Useful Documents and Links for Ph.D. Students
Useful Documents and Links for Supervisors and Applicants for Student Supervision
The most important component of doctoral studies is creative research activity, the primary outcome of which is the Ph.D. thesis. This is a comprehensive scientific work that clearly delineates the student's original results and cites all sources. The dissertation serves as proof of the student's ability to conduct independent scientific research and to publish their findings in a clear and understandable manner. Unlike a master’s thesis, doctoral students may, under certain conditions, include their own papers published in scientific journals in their Ph.D. thesis (in place of sections describing methodological procedures and results). Learning how to write such a scientific paper - naturally with the assistance of supervisors and collaborators - and navigating the challenges associated with its acceptance in a journal recognized by the global scientific community is an important and integral part of doctoral scientific training. This is also why most doctoral programmes in the natural sciences field include specific publication requirements as a condition for the successful completion of the programme.
Permitted Formats for Ph.D. Theses and the Defense Process - DSP Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics, and Virology
Permitted Formats for Ph.D. Theses and the Defense Process - DSP Microbiology
Within the Department of Genetics and Microbiology, doctoral students have the opportunity to engage in research projects being conducted by the Department’s individual research groups. Both doctoral study programmes acreddited at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, belong also to the group Doctoral Study Programmes in Biomedicine. Within this group, the Department collaborates with many other faculties of Charles University, institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences (mainly Institute of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Institute of Biotechnology and Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry) and other institutions (primarily in the field of medicine) which serve as training places for doctoral students.
Currently offerred topics for doctoral theses under the Department’s supervision
The number of Ph.D. theses defended at the Department over the past 20 years is shown in the following graph (including specification of the individual supervisory institutions). This graph is updated after each doctoral defense period; final numbers fo each year are thus confirmed only after the end of the respective academic year:
Specific successfully defended Ph.D. theses, along with links to them (if available in the ´Charles University Digital Repository) can be found in the following overview, organized by period/year (data on even older theses will be added later):
2020-2024
2015-2019
2010-2014
2005-2009
2000-2004
1995-1999