Structure of the doctoral study programme for newly admitted applicants from the academic year 2025/2026

A) Full-time doctoral study programme:

•             The student is a full member of the department and is engaged in both research and teaching.

•             The student is awarded a full amount of scholarship; the student is required to have the Law Faculty as their main academic location (i.e., a combination with 1 FTE employment elsewhere is impossible).

•             The scope of teaching duties is to be set in the student’s individual curriculum as follows: a maximum of 2 seminars a week for 4 to 6 semesters (this could be completed earlier upon agreement with the supervisor); by teaching under the guidance of their supervisor, the student acquires a deeper theoretical basis in the legal branch of their dissertation. 

•             No later than during the second year of their studies, the student is supposed to present their own project to be submitted to the Grant Agency of Charles University; alternatively, the student can be engaged in any other grant project.

•             The student is expected to take part in their departmental events intended for doctoral students (round tables, conferences, workshops, etc.) throughout the whole course of their doctoral study.

•             The full-time doctoral student is to take active part in international conferences and internships abroad (a duty is imposed to spend at least 1 month, ideally one semester, abroad with a possibility of having the stay fully or at least partially funded from the Faculty resources).

•             The scope of publication is to be determined in the individual curriculum; Jimp and/or Jsc-type publications are expected, and later also B and C publications – see Methodology of Evaluation 17+ .

•             The graduate from a full-time doctoral study programme should show an international reach in order to have a potential, ideally, to get engaged in academia abroad.

•             The full-time doctoral study serves as preparation for an academic career; however, graduation from the doctoral study programme does not create a right to be employed at Charles University.

•             The full-time student is expected, throughout the whole course of study, to actively participate in the departmental activities (e.g. organisation of written tests, organisation of conferences, etc.)

•             The supervisor of the doctoral student should have strong affiliation with the Law Faculty and should be able to invest the time and energy to provide quality supervision over the student’s performance.

B)           Part-time doctoral study programme:

•             The student is expected to enhance their qualification for their professional engagement other than in academia (e.g. within the Bar, international organisations, state or public administration, etc.).

•             The student in this form of study programme is not awarded a scholarship.

•             The student is to focus on a particular topic of their research; participation in a grant project is not expected.

•             A stay abroad, such as doing research in a library for 1-2 weeks, can be included.

C)           Part-time doctoral study programme with an awarded scholarship:

•             The student is awarded a half of the amount of scholarship under A) above. The student is presumed to teach a maximum of 1 seminar a week for 4 to 6 semesters (this could be completed earlier upon agreement with the supervisor); by teaching under the guidance of their supervisor, the student acquires a deeper theoretical and scientific basis in the legal branch of their dissertation. The teaching duty is determined in the student’s individual curriculum. 

•             The student in this form of doctoral study programme is expected to actively participate in the departmental activities (e.g. organisation of written tests, organisation of conferences, etc.).

•             At least two Jsc and/or Jimp-type publications in lower quartiles are expected.