Admissions for the academic year 2026/2027

It is necessary to submit an electronic application for studies and pay the administrative fee associated with the admission procedure by May 31, 2026.

The fee for actions associated with the admission procedure can be paid either immediately when submitting the application by credit card, or by transfer or postal order to the account (information with the account number and variable symbol for payment will be delivered to the e-mail address specified in the application). Other methods of payment are not permitted. The administrative fee for the academic year 2026/2027 for the admission procedure to the Czech study program is 990 CZK, the fee for actions associated with the admission procedure to the English study program is 50 EUR. The payment is in order when the prescribed amount of the fee sent with the relevant variable symbol is credited to the school’s designated account. If the amount is lower (e.g. the bank charges a handling fee), the applicant will not be included among the applicants.

Foreign applicants can pay the fee both in Czech currency (CZK) and in another currency in the amount corresponding to the relevant fee, according to the exchange rate maintained by the Czech National Bank on the date of payment. Payment for the administrative fee must be sent no later than May 31, 2026.

Only those applicants who have submitted full application to study and other compulsory documents no later than May 31^st, 2025 can participate in the admission interview:

• Appendix to Application Form for Doctoral Study.
• A structured (academic) CV, including a list of any published professional papers with a brief annotation and references to these papers.
• Graduates of universities accredited in the Czech Republic must submit an authorized conversion of the diploma into electronic form, a diploma supplement is not required. This requirement does not apply to graduates of master’s studies at the Prague University of Economics and Business. Graduates of foreign universities (including branches of foreign universities in the Czech Republic without Czech accreditations) must submit an assessment of foreign education or a recognition of the previous foreign university digree.
• A research project proposal (4-6 A4 pages) in the form of an academic essay briefly introducing the area of research and identifying the research gap (including a short literature review) should be submitted with the application. The essay should follow the structure of a research article (esp. the first three sections, that is Introduction, Theoretical Background, Data, and Methods). The essay should explicitly state the research aim and the expected contribution to the Management field. The list of literature should also be included. The candidate should indicate the name of the potential supervisor with whom they had consulted the research aim and the dissertation topic. It is recommended to use the essay template.

The entrance examination consists of two parts:

• The applicant’s qualification for the study is verified during the discussion of the topic of the research project. At the same time, the applicant’s general expertise and overall readiness for doctoral studies are assessed.
• International candidates (does not apply for Slovakia) applying for the Czech study program must demonstrate active knowledge of the Czech language during the interview.
• The admission interview can be organized online

The professional part of the exam is evaluated by a grade and verbal assessment. The language part of the entrance exam is evaluated by a grade.

The grades are as follows:

• 1 – excellent
• 2 – very good
• 3 – good
• 4 – failed

If the applicant receives from any part of the exam a grade 4 – failed, this means that he/she did not succeed in the entrance examination. The commission will give a brief justification of the result.

After verifying the terms for admission to study and depending on the results of the entrance exam, the professional orientation of the applicant and the capacity of the supervisors in the given study programme, the Dean will decide whether or not the applicant will be accepted for study.

A written decision on admission/non-admission to doctoral study will be sent to each applicant in accordance with the Act on Higher Education.

The admitted applicant will receive a decision on admission to the doctoral study programme, respectively the field of study, including the decision on the form of study and admission to the department, as well as instructions regarding enrolment and commencement of the studies.

If the applicant was not admitted solely due to the lack of capacity of supervisors, the results of their entrance exam will remain valid for one year from the date the examination took place; the applicant may apply in the prescribed manner in the next regular term of the admission procedure with a request for recognition of the previous successful entrance examination.

The Dean reserves the right to change the form of study in the decision on admission in regard to the needs of the faculty and subject to consultation with the guarantor of the field of study.

The applicant may request a review of the decision. The request is to be submitted to the Rector, through the Dean of the Faculty who issued the decision, within 30 days from the date of receipt.

An applicant who has been admitted to the doctoral study programme becomes a Ph.D. student from the date of enrolment.

The conditions of study in the doctoral study programme are regulated by the Study and Examination Rules of the Prague University of Economics and Business.

Specific duties of Ph.D. students at the Faculty of Management are regulated by the Doctoral Standard.