Charles University Faculty of Arts
Ph.D. in Romance Languages
Prague, Czech Republic
PhD
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2026
TUITION FEES
CZK 25,000 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* applications can only be submitted between December and March 31
** application fee is paid separately
Key Summary
About: Ph.D. in Romance Languages, Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Contact a dissertation consultant and submit a proposal; apply online December 1 to March 31. The oral entrance exam in Prague (May) is scored to 60; you need 30+ and placement within admissions. Decisions are in May or July; enrollment August and September. See the school website for admission and curriculum details.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter academia, research centers, cultural institutions and the media, or work in diplomacy, translation, lexicography, editing, language consultancy, cultural management and policy advising, museum curation, publishing and education administration. Roles include researcher, lecturer and language specialist.
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The language of instruction is English.
For all information about the study programme and admission procedure conditions see our school website.
Applications can only be submitted:
- between December 1 and March 31
- electronically using the form provided on our school website.
Description of the admission process:
- Contact a dissertation consultant (you can find a list of consultants according to your chosen study programme on our school website.) and send him/her your dissertation proposal for review.
- Submit your application for study via THE ONLINE FORM
- Applications can only be submitted from December 1 until March 31!
- In late April/early May, you will receive an Invitation to the entrance examination via the same system in which you applied.
- At a specified time in May, you will take an entrance exam. The entrance exam is oral and takes place in person in Prague.
- The maximum number of points you can score on the exam is 60. If you have a total of 30 points or more, you have a chance to be admitted – but you need to be within the expected admission number for the programme.
- In May or July, the admission procedure is evaluated, and the information about its result is sent to all applicants.
- Candidates who are successful in the admission procedure are subject to NOSTRIFICATION. This means that they must provide evidence of their previous Master's degree according to the conditions listedon our school website.
- Those who have properly documented their previous education and language skills may attend the enrolment in the study, which usualy takes place from August to September.
Full-time doctoral students will receive a scholarship, which is usually supplemented by other sources of income, e.g. awards for participation in grant projects or remuneration for teaching undergraduates.
For information on governmental scholarships, please visit the website of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport.
Other Ph.D. scholarships can be found on our school website.
The Ph.D. graduate in Romance languages is a highly qualified specialist trained to conduct research work in his/her field (the linguistics and philology of one or more Romance languages). He/she is able to interpret these languages in a qualified manner, applying a synchronic or diachronic approach and utilizing modern linguistic methods and research procedures. His/her specialization is based also on the knowledge of the foundations and history of general linguistics with a special focus on Romance linguistics. The graduate is ready to seek employment in academia (universities, research centers, etc.); with his/her language skills and broad erudition, the graduate may be employed in cultural institutions, the media, diplomacy, etc.