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| Address: | MFF UK – Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Praha 2 |
| Contact Person: | Mgr. Magdaléna Nová, DiS. |
| E-mail: | magdalena.nova@matfyz.cuni.cz |
| Phone: | +420 951 551 232 |
| Application's submission: | November 30, 2025 |
| Entrance examination dates: | January 12 till 16, 2026 |
| Alternative entrance examination date: | January 26 till 30, 2026, can be requested for serious reasons only |
| Charge for an on-line application: | 1500 CZK |
Admission procedure II. 2025/2026 for all doctoral programs taught in English and combined form at Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, with the exception of the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology program (admission requirements for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology are listed in the study programme description, dates and deadlines are the same)
To apply for one of our doctoral study programmes taught in English you must hold or be working towards a master's diploma and have the necessary abilities for research. The latter consists mainly of the knowledge of the chosen field, English language, and the ability of independent creative work as well as teamwork. The assessment of these abilities is based on the documents submitted with your application and on the entrance examination, if the latter is not waived (see below). The admission procedure commences with the submission of a complete application form and all obligatory attachments.
Important dates:
Admission for studies
Admission for studies in one of our doctoral study programmes taught in English except the programme Physics Education and General Problems of Physics will be granted to the applicants who
Admission for studies to the doctoral study programme Physics Education and General Problems of Physics taught in English will be granted to the applicants who
Entrance examination to all programmes taught in English
The entrance examination for all study programmes consists of two rounds. 1st round Assessment of candidates on the basis of the attachments to the application form. The admissions committee evaluates attachments according to the following criteria:
The assessment of each criterion is on a scale of 0–5 points, i.e. a maximum of 30 points can be obtained in the evaluation. To qualify for the 2nd round of the entrance exam, the candidate must obtain at least 15 points. The results of the 1st round will be communicated to candidates by December 15, 2025 at the latest.
Invitation to 2nd round of the entrance examination
The invitation to 2nd round of the entrance examination will be sent to those applicants, who obtained at least 15 points in the 1st round of the entrance examination. The invitation to an entrance examination is delivered through the University Electronic Information System in mid-December, 2025.
2nd round The second round of the entrance examination may be conducted online, by means of information and communication technologies. It consists of two parts, the first one of which is related to the suggested dissertation topic, the second part then concerns the foundations of the scientific field of the study programme. The examination committee will evaluate the accuracy and completeness of all answers for a given part on a scale of grades: Excellent, Very good, Good and Fail. The applicant will get the following amount of points for each grade: Excellent 20 points, Very good 14 points, Good 8 points and Fail 0 points. The candidate can therefore obtain a maximum of 40 points in the 2nd round. The committee assesses the answers in particular from the point of view of correctness, completeness, accuracy and a demonstrated knowledge of the field. The exam will be conducted in English.
Points for the 1st and 2nd rounds are added together. In order to pass the entrance examination, the applicant must obtain at least 50 points from both rounds together. The applicants with lower total scores cannot be admitted to doctoral studies.
Admission conditions after the 2nd round
All study programmes, with the exception of the study programme Physics Education and General Problems of Physics, will admit all applicants who successfully pass the entrance examination. The programme Physics Education and General Problems of Physics will admit only the applicant who successfully passes the entrance examination and obtains the highest number of points in total for both rounds of the entrance examination.
Demonstrating English language proficiency
English language proficiency should be demonstrated by fulfilling at least one of the following conditions: A. The applicant spent at least two years of his/her previous education at secondary or university level with English as the sole language of instruction in one of the following countries: Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, UK or USA. B. The applicant has passed one of the following exams (in some cases we recognize the exam only with a minimum score or level):
APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Applications are to be submitted electronically via the Student Information System of Charles University at https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/. The application fee is 1500 CZK. You need to fill in the application form, confirm it, and submit it in the system. Electronically submitted applications do not need to be sent in paper form.
After the completion and submission of an electronic application, the information system generates a 6-digit ID number for each applicant; this ID should be given in any subsequent correspondence about the application with the Department of Student Affairs.
In the application the applicant chooses a study programme, and states a desired supervisor (from the list offered by the programme). The list of potential supervisors will be finalized by October 15, 2025. A confirmation of the desired supervisor constitutes an obligatory attachment to the application. It is highly advisable to contact the desired supervisor or the relevant department and to discuss the supervision well before the application deadline.
ATTACHMENTS TO THE APPLICATION
Obligatory
Optional
APPLICATION FEE
An application fee must be paid for each application. The application fee is 1500 CZK. The fee is to be paid by the application submission deadline to the bank account below with the 6-digit ID applicant number as “a specific symbol” or a message for the recipient. The fee can either be paid in EUR or in CZK. The application fee is non-refundable. The fee can be paid by postal order or by bank transfer. When paying by bank transfer, the applicants are obliged to pay any additional fees charged by the banks (esp. when paying from abroad).
Bank details for the application fee:
Bank:
Komercni banka
Account number: 21210277/0100
IBAN:
CZ49 0100 0000 0000 2121 0277
SWIFT: KOMB CZ PP
If the application is not completed and confirmed and the deficiencies are not corrected in the additional time permitted, the faculty will officially terminate the admission procedure. The fee is due on the 3rd day after the application submission deadline. If the applicant does not pay the fee within this deadline, the application is considered withdrawn.
