Indo-European Comparative Linguistics

The Ph.D. study program "Indo-european linguistics" is fit for those serious to study the development of languaes, especially of Indo-European. Preferable it is for such students who want to professionally follow their carrier with the diachronic linguistics.

Language in change. Change in language.

Practical training

An integral part of the study is publishing papers (in the extent given by the individual study program) and teaching at least one term course.

Further information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/jazyk

The study is primarily for those interested in the professional carrier in academics.

The admission procedure to doctoral study programmes at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University is two-round. In the first round, the documents submitted in advance are assessed. The second round takes the form of an oral interview. Only those applicants who succeed in the first round are invited to the second round.

Deadline for submitting applications: January 1 - April 30.

Deadline for submitting documents for the admission procedure: May 15

Documents for the admission procedure (1st round):

• signed CV;
• list of publishing activities (if any);
• doctoral thesis project;
• motivational letter.

Documents for the admission procedure must be inserted into the e-application (rubric “Documents”) by 15 May. Applicants are required to include their full name and application number on all attached documents.

The entrance examination (2nd round) takes the form of an oral discussion over the doctoral thesis project.

Notice: A poof of completion of a Master’s degree programme (officially certified copy of the diploma, in the case of education obtained abroad also the so-called recognition) shall be submitted by the accepted applicants upon enrolment in the studies. For the entrance examination, a proof of completion of a Master’s degree programme is not required.

Criteria for evaluation

1st round: success limits 35 points (out of 60).

2nd round: success limits 27 points (out of 36). There will be 3 questions, each of which will be scored a maximum of 12 points.