Doctoral study

The Faculty of Health Sciences has presently accredited three doctoral programmes which are Nursing, Health Protection and Promotion and Applied Clinical Rehabilitation. From 2025, the doctoral programme of Applied Clinical Rehabilitation will be available in the English language, too. Doctoral programmes are offered in the full-time or combined form of study. The content of each programme is defined by the study plan including the list of all courses of the given study programme with the credit requirements. Students are obliged to familiarize themselves with the study plan and create their individual study plan (ISP) according to it in consultation with the supervisor. The sample ISP can be downloaded from the website of the relevant doctoral study programme. The ISP is one of the documents submitted at the enrolment to study.

• DSP Applied Clinical Rehabilitation (P0915D360004)

At the end of each academic year, doctoral students submit their annual report summarizing their study outcomes achieved during that period. The deadline for fulfilment of study requirements is mentioned in the schedule of the academic year on the faculty website. The students will submit the annual report with all other requirements specified in the Annual Report Guideline to the Student Affairs Office by 31st August.

• Annual Report Guideline

Submitting a project

If you have questions on project submission or project calls, contact the faculty Science and Research Officer.

Detailed information on the possibilities of project submissions can be found on the website of Project Services UP. Doctoral students are also informed of current project calls via a regular newsletter delivered to their university email address. The Central Evidence of Projects, section CEP, also includes useful information.

Publishing scientific articles, chapters and monographs

Doctoral students consult and prepare all publications related to their study in cooperation with their supervisor and the supervisor is listed as a co-author to all their publications. All publications are affiliated with the programme-guaranteeing department. The publication results must be uploaded in the OBD following the Instructions, in order to monitor the quality of publications and their affiliation to the relevant doctoral programme and its disciplinary board.

Students of doctoral programmes must establish a personal ORCID ID and indicate it in publications and other results of science and research if possible.

It is recommended that students familiarize themselves with the system of journal classification by quartiles and methods of search for journals and publications.

Students may use the research and consultation services of the Faculty Library, The university library Zbrojnice also provides research and bibliographic-information services along with educational seminars for postgraduate students and UP employees free of charge.

Useful information can also be found in the Register of Information on Results (RIV) in the website’s section RIV.

International mobility

Students planning international mobility must fill in the Mobility Registration Form and send it to the International Officer for registration in STAG. Students of Palacký University can also take advantage of the UP travel insurance.

Those interested in international mobility (study stay, winter/summer school, research stay) should visit the website of UP International Cooperation to find more information on different types of international programmes, possibilities of financing international mobility and travel insurance for UP students and staff.

Useful information can be found on the website of Doctoral Study UP, section Science and Research.

Further opportunities

To learn of further opportunities and useful tips on doctoral study, visit the Doctoral Study UP website. Students can also take advantage of educational courses for UP students and employees within the Life-long Learning programmes and events of the UP Career Centre.