Degree Programmes

1. The applicant has completed a Master’s degree university programme of studies in the field of Social Work; as the case may be, also a different field of study is admissible if the applicant manages to justify his/her choice by practice in the field;
2. The applicant has submitted his/her Application for study within the stipulated deadline and paid the administrative fee for participation in the admission process (The deadline for submission of the application is June 16, 2023);
3. Together with the application, the applicant has provided all of the required compulsory attachments within the stipulated deadline (The deadline for submission of the attachments to the Faculty of Social Studies of the University of Ostrava (FSS OU) is June 16, 2023) the required attachments being:
   
   

1. Project of the Doctoral Dissertation structured in the required manner and containing:
   • preliminary title of the Doctoral Dissertation,
   • brief description of the theoretical starting points,
   • description of the main research question or questions, the goals of the research,
   • a reflection on the possible approaches to the research, the research method and the research population and on the organisation of the research,
   • an overview of the basic literature which will provide starting points for the Doctoral Dissertation with emphasis placed on foreign language literature,

   The topic of the Doctoral Dissertation must correspond with the main research orientation of FSS OU, or as the case may be with the European Research Institute for Social Work of the University of Ostrava (ERIS) and with the now ongoing research projects of FSS OU within the thematic framework of “Social work in between Privatisation and Public Responsibility”.

   Preference will be given to project focusing on:

   • modernisation theories, the societies of education, modernisation at the level of a region or a city/town/municipality;
   • social aspects of sustainable development of cities and regions or the socio-spatial aspects of social exclusion (families with multiple problems, senior citizens, people with disabilities, and the like);
   • social gerontological aspects of modernisation;
   • the repercussions of modernisation for social work (including the consequences of social services privatisation and the like)
2. Structured Curriculum Vitae with data about previous studies and practical professional experience
3. Authenticated copy of a document confirming successful and due completion of Master’s Degree studies
4. Authenticated copy of the Decision of Recognition of Previous Education - as stipulated in Foreign Transcripts in the section “Applicants to the University of Ostrava”. This service is provided by the Rectorate of the University of Ostrava. Any questions regarding the recognition process are to be submitted to .
   
   

Criteria for evaluation of the entrance examination:

The maximum score attainable by an applicant for a dissertation project presented at the entrance examination is 100 points. The minimum number of points required for passing the examination is 75.

The application and the obligatory attachments are to be sent no later than by June 16, 2023 to the following address:

• Mgr. Bc. Mirka Šnejdar Matochová
  Assistant for Science and Research
  Faculty of Social Studies
  University of Ostrava
  Českobratrská 16
  702 00 Ostrava
  Czech Republic
  E-mail:
  Telephone: +420 553 46 3207
  
  

The administrative fee for submission of an application amounts to CZK 600.

The annual fee for the studies amounts to 40 000 CZK every academic year of study (in compliance with the Statute of the University of Ostrava, Appendix no. 3 Fees Connected with Studies at the University of Ostrava, Article 4).