Mgr. Stefan Veleski, B.A., Ph.D.
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English Linguistics
Extended application deadline: May 1 – August 31
Given the current situation, the management of the faculty extended the application deadline. Students who will be unable to get a visa in time will start with the first semester online and then they will come to the Czech Republic for their second semester in Spring 2021. The admission process for degree programs in English will be online. You do not have to come to Brno to pass an entrance exam. Details of the study, admission requirements, etc. can be found on the program’s website.
General information
This fee-paying full-time mode programme is open to those individuals holding a Master's degree in a field related to English philology (literature and/or linguistics) or teaching English (as either a first or second language) from an institution of higher education in the Czech Republic or abroad.
Specializations
Now you can choose between two specializations in the Ph.D. program:
- English Linguistics
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Experimental and Applied Linguistics
Find a supervisor
Have you selected a field of study and your thesis topic? Find out which supervisors are accepting new students at the department you have chosen for your Ph.D. studies at the Faculty of Arts.
Then, contact your future supervisor directly. They will serve as your guide and thesis consultant throughout your studies. They can also help you formulate your thesis topic.
You can find the list of supervisors with their respective research fields here. For the contact information, please click here.
Admission Requirements
You do not have to come to Brno personally to take the entrance exam. The result of the admission process depends on the quality of the documents that you provide. Those will be assessed by the admission committee and you will be notified about the results via e-mail.
Terms of Admission
It is recommended that you choose and contact your supervisor before sending your application. For more information click here.
- Submission of an electronic application in the Masaryk University Information System.
- Submission of three letters of recommendation.
- Submission of a copy of the applicants Master's Thesis (in English). If this is not available, an English-language summary of the thesis must be provided together with a minimum twenty-page sample of the applicant's academic or scholarly writing in English. Graduates of Masaryk University need not submit a copy, as their theses are available to the Doctoral Studies Committee via the Masaryk University Information System.
- Submission of a transcript(s) of university/college studies, which must include:
- Dates you attended the institution(s)
- Titles of courses and examinations you completed and the marks received
- Submission of a research proposal for the doctoral dissertation (in English).
- Submission of a statement of motivation to pursue a doctoral degree in the English Language at Masaryk University (in English).
- Submission of an academic Curriculum Vitae (in English).
- Demonstrate English-language skills at the C2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language by submitting one of the following certificates (not more than one year old at the time of the submission of the application):
- IELTS Academic score of 8.0 or higher
- Certificate of Cambridge Proficiency in English with a mark of A or B
- TOEFL iBT score of 110 or higher
- Graduates of colleges or universities located in English-speaking countries (e.g. the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia) need not submit test scores.
- Receive a positive recommendation from the English Language Doctoral Studies, which is based on a complex evaluation of the materials set out in the points above.
- In addition, all applicants with foreign degrees (except as set out below) must submit their Master's degree for official recognition in the Czech Republic. Applicants without this official recognition are not permitted to enroll at the University. Detailed instructions can be found here.
- Holders of degrees from universities located in countries with which the Czech Republic has a treaty on the bilateral recognition of academic degrees and titles (at the present time: Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia), please see here.
- Holders of degrees from universities located in Slovakia should follow the instructions set out here.
Application Deadlines
1 January - 30 April for the enrollment in the Fall semester
1 July - 31 October for the enrollment in the Spring semester
Documents set out above in the Terms of Admission are required to be provided in digital form and attached to the online application by April 30th or October 31st.
Contact
Courses
- Conference Presentation in English I
- Publication in English I
- Academic publication in English II
- Philosophy of Language
- Conference Presentation in English
- The History of Linguistics
- Modern Linguistics
- Selected Topics in Semantics
- Selected Topics in English Stylistics
- Research Methodology
- International Research Stay I (1 month - 6 weeks)
- Ph.D. dissertation seminar I - VIII
- Doctoral Dissertation Summary
- Text Preparation
- Doctoral Dissertation
Tuition fees
Tuition fees: € 2,000/academic year (degree programme taught in English).
- Students who require a visa and who are denied one will be refunded 90 % of the school-fee only if they send us confirmation that their visa was denied. The money will be returned by bank transfer only.
Programmes taught in Czech are completely tuition fee, but a serious working knowledge of Czech is required.
If you are interested in studying in Czech or would like to improve your command of the language, you might consider registering in a preliminary language course one year prior to your enrolment at Masaryk University.
The one-year-long preparatory course is designed specifically for students seeking enrolment into a university degree programme taught in Czech. This course will help you develop your Czech language skills and/or improve your existing knowledge of the language to enable you to pass the entrance exams and pursue the degree of your choice at Masaryk University. In addition to improving your level of Czech, this course will also provide you with a better understanding of Czech society and culture.
QS World University Ranking
The QS World University Rankings by Subject are compiled annually to help prospective students identify the leading universities in a particular subject. Research citations, along with the results of major global surveys of employers and academics are used to rank universities.
In the 2019 Ranking, our university has improved its score in many areas and a total of 8 study programs have to the top 550 best subjects (up from 5 in 2018).
Our English Language & Literature study program has ranked 201–250.
Courses of Czech for Foreigners
All students of this program are entitled to study two semesters of Czech for foreigners free of charge. It is not obligatory but it might be handy.
Scholarships
Scholarships provide financial support for students. You can be awarded a scholarship for good grade average, for instance, or as part of scholarship programmes published by MU or individual faculties in accordance with the MU Scholarship Code.
Accommodation Grant
Masaryk University students who meet conditions set out in section 8 of the MU Scholarship and Bursary Regulations may be awarded an accommodation grant. The accommodation grant is paid out by MU in two scholarship periods: 1 January to 30 June and 1 July to 31 December. For more information click here.
Scholarship programme in support of humanitarian activities
The Rector's Scholarship Programme in Support of Humanitarian Activities Implemented by MU Students is established as per Rector's Provision No. 8/2015. The purpose of this scholarship programme is the granting of special-purpose scholarships in accordance with section 91, subsection 2, letter e) of the Higher Education Act by Masaryk University (hereinafter referred to as “MU”). The scholarship programme is designed to support MU students who have chosen to engage in voluntary humanitarian activities of society-wide significance, thus demonstrating their affiliation with values espoused by MU. For more information click here.
Rector’s scholarship programme
The Rector's Scholarship Programme is stipulated by the Rector's Provision 8/2012 (Czech only). The purpose of the scholarship programme is to support inter-faculty or inter-university student activities. These activities are linked in particular to the development of formal and informal education, supporting the development of strategic objectives and the development of the values of MU and the representation of the university (socially, culturally, and in the areas of sport and scientific research). for more information click here.
Scholarship for artistic and cultural activities of Faculty of Arts´ students
Faculty of Arts offers this scholarship to support exceptional projects that develop association and organization culture at the Faculty. Supported events range from organization of debates and lectures, exhibitions, concerts and plays to publishing student magazines and others. The call for applications is open twice a year - in February and in September. It is regulated by the rules set out in this document (in Czech): Stipendijní program pro podporu spolkové, kulturní a umělecké činnosti studentů Filozofické fakulty MU.
Scholarship for the mobility of Ph.D. students
This scholarship is destined only for the students of Ph.D. programs in both full-time and combined study forms. Its aim is to support and motivate Ph.D. students to actively participate in international conferences or to support short-time mobilities at partner institutions (up to 1 month stays). Find out more here (in Czech).
Visegrad scholarship
Master and post-Master scholars and researchers who are citizens of the Visegrad countries can apply for scholarship to study at any accredited university/institute within V4 and in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, and Ukraine. And the Master and post-Master scholars and researchers who are citizens of these countries can apply for a scholarship to study in the Visegrad countries.
- Study period/length of support is 1–4 semesters for full-time Master’s level studies, or 1–2 semesters for post-Master’s full-time studies/research
- The amount of the support is €2,300/semester for scholar + €1,500/semester for the host institution
Find out more here.
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Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding the application and admission procedures or the tuition fees, please contact us at admission@phil.muni.cz.
However, if you would like to know more about what is it like to study at Masaryk University, how is the life of a student at the Faculty of Arts or if you have some questions that require personal experience, we have a solution for you as well! You can contact our student ambassador Stefan Veleski at ambassador@phil.muni.cz.
Stefan speaks Macedonian, English, Czech, and Russian. His favorite motto is:
“I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.”
― Elon Musk
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