54 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Ecological and Evolutionary Biology programme from Masaryk University graduates are familiar with current and advanced working methods and knowledge particularly in the field of plant and animal taxonomy, biosystematics, ecology, palaeoecology, parasitology, hydrobiology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, molecular biology and genetics.

The Environmental Health Sciences programme from Masaryk University integrates PhD topics of environmental chemistry, toxicology and risk assessment with related problems of analysis and modelling of big data produced in current research of environmental factors affecting health. 

The International Relations and European Politics programme from Masaryk University aims to train the highly qualified specialists in the field of international relations, international politics, European integration, and European politics. 

In the Physics programme from Masaryk University the student participates in research as a member of a research team, he/she usually partakes in objective financed research and is led in such a way as to become an independent researcher upon concluding the doctoral programme.

In the fourth year of the Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology program at Masaryk University, the students are expected to focus on the publication of their results, for the reason that the acceptance of an article by academic journals, especially those with a measured impact factor, usually takes at least one year from its submission. 

This Anesthesiology, Intensive Medicine and Pain Management programme from Masaryk University aims to train high-quality, independent, scientific and academic professionals in three primary sub-specialisations: Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Algesiology, but also extending into inter-disciplinary collaboration (e.g. Clinical Pharmacology).

The Internal Medicine doctoral degree programme at Masaryk University has been created through the merging of three originally individual study disciplines, which have become the sub-specialisations of this unified programme - Dermatovenerology, Cardiology, and Internal Medicine.

The Geography Education PhD programme from Masaryk University objective is to provide scholars, researchers, stakeholders, curriculum developers and motivated educators with high quality scientific training. 

The Theory of Art and Gallery Education PhD program from Masaryk University aim is to prepare specialized professionals with a focus on the theory of art education and its overlap with other disciplines. 

The Pharmaceutical Technology programme from Masaryk University aims to deepen the student's education focused on pharmaceutical technology from the perspective of scientific and research activities in dosage forms development and its overlap to other scientific areas.

The Imaging Methods and Medical Physics programme at Masaryk University aims to prepare top experts in the field of radiology, nuclear medicine, medical physics and some areas of biomedical engineering and in the disciplines developed within the Biophysical Institute of Medical fakulty and in cooperation with clinics of the Faculty Hospital Brno.

The Genomics and Proteomics programme from Masaryk University aims to train top-class specialists in these subjects.

The Biomedical Sciences programme from Masaryk University has been created through the merging of the following originally individual study disciplines: Medical Biology, Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, which has been designed in the CEITEC MU research centre to be a robust singular study programme consisting of three disciplines.

The Plant Anatomy and Physiology programme from Masaryk University aims to prepare top scientists in the fields of contemporary physiology and experimental biology of plants developed within the Institute of Experimental Biology of the Faculty of Science. 

This Law of Information and Communication Technologies PhD program from Masaryk University provides for opportunities to complexly understand regulatory issues related to development and practical applications of advanced information and communication technologies. 

The primary objective of the Dentistry and Otorinolaryngology programme at Masaryk University is to deepen the theoretical knowledge and develop the ability to perform independent creative tasks in the field of basic and applied research in the context of the Otorhinolaryngology and Dentistry disciplines in the students.

The Political Science  programme from Masaryk University is geared toward preparing highly qualified experts in the field of political science and security studies. 

The Medicinal Chemistry programme from Masaryk University aim is to prepare qualified experts who will work professionally in scientific activities in the field of development and analysis of drugs and its application to other scientific fields.

The graduates of the Surgery and Reproductive Medicine doctoral degree programme at Masaryk University are primarily prepared for the further development of their scientific careers at various institutes, but they are also prepared to eventually work in medical facilities or as academic lecturers.

The Life Sciences programme from Masaryk University aims to educate students in the field of life sciences and to prepare them as highly qualified specialists for scientific activities. The introductory part of the study concentrates on deepening theoretical and practical knowledge.