Faculty Information

The Faculty of Medicine has its own faculty regulations, as see in the presentation from the PhD Day called „Faculty rules for PhD candidates“. There is a link to the regulation called Scholarships Programmes at the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University.

As mentioned during the presentation, 20 credits are required to enrol in the next semester.

240 credits are required for graduation. The study takes 4 years, so ideally, you want to gain 60 credits per year / 30 credits per month.

Student has to complete at least four courses in four different fields of study courses of a common basis and complete at least four subject-area courses (within the competence of the doctoral board).

There is no official timing or workload for PhD candidates. It depends on their agreement with the supervisor and the requirements of the Doctoral board. Students may receive a scholarship.

Ideally in collaboration with a supervisor and possibly with the Doctoral board.

PhD students can take advantage of course offers from CERPEK (Competence Development Centre of Masaryk University).

All course information can be found in the IS course catalogue. For specific information, you can of course contact the instructor or the course supervisor directly.

No, FM MU does not have an MD-PhD pathway. The PhD is a study of a doctoral program, which research focuses on research to expand knowledge. It is not an MD program anymore.