Study and Examination Rules

Study and Examination Rules of the Prague University of Economics and Business

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports registered under Section 36(2) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments and Additions to Other Acts (Act on Higher Education Institutions), on 18 July 2017 under No. MSMT-19508/2017, the Study and Examination Regulations of the Prague University of Economics and Business.

Amendments to the Study and Examination Regulations of the Prague University of Economics and Business were registered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports under Section 36(2) of the Higher Education Act on 19 April 2018 under No. MSMT-10731/2018, on 28 June 2019 under no. MSMT-22107/2019, on 11 January 2021 under ref. MSMT-836/2021-4 and on 7 January 2022 under ref. MSMT-34774/2021-1 and on 5 June 2023 under ref. MŠMT-16269/2023 and on 21 August 2025 under ref. MSMT-18581/2025-9. 

Part One
FUNDAMENTAL PROVISIONS

Article 1
Introductory provisions

These Study and Examination Rules (hereinafter referred to as “Study Rules“) have been adopted under Act 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and on Modification and Amendments of Other Acts (hereinafter referred to as ” Higher Education Act“), as amended (“Act”), as the Statutes of the of the Prague University of Economics and Business (hereinafter referred to as “VSE”), and apply to all students enrolled in Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral (PhD) degree program implemented at VSE and its faculties.

Article 2
Competences of the Deans and Rector

(1) The Dean’s competence under these Study Rules applies to students enrolled in study programs which are carried out by the relevant faculty of VSE, except in the cases referred to in Articles 10 (8), 11 (2) and 15 (8), where the Dean of the faculty, on which the study obligation is accredited, has competence, and article and Article 7a, in which the Dean of the faculty implementing the study program to which transfer is requested has competence.

(2) In the case the study program is carried out by VSE, the Rector shall exercise the Dean’s competence under these Study Rules.

(3) In the case of study programs implemented in cooperation between several faculties of the VSE, the faculty implementing the study program shall be the faculty which has the highest share of the credit allocation of compulsory courses when the application for accreditation is submitted. 

Article 3
Definitions of terms

For the purpose of the Study Rules, the terms below have the following meaning:

1. The term “accreditation“ means the granting of the authorization and setting the conditions for the realization of a study program, subject or other study obligations under the Study rules, quality assurance of educational, creative and related activities and internal evaluation of the educational, creative and related activities of VSE. The conditions laid down in the accreditation include documentation of a study program, subject or other study obligations.
2. The term “individual curriculum“ means a time schedule and content sequence of the passing of study obligations, the form of their study and the way of verifying the study results, that must be fulfilled by the student in the given Doctoral degree program.
3. The term “compliance credits” means credits gained upon the successful completion of all obligations, and credits gained upon the recognition of obligations successfully completed by the student while on a study abroad program as part of his or her studies at VSE. The compliance credits do not include credits gained in the semester when the student’s study was interrupted.
4. The term “credit” means a unit of evaluation of study obligations in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs, except for sports activities, which expresses the student study load from participation in lessons and preparation for the fulfilment of study obligations related to his or her participation in lessons and preparation for or completion of study obligations. The student is awarded credits upon the successful completion or recognition of completed study obligations.
5. The term “credit voucher“ means a voucher allowing the student to enrol in or get recognized study obligations in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs.
6. The term “grade point average” means a weighted grade average of all the successfully completed and unsuccessfully completed examinations (including completed examinations by the student on a study abroad program as part of his or her studies at VSE). The weights are the credit evaluations of all study obligations. The decisive moment for the calculation of the grade point average is the end of the semester.
7. The term “subject of study” means all the study obligations, including classes. It can be implemented semesterly, i.e. throughout the teaching period, or in blocks, i.e. in or outside of the teaching period.
8. The term “enrollment for study obligations” means the student’s enrollment for the performance of obligations in the study in compliance with the rules and the acceptance of such requirements. If the relevant study obligation is a subject, the term “enrollment for a study obligation” means “enrollment into a subject”.
9. The term “year of study” means two consecutive semesters of student studies.
10. The term “specialization” means a comprehensive part of the study program chosen by a student upon the rules and conditions stipulated by the accreditation of the given study program or in the Dean’s provision.
11. The term “study obligations” means the student’s obligations stipulated by the accreditation of the study program and by the curriculum or the individual curriculum. The study obligation includes mainly the subject of study, the state final examination or a part thereof, the defence of the final thesis, publication and pedagogical output, professional practice, presentation at a professional conference and sports activities.
12. The term “curriculum” means a schedule of time and content sequence of the required completion of study obligations, the form of their study and the way of verification of study results, to be completed by the student in the given Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program.
13. The term “minor specialization” means a thematically integral part of the Master’s degree program, chosen by the student based on the rules and conditions specified in the accreditation of the respective Master’s degree program.
14. The terms “teaching” or “classes” mean lectures, tutorials, seminars, and consultations together with professional training and methodological workshops.
15. The term “enrollment card” means a list of subjects the student enrolled into.
16. The term “final thesis” means Bachelor’s thesis, Master’s thesis, or Doctoral dissertation.

Part Two
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE STUDY ORGANIZATION

Article 4
Organization of the Academic Year of Study

(1) The academic year of study lasts 12 calendar months and is divided into spring and fall semesters. Its schedule is determined by the Rector after discussion with the Deans.

(2) The schedule for the academic year of study determines in particular

1. teaching periods,
2. examination periods,
3. registration and enrollment periods,
4. the main holiday season.

(3) The teaching period of one semester lasts 13 weeks; the examination period lasts for 6 weeks in a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree program, in a Doctoral degree program the examination period takes place throughout the year. In justified cases, the Rector may make exceptions to these rules.

Article 5
Course of Study

(1) An admitted applicant becomes a student on the enrollment date. Upon the enrollment to study, the student is required to take an academic matriculation oath. The conditions and terms of enrollment for studies and matriculation are set by the Dean.

(2) For a student in a Doctoral degree program, the Dean appoints a supervisor when enrolling on the studies and assigns the student to the department where he or she is responsible for the dissertation, usually at the department where his or her supervisor is working.

(3) During the course of study, the student shall immediately notify the relevant Study Department about any change in the contact details (in particular the name, surname, address, and telephone number). Should the student fail to do so, neither VSE nor any of its divisions shall be liable for any consequences of such omission for the student.

(4) A student in a study program in a foreign language is obliged to pay the study-related fees according to the Statute of VSE.

(5) A student may not commit any illicit acts in carrying out his or her study obligations, in particular

1. any form of cheating, copying, or unauthorized cooperation, including all forms of prompting,
2. publishing of someone else’s work for own use, especially by using a part of someone else’s work in his or her own work without proper reference or literal use of a part of someone else’s work without an obvious indication of the quotation,
3. submitting the same or partially modified work to fulfil various study obligations,
4. any recording or propagation of the test or examination content.

(6) A student is obliged to act honestly and fairly in their studies and to comply with the internal regulations of the Prague University of Economics and Business and its faculties.

(7) The maximum duration of study in a Doctoral degree program is five years. The period of study does not include the period of interruption (Article 7) and the period during which the student would otherwise be on maternity leave or enrolled in the Dual Career Support Program (Article 12a(1)), provided that he or she does not interrupt his or her studies during this period. Exceeding the maximum period of study shall be considered as a failure to meet the requirements of the study program under the Study and Examination Rules, which shall be grounds for termination of studies in accordance with Section 56(1)(b) of the Act. 

Article 5a
Submission to the university 

 (1) All applications, reports and appeals relating to studies at the VSE pursuant to these Study and Examination Rules shall be deemed to be submissions to the univeristy; a written declaration of withdrawal from studies pursuant to Section 56(2) of the Act shall also be deemed to be a submission. 

(2) An applicant, student or person with interrupted studies shall make all submissions to the university electronically via the Contact Centre in the Information System of the VSE (hereinafter also referred to as “InSIS”), and such submissions shall be deemed to be signed. 

(3) The submission is made by its acknowledgement in the InSIS Contact Centre. 

(4) In the event of submission by other means, the VSE shall transfer the impeccable submission to the InSIS Contact Centre itself, provided that the record of the oral hearing can be confirmed in InSIS. If the applicant, student or person with interrupted studies does not confirm the unsigned submission in the InSIS Contact Centre within 30 days, the submission shall be deemed not to have been made. 

Article 6
Language of Study

(1) The student is taught and fulfils his or her study obligations in the language determined by the accreditation of the study program. 

(2) In Bachelor’s and Master’s study programs accredited in the Czech language, the Dean may, at the student’s request, authorise the preparation and submission of the final thesis in a foreign language; the Dean determines in what language the examiner’s reports should be processed, and the defence will be held. The Dean may delegate these powers to another person. 

(3) In a Doctoral degree program accredited in the Czech language, students attend classes and write their dissertation in Czech or English. In a Doctoral degree program accredited in English, the student completes the coursework, prepares the dissertation and fulfils the study obligations in English. 

Article 7
Interruption of Studies

(1) The Dean may, at the student’s justified request, interrupt his or her studies, even repeatedly. The student is required to apply for an interruption immediately after the reasons for the interruption of studies have arisen. During the time of the interruption of studies, the person is not a student.

(2) The Dean always interrupts the student’s studies based on his or her request, even repeatedly, in connection with pregnancy, childbirth or parenthood, for the entire recognised period of parenthood. Interruption of studies, for this reason, shall not be counted into the total duration of the interruption of studies under paragraphs 5 and 6.

(3) The Dean shall grant the application if the person in the recognised parenthood period asks for re-enrollment for studies before the period of interruption of his or her studies expires. If the re-enrollment date is not the first day of the semester, the student is not entitled to enrol for semester subjects in this semester.

(4) The end of the interruption of studies is always aligned with the end of the semester. In the Doctoral degree program, the Dean may, in justified cases, set the end of the interruption of studies differently.

(5) In the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs, the number of semesters in which the student has interrupted his or her studies must not exceed the number of semesters of the standard study period.

(6) In the Doctoral degree program, the total duration of the study interruption must not exceed 24 months in total.

(7) A person whose studies have been interrupted may be granted a further interruption of studies by the Dean on application before the end of the period for which the studies were interrupted. 

(8) The student may re-enrol within five working days after the end of the interruption of studies; if the student does not take advantage of the opportunity to enrol, the Dean will decide to terminate the studies. The Dean may extend the deadline in justified cases and allow later enrolment. 

Article 7a
Transfer between study programs 

 (1) The Dean may, on the basis of a reasoned request, allow a student or a person with interrupted studies to transfer repeatedly between study programs of the same faculty. 

(2) The Dean of the faculty that implements the study program to which a student of another faculty of the VSE or a person with interrupted studies at another faculty of the VSE wishes to transfer may, on the basis of a reasoned request, authorise the transfer after consultation with the Dean of the faculty that implements the study program from which the student or person with interrupted studies wishes to transfer. 

(3) A student may transfer from a Bachelor’s degree program only to a Bachelor’s degree program, and from a Master’s degree program only to a master’s degree program. It is not possible to transfer between an academically focused program and a professionally focused program. From a doctoral program it is only possible to transfer to a doctoral program. 

(4) If the Dean grants the transfer request, the Dean shall also decide, ex officio, to recognise the study requirements performed or fulfilled by the applicant as part of the initial study program and to assign the applicant to the relevant semester or year of study in the continuing study program. 

(5) Credit vouchers that have been used by the student’s failure to meet the study requirements in the initial program of study shall also be deducted in full in the continuing program. 

(6) The use of credit vouchers for recognised courses shall be governed by the rules in Article 13(3)(c). 

(7) On the date of notification of the decision authorising the transfer, the student shall be entitled to enrol in the continuation program within the time limit set by the faculty. On the date of enrolment, the student shall become a student in the new program of study. A person with interrupted studies becomes a student in the new study program on the day after the interruption of studies ends. 

(8)The period of study in the original program of study shall be considered as the period in the new program of study for the purposes of fees for longer studies and the determination of the maximum period of study. 

(9) Further details are laid down in Section 54b of the Act. 

Article 8
Accreditation

(1) A study program, which may include specialization or a minor specialization, state final examination, state doctoral examination, subject and professional practice must be accredited.

(2) Substantial change in accreditation must be made public

1. in the case of a subject within a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree program before the beginning of the registration period for subjects,
2. in the case of a subject within a Doctoral degree program before the beginning of the period for enrollment of subjects,
3. in the case of a state final examination at least 6 months before the date of the state final examination,
4. in the case of a change in the structure of the compulsory subjects of the study program at least 3 months before the beginning of the semester to which the change according to the curriculum or the individual curriculum relates.

Article 9
Subjects and Their Enrollment

(1) Subjects are implemented within one semester.

(2) The dates for enrolling subjects are set by the time schedule of the academic year; the dates for enrolling subjects implemented in blocks can be determined by the guaranteeing department differently.

(3) The student is required to check the correctness of the data contained in the enrollment card.

(4) A student of a Bachelor’s degree program may enrol on a subject from a Master’s degree program in addition to the curriculum if he or she needs no more than 30 credits to gain the total number of credits required to complete the Bachelor’s degree program.

Article 10
Grading of Study Obligations

(1) The way of completing the subject is determined by the accreditation. The subject is completed by gaining a credit or passing an examination. The gaining of a credit is possible only for sports and language subjects followed by another subject in a logical series, whereas the last subject in the series must be completed by passing an examination.

(2) The result of the examination, with the exception of the state final examination, is measured by points which the teacher enters in the examination report together with the grade. An examination may be assessed on the following grading scale:

1. excellent (1); if the examination result is measured by points, the result is at least 90% of the maximum score,
2. very good (2); if the examination result is measured by points, the result is at least 75% but less than 90% of the maximum points,
3. good (3); if the examination result is measured by points, the result is at least 60% but less than 75% of the maximum points,
4. failed with the option of repeated examination (4+); the result is at least 50%, but less than 60% of the maximum score, or this grade is awarded at the discretion of the examiner even at a lower score or when the student rejects the assessment under (b) or (c),
5. failed (4); if the examination result is measured by points, this grade belongs to a student who has scored less than 60% of the points and has not been awarded the grade 4+. This grade is also assessed to the student in the case of unauthorized conduct during the examination under Article 5 (5).

To obtain a given grade of assessment, the accreditation may require to meet other conditions. If the student does not take part in an exam that he or she was signed to, from a course that he or she is enrolled on, or he or she does not sign to any exam date by the end of the semester, and the study obligation was not excused under Article 11, the examiner will enter grade “failure for non-attendance” (-) to the information system. This has the same effect as classification under Article 10(2e).

(3) A student in a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree program who has been graded at grade 4+ may use another term for repeating the examination under the conditions of accreditation of the subject. If the student does not use the possibility of repeating by the end of the examination period, the 4+ grade is changed to 4. The grade 4+ can not be used at the examination taken in the last set examination term of the semester, and this degree of assessment can not be given twice in succession.

(4) In a Doctoral degree program, assessment by grade 4+is not used, but the examination can be repeated once.

(5) The credit can be assessed by one of these grades

1. credited (passed); the result is at least 60% of the maximum score,
2. not credited (did not pass); this result score is less than 60% of the maximum points. This grade is also assessed to the student in the case of non-fulfilment of the study obligation or during unauthorized conduct during the fulfilment of the conditions of the credit under Article 5 (5).

(6) Successful completion of the examination shall be considered as an examination graded under paragraphs 2 (a), (b) or (c), and a credit graded according to paragraph 5 (a).

(7) The grading is recorded by the teacher or examiner in InSIS within 5 working days from the examination or from the fulfilment of the last condition for the credit. In the case of an oral examination, the teacher or examiner will inform the student of the grading on the day of the examination.

(8) If the student has reasonable doubts about whether the grade was granted by the examiner or the teacher following these Study Rules or accreditation, he or she may submit a reasoned request for review of the assessment to the head of the department, within five working days of the date of award of the assessment to InSIS. If the head of the department finds that the grade has not been awarded following these Study Rules or accreditation, he or she shall decide, without undue delay, on the remedy measures, otherwise, he or she shall confirm the grade. The decision of the head of the department is final. If the examiner or teacher is the head of the department, the Dean decides to review the assessment.

Article 11
Impediments to Fulfillment of Obligations

(1) If a student could not meet a study obligation for serious reasons, he or she may apply for an excuse within 5 working days of the day he or she was due to fulfilling it or when the impediment to the student’s fulfilment of obligations passed.

(2) Applying for an excuse to fulfilment of obligations is made directly to the teacher or examiner, and, if this is not possible, through the secretariat of the department where the teacher or examiner works. The teacher or examiner decides on the application without undue delay. If the application fails, the student may submit an application for an excuse to fulfilment of obligations within 3 working days of notification of the decision stating the reasons for disagreement with the decision of the teacher or examiner, to the head of the department. The head of the department decides on the application without undue delay definitively; when deciding on the application of the head of the department as an examiner or a teacher, he or she shall pass the application for decision to the Dean.

(3) In the case that the study obligation is a defence of a dissertation, the application for an excuse to fulfilment of the study obligations is submitted to the guarantor of the study program, who shall decide on it without undue delay. If the application fails, the student may, within 3 working days of notification of the decision, file a request for an excuse stating the reasons for disagreement with the guarantor’s decision to the Dean. The Dean decides on the application without undue delay definitively.

(4) If the request for an excuse to fulfilment of obligations is accepted, it shall mean that the student has not fulfilled the obligation; the teacher or examiner may recognise the fulfilled part of the study obligation in the new fulfilment of obligations. If the request for an excuse is not met, it shall mean that the student was unsuccessful.

(5) If the student has more than 15 calendar days of an impediment to the student’s obligations, the student is obliged to inform about this situation the designated member of the Study Department immediately.

Article 12
Recognition of Study Obligations

(1) The study obligations, which the student has successfully completed at VSE or another university, can be recognized in the current study program by the Dean at the student’s request. The terms of recognition are laid down by the Dean in his or her measures.

(2) The student of a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree program is required to apply for recognition of all study obligations he or she has completed during his or her study at a university abroad, for which he or she was sent to study as part of his or her studies at VSE. Study obligations approved in the “Learning agreement” are recognized in case of successful completion, while, in case of unsuccessful completion, they are listed in the student’s study record with the assessment “failed “.

(3) A student of a Master’s degree program who has completed his or her Bachelor’s degree program at VSE may apply for recognition of only such obligations which he or she has completed under Article 9 (4).

(4) The recognised study obligation will be recorded as follows:

1. the recognised study obligation according to paragraph 2 is recorded in the given semester including the classification acquired,
2. the recognised study obligation completed at VSE is recorded without a given semester being specified including the classification acquired,
3. other recognised study obligations are recorded without a given semester being specified with classification being “transfer credit”.

Article 12a
Special regulations concerning the studies

(1) A student shall have the right to reschedule an examination due to pregnancy or childcare.

(2) Students are entitled to the following modifications of the study curriculum in a semester, in which they would at least partially otherwise have taken maternity leave, or were listed in the Dual Career Program under Section 54a(2) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll, respectively based upon their extraordinary sports performance:

1. deadlines for study completion stipulated in Articles 10(2) and 10(3) are extended so that study obligations registered in the given semester can, based upon the agreement with the course guarantor, be completed by the end of the following semester, including during time outside of the exam period,
2. obligations under Articles 13(2), 13(3), and 15(2) will not be applied.

(3) The student shall have the right to defer the assessment of his or her doctoral study program under Article 20 and the corresponding postponement of the date by which he or she must submit to the supervisor a summary of all activities and results which demonstrate the fulfilment of the individual study plan and enable its fulfilment to be monitored in accordance with Article 20(2), for the period during which his or her maternity leave would otherwise have lasted

(4) Dual Career Program is intended for students who meet the conditions of Section 54a(2) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll, or for other students with extraordinary sports performance; the rules of the program are specified by Rector’s directive.

Part Three
ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION OF STUDY IN BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAM AND MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM

Article 13
Credit System

(1) The total number of credits required for the proper completion of studies shall be equal to thirty times the number of semesters of the standard period of study of the study program specified in the accreditation; an exception may be a study program carried out in cooperation with a foreign university, for which the accreditation may specify a different number of credits. 

(2) The student shall receive credit vouchers after initial enrolment or after enrolment in a continuing study program as a transfer student in a number equal to 1.2 times the total number of credits referred to in paragraph 1. The Dean may allocate additional credit vouchers necessary for completion of the degree according to the policies established by the Dean. 

(3) Credit vouchers shall be used by the student 

1. by registering for a study obligation, the student shall use up the number of credit vouchers corresponding to the credit saward; in the case of the comprehensive examination and the state final examination or part thereof, credit vouchers shall be used only on the first date set for the examination, 
2. the recognition or failure to pass a study obligation completed while studying at a higher education institution abroad to which the student was sent as part of his/her studies at the VSE, the student shall use the number of credit vouchers corresponding to his/her credit award, 
3. by recognizing the study obligations within the transfer completed while studying the VSE degree program from which the student transferred, the student uses the number of credit vouchers corresponding to his or her credit award, 
4. by recognising another study obligation, the student shall use up a number of credit vouchers one fifth higher than its credit award. 

 (4) After each semester, the student must have 

1. in full-time study, a number of control credits at least equal to twenty times the number of semesters in which he or she has not had an interruption of study, 

1. in the distance or combined form of study, a number of control credits at least 15 times the number of semesters in which he or she has not had an interruption in his or her studies. 

(5) After the first semester of study in which the student has not had an interruption of studies, he or she must have at least 9 control credits; if the student fails to fulfil this obligation, the Dean shall decide to terminate the study. 

(6) The number of semesters referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 shall not include semesters for which the maternity leave would otherwise be taken, even partially. 

(7) The requirement in paragraph 4 shall be deemed to have been met if the student has already fulfilled the condition for taking the state examination for the program of study. 

(8) If a student fails to meet the requirement under paragraph 4, credit vouchers shall be withdrawn at the end of the semester in the number of control credits short of the number required under paragraph 4, but not exceeding the number of credits of study requirements that the student must still have earned in order to meet the condition for taking the state examination for the program of study. 

(9) In the event that a student does not apply for recognition of all the study requirements he or she has completed while studying at the higher education institution abroad to which he or she has been sent as part of his or her studies at the VSE during the semester immediately following the last semester of study abroad, 30 credit vouchers shall be withdrawn for each semester of study abroad. 

(10) At the end of the semester, the student must have the number of credit vouchers necessary to properly complete the study; if the student fails to meet this obligation and the Dean does not allocate additional credit vouchers, the Dean will decide to terminate the study. 

Article 14
Curriculum

(1) The curriculum may require to complete up to six study obligations in one semester; language subjects or sports activities do not count to the limit.

(2) The recommended study progress plan is recommended for the full-time form of study; for the distance and combined forms of study, it is mandatory except for repeated study obligations or study obligations beyond the curriculum.

(3) Part of the curriculum of the Master’s degree program is minor specialization; the exception is a professional-oriented study programme or a study program in a foreign language in which the accreditation of a study program may establish a curriculum without any minor specialization. Authorized minor specializations for the given study program are stipulated by the accreditation of the degree program. The student enrols in the minor specialization within the terms set in the academic year of the study schedule. If the declared capacity for a given semester is higher than the number of students enrolled, students are enrolled in the minor specialization. If the number of enrolled students exceeds the declared capacity of the minor specialization, the students are enrolled according to the fulfilment of the announced criteria.

Article 15
State Final Examination and its Assessment

(1) The state final examination is a comprehensive test of knowledge and skills in the range of of the studied study programme. The accreditation of the study programme determines the scope and composition of the state final examination, according to the conditions set out in the Rector’s Directive.

(2) The student is obliged to successfully complete the final state examination stipulated by the curriculum according to the accreditation of the study program and under these Study Rules within one year from the end of the semester in which he fulfilled the condition under Article 16(2); the Dean may extend this period.

(3) Final state examination is assessed under Articles 10 (2) and (6), with grade 4+ not being used. Every part of the final state examination (if it is divided into parts) is assessed separately.

(4) Final state examination and each its part (if it is divided into parts) is held in front of the Examination Board; its course and publication of the results are public.

(5) The Examination Board and its chairperson are appointed by the Dean; there are at least two members. The chairperson shall be responsible for the function of the Examination Board and the proper conduct of the state final examination.

(6) The Dean can in times of School Emergency (Section 95b of the Act) allow taking part in the final state examination in a distance mode in an exceptional and justified situation and under the provision Article 18. If the student insists on taking the exam in a face-to-face mode, he has a right to use such an exam date, where the final state examination will be held in face-to-face mode.

(7) The assessment of the final state examination and of each its part (if it is divided into parts) will be decided by the Examination Board in non-public closed voting of its members. If the number of votes is equal, the chairperson has the deciding vote.

(8) The course and assessment of the final state examination and of each its part (if it is divided into parts) are recorded in the final state examination report, signed by all members of the Examination Board, and the assessment is entered into InSIS.

(9) If the student has reasonable doubts about whether the assessment has been awarded under these Study Rules and accreditation, he or she may submit a reasoned request for revision of the assessment to the Dean within 5 working days of entering the assessment into InSIS. If the Dean finds that the assessment has not been awarded under these Study Rules or accreditation, the decision of the Examination Board shall be annulled and the Dean shall decide on the holding of the contested final state examination or of its part (if it is divided into parts); otherwise, the Dean will confirm the decision of the Examination Board. The Dean’s decision is final.

(10) If the student failed to complete any part of the final state examination (if it is divided into parts), he or she is required to repeat only that part of the final examination.

(11) Final state examination or its part (if it is divided into parts) may be repeated only twice. Repetition of the final state examination (if it is merged into a single exam) is possible not sooner than 2 months from the day of the unsuccessful examination. Repetition of the parts of the final state examination except for the defence of the final thesis, is possible not sooner than 1 month from the day of the unsuccessful examination. Repetition of defence of the final thesis (if it is part of the final state examination) is possible not sooner than 3 months from the date of the unsuccessful examination. The Examination Board may recommend the manner, extent and form of the revised final thesis. The student may submit the same or modified thesis for a repeated defence, or process and submit a new thesis under Article 17.

Article 16
Parts of the Final State Examination and Preconditions of their Taking

(1) The compulsory parts of the final state examination in the Master’s program (if it is divided into parts) are the state examination of the study program and the defence of the final thesis. The compulsory part of the final state examination in the Master’s program (if it is merged into a single exam) is the defence of the final thesis.

(2) The precondition for taking the state final examination of the study program is to obtain all credits from study obligations in the structure prescribed by the curriculum according to the accreditation, except for the credits for individual parts of the final state examination.

(3) The preconditions for the defence of the final thesis (if it is a part of the final state examination divided into parts) are the processing of the final thesis and its proper submission.

(4) If the curriculum according to the accreditation of the study program stipulates another part of the final state examination, it shall also specify the preconditions, which fulfilment is a condition for taking the examination.

(5) The condition for taking the state final examination, which includes the defence of the final thesis and is combined into one examination, is the preparation of the final thesis and its proper submission and the acquisition of all credits from the study obligations in the structure prescribed by the study plan according to the accreditation, with the exception of credits for the state final examination.

Article 17
Final Thesis and its Defence

(1) The final thesis demonstrates the student’s ability to work out systematically and on one’s own in writing a topic related to the curriculum content, and apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the study.

(2) The student prepares the final thesis within his or her degree program, if the accreditation of the study programme so stipulates.

(3) The Dean ordains in his or her measure

1. departments on which the final theses can be worked out,
2. deadlines in which the heads of designated workplaces announce the themes of the final theses,
3. the manner and requirements for appointing the supervisor and the opponents of the final thesis,
4. the manner and requirements for thesis assignment and conditions under which the assignment can be cancelled,
5. formal and content requirements of the final thesis,
6. method of checking the originality of the final thesis,
7. the procedure from the selection of the topic of the final thesis and the registration to it until its submission and defence, including the timetable.

(4) The supervisor of the final thesis is usually a member of the academic staff at VSE. The opponent of the final thesis must be a university graduate; in the case of the profession-oriented degree programs, the opponent can also be a renowned professional without a university degree.

(5) The opponent of the final thesis or the supervisor, or another opponent, if the Dean so determines, shall prepare a written expert opinion on the submitted thesis, which must include the proposed assessment of the thesis.

(6) The defence of the final thesis takes place at the workplace, where the thesis was worked out. The supervisor will allow the student to get acquainted with the thesis expert opinions at the latest 3 working days before the date of the defence. The defence also takes place even if the expert opinions contain the assessment “failed”.

Article 18
Conditions for taking the Final State Exam in a Distance Mode

Taking the Final State Exam in a Distance Mode can only be allowed in times of School Emergency (Section 95b of the Act) under the following conditions:

1. taking part in the distance mode takes place in a real-time of the examination,
2. identity of the student taking the exam is proven,
3. distant mode allows student and the Examination Board mutual voice and visual communication in a real-time during the whole course of the examination; should the voice or visual communication be interrupted during the examination, the Examination Board shall decide on the next steps including the possibility of repeating a part of the exam or the whole exam, and
4. it is secured that the course of the exam and publication of the results are public.

Part Four
ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE STUDY IN THE DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAM

Article 19
Individual Study Plan

(1) The individual study plan determines the time and content sequence of the completion of study obligations, the form of their study and the method of verification of the study results that the student must fulfil in the course of his/her studies and for the proper completion of his/her studies in a given doctoral study program. 

(2) The individual study plan is drawn up by the supervisor in cooperation with the student at the beginning of the study; after approval by the program board, it is approved by the Dean. The approval is recorded in InSIS by the chair of the program board and the Dean. If the program board or the dean does not approve the individual study plan, the supervisor, in cooperation with the student, modifies it according to the given recommendations and then submits it for re-approval. 

(3) The individual study plan usually has a study part, which specifies the student’s education in the field of research competences and the professional specialisation focus of the student’s education, and a research part, which is related to the solution of a specific scientific or research task, a foreign internship and the preparation of a dissertation together with the expected publication activity. The individual study plan includes the timetable of the student’s duties after each semester, the working title of the dissertation and the expected dates of the colloquia, the small dissertation defence and the final defence of the dissertation. For full-time students, it also includes any requirements for the student’s teaching activities. 

(4) The student is obliged to follow an individual study plan under the guidance of the supervisor. 

(5) The individual study plan consists of a university basis, the framework content of which is set out in Annex 1 to these Study Regulations, and a faculty specification, the content of which is determined by the Dean in a measure. In the measure, the Dean may further specify or supplement both general obligations and specific obligations with deadlines in individual semesters. 

(6) If the procedure in paragraph 2 is followed, the individual study plan may be amended. 

Article 20
Evaluation of doctoral studies 

(1) The evaluation of doctoral studies shall consist of an assessment of the fulfilment of each student’s individual study plan by the program board after each semester of study, or at an extraordinary evaluation of doctoral studies carried out at any time during the course of studies at the proposal of the supervisor or on the program board’s own initiative, or at the time set for the previous evaluation of doctoral studies, if such a time limit is set. 

(2) The student is obliged to submit to the supervisor, after the end of the winter semester by 15 February of the relevant year and after the end of the summer semester by 15 September of the relevant year, an overview of all activities and results that demonstrate the fulfilment of the individual study plan and enable its fulfilment to be monitored; this does not apply if the activities and results are duly recorded in the information systems of the VSE. If the student fails to submit the overview referred to in the previous sentence, it shall be assumed that no further activities have been carried out and no further results achieved. In the case of an extraordinary evaluation of doctoral studies, the student is obliged to submit the documents referred to in the first sentence within the time limit set by the programme guarantor, but not less than 5 days. 

(3) The result of the evaluation shall be written by the supervisor in the Report on the course of study, where he or she shall evaluate the fulfilment of the individual study plan and formulate recommendations for the further course of study. The supervisor submits the progress report to the departmental board via InSIS. 

(4) Article 7a of the Scholarship Regulations of the VSE regulates the procedure of the program board concerning the reduction or withdrawal of the eligible part of the doctoral scholarship in the event that the evaluation of the studies of full-time doctoral students reveals serious non-fulfilment of the study obligations resulting from the individual study plan. 

(5) If a student 

1. repeatedly fails to fulfil a study requirement set out in an individual study plan even after having been reprimanded for failing to do so in an earlier assessment of his or her doctoral studies, or 

1. repeatedly fails to fulfil several significant obligations set out in the individual study plan which are essential milestones for the further development of the doctoral programme, in particular if he or she fails to fulfil an obligation relating to publication and project work or an obligation consisting in the successful completion of a course, colloquium, minor defence or internship; or 

1. fails to communicate with the supervisor or communicates in a way that shows a lack of interest in cooperating with the supervisor towards the successful completion of the doctoral studies, 

this shall be considered as a failure to fulfil the requirements of the study program according to the Study and Examination Rules, which shall be grounds for termination of studies in accordance with Section 56(1)(b) of the Act. 

(6) If, in the course of evaluating the doctoral programme, the program board finds that the requirements arising from the study program have not been met in accordance with the study and examination regulations referred to in paragraph 5, it shall inform the Dean. The Dean shall decide on the termination of the study without undue delay, proceeding in accordance with the provisions of Section 68 et seq. of the Act. 

Article 21
Dissertation Thesis 

(1) The dissertation must include the published or accepted for publication original results of the creative activity of the student submitting the dissertation. The dissertation shall demonstrate the student’s ability to carry out independent creative work in the field of the programme of study. 

(2) The dissertation shall be either in monographic form of at least 120 standard pages or in the form of a collection of scientific articles with a unifying commentary, at least one of which must have been published or accepted for publication in a journal registered in the Web of Science database at least in Q3 according to AIS or in the Scopus database at least in Q2 according to SJR, in the field of study or a related field. The student must be first or corresponding author on at least three articles. The usual number of co-authors of these articles is a maximum of 4, a higher number must be duly justified. In the case of co-authored articles, the contribution of the PhD student to the creation of such articles must be duly described. The unifying commentary must be at least 20 standard pages. 

(3) Further specification of the requirements for the dissertation and other requirements may be regulated by a measure of the Dean under Article 19(5). 

Article 22
Small Defence 

(1) A small defence is the defence of the first version of the dissertation before the collective of the department where the student works scientifically or where he or she belongs in terms of the topic of the dissertation. In case of doubt, the Dean shall designate the appropriate department. 

(2) The student submits his or her thesis to the head of the department, who organises a small defence without undue delay. The aim of the small defence is to assess whether the dissertation meets the requirements imposed by law on such theses, including checking the originality of the submitted work. For this purpose, the head of the department will request an opposing review of the thesis by at least two experts, at least one of whom must not be employed by the VSE. It is recommended that one opponent be from abroad. The choice of opponents will be discussed by the head of department with the supervisor of the relevant doctoral programme. 

(3) A record of the small defence is taken, indicating the conclusion whether it is recommended that the thesis be submitted for final defence after incorporating any comments, or whether it is appropriate to revise and resubmit it for a small defence. The protocol shall be forwarded by the department head to the Dean without delay. The protocol is accompanied by a report on the results of the originality check of the submitted thesis. 

Article 23
Dissertation Defence Commission 

(1) The chairperson, deputy chairperson and members of the dissertation defence commission (hereinafter referred to as “commission “) shall be appointed by the Dean at the proposal of the guarantor of the study program not later than three weeks before the date of the defence. The commission shall consist of at least six members, and at least two members of the commission must not be employed at the VSE. 

(2) The chairperson and the deputy chairperson of the dissertation defence commission shall only be professors or associate professors in the given or related field, approved by the scientific board of the faculty.  

(3) The members of the dissertation defence commission shall only be professors, associate professors and other relevant experts in a given or related field, approved by the faculty scientific board.  

(4) The commission for the dissertation defence has a quorum if at least five of its members (including the chairperson or his or her representative) are present, and at least one of whom is not employed by the VSE. 

(5) The Dean may, in exceptional and justified cases and under the conditions set out in Article 26, allow participation in the dissertation defence by distance learning in times of academic emergency (Section 95b of the Act). If the student insists on attending the dissertation defence in person, he or she has the right to reschedule the date on which the dissertation defence will be held in person. 

Article 24
Dissertation Defence 

(1) A student is entitled to apply for the state final examination consisting in the defence of the dissertation (hereinafter referred to as “application for the defence of the dissertation”) up to 

1. after having fulfilled all the specific study obligations set out in the individual study plan, 
2. after the completion of a small defence.

(2) The application is submitted by the student via InSIS; together with the application, the student 

1. uploads the dissertation to InSIS, 
2. submits a report on the originality of the thesis, accompanied by a statement of originality from the supervisor, 
3. submits a list of all published works of the student, confirmed by the supervisor, which are kept in the database of publications of the VSE and a list of publications verifiably accepted for publication, produced in connection with the doctoral studies in the framework of which the final defence takes place, 
4. the student’s application form is accompanied by a record of the small defence by the study coordinator for a doctoral study program. 

(3) Before the defence of the dissertation, the doctoral programme supervisor shall check that the dissertation fulfils the specified requirements (Article 21) and that the student has fulfilled all the conditions for applying for the defence of the dissertation (paragraph 1). If he or she finds that the requirements or conditions are not fulfilled, he or she shall invite the student to fulfil them. 

 (4) After the application for the defence of the dissertation has been submitted and all the conditions for the successful completion of the doctoral studies have been met, except for the defence of the dissertation, the supervisor of the doctoral program shall propose to the Dean at least two dissertation supervisors; at least one of them must be a professor or associate professor and at least one of them must not be employed by the VSE. It is recommended that at least one opponent be from abroad. The Dean will appoint the opponents without undue delay or ask the doctoral programme supervisor to propose other persons. 

 (5) The opponents will prepare a written evaluation of the submitted dissertation and upload it to InSIS. The conclusion of each review always consists of the sentence  “I recommend the thesis to the relevant commission for the defence of the dissertation.” Or “I do not recommend the thesis to the relevant commission for the defence of the dissertation.” 

 (6) Reviews of the submitted dissertation thesis must be made available to the student at least two weeks before the date of the defence. 

 (7) The student shall be notified in writing of the date and place of the dissertation defence at least three weeks in advance. The faculty publishes the date and place of the defence in the public section of its website. 

Article 25
Course and Assessment of a Defence of a Dissertation 

(1) The dissertation defence is public. 

(2) The chairperson of the commission responsible for the course of the dissertation defence and the activities of the commission, in his or her absence the deputy chairperson. 

(3) The supervisor also attends the dissertation defence. If the supervisor is unable to attend the defence for serious reasons, the degree programme supervisor proposes to the Dean a substitute from among the members of the department to which the dissertation belongs. The supervisor, or in his or her absence the substitute, has the right to attend a closed meeting of the commission, but is not a member of the commission and does not vote on the outcome of the defence. Opponents have the right to attend a closed session of the commission, but if they are not members of the commission, they do not vote on the outcome of the defence. 

(4) The defence of the dissertation may take place even if the opponents have not recommended the dissertation for defence in the conclusion of their opinions. 

(5) The dissertation defence includes an introduction by the student, statements by the supervisor and the opponents, answers to questions from the evaluations and a scientific debate. After the public part of the defence, the commission votes in closed session on the outcome. 

(6) The commission’s vote on the outcome of the dissertation defence is secret. 

(7) The vote of the commission is carried out by ballot or through an application in InSIS. If the Dean has allowed a member to participate in the commission meeting by distance voting, the voting shall be done exclusively through the InSIS application. 

(8) Voting via the InSIS application shall take place at a time to be determined by the Chairperson, in the absence of the Deputy Chairperson. Immediately after the voting is completed, the Chairperson informs the Board and the student of the result of the vote, and confirms the result by signing the voting protocol. 

(9) A resolution that the student has defended the dissertation shall be adopted if a majority of the members of the commission present at the meeting have voted in favour of it. Otherwise, the student shall be deemed not to have defended the dissertation. A student has also failed to defend his or her thesis if he or she fails to appear for the defence of the thesis, except in the case where the Dean has granted permission under Article 11, paragraphs 3 and 4 his or her request for an excuse. The result of the defence shall be announced publicly by the Chairperson to the student immediately after the counting of the votes has been completed. 

(10) A record shall be kept of the defence of the thesis, including the name of the doctoral program, the names of the members of the commission present and of the supervisor or his or her alternate (paragraph 3), or of the opponents present, and any relevant facts arising during the defence. The result of the vote is recorded at the end of the protocol. The protocol shall be signed by the chairman of the commission or, in his absence, by the deputy chairman. The chairperson of the commission submits the protocol of the dissertation defence to the Dean. 

(11) If a student has reasonable doubts that the classification of the defence was awarded in accordance with these Study Rules or accreditation, he or she may submit a reasoned request for a review of the classification to the Dean within 5 working days of the date of the defence. If the Dean finds that the classification was not awarded in accordance with these study regulations or accreditation, the Dean shall overrule the decision of the dissertation defence commission and decide to hold a new defence; otherwise, the dean shall confirm the decision of the commission. The decision of the Dean is final. 

(12) If the student has not defended the dissertation, the dissertation defence commission may recommend the date, manner, scope and form of its reworking. The redo may take place no sooner than three months from the date of the unsuccessful defense, according to the conditions in this article. If a student fails to re-defend the dissertation, this shall be regarded as a failure to meet the requirements of the programme of study in accordance with the Regulations for the Study and Examination of Section 56(1)(b) of the Act, shall be grounds for termination of studies.

Article 26
Conditions for participation in the dissertation defence by distance learning 

Participation in a dissertation defence by distance learning may be permitted during a period of school emergency (§ 95b of the Act) only if the following conditions are met: 

1. the distance participation must be at the real time of the dissertation defence, 
2. the identity of the student defending the dissertation is proven, 
3. the distance participation must enable the student and the examination commission to communicate with each other in real time, both vocally and visually, throughout the dissertation defence; in the event that the voice or visual communication with the student is interrupted during the dissertation defence, the commission shall decide on the further course of action, including the possible repetition of part or all of the dissertation defence; and 
4. it is ensured that the dissertation defence and the announcement of the result are public. 

Article 27
Common Provisions for Doctoral Studies 

(1) A member of the program board shall not have a vote in its decisions in relation to a student of whom he or she is the supervisor; for the purpose of the vote, he or she shall be considered as if he or she were not a member of the program board. 

(2) A supervisor may not be a member of the dissertation defense commission 

Part five
END OF STUDY AND PUBLICATION OF FINAL THESES

Article 28
University diploma, diploma supplement and transcript of records 

(1) The proof of completion of the study program shall be the university diploma. 

(2) Graduates of a degree program shall receive a Diploma Supplement together with their diploma. 

(3) Proof of passing the examinations is issued by the VSE on the basis of an application from the person whose studies are concerned; the application can also be submitted via InSIS. If the applicant has requested it in the application for a document or certificate, the examination certificate shall be delivered via InSIS and shall be stamped with a qualified electronic seal. 

(4) At the request of a graduate of a study program who has been issued with a diploma or a diploma supplement by the VSE, a copy of the original of the document or, where appropriate, a second copy or a copy of a second copy of the document shall be made. 

(5) If a graduate of the VSE or the relevant faculty proves that he has been assigned a new birth number or that a change of name or surname has been granted to him on his request, the VSE shall, at his request, issue him a new document pursuant to Section 57(1)(a) and (c) to (f) of the Act or pursuant to Section 57(3) of the Act, last sentence, stating the name or names and surname and, where applicable, the birth number, as at the date of issue of the new document. 

Article 29
Proper Completion of Study

(1) To complete the study properly, the student has to fulfil all the study obligations stipulated in the curriculum or individual curriculum according to the accreditation of the study program and under these Study Rules.

(2) A graduate diploma with honours will be awarded to the graduate of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program who has completed during the course of study all the study obligations set out in the curriculum and

1. achieved an average assessment of up to 1.5 inclusive,
2. the final state examination or each its part (if it is divided into parts) was graded as “excellent”,
3. duly completed the study at the latest in the standard period of study of the study program; for students who have been sent to study abroad, the length of study abroad is not counted for this period.

Article 30
Other Termination of Studies

(1) The Dean decides on the termination of studies in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program under Section 56 (1) b) of the Act to a student who

1. he or she does not have at least 9 compliance credits after the first semester (Article 13(5)),
2. the student, after the end of the semester, does not have the number of credit vouchers needed to complete the study properly and the Dean will not allocate to him or her additional credit vouchers (Article 13(10)),
3. failed to successfully pass the final state examination (if it is merged into a single exam), or a part of the final state examination (if it is divided into parts) nor even at the second repetition (Article 15(11)),
4. has not successfully passed the final state examination (if it is merged into a single exam), or all of its parts (if it is divided into parts) within one year of the end of the semester in which he or she fulfilled the condition under Article 16(2) for taking the final state examination, of state exam form the study program, and the Dean has not extended this term (Article 15(2)), or
5. has not re-enrolled within five working days of the end of the interruption and the Dean has not extended this period (Article 7(8)). 

(2) The Dean decides on the termination of studies in the doctoral study program under Section 56 (1) b) of the Act to a student who

1. has exceeded the maximum period of study (Article 5(7)), 
2. has repeatedly failed to fulfill the study obligations set out in his individual study plan, even after being reprimanded for this failure during a previous evaluation of his doctoral studies (Article 20(5)(a)), 
3. repeatedly failing to fulfil several significant obligations set out in the individual study plan which are essential milestones for the further development of the doctoral program, in particular failing to fulfil the obligation relating to publication and project work or the obligation to pass a course, colloquium, minor defence or internship (Article 20(5)(b)), 
4. fails to communicate with the supervisor or communicates in a way that shows a lack of interest in cooperating with the supervisor towards the successful completion of the doctoral studies (Article 20(5)(c)),
5. has repeatedly failed to defend his or her doctoral thesis (Article 25(12)); or 
6. has not re-enrolled within five working days of the end of the interruption and the Dean has not extended this period (Article 7(8)). 

(3) The day of termination of studies under paragraphs 1 and 2 is the date on which the decision to terminate the studies came to force.

Article 31
Publication of Final Theses

(1) The student shall submit an electronic version of the thesis to InSIS by the deadline set by the department or faculty at which the defence takes place. Submission is defined as the state in which InSIS confirms the successful submission of the thesis.

(2) The thesis submitted by the student for defence shall be made available in InSIS without undue delay, except for the thesis for which a postponement of access has been granted under paragraph 5. 

(3) The final thesis that has been defended is made available in InSIS without undue delay, together with the reports and the part of the state final examination report (Article 15(8)) that records the course and result of the defence or the report on the dissertation defence (Article 25(1)). 

(4) Those parts of the dissertation which have already been published by other means, the licence conditions of which do not allow further dissemination, shall be inserted in InSIS as annexes and shall not be made available. 

(5) A student may request a delay in making the thesis or part of the thesis available. The request with justification shall be submitted to the Dean before the submission of the thesis. The Dean decides whether to postpone access to the thesis. He or she may authorise the postponement of the access to the thesis, part of it or its annex for a maximum period of 5 years. 

Article 32
Review Committee

(1) Proceedings for the declaration of annulment of the state examination or its part or defence of the dissertation shall be held under § 47c to 47e of the Act.

(2) The review committee for the declaration of annulment of the state examination or its part or defence of the dissertation has 7 members, of which 6 members are appointed by a Rector from professors, associate professors or other experts, and the seventh appointed member should be a student from VSE. A member of the examination commission at the state final or state doctoral examination of a person whose state examination or defence of the dissertation is dealt with, the opponent of his or her final thesis or his or her supervisor can not become a member of the review committee.

Part six
COMMON, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 33
Common Provisions 

Anyone who is required by this Regulation to do anything which has or may have an effect on the position of another person or body shall be obliged to do so within a specified period; where no period is specified, he shall do so without undue delay. 

Article 33a
Transitional Provisions

(1) The amendments to Articles 3, 17a and 30 and the repeal of Article 16a of these Study and Examination Rules, registered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on 5 June 2023 under No. MSMT- 16269/2023 shall apply to students enrolled for studies commencing in the academic year 2023/2024 and thereafter. For students enrolled for studies commencing in the academic year 2022/2023 and earlier, the following articles of the Regulations shall apply as in force until the date on which these amendments come into force. 

(2) Amendments to Articles 8 and 11 of these Study and Examination Rules, registered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on 21 August 2025 under ref. MSMT-18581/2025-9 shall apply to doctoral students enrolled in the study program on or after 1 March 2025. Articles 8 and 11 of the Regulations shall apply to doctoral students who enrolled before 1 March 2025, as in force until the date of entry into force of these amendments. 

(3) Amendments to Part Four and Article 30(2) of these Study Regulations registered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on 21 August 2025 under no. MSMT-18581/2025-9 shall apply to doctoral students enrolled in a course of study with a first teaching period in the academic year 2025/2026 and thereafter. Part Four and Article 30(2) of the Rules of Procedure as in force until the date of entry into force of these amendments, shall apply to doctoral students enrolled for the first teaching period in the academic year 2024/2025 and earlier. 

(4) Students studying full-time in a doctoral program who have enrolled for a first period of study in the academic year 2024/2025 or earlier may apply to the Dean for paragraph 3 not to apply to their studies. In the event that the Dean grants their request, the amendments to Part 4 and Article 30(2) of these Regulations, registered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on 21 August 2025 under No. MSMT-19581/2025-9, with the proviso that, in accordance with the law, they remain obliged to take the state doctoral examination, which must be taken into account in their individual study plan. If they enrolled in their studies before 1 March 2025, the rules governing the state doctoral examination, its conduct, assessment and the consequences of failure to take it shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the Study and Examination Rules as in force until the date of entry into force of these amendments; Articles 8 and 11 of the Study and Examination Rules as in force until the date of entry into force of these amendments shall also apply to them. 

(5) The application referred to in paragraph 4 and the decision thereon shall be subject to the following 

1.  the student submits it to the Dean via the InSIS Contact Centre by 15 February or 15 September of the year in question; there is no legal right to have the request granted, 
2.  the application shall include a proposal for a new individual study plan complying with the requirements of Annex 1 to these Study and Examination Rules and the Dean’s measures issued pursuant to Article 19(5), drawn up by the supervisor in cooperation with the student, 
3. the Dean shall seek the opinion of the program board before making his or her decision. The program board shall discuss the application submitted within the time limit referred to in point (a) at its next meeting, the purpose of which is to evaluate doctoral studies in accordance with Article 20. If its opinion is favourable, it shall also be deemed to have approved the draft new study plan. 
4.  the Dean shall decide on the application without undue delay after receiving the opinion of the program board and shall give reasons for his or her opinion. In making his/her decision, the Dean shall also take into account the proposal for a new individual study plan and the economic possibilities of the faculty. If the dean approves the application, he or she is deemed to have approved the proposal for a new study plan. 

Article 34
Final Provisions

(1) Annex 1 Basis of the Individual Study Plan in Doctoral Programs  is part of this Study and Exmanitaion Rules.

(2) They are cancelled

1. Study and Examination Rules of VSE in Prague for study in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs by VSE in Prague or its faculties under the principles of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, registered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on August 2, 2007, under Ref. 18 184 / 2007-30 as amended by its later amendments.
2. Study and Examination Rules of VSE in Prague for study in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs by VSE in Prague or its faculties, except for study programs carried out according to the principles of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, registered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on August 2, 2007, under Ref. 18 184 / 2007-30 as amended by its later amendments.
3. Study and Examination Rules for study in Doctoral study programs at VSE in Prague registered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on July 1, 2011, under Ref. 7 814 / 2011-30 as amended by its later amendments.
4. Study and examination regulations of VSE for study in the follow-up Master’s Degree Program „Economics of International Trade and European Integration“, registered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on June 21, 2006, under Ref. 15 004/2006430.

(2) These Study and Examination Rules were approved under Section 9 (1) b) of the Act by the Academic Senate of VSE on June 19, 2017.

(3) These Study and Examination Rules become valid on the date of registration by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.

(4) These Study and Examination Rules become effective on September 1, 2017.

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The provisions of point 3 of the Amendments to the Study and Examination Regulations of the Prague University of Economics and Business that were registered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on 19 April 2018 under no. MSMT-10731/2018 (Amendments No. 1) applies to study programs accredited after the effective date of this amendment to the Study and Examination Regulations. For study programs accredited before the date of entry into force of this amendment to the Study and Examination Regulations, the current wording of Article 14(3) of the Study and Examination Regulations shall apply.

The amendments to the Study and Examination Regulations of the Prague University of Economics and Business were approved under Section 9(1)(b) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments and Additions to Other Acts (Act on Higher Education Institutions), as amended, by the Academic Senate of the Prague University of Economics and Business on 19 March 2018, 29 April 2019, 23 November 2020, 25 October 2021, 22 May 2023 and 16 June 2025.

Amendments to the Study and Examination Regulations of the Prague University of Economics and Business shall enter into force and effect pursuant to Section 36(4) of the Higher Education Act on the date of registration by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.

doc. Ing. Tomáš Pavelka, Ph.D., in his own hand
Chairman of the Academic Senate VSE in Prague

doc. Ing. Petr Dvořák. Ph.D., in his own hand
Rector of the Prague University of Economics and Business

Annex No. 1 to the Study and Examination Rules of the Prague University of Economics and Business 

Basis of the Individual Study Plan in Doctoral Programs  

Part One
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS 

Article 1
University basis and faculty specifications 

(1) This Annex defines, in accordance with Article 19(5) of the Study Regulations, the university basis for the individual study plan of a student in a doctoral program (hereinafter referred to as ‘foundation’). 

(2) The faculty specification of the individual study plan shall be defined in the measure of the Dean issued pursuant to Article 19(5) of the Regulations (hereinafter referred to as ‘the measure’). 

Part Two
BASIS OF THE INDIVIDUAL STUDY PLAN FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS 

Article 2
General study obligations of full-time students 

 A full-time student of a doctoral study program is obliged to 

1. regularly and systematically work on the preparation and subsequent implementation of dissertation research and related publication activities, 
2. regularly consult with a supervisor, for a minimum of 40 hours per year, 
3. participate in events organised by or for the Department, in particular meetings, colloquia and defences, 
4. cooperate in research and development projects of the supervisor or the department related to the dissertation, 
5. from the second semester of study onwards, teach at least 90 minutes per week; this does not apply to a student who is individually exempted from this obligation by the Dean or to a student belonging to a group of doctoral students which is exempted from this obligation by the Dean as a whole; and 
6. carry out scientific research and other activities related to the fulfilment of the individual study plan in a quantity and quality corresponding to 28 hours of working time per week. 

 Article 3
Specific study obligations of full-time students 

(1) The student shall be obliged to complete the following by the end of the first semester of his or her studies 

1. complete the initial training of doctoral students, 
2. pass at least two examinations in the subjects specified in the individual study plan, 
3. prepare a literature search for the dissertation research, 
4. fulfil other study obligations set out in the Dean’s measure. 

(2) The student is obliged by the end of the 2nd semester of his or her studies 

1. successfully complete the course for young teachers or its equivalent alternative; this does not apply if the Dean decides otherwise, 
2. have successfully passed at least 4 examinations in the subjects specified in the individual study plan, 
3. successfully pass the colloquium consisting in the defence of the dissertation project (plan), 
4. fulfil other study obligations stipulated by the dean’s measure. 

 (3) The student is obliged by the end of the 3rd semester of his/her studies 

1. complete all compulsory and compulsory elective courses according to the individual study plan, 
2. submit a paper to an international scientific conference, 
3. submit an article for peer review in a journal that has an SJR of at least Q3 or AIS of Q3 at the time of submission, in a field related to the dissertation, 
4. as a principal investigator or significant team member, submit a project for an internal grant competition (hereinafter referred to as “IGS”) or an external research project, and/or participate in an IGS or external research project, 
5. fulfil other study obligations as specified in the Dean’s action. 

 (4) The student is obliged by the end of the 4th semester of his/her studies 

1. successfully complete a faculty colloquium consisting of a defense of a detailed dissertation research design, 
2. present the results of his/her creative activity at an international scientific conference, 
3. have an article accepted for peer review in a journal that had an SJR of at least Q3 or AIS of Q3 at the time of submission, in a field related to the dissertation, 
4. complete a foreign research internship related to the dissertation research for a cumulative period of at least 14 days, 
5. fulfill other study obligations stipulated by the Dean’s measure.  

 (5) The student is obliged by the end of the 5th semester of his or her studies 

1. have a revised & resubmitted article in a journal that had an SJR of at least Q3 or AIS of Q3 at the time of submission, in a field related to the dissertation, 
2. meet other study requirements as specified by the Dean’s action. 

 (6) The student is required to complete the following requirements by the end of the 6th semester of his or her studies 

1. successfully complete a faculty colloquium consisting of a defence of the preliminary results of the dissertation research, 
2. submit another article for peer review, in a journal that has an SJR of at least Q2 or an AIS of Q3 at the time of submission, in a field related to the dissertation, 
3. complete a foreign research internship related to the dissertation research for a cumulative period of at least 1 month; all internships completed during the course of the doctoral study are included in this period, 
4. participate as a researcher or a significant team member in an IGS project and/or an external research project, 
5. fulfil other study obligations as specified in the Dean’s measure. 

 (7) The student is obliged by the end of the 7th semester of his or her studies 

1. to complete a minor defense, 
2. have an article accepted for publication in a journal that has or had at least a Q3 or AIS in Q3 at the time of submission of the SJR, in a field related to the dissertation, 
3. have another article in the revision & resubmission stage, in a journal that had at least a Q2 or AIS in Q3 at the time of submission of the SJR, in a field related to the dissertation, 
4. fulfill other study obligations set by the Dean’s measure. 

 (8) The student is obliged by the end of the 8th semester of his or her studies 

1. have at least one article accepted for publication in a journal that has or had at the time of submission of the SJR at least Q2 or AIS at Q3, in a field related to the dissertation, 
2. have fulfilled all other study obligations as specified by the Dean’s measure, 
3. successfully defended the dissertation. 

Part Three
THE BASIS OF THE INDIVIDUAL STUDY PLAN FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE COMBINED FORM OF STUDY 

Article 4
General study obligations in the combined form of study 

A student in the combined form of a doctoral study program shall be obliged throughout his or her studies to 

1. work regularly and systematically on the preparation and subsequent implementation of dissertation research and related publication activities, 
2. regularly consult with a supervisor for a minimum of 40 hours per year, 
3. participate in events organised by or for the Department, in particular meetings, colloquia and defences. 

Article 5
Specific study obligations in the combined form of study 

(1) The student shall be obliged to complete the following requirements by the end of the first semester of his or her studies 

1. complete the initial training of doctoral students, 
2. pass at least one examination in the subjects specified in the individual study plan, 
3. prepare a literature search for the dissertation research, 
4. fulfill other study obligations set by the Dean’s measure. 

 (2) The student is obliged by the end of the 2nd semester of his or her studies 

1. have successfully passed at least 2 examinations in the subjects specified in the individual study plan, 
2. successfully pass the colloquium consisting in the defence of the dissertation project (plan), 
3. fulfil other study obligations stipulated by the Dean’s measure. 

(3) The student is obliged by the end of the 3rd semester of his or her studies 

1. have successfully passed at least 4 examinations from the subjects specified in the individual study plan, 
2. fulfil other study obligations stipulated by the measure. 

 (4) The student is obliged by the end of the 4th semester of his or her studies 

1. complete all compulsory and compulsory elective courses according to the individual study plan, 
2. successfully complete a faculty colloquium consisting of a defense of a detailed dissertation research design, 
3. submit a paper to an international scientific conference, 
4. fulfill other study obligations stipulated by the dean’s measure. 

(5) The student is obliged by the end of the 5th semester of his or her studies 

1. present the results of his or her creative activity at an international scientific conference, 
2. submit an article for peer review in a journal that had at least a Q2 or Q3 AIS in the field related to the dissertation at the time of submitting the SJR, 
3. complete a foreign research internship related to the dissertation research for a cumulative period of at least 14 days; the internship may be replaced by participation in an international creative project or other form of direct participation of the student in international cooperation, 
4. fulfill other study obligations specified by the Dean’s measure.  

(6) By the end of the 6th semester of his or her studies, the student is obliged to 

1. successfully complete a faculty colloquium consisting of a defence of the preliminary results of the dissertation research, 
2. have an article accepted for peer review in a journal that had an SJR of at least Q2 or an AIS of Q3 at the time of submission, in a field related to the dissertation, 
3. meet other study requirements as specified by the Dean’s action. 

(7) The student is required to complete the following requirements by the end of the 7th semester of his or her studies 

1. successfully complete a minor defence, 
2. have a journal article under review & resubmit that had an SJR of at least Q3 or AIS of Q3 at the time of submission, in a field related to the dissertation, 
3. have completed a research internship abroad related to the dissertation research of a cumulative duration of at least 1 month; all internships completed during the course of the PhD are counted towards this duration. The internship may be replaced by participation in an international creative project with results published or presented abroad or by another form of direct participation of the student in international cooperation, 
4. fulfill other study obligations set out in a measure of the Dean. 

(8) The student is obliged by the end of the 8th semester of his or her studies 

1. successfully defend his or her dissertation, 
2. have an article accepted for publication in a journal that has or had at the time of submission of the SJR at least Q2 or AIS at Q3, in a field related to the dissertation, 
3. have fulfilled all other study obligations as specified by the Dean’s action. 

Article 6
Common provisions 

The obligation set out in Article 3 or 5 relating to the relevant semester of study shall be deemed to have been fulfilled if it has been fulfilled in that semester or earlier during the current semester of study. Outcomes that have been reported as having been met in relation to the requirements for previous semesters of study shall also count towards the minimum number of outcomes required for the relevant semester of study. Satisfaction of the requirements relating to a publication output at a less advanced stage is always given if a more advanced stage has been reached.