014/15. Students enrolled in 2011/12 and 2013/14 must accomplish items under sections 3-5,while sections 1-2 relate to their individual plan approved at the date of enrollment.
Individual study requirements are set in bold. Unless stated otherwise, the examination takes the form of a course credit.
1. REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE MONITORING OF THESIS PROGRESS
During the 2nd year of studies, the student is expected to submit an extended dissertation proposal and every other year, the student is expected to present the results of the work on the thesis.
1.1Submission of an extended dissertation proposal(AXHVDIS01)
- Year 2 of study
1.2Doctoral Seminar1-3 (I–VI) (AXHVKON01-03)
- There is a compulsory attendance and performance for 1 semester (1st – 3rd year).
2. Basic study requirements
Requirements mandatory for all students of the PhD programme
2.1Foreign Language
- Having consulted this requirement with the supervisor, students choose to sit for an exam in one of the following languages: English (AXJAZ0001), German (AXJAZ0005), French (AXJAZ0002) or Italian (AXJAZ0003)
- Year 1 to Year 2 of study as agreed with the supervisor
2.2Philosophy (AXOBEC002)
- Year 1 to Year 2 of study as agreed with the supervisor
2.3Writing Assessment (AXHVPP001) – or a chapter of the disertation
- Year 3 of study
Requirements assigned individually upon consulting the supervisor
2.4Two Specialization Exams (AXHVSPE... various codes per selected seminars)
- The supervisor assigns an exam and afterwards, the specialization committee approves the exam according to the student’s Individual Study Plan.
- Year 1 to Year 2 of study as agreed with the supervisor
2.5Individual Study Requirements (AXHVSPE... various codes per selected seminars)
- The supervisor may prescribe one or two study requirements according to the student´s needs related to the dissertation
Recommended Schedule Planning: 2 requirements in Year 1 and 2 requirements in Year 2 of study
3.1Publications and Research Activities I, II, III etc. (AXHVOAK01–08)
- Schedule: The student shall report his/her achievements by the deadline on an annual basis. At least one academic activity has to be performed each year until the prescribed minimum of points has been acquired. Activities may include: conference presentations, study abroad period, grant project participation, editorial activity, technical translation, academic course teaching, publication in TS.
- Precondition for submitting the dissertation: The student will have accomplished the following minimum: (1) 2 publications in a reviewed periodical, or one publication in a monograph or in a foreign periodical; (2) min. 2 paper at an international conference outside the Czech Rep (3) one any other activity
- Specification of research activities shall be described in the student´s annual report on Research Activities I, II, III etc. This subject is repeatedly enlisted in the annual plan of study until the student has proclaimed that the stipulated minimum of points has been acquired and until the Subject-Area Board has recognized that the virtual subject Celkové splnění odborných aktivit/ Completion of academic tasks has been completed.
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4. final state exam (ASDZK0001)
– Year 3 of study
– Completion of ALL study requirements from the Basic Study Requirements section of the plan is prerequisite for submitting an application for the Final Exam.
5. Thesis defence (AX0007305)
- Completion of ALL study requirements prescribed in the Individual Study Plan is prerequisite for submitting the application for the defence.
Standard duration of study: 3 years.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STUDY PLAN (ISP)
The template of the ISP is created in the SIS by the Research Office (“Oddělení vědy”), assigning automatically to every doctoral student all of the requirements common to all of the students of the PhD programme – that is, the requirements in the plan’s framework above, with their respective codes. As soon as this basic ISP is created, the student – having consulted the supervisor – needs to add in the SIS:
1. Foreign Language, choosing from languages associated in the SIS with the respective study plan.
2. Individual Study Requirements as specified above. These requirements may be added either by choosing an already existing course, or (if such the course does not exist in the SIS yet), by entering the so-called “course description” (“popis předmětu”), which describes the given requirement, and will be paired with a concrete course in the SIS later.
3. Year of completion: for all requirements in the plan above without a designated year of completion.
Scholarships and Funding
For information on governmental scholarships, please visit the website of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (https://www.msmt.cz/eu-and-international-affairs/scholarships). Further, you may consult the following website: https://www.studyin.cz/plan-your-studies/scholarships.
Other Ph.D. scholarships can be found at: https://www.cuni.cz/UKEN-72.html and http://www.cuni.cz/UKEN-68.html
Career Opportunities
The individually designed attestation system of the doctoral program provides graduates with an insight into the current state of research and methodology of the subject, especially in the selected area of specialization and closely related disciplines. During the course, graduates also explored philosophical issues connected to their doctoral subjects and topics and passed a foreign language exam. The doctoral dissertation is a scientifically valuable contribution to the investigation of the topic and its findings are usually published as a monograph or study in a scientific journal.