General Information for Doctoral Studies

Students can attend either four semesters (intermediate level codes NJAZ068 and NJAZ069) or two semesters (advanced students - code NJAZ092) of preparation prior to taking their examination (see the schedule of English for PGS). All courses are given once a week for 90 minutes.

Advanced students can also attend a special one semester course of Academic English focusing on presentation skills, and academic writing -- code NJAZ093. This course is given only during the summer semester.

  Winter Summer
NJAZ068 English for Ph.D. Students I 0/2  
NJAZ116 English for Ph.D. Students II   0/2
NJAZ069 English for Ph.D. Students III 0/2  
NJAZ117 English for Ph.D. Students IV   0/2
NJAZ092 English for Advanced Ph.D. Students I 0/2  
NJAZ118 English for Advanced Ph.D. Students II   0/2
NJAZ115 Academic English I 0/2  
NJAZ093 Academic English II   0/2

The English language examination (code DZK001) is compulsory; students must pass the English examination in order to be admitted to the defence of a  doctoral thesis.

Students can sit for the examination (given during the examination periods) any time during their studies.

Textbooks for the general English course are Advanced Expert Coursebook, Third Edition (Jan Bell and Roger Gower, Pearson). Other materials will be handed out during the course.

The English examination for doctoral students can be replaced completely by the certificate UNIcert® III, English for Mathematicians.

NOTICE

In the case of doctoral English studies and examination at MFF UK, contact Mgr. Zuzana Hořká, deputy head of the Department of Language Education.
 

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