Admissions procedure for Ph.D. study ****************************************************************************************** * Basic information ****************************************************************************************** The Hussite Theological Faculty of Charles University is going to open doctoral study prog academic year 2023/24: Hussite Theology , [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-512.html"] Jewis "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-513.html"] and Early Christian studies [ URL "https://htf.cuni.c in Czech, in full-time and part-time study. In the admissions procedure for the 2023-24 academic year, the faculties will assess compl requirement of successful completion of study in a bachelor’s or master’s programme of stu 48 (5) of the Higher Education Act in the case of applicants who obtained foreign higher e completing a higher education programme at a foreign higher education institution. Send the documents listed below in hard copy form by post (the documents cannot be sent by following address of the faculty no later than on 30. 4. 2023. Address of the faculty: Husitská teologická fakulta, Univerzita Karlova Pacovská 350/4 140 21 Prague 4 Czech Republic Contact person in case of questions: ThDr. Marketa Langer, Ph.D. Ph.D. studies E-mail: marketa.langer@htf.cuni.cz [ URL "marketa.langer@htf.cuni.cz"] Office hours: Wednesday 12:00-14:00 Phone: +420 222 539 210 Office: H402a ****************************************************************************************** * Terms of admission procedure ****************************************************************************************** Deadline for submission of applications: April 30, 2023 Regular date of entrance exams: June 2023, the exact date will be announced Alternative date of entrance exams: June / July 2023, the exact date will be announced Note: The Dean may allow the examination in a substitute period to the candidate, who will writing within 5 days from the date of the examination in due time, if the candidate could in the examination in due time for serious and documented reasons, especially medical. ****************************************************************************************** * Programs (fields) ****************************************************************************************** Study program field P0221D100020 Hussite Theology Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-512.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D100021 Hussite Theology Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-512.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D100020 Hussite Theology Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-512.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D100021 Hussite Theology Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-512.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D100022 Jewish Studies Maximum number of accepted students: 2 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-513.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D100022 Jewish Studies Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-513.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D100023 Jewish Studies Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-513.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D100023 Jewish Studies Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-513.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D10A3817 Early Christian Studies Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-550.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D10A3818 Early Christian Studies Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-550.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D10A3817 Early Christian Studies Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-550.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission P0221D10A3818 Early Christian Studies Maximum number of accepted students: 1 Length of studies: 4 Possibility of exemption from entrance examination: No Application type: Paper, Online Characteristic of Study [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTFN-550.html"] Description of the entrance examination, assessment criteria and conditions for admission ****************************************************************************************** * Rules for submitting an application ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * 1) Electronic application *========================================================================================= Creating an application on the web [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index. The application ID = Variable symbol for the payment of the administrative fee is generate Administrative fee: 730 CZK (fee is non-refundable). Bank account: 66661389/0800 IBAN: CZ62 0800 0000 0000 6666 1389 SWIFT: GIBA CZ PX Variable symbol: Application ID Constant symbol for payment by postal co Constant payment transfer symbol: 0379 Gmail postal payment: 140 21 Special symbol: 111 The application is not printed, it is confirmed by electronic sending. We recommend submitting electronic applications. *========================================================================================= * 2) Paper application *========================================================================================= Creating an application on the web [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index. An application ID is generated = Variable symbol for the payment of an administrative fee Administrative fee: 780 CZK (fee is non-refundable) Bank account: 66661389/0800 IBAN: CZ62 0800 0000 0000 6666 1389 SWIFT: GIBA CZ PX Variable symbol: Application ID Constant symbol for payment by postal co Constant payment transfer symbol: 0379 Gmail postal payment: 140 21 Special symbol: 111 Submit a paper application only in exceptional cases. For a paper application, it is neces application on the website due to the generation of an ID, ie a variable symbol. This application is not sent electronically. It is necessary to personally fill in a paper the Department of Science, Doctoral Studies and International Relations [ URL "https://htf HTFN-502.html"] and document the application ID, ie the variable symbol from the website. Paper application for download [ URL "HTFN-521-version1-alphabetical_states_2.doc"] (.pdf) ****************************************************************************************** * How to apply? ****************************************************************************************** Those interested in applying for a doctoral programme taught in English should address the international(zavinac)htf.cuni.cz [ MAIL "international(zavinac)htf.cuni.cz"] Application deadline: 30. 4. 2023 Entry interview: June 2023, the exact date will be announced Alternative term of interview: June-July 2023, the exact date will be announced Both degrees are available in internal and external form and are taught in Czech language. English language is possible for a fee of 12 000 CZK Specialised courses of the Czech language for prospective students are available at the In Language and Preparatory Studies of Charles University in Prague: http://ujop.cuni.cz/en [ ujop.cuni.cz/en"] . Online application on: https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php [ URL "https:// studium/eng/prijimacky/index.php"] ****************************************************************************************** * For applicants to post-bachelor and doctoral programmes of study ****************************************************************************************** If you completed the previous higher education at a foreign higher education institution, of the following documents: a document obtained in accordance with sections 89 and 90 of t Education Act proving general recognition of a foreign higher education in the Czech Repub “nostrification”); a foreign document concerning a foreign higher education if it is deeme equivalent in the Czech Republic in accordance with its international agreements without a administrative procedures (a higher education diploma and diploma supplement from Slovakia Hungary, or Slovenia); or a foreign document concerning a foreign higher education to be a Faculty. Detailed information about the manner of proving fulfilment of the requirement of of a bachelor’s or master’s programme of study for graduates of foreign higher education i available here [ URL "HTFN-521.html "] . ****************************************************************************************** * Information about the admission procedure ****************************************************************************************** Under Art. 4 (5) of the Admissions Procedure Code of Charles University, the faculty is to applicant the invitation to an entrance examination. The faculty will send an invitation t University Electronic Information System not later than 30 days before the date of the exa the faculty send an invitation for an alternative date of the entrance examination this pe shortened accordingly. A password to log into the electronic information system is obtaine after the applicant has submitted the application to study. The applicant submits an appli full-time or combined form of study. The applicant who has completed previous university studies at a foreign higher education submit one of the following documents in order to prove his/her prior education: a documen the general recognition of foreign higher education in the Czech Republic, obtained under of the Higher Education Act (so-called nostrification); foreign evidence of foreign higher which is equivalent in the Czech Republic in accordance with its international obligations formalities (university diploma and additions from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, ex pages) or foreign document on foreign higher education , which will be assessed by the fac information on how to prove that you have completed a full-time studies in a Bachelor's or program for graduates of foreign universities can be found on the Faculty's website. The papers must be physically sent to the address of the faculty: Husitská teologická faku University, Pacovská 350/4, P.O.BOX 56, 140 21 Praha 4 no later than 30 April 2023. The ap the fee at the same time the payment for the application or the moment when he / foreign e the admission procedure. ****************************************************************************************** * Application form requisites ****************************************************************************************** Supplementary documents that are integral to your application are: • Officially certified copy of your master’s degree certificate and Czech State final exam certificate or addendum to the degree certificate (candidates who, at the time of making application, have not fully completed their master’s degree must present an official doc that they are in their last year of their master’s or follow-on master’s degree). • A certificate proving knowledge of the Greek or Latin or Hebrew language at a level of a university examination or a classification credit for Hussite Theology. The College's Lifelong Learning/Extraordinary Studies program may be used to fulfill the obligation.https://htf.cuni.cz/HTF-127.html [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTF-127.html"] • A certificate proving knowledge of the Hebrew language at a level of a final university classification credit for Jewish Studies. The College's Lifelong Learning/Extraordinary Studies program may be used to fulfill the obligation.https://htf.cuni.cz/HTF-127.html [ URL "https://htf.cuni.cz/HTF-127.html"] • A signed structured curriculum vitae, including a summary of the candidate’s hither to a the field (list of studied specialised literature that would demonstrate (concretise) th interest in the chosen subject – this list is not identical to the list of literature su candidate as a part of his/her doctoral study project; professional placements, conferen etc.) • Motivation letter, which documents (specifies) the interest of the candidate in the chos • A research proposal for the prepared dissertation following the prescribed formal struct by the candidate. Formal structure of the dissertation proposal: to be submitted with a 6 standardised pages and must contain – a brief introduction to the topic of research (d topic), its scope, aim and basic working hypothesis; it must convincingly demonstrate th problem has not yet been answered, or not answered satisfactorily and that work on the t hitherto research, i.e. brings new empirical and theoretical findings or original method procedures etc. as yet not applied elsewhere; fundamental methodological approaches, pla structure; brief analysis of main sources and literature. The subject area board or subj may announce doctoral study topics preferred for entrance examinations. • The application (electronic, hard copy) must be accompanied by a receipt of payment of t administration fee (original postal order stub, bank transfer confirmation, receipt from cashier). The fee is non-returnable at any stage of the admissions procedure. Admissions administration fee – payments to the Faculty bank account must be sent by 30 April 2021 Coll., fee is non-returnable). Note: The Hussite Theological Faculty does not require confirmation from a doctor of fitne If the application form is not properly completed or it does not contain all required info documentation, the Faculty shall call on the candidate to provide any missing information/ within a reasonable deadline. If the material defects of the application are not remedied within this period, the facult admission procedure by a resolution. The candidate will be informed of this effect. If documents demonstrating completion of university studies were issued by a university ba the Czech Republic or Slovak Republic, such documents must be submitted with an officially translation into Czech and a request must be made for recognition of such foreign universi If studies are to be conducted in Czech language, the candidate must submit a structured c and research proposal for the dissertation in Czech. If studies are to be conducted in English language, the candidate must submit a structured and research proposal for the dissertation in English. *========================================================================================= * The following documents may be used to prove compliance with the requirement of successf study in a bachelor’s or master’s programme of study at a foreign higher education institu *========================================================================================= a) a document proving general recognition of foreign higher education in the Czech Republi general “nostrification”) • The applicant must submit: • Completed form [ URL "HTFN-521-version1-form_1.docx"] (.docx) • An authenticated copy (see FORMS OF AUTHENTICATION below) of a document obtained in ac sections 89 and 90 of the Higher Education Act or in accordance with prior legal regul general recognition of a foreign higher education in the Czech Republic. • It is issued by the public higher education institutions, the Ministry of Education, You the Ministry of the Interior, or the Ministry of Defence. • For more information on the procedure for recognising foreign higher education at Charle see: https://www.cuni.cz/UK-6452.html [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-16.html"] • Free of charge (a fee of CZK 3,000 is paid to the public higher education institution or Education, Youth and Sports which performs the assessment in the procedure to recognise education). b) a document concerning a foreign higher education which is automatically equivalent in t without any further administrative procedures • A foreign document concerning a foreign higher education which is automatically equivale Republic in accordance with its international agreements without any further administrat these include documents certifying completion of a programme of study in Slovakia (with diplomas issued by foreign branches of Slovak higher education institutions after 28 Mar the procedure under letter (c) is applicable), in Poland, Hungary, or Slovenia (only mas the procedure under letter (c) is applicable to bachelor’s diplomas from Slovenia). • The applicant must submit: • Completed form [ URL "HTFN-521-version1-form_1.docx"] (.docx) • An authenticated copy (see FORMS OF AUTHENTICATION below) of diploma, certificate, or (for example a certificate of completion of study) issued by a foreign higher educatio • An original or authenticated copy (see FORMS OF AUTHENTICATION below) of the diploma s transcript of examinations passed; • In the case of a certificate of higher education issued by a Slovak higher education i 28 March 2015, also a statement issued by a foreign higher education institution in th the programme of study completed by the applicant was offered. • Free of charge c) foreign document concerning a foreign higher education • The applicant must submit: • Completed form [ URL "HTFN-521-version1-form_1.docx"] (.docx) • An authenticated copy (see FORMS OF AUTHENTICATION below) of the diploma, certificate, document (for example a certificate of completion of study) issued by a foreign higher institution; • An original or an authenticated copy (see FORMS OF AUTHENTICATION below) of the Diplom the transcript of examinations passed. • If needed the faculty will request the applicant to submit also the following documents: • Additional information on the content and scope of foreign higher education; • A statement issued by the relevant foreign body confirming that the given higher educa is authorised to offer higher education in the given foreign state (a statement on acc • In the case of a certificate of higher education issued by a Slovak higher education i 28 March 2015, also a statement issued by a foreign higher education institution in th the programme of study completed by the applicant was offered. • Applies to documents to which the procedure under letter (b) cannot be applied. • THE DOCUMENT IS ASSESSED – in the case of a positive assessment the document is accepted of a negative assessment the applicant is required to submit a document under letter (a) “nostrification”) • The assessment is valid only for the admissions procedure at one faculty • A FEE OF CZK 880 APPLIES Bank account: 66661389/0800 IBAN: CZ62 0800 0000 0000 6666 1389 SWIFT: GIBA CZ PX Variable symbol: Application ID Constant symbol for payment by postal co Constant payment transfer symbol: 0379 Gmail postal payment: 140 21 Special symbol: 111 Payment in person at the faculty: Magdalena Vaníčková Office: H103 Tel.: +420 222 539 204 E-mail: magdalena.vanickova(zavinac)htf.cuni.cz [ MAIL "magdalena.vanickova(zavinac)htf.cu Office hours: Po-Pá: 10:00 - 12:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Translations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documents which are not originally issued in the Czech, English, or Slovak languages must translated into the Czech or English languages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other documents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If the situation of the applicant calls for it, the applicant also submits the following d a.A power of attorney, if the applicant is represented by an attorney for the purposes of compliance with the requirement for admission under section 48 (4) and (5) of the Higher b.If the applicant’s name changes, an authenticated copy of a document proving such change marriage certificate); c.An authenticated copy of the decision to award international protection, if the assessme by a person listed in section 90 (4) of the Higher Education Act and if this person wish possibility of substituting a document with an affirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forms of Authentication ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All documents submitted by the applicant to the faculty must be duly authenticated in acco relevant international agreements (a list valid as of 1 May 2018): An alphabetical list of states [ URL "HTFN-521-version1-alphabetical_states_2.doc"] (.docx a. States which have entered into a legal aid agreement with the Czech Republic – original valid in the contracting states without any further authentication. If the applicant submi documents they must be authenticated copies made by a Czech or foreign notary, at a Czech made by means of Czech Point service. List of states which have entered into a legal aid agreement with the Czech Republic: Afgh Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, France, Croatia, People’s Republic of Korea, Cuba, Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, Macedonia/FYROM, M Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Syria, Spain, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam. b) States which are signatories of a multilateral convention to simplify the authenticatio official documents – Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisati Public Documents (The Hague, 5 October 1961, published under no. 45/1999 Sb.m.s. (the Coll International Agreements)), “The Hague Convention”. For these states a uniform authentication of documents is stipulated, the so-called Aposti a competent authority of the state in which the diploma was issued (the so-called Apostill The list of Apostille authorities is available from the website of the Hague Conference at [ URL "http://hcch.e-vision.nl"] (direct link: Authorities, per Convention, Convention No. "http://hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=conventions.authorities&cid=41"] ). Documents from the following states must be authenticated in the form of Apostille: Andorr and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Be Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burundi, Cook Islands, Chile, China – only Hong Kong (legalisation is required in the case of other territories of China), Denmark, Democratic S?o Tomé and Príncipe (from 15 July 2008), Dominica, Dominican Republic (authentication by clause from 30 August 2009), Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, French territories (i.e., Fr the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Komodo Islands, Marti Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna), Grenada (from 7 April 2 date it was covered under Great Britain), Guatemala, Honduras, India, Ireland, Iceland, It Japan, Republic of South Africa, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Ko Rica, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Moroc Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Germany, Niue, the Netherlands and its territ Netherlands Antilles, Aruba), Norway, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, San Marino, the Seychelles, Suriname, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent an Swaziland, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay, the United Sta and its territories (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Vi the United States), Great Britain and its territories (i.e., Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guer of Man, Anguilla, Bermudas, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgins Islands, British Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Saint Helena, South Georgia and S Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands), Vanuatu, and Venezuela. In the case of documents from the member states of the European Union, Norway, the United America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand it is possible to replace the Apostille (in th with superlegalisation) with an authenticated copy of the documents (similarly to option ( that at the same time at least one of the following conditions is met: • The foreign secondary school or higher education institution, based on a request sent by confirms by e-mail to the faculty that the applicant is a graduate of this foreign secon higher education institution; • The foreign higher education institution sends the faculty a transcript or diploma suppl applicant in a sealed envelope, or the applicant submits a transcript in a sealed envelo the documents; or • The official website of the foreign secondary school or higher education institution ena verification as to whether the applicant is one of its graduates (e.g., the possibility after entering a password, the transcript of the applicant from the official website of higher education institution). c) Other states – documents on the completion of study must be superlegalised. In the case superlegalisation, the authenticity of signatures and stamps on the original documents is • By the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the state where the secondary school or higher edu institution which issued the document has a registered address, or by the relevant forei • And also by the relevant embassy of the Czech Republic. The requirements for the submission of duly authenticated documents are also considered fu the applicant submits authenticated copies of documents that were previously authenticated listed above that applies to the documents submitted by him (e.g., in the case of a diplom applicant submits an authenticated copy of the superlegalised documents). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Additional Information on Translations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documents which are not originally issued in the Czech, English, or Slovak languages must translated into the Czech or English languages. If the official translation is made by other than a Czech certified translator, the sheets translations must be attached to the authenticated copies of the documents they relate to way that makes it impossible to subsequently change or replace the sheets containing the t Translations attached to unauthenticated copies of documents shall not be accepted.