Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
Doctoral degree in full-time or combined form. The language of instruction is English.
The programme can be studied only as a single subject. Tuition fee is €2,000 per academic year.
What will you learn?
The Ph.D. study program "Indo-European linguistics" is intended for those applicants which are resolved for a serious study of the development of languaes, especially of Indo-European. Preferable it is for such students which plan their professional carrier in the field of 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
Career opportunities
The study is primarily intended for those
students which are interested in the professional carrier in academics.
Admission requirements
Data from the previous admission procedure (1 Jun – 30 Sep 2024)
You do not have to come to Brno personally to take the entrance exam. The result of the admission process depends on the quality of the documents that you provide. Those will be assessed by the admission committee and you will be notified about the results via e-mail.
Eligibility Criteria
Only university graduates of Master's degree programmes of Philology/Linguistics/concrete language philology can be admitted to the doctoral study programme (full-time or combined mode) after passing an entrance examination. Graduates of other programmes can be admitted only in special cases. It is always good to contact the supervisor, prof. Václav Blažek (blazek@phil.muni.cz) before applying.
Terms of Admission
- Submission of an electronic application in the Masaryk University Information System.
- Submission of applicant's Master's Thesis:
- a) Applicants from outside of Masaryk University: Submission of a copy of the applicant's Master's Thesis. If this is not available, an English-language summary of the Thesis must be provided together with a minimum twenty-page sample of the applicant's academic or scholarly writing in English.
- b) Graduates of Masaryk University need not submit a copy of their Master's Thesis, as theses are available to the Doctoral Studies Committee via the Masaryk University Information System.
- Submission of a transcript(s) of university/college studies.
- Submission of a research proposal for the doctoral dissertation in English.
- Submission of a letter of motivation in English.
- Applicant's CV in English.
Application Deadlines
1 January - 30 April for the enrollment in the Fall semester
1 July - 31 October for the enrollment in the Spring semester
Documents set out above in the Terms of Admission are required to be provided in digital form and attached to the online application by April 30th or October 31st.
Contact
Study options
Single-subject studies
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Full-time studies in English
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Combined studies in English
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Supervisors
There are no supervisors recorded for this study programme.
Study information
| Provided by | Faculty of Arts | |
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| Type of studies | Doctoral | |
| Mode | full-time | Yes |
| combined | Yes | |
| distance | No | |
| Study options | single-subject studies | Yes |
| single-subject studies with specialization | No | |
| major/minor studies | No | |
| Standard length of studies | 4 years | |
| Language of instruction | English | |
| Doctoral board and doctoral committees | ||
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Tuition fees
The studies are subject to tuition, fees are paid per academic year |
€2,000 Find out more |
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