Current Students
Bachelor Thesis and Final State Examination
- Information for third-year Bachelor’s students – including important dates, guidelines for writing the Bachelor thesis, and thematic areas for the oral part of the final state examination – is available on the Faculty of Chemical Engineering website.
- If you have any questions, please contact the Faculty Office (Anna Vaněčková).
Master’s Thesis and Final State Examination
- Information for Master’s students – including key deadlines, guidelines for writing the Master’s thesis, and thematic areas for the oral part of the final state examination – is available on the Faculty of Chemical Engineering website.
- Submission of the Master’s Thesis. The thesis is considered officially submitted once the final electronic version is uploaded to the SIS (Study Information System). Additionally, two printed copies must be delivered to the Department of Chemical Engineering office (room B143D) no later than five working days after the electronic submission. One of the copies must contain the original thesis assignment and be hardbound.
- Thesis Defence and Final Examination Procedure. During the week prior to your defence and final state exam, you will receive a detailed schedule. Please arrive 15–30 minutes before your scheduled time. A secretary will introduce you to the examination board, and the chair will invite you to present the key points of your thesis. Your presentation should not exceed 10 minutes – make sure to upload your presentation in the morning or during the lunch break so it is ready when your session begins. After your presentation, the supervisors’ and reviewers’ reports will be read aloud, followed by questions and discussion with the committee. Then comes the oral part of the final examination, where you will be examined in four thematic areas previously selected in SIS. You may be asked to perform derivations on the board. The total duration of the final state exam, including the thesis defence, is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- If you have any questions, please contact the Faculty Office (Anna Vaněčková).
Doctoral Study Regulations
- All essential information about Ph.D. studies can be found on the UCT Prague Ph.D. Students’ website.
- Additional details – such as requirements for the English-language conference, dissertation submission, and other faculty-specific matters – are available on the Faculty of Chemical Engineering website.
- Due to recent amendments to the Czech Higher Education Act, intensive discussions are currently underway regarding the final form of the new rules for awarding the Ph.D. degree.
Dissertation Thesis
The preparation of a dissertation thesis requires independent and creative research work by the student. The outcome of this work includes not only the dissertation itself but also scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. The minimum requirement for being admitted to the defence of the dissertation is at least two publications in impacted journals related to the dissertation topic, where the doctoral candidate demonstrates a clear and significant contribution (typically as first author or corresponding author). To proceed with the dissertation defence, the student must submit a list of publications and other research outputs, such as conference presentations and other scholarly activities.
Starting from the academic year 2022/23, the Doctoral Study Board for the Chemical Engineering program allows dissertations to be submitted in the format of a Commented Collection of Publications (CCP). This format is appropriate when the number of scientific publications significantly exceeds the Board’s minimum requirements (typically four or more) and forms a coherent and thematically related body of work. The CCP must include an introductory overview or commentary that defines and critically evaluates the scientific problems addressed, outlines the research objectives and methods used, summarizes the main results of each publication, and discusses their mutual connections, broader implications, and future research potential. The dissertation must include only published or accepted articles in high-quality peer-reviewed journals, in which the doctoral candidate is the main or significant contributor. The extent of the candidate’s contribution must be quantified and clearly explained for each publication. The introductory commentary must be at least 50 pages in length and include references to relevant scientific literature. Students wishing to use the CCP format must obtain initial approval from their supervisor and submit a formal application to the Chair of the Doctoral Study Board, including the supervisor’s recommendation and the relevant publications. The Chair will consult with other Board members and issue a non-binding recommendation. Regardless of format, all dissertations are subject to review under the current Study and Examination Regulations. If multiple doctoral students have co-authored the included publications, each work may be used in no more than two dissertations, and only if the contributions of each student are both significant and clearly distinct (e.g., one focusing on experimental work and the other on mathematical modeling).
Topics of the State Doctoral Examination
The State Doctoral Examination consists of three subject areas.
The Double Degree Doctoral Study Program in Chemical and Process Engineering (DD40), conducted in cooperation with our partner university KU Leuven (with part of the study taking place there), follows the same rules as the standard program D401.