How to apply for the State Doctoral Examination/Discussion on the Dissertation Topic

Students are reminded that it is not possible to register for the SDE via SIS.

A prerequisite for performance of the SDE is to meet the requirements of the ISP, which must include, apart from other things, the following obligations: 

• proof of attendance in prescribed courses;

• passing the English language examination;

• co-authorship (or better being the first author) of a publication with an impact factor;

• providing a survey of literature, if required by the SAB. This means a text that describes and critically evaluates present knowledge in the studied field of science. The literature search enables the student to formulate a scientific hypothesis and the questions to confirm (or reject) it. The text also includes the proposal of a hypothesis as well as the aims of the research. The extent of the survey is up to 15 or 20 pages.

A student who fulfills all requirements for applying to take his/her SDE should appear in Department for PhD Study during office hours and submits in paper form the following documents:

• completed Request for state doctoral examination form (signed by both the student and supervisor)

• structured CV

• list of publications