Faculty of Humanities, Charles University
PhD in Applied EthicsPrague, Czech Republic
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 700 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, On-Campus
* applicants from non-EU/EEA countries are advised to apply by April 30th, 2025
** online application fee: 810 CZK
Key Summary
Introduction
There are numerous ethical issues in every field of human activity. The aim of this programme is to critically reflect on these issues, whilst applying ethics as a philosophical discipline. Students of Applied Ethics will acquire skills in analytical thinking and qualitative research methods. They will be able to hierarchically organize, evaluate and propose solutions to dilemmas or situations requiring ethical insight in their profession, using the theoretical and practical knowledge obtained during this programme.
The aim of the study is to independently create and publicly present original research results on a current open scientific problem in the field of applied ethics at home and abroad. The aim is also to master and develop the principles of scientific work, precise and original scientific formulation of problems, permanent attention to the relationship between the development of the field and the contribution to practice and mastering the methods of organizing scientific work, the practice of organizing scientific events and the way of active participation in scientific life.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
- Students can ask for contributions from the national budget for education, research, innovation, art, and other creative activities, for subsidies from the national budget, from the bursary fund, or from other resources.
- Every full-time student of the doctoral study programme is, in case there are no obstacles, awarded a doctoral scholarship of 10 500 to 25 000 CZK monthly, in accordance with Scholarship and Bursary Rules. For more information, please visit our website.
Program Outcome
Graduates of the Applied Ethics doctoral programme are well employed in numerous fields of human activity. Either they extend their knowledge and skills to the ethical dimension of their basic profession (e.g. by creating codes of ethics or applying and interpreting parts of them in practice), work on standardising the ethical rules of their profession in national and transnational versions, or work as experts in ethics committees or develop so-called ethical consulting. Graduates are able to work actively and effectively in the top management of modern institutions, organizations and companies as professional ethicists. Thanks to their graduation in applied ethics, they are newly employed as teachers in university study programmes where students prepare for the helping professions and in higher education programmes, especially in health and social sciences. As ethics is often included as a compulsory subject in secondary schools, they can also gain employment here. They are often involved in ethics committees or panels, which are established in a wide range of professional fields, as well as in government institutions.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Applied Ethics doctoral programme are well employed in numerous fields of human activity. Either they extend their knowledge and skills to the ethical dimension of their basic profession (e.g. by creating codes of ethics or applying and interpreting parts of them in practice), work on standardising the ethical rules of their profession in national and transnational versions, or work as experts in ethics committees or develop so-called ethical consulting. Graduates are able to work actively and effectively in the top management of modern institutions, organizations and companies as professional ethicists. Thanks to their graduation in applied ethics, they are newly employed as teachers in university study programmes where students prepare for the helping professions and in higher education programmes, especially in health and social sciences. As ethics is often included as a compulsory subject in secondary schools, they can also gain employment here. They are often involved in ethics committees or panels, which are established in a wide range of professional fields, as well as in government institutions.