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Description of verification and evaluation criteria

 Entrance exams are held in June of the given year.

Content, subject matter of entrance examination 

Depending on the topic of the dissertation project proposal, all three parts of the oral interview will be held in one of these languages: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish.

The content, subject matter of the entrance examination

Discussion of the submitted proposal for Ph.D. dissertation: 0–30 points

Assessment of the applicant’s previous studies, research, and other academic activities: 0–15 points

Assessment of the applicant’s knowledge of secondary literature: 0–15 points

German Language, Danish Language, Norwegian Language, Swedish Language, Finnish Language, Dutch Language, German Literature (we particularly welcome topics in German-speaking literature in the Czech Lands), Danish Literature, Norwegian Literature, Swedish Literature, Finnish Literature, Dutch Literature

Ph.D. topics must be consulted beforehand with the Chair of the Subject Area Board. Chair of the Subject Area Board (Program Director): Professor Manager. Martin Humpál, Ph.D., martin.humpal@ff.cuni.cz.

An applicant can only be admitted if they submitted a proof of their language competence for study in the respective programme, are awarded a minimum of 30 points in the entrance examination and, at the same time, score enough points to place among the expected number of students admitted to the respective programme of study (see the admissions procedure requirements applicable to the individual programmes of study); admissions will be granted to all applicants who score the same number of points as the applicant who comes in last place in the ranking of admissions. Please note that different expected numbers of admissions apply to full-time and combined forms of study. Applicants cannot be admitted without submitting evidence of their prior education no later than on the enrolment day.


Admission to Doctoral studies is conditioned by successful completion of a Master's study programme.

Admissions Option 2

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Full-time doctoral students will receive a scholarship, which is usually supplemented by other sources of income, e.g. awards for participation in grant projects or remuneration for teaching undergraduates.

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

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The graduate of Germanic and Nordic Languages and Literatures is a highly educated expert who is qualified for research in his/her field, i. e., in Germanic and Nordic linguistics or literature. He/she is ready for scholarly work and further growth in the academic area. He/she is able to manage language and literary problems where language skills and philological work are required, or where the theory and history of individual literature in all its linguistic and historical-cultural contexts are needed. The graduate can be active in the media, in state administration, in cultural management, and wherever a high degree of philological and literary knowledge is required in an interdisciplinary and intercultural perspective.

Ph.D. in Germanic and Nordic Languages and Literatures Charles University Faculty of Arts

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