State Final Examination

• the recommendation for passing the STS is after the 2nd year of study, it is also possible to take the STS and the dissertation defence (DDT) at the end of the study.
• it is public but not promoted through official channels (emails, invitations).
• PhD students who plan to take the SDZ in the near future are welcome to attend.
• the examination committee has at least 5 members- the supervisor(s) of the PhD student(s) propose 3 study areas for the SDT- at least 2 external members* (selected in collaboration with the supervisor)- the chair is nominated by the chair of the programme board

• Application procedure: úřadovna> create a file -> select application for the state doctoral examination -> fill in the contact address, supervisor, dissertation topic and upload a statement of studies -> save.

  You can get the study statement from IS: go to student application -> during study -> E-statements

  Thesis defence

• the standard format of the dissertation is not precisely defined, but a template is available
• full length vs. annotated list of publications based on number of outputs
• date and committee members are selected by the doctoral committee
• public presentation (approx. 20 min) of dissertation project results

• the dissertation is submitted only electronically via IS MU. Preferred formats are PDF, RTF or DOC (MS Word), follow the template so you never foget any of the compulsory parts!

  Link with help here. 

  The application form can be submitted electronically via the "úřadovna"

  

  If your dissertation contains unpublished research or other data that cannot be published, submit a request to hide this part of your dissertation.

  

  Please, upload two versions of the thesis to the archive - one complete version that will be hidden in its entirety, and one that does not contain unpublished parts (name it) and will be made public. Parts of the dissertation can be hidden for a maximum of 3 years.

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  Attention! The application form must also include: a list of previously published works, an abstract of the dissertation (CZ and ENG), a professional CV (with signature and date) and a list of marks !! We recommend to prepare all files in advance!

  If you have a supervisor's opinion on your dissertation, please include it in the attachments as well.