Degree Programmes

1. The applicant has completed a Master's degree study programme in the field of Social Work; also, a different field of study is admissible if the applicant provides satisfactory justification through practice in the field.
2. The applicant has submitted his/her valid e-application for study no later than 15 August 2025 inclusive.
3. Together with the application, the applicant has submitted the required compulsory attachments no later than 15 August 2025 inclusive (see Compulsory attachments to the application).
4. The applicant has been placed within the specified limit of the number of admitted applicants based on entrance examination results (see Admission requirement verification methods).
   
   

Compulsory attachments to the application:

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 directions at FSS UO, 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 projects focused on:
   • modernisation theories, societies of education, modernisation at the level of a region or municipality;
   • social aspects of sustainable development of cities and regions or the socio-spatial aspects of social exclusion (families with multiple problems, older adult citizens, people with disabilities, etc.);
   • social gerontological aspects of modernisation;
   • the repercussions of modernisation for social work (including the consequences of social services privatisation, etc.)
2. Structured Curriculum Vitae with information about previous studies and practical professional experience.
3. Confirmation of the execution of payment of the administrative fee.
4. Authenticated copy of a document confirming successful and due completion of Master's degree studies.
5. Decision about Recognition of Previous Education – as stipulated in Foreign Transcripts in the section Assessment of Foreign Secondary and Foreign Higher Education for the Purposes of the Admission Procedure at 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 .

The compulsory attachments are to be sent by post (or to be delivered in person) no later than by 15 August 2025 to the following address:

Faculty of Social Studies
University of Ostrava
Českobratrská 16
702 00 Ostrava
Czech Republic

Evaluation criteria for the entrance examination

Members of the Admission Procedure Committee FSS UO assess an applicant's dissertation project proposal at the entrance examination (personal participation of an applicant is not required).

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

Admission requirement verification methods

1. Completion of a Master's degree is verified by the Department for Science and Research FSS UO through an authenticated copy of a document confirming successful and due completion of Master's degree studies and a decision about Recognition of Previous Education of an applicant – a potential candidate for admission.
2. Submission of the online application form by the deadline is verified by the Department for Science and Research FSS UO in the University information system STAG.
3. Content and timely submission of the compulsory attachments is verified by the Department for Science and Research FSS UO, and received attachments are kept in an applicant's file.
4. Performance in the entrance examination is verified in the form of an Admission Examination Protocol, which is drawn up by the Admissions Procedure Committee at the place of the examination.
5. Applicants – potential candidates for admission – are ranked and placed in descending order within the specified limit of the number of admitted applicants, which is based on entrance examination results – number of points achieved.
   
   

Possibility of waiving the entrance examination

The entrance examination cannot be waived.

Schedule of the admission procedure for the doctoral study programme Social Work at the Faculty of Social Studies, UO

The administrative fee for submission of an application amounts to CZK 800. 0,28 MB

Tuition fee

The annual tuition fee for studies amounts to CZK 40,000 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).

Contact

Mgr. Bc. Mirka Šnejdar Matochová
Assistant for Science and Research FSS UO
E-mail:
Phone: +420 553 46 3207
Faculty of Social Studies, UO
Českobratrská 16
702 00 Ostrava