PhD Scholarship in Fishery at University of South Bohemia

The
University of South Bohemia is now accepting applications for full-time PhD
Scholarship in Fishery for academic year 2017/2018. Students from around the
world are eligible to apply for this scholarship program.

The
study aims to prepare students for their future research, scientific or
pedagogical career at universities or research institutions and top-management
of big companies even transnational ones.

The
University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice Faculty of Fisheries and
Protection of Waters, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology. It
is the largest and most comprehensive facilities focusing on basic research and
primarily on applied research in the sphere of fish culture in the Czech
Republic.

Course
Level: Scholarship
is available to pursue PhD programme.

Study
Subject:
Scholarship is awarded to study Fishery 4103V003. This study deepens knowledge
and abilities acquired in the master study in relation to detailed professional
specialization usually in context with current scientific and research issues
in aquaculture, fish genetics, and reproduction, fisheries, water protection,
hydrobiology, aquatic toxicology etc.

Scholarship
Award: Value
of the scholarship:

It
is a daily study with a minimum of 25 days of vacation + 12 days of
national holiday.
• The study is free of charge – when you study in the standard period.
• Under this study, a scholarship will be paid to you.
• You will get a minimal workload at our faculty of 10 %. Under certain
condition, it might be up to 100 %.
• Your average monthly income (scholarship + salary) will be about 13,000
– 15,000 CZK. Excellent students can have income even more than 20,000
CZK.
• It is a Czech program, but applicants from worldwide can be admitted to
this program. Knowledge of Czech language is not an obligation. It is
enough when you speak English.

Number
of Scholarships: Not
Known

Scholarship
can be taken in the
Czech Republic

Eligibility: The following
criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the
scholarship:

All
applicants, whose application will not be excluded by the admission
committee due to formal deficiencies, will be invited for the admission
interview. The admission interview can take place in justified cases with
the use of electronic communication technologies. In that case, however,
the applicant bears the risks associated with the evaluation due to the
poor quality of the connection. The applications of candidates who don´t
appear for the interview without excuse will be excluded from the
admission procedure. Applicants, who are unable to attend the interview,
apologize in time and the excuse is accepted by the Dean, will be assessed
by the admission committee in their absence based on the supplied
materials.
The
applicant must demonstrate a sufficiently wide base of general knowledge
in animal biology, fisheries, and water ecology during the admission
interview. Knowledge of basic fishery literature with a clear idea of the
topic of his/her PhD thesis and the ways of dealing with the given issues,
plus a strong interest in scientific work are expected. An integral part
of the admission interview is verification of the ability to communicate
in the English language.
The
admission committee assigns 0-10 points to the applicant on the basis of
the oral interview. Another 0-20 points will be assigned to the applicant
on the basis of information about previous education, experience,
publication and pedagogical activity etc. In this evaluation, the
committee of the admission procedure will also take into account the
position of the head of the relevant organizational unit of the faculty,
where the student is going to work. The evaluation itself will be created
by the average of the points proposed by the present members of the committee,
rounded to two decimal places. Applicants, who do not receive more than 15
points, cannot be admitted to study.
If
more than one applicant is assigned to the topic of the dissertation, the
candidate who receives the highest score will be accepted. In the case of
the same number of points, the lot decides about the selected applicant.
If one candidate is assigned to a given topic and he/she obtains at least
15 points from the admission committee, he/she will be accepted for study
after the other conditions are fulfilled. Applicants who gain more than 15
points, but the topic of the PhD thesis they have applied for will be
filled by an applicant with a higher number of points, will be offered the
opportunity to accept free topics of the PhD thesis if their supervisors
are interested. Offering topics of vacant dissertations will be done
according to the instructions of supervisors who issue them.
The
admission procedure for the doctoral field of study Fishery will take
place in the English language; other conditions for the admission
procedure to doctoral study remain consistent with the ones mentioned
above. Fees for study in the English language are determined by the Dean
of the faculty in a separate decision in advance before the term for
submission of applications (30th November 2017).
Applicants,
who receive more than 15 points from the admission committee are placed
among the admitted students or agree on the admission to a free topic, and
meet other conditions for admission, will receive notification of
acceptance.
Applicants,
who receive more than 15 points from the admission committee and are
placed in the number of admitted students, or agree on the admission to a
free topic, but do not meet the conditions for admission (it concerns
applicants who do not have terminated master´s education at the time of
the interview or do not have recognized foreign education in the Czech
Republic), will be informed that they have met the conditions for
admission and will be accepted after all conditions have been met.
Applicants,
who do not receive more than 15 points from the admission committee or are
not placed among the admitted students and are not offered other free
topic of the Ph.D. thesis, or students who do not meet other conditions
(in particular with regard to evidence of master´s education under the
above conditions), will not be admitted to study.

Nationality:
Students
from around the world are eligible to apply for this scholarship program.

College
Admission Requirement

Entrance
Requirements: The admission procedure for the doctoral field of study Fishery
will take place in the English language; other conditions for the admission
procedure to doctoral study remain consistent with the ones mentioned above.

English
Language Requirements: It is a Czech program, but applicants from worldwide can
be admitted to this program. Knowledge of Czech language is not an obligation.
It is enough when you speak English.

How
to Apply:

1)
Look at the offered themes of PhD thesis for a forthcoming academic year and
select one of them.

2)
Get in contact with supervisor written by the selected theme. In case of a
mutual deal, complete the application form for the doctoral
study here and print it. The name of the field of study, the form of
study and the language of study (Czech or English) must be specified in the
application.

3) Include
all necessary attachments:
• List of marks and credits from passed subjects of master’s study verified by
the study department (office) of the respective university, where the student
studied – this applies to applicants for doctoral study, who have a possibility
to be accepted without an admission interview. This obligation is not for
students of the FFPW USB.

Verified
copy of a diploma about terminated bachelor´s and master´s study.
Applicants, who have not properly completed master’s degree by the closing
date for submitting their application for study, shall indicate in their
CV the expected time for completing the studies (issue of a diploma). The
proof of master´s study termination must be submitted immediately after
its receipt, no later than on the enrolment day to doctoral study.
Provided that the graduation took place at a foreign university, the
applicant submits a document about the equivalence of foreign study and
diploma with a study in a master´s study program accredited at a
university in the CR, issued by its rector´s decision, unless the
international treaty provides otherwise.
Motivation
letter with the justification of interest in the study of the DSP at the
FFPW USB, justifying the selection of the dissertation topic and a brief
idea of how to solve or approach the solution of a selected topic of the
dissertation. The candidate applies for a specific topic of the
dissertation by the selection from the themes offered for the given
admission procedure. The list of offered dissertation topics is available
on the websites of the FFPW USB.
• Brief structured curriculum vitae with details about achieved education,
expert or scientific and research activities, list of publications and
lectures, or reviews of expert activities
Verified copy
of an English language test certificate at least at the FCE level (B2)
– this applies to applicants for study programs taught in the English
language.
4) All attachments except the documents verifying educational level can be
delivered as re-attachments when submitting the application form via the
online application by 30th November 2017 (by e-mail to the address of
Study office or as an attachment of the application form submitted by the
online application). In the case of specializations taught in the English
language, the application and attachments must be written in English.