PhD programs

The Institute of Philosophy of the CAS has seven joint doctoral programmes accredited with partner universities:

Doctoral study programme Filozofie / Philosophy

Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague), doctoral study programme Filozofie / Philosophy (language of instruction: Czech or English). The form of study is full-time or combined; standard length of study 4 years. The joint accreditation is valid until 27 January 2031. Contact person at the Institute of Philosophy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. For additional information click HERE.

Doctoral study programme Latinská medievistika a novolatinská studia / Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies

Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague), doctoral study programme Latinská medievistika a novolatinská studia / Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies (language of instruction: Czech or English). The form of study is full-time or combined; standard length of study 4 years. Detailed information on the programme and the scope of research topics are available HERE. Contact person at the Institute of Philosophy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. For additional information click HERE.

Doctoral study programme Filozofie / Philosophy, study branch Filozofie náboženství / Philosophy of Religion

Protestant Theological Faculty, Charles University (Prague), doctoral study programme Filozofie / Philosophy, study branch Filozofie náboženství / Philosophy of Religion (language of instruction: Czech or English). The form of study is full-time or combined; standard length of study 4 years. The joint accreditation is valid until 1 September 2030. Contact person at the Institute of Philosophy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. For additional information click HERE.

Doctoral study programme Filozofie výchovy a vzdělávání / Philosophy of Education

Faculty of Education, Charles University (Prague), doctoral study programme Filozofie výchovy a vzdělávání / Philosophy of Education (language of instruction: Czech or English). The form of study is full-time or combined; standard length of study 4 years. The joint accreditation is valid until 29 September 2029. Contact person at the Institute of Philosophy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. For additional information see the pdf leaflet or click HERE.

Doctoral study programme Bioetika / Bioethics

Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University (Brno), doctoral study programme Bioetika / Bioethics (language of instruction: Czech or English). The form of study is full-time or combined; standard length of study 4 years. The joint accreditation is valid until 31 December 2024. Contact person at the Institute of Philosophy: doc. Petr Urban, Ph.D. For additional information click  HERE.

Doctoral study programme Filozofie a dějiny vědy a techniky / History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, doctoral study programme Filozofie a dějiny vědy a techniky / History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (language of instruction: Czech or English). The form of study is full-time or combined; standard length of study 4 years. The joint accreditation is valid until 13 August 2029. Contact person at the Institute of Philosophy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. For additional information click HERE.

Doctoral study programme Filozofie

Faculty of Theology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, doctoral study programme Filozofie (language of instruction: Czech). The form of study is full-time or combined; standard length of study 4 years. The joint accreditation is valid until 23 September 2029. Contact person at the Institute of Philosophy: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. For additional information click HERE.

Jointly accredited doctoral study programmes allow PhD students to choose their supervisors among the researchers of the Institute of Philosophy of the CAS. Personal scientific profiles of researchers / PhD supervisors can be found via the sections People and Scientific Units.

Cooperation Agreement on joint supervision of PhD students

On 25 August 2020, The Institute of Philosophy concluded a Cooperation Agreement on joint supervision of PhD students with the Faculty for Arts, History and Area Studies of the Leipzig University (Fakultät für Geschichte, Kunst und Regionalwissenschaften der Universität Leipzig), Faculty for Social Studies and Philosophy of the Leipzig University (Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften und Philosophie der Universität Leipzig) and Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO). The Agreement allows that novice researchers recommended by the Institute of Philosophy pursue their doctoral studies at Leipzig University, in accordance with the rules of the respective Faculty. Contact person at the Institute of Philosophy:  Mgr. Václav Žůrek, Ph.D. The full Agreement is available HERE.

PhD programmes at the Institute of Philosophy

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