Basic information

The Hussite Theological Faculty of Charles University is going to open doctoral study programs since the academic year 2023/24: Hussite Theology , Jewish studies and Early Christian studies in Czech, in full-time and part-time study.

In the admissions procedure for the 2023-24 academic year, the faculties will assess compliance with the requirement of successful completion of study in a bachelor’s or master’s programme of study under section 48 (5) of the Higher Education Act in the case of applicants who obtained foreign higher education by 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 email) to the 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

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 request it in writing within 5 days from the date of the examination in due time, if the candidate could not participate in the examination in due time for serious and documented reasons, especially medical.

Programs (fields)

Rules for submitting an application

How to apply?

Those interested in applying for a doctoral programme taught in English should address their queries to

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. Studying in English language is possible for a fee of 12 000 CZK

Specialised courses of the Czech language for prospective students are available at the Institute for Language and Preparatory Studies of Charles University in Prague: http://ujop.cuni.cz/en.

Online application on: https://is.cuni.cz/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, submit one of the following documents: a document obtained in accordance with sections 89 and 90 of the Higher Education Act proving general recognition of a foreign higher education in the Czech Republic (so- called “nostrification”); a foreign document concerning a foreign higher education if it is deemed automatically equivalent in the Czech Republic in accordance with its international agreements without any further administrative procedures (a higher education diploma and diploma supplement from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, or Slovenia); or a foreign document concerning a foreign higher education to be assessed by the Faculty. Detailed information about the manner of proving fulfilment of the requirement of completion of a bachelor’s or master’s programme of study for graduates of foreign higher education institutions is available here.

Information about the admission procedure

Under Art. 4 (5) of the Admissions Procedure Code of Charles University, the faculty is to send to an applicant the invitation to an entrance examination. The faculty will send an invitation to the exam via University Electronic Information System not later than 30 days before the date of the examination. Should the faculty send an invitation for an alternative date of the entrance examination this period may be shortened accordingly. A password to log into the electronic information system is obtained by an applicant after the applicant has submitted the application to study. The applicant submits an application for a full-time or combined form of study.

The applicant who has completed previous university studies at a foreign higher education institution shall submit one of the following documents in order to prove his/her prior education: a document certifying the general recognition of foreign higher education in the Czech Republic, obtained under § 89 and 90 of the Higher Education Act (so-called nostrification); foreign evidence of foreign higher education, which is equivalent in the Czech Republic in accordance with its international obligations without further formalities (university diploma and additions from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, exceptions see web pages) or foreign document on foreign higher education , which will be assessed by the faculty. Detailed information on how to prove that you have completed a full-time studies in a Bachelor's or Master's degree 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 fakulta Charles University, Pacovská 350/4, P.O.BOX 56, 140 21 Praha 4 no later than 30 April 2023. The applicant will pay the fee at the same time the payment for the application or the moment when he / foreign education within 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 examination certificate or addendum to the degree certificate (candidates who, at the time of making their application, have not fully completed their master’s degree must present an official document proving 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 final 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

• A certificate proving knowledge of the Hebrew language at a level of a final university examination or a 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

• A signed structured curriculum vitae, including a summary of the candidate’s hither to activities in the field (list of studied specialised literature that would demonstrate (concretise) the candidate’s interest in the chosen subject – this list is not identical to the list of literature submitted by the candidate as a part of his/her doctoral study project; professional placements, conference attendance etc.)

• Motivation letter, which documents (specifies) the interest of the candidate in the chosen field.

• A research proposal for the prepared dissertation following the prescribed formal structure, signed by the candidate. Formal structure of the dissertation proposal: to be submitted with a length of 4 – 6 standardised pages and must contain – a brief introduction to the topic of research (description of topic), its scope, aim and basic working hypothesis; it must convincingly demonstrate that the project problem has not yet been answered, or not answered satisfactorily and that work on the topic advances hitherto research, i.e. brings new empirical and theoretical findings or original methodological procedures etc. as yet not applied elsewhere; fundamental methodological approaches, planned research structure; brief analysis of main sources and literature. The subject area board or subject guarantors may announce doctoral study topics preferred for entrance examinations.

• The application (electronic, hard copy) must be accompanied by a receipt of payment of the administration fee (original postal order stub, bank transfer confirmation, receipt from the HTF cashier). The fee is non-returnable at any stage of the admissions procedure. Admissions procedure administration fee – payments to the Faculty bank account must be sent by 30 April 2021 (Act No. 111/98 Coll., fee is non-returnable).

Note: The Hussite Theological Faculty does not require confirmation from a doctor of fitness for study.

If the application form is not properly completed or it does not contain all required information/documentation, the Faculty shall call on the candidate to provide any missing information/documentation within a reasonable deadline.

If the material defects of the application are not remedied within this period, the faculty terminates the 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 based outside the Czech Republic or Slovak Republic, such documents must be submitted with an officially certified translation into Czech and a request must be made for recognition of such foreign university education.

If studies are to be conducted in Czech language, the candidate must submit a structured curriculum vitae and research proposal for the dissertation in Czech.

If studies are to be conducted in English language, the candidate must submit a structured curriculum vitae and research proposal for the dissertation in English.