Romance Languages

The goal of the programme is to develop students into independent and competent researchers in the field of diachronic and/or synchronic Romance linguistics. Graduates will acquire appropriate methodological framework within their field of specialization and will be able to apply it in their own research.

Practical training

Practical training is not required. However, PhD students are required to hold a research fellowship at a foreign university or any other foreign research center.

Post-graduates are prepared to enter research activities and occupations requiring highly specialized ability in theoretical linguistics, especially in universities and research institutes at international level.

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. The oral interview can be conducted in a present form and, in exceptional cases, also in a remote (online) form.

Deadline for applications: January 1 - April 30

Deadline for delivery of documents for the admission procedure: May 15

Documents for the admission procedure (1st round):

• signed CV;
• list of publications;
• dissertation project + a list of literature on the topic.

All documents are to be inserted to the e-application ("Documents section"), deadline May 15. Applicants are requested to include their full name and application number in all attached documents.

In the first round, the admissions committee evaluates the submitted documents and the successful candidates proceed to the second round, which takes the form of an oral interview over the dissertation project. In the second round, the following may also be considered:

• a) professional readiness;
• b) language proficiency;
• c) motivation to study;
• d) previous research experience.

Notice that proof of completion of the master's study (officially certified copy of the diploma, in the case of education, obtained abroad also the so-called nostrification) shall be submitted by the accepted applicants when enrolling in the study. It is not required to prove the completion of a master's degree at the interview.

Criteria for evaluation

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

2nd round: success limits 70 points (out of 100).