doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department vice-head, Department of Musicology
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This program is not offered for the Autumn semester 2024. We will reopen it for the Autumn semester 2025.
The mission of the four-year doctoral degree study programme Digital Culture and Creative Industries (hereafter DCCI) is to prepare researchers for educational and cultural institutions that are focused on research into the implications of the proliferation of digital and networking technologies and their potential for creative application, and also their application in the creative industries. The aim of the study programme is to train and educate top experts in the fields of new media arts, digital culture and culture management with a focus on the creative industries.
The doctoral degree study programme DCCI is unique in the context of other art and science doctoral degree study programmes in the Czech Republic. This is the only programme that links together theory of art, social sciences, a technical knowledge of digital and networking technologies and research based on experimental testing of systems (artistic, cultural, technical). It has been established in response to labour market demand and the underdeveloped professional discourse in this area in the Czech (and Slovak) academic sphere.
The concept of the study programme is based on the interconnection of theoretical research and creative practice (artistic, design, curatorial, production) conceived as a specific type of basic (primary) research, that is necessary for a deep understanding of the studied phenomena and their critical reflection in them. Emphasis is placed on cooperation with the sphere in which the practices are applied (topics of dissertations taking into account the current needs of subjects from the sphere of application) and on the international dimension of study (study visits and internships abroad, presentations of academic and research outputs at international forums, special lectures by foreign experts, etc.).
The DCCI programme is intended for graduates from the follow-up master’s degree programmes Theory of Interactive Media and Culture Management at the Department of Musicology of the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University. It is open to graduates from related master’s degree programmes (media studies, new media studies, managements of culture and cultural institutions), which do not have a relevant accredited doctoral degree programme.
The Digital Culture and Creative Industries study program is designed to interact with the academic and application sectors using a variety of tools:
Doctoral studies are exclusively one-subject study programs. The length of study of all study programs is four years. Graduates of Doctoral degree study programs are awarded an internationally recognized scientific degree of philosophiæ doctor (Ph.D.). The doctoral study represents the highest degree of university education.
You can choose between:
Have you selected a field of study and your thesis topic? Find out which supervisors are accepting new students at the department you have chosen for your Ph.D. studies at the Faculty of Arts.
Then, contact your future supervisor directly. They will serve as your guide and thesis consultant throughout your studies. They can also help you formulate your thesis topic.
List of supervisors:
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (guarantor of the program)
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD.
PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D.
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D.
Mgr. Viktor Pantůček, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. František Svoboda, Ph.D.
Only university graduates of Master's degree programmes with a corresponding or similar specialization can be admitted to the doctoral study programme (full-time or combined mode) after passing an entrance examination.
The applicant can earn a maximum of 100 points. The minimum number of points for admission to study is 70. The candidate is evaluated in the following areas:
The applicant is informed about the outcome of the admission procedure in a written form, via an e-mail.
Recommended structure:
Range: 6 to 10 standard pages.
An examination board is established for the entrance examination. It consists of the chairman and at least two other members of the Board of the study subject. At the entrance examination, the research proposal for the doctoral thesis will be primarily discussed with the applicant; the theoretical and methodological knowledge related to the project will be tested in the form of an interview; the candidate will have the opportunity to comment on the submitted CV.
Applicants who cannot attend the entrance exam in Brno will have to attend a Skype interview.
1 January - 30 April for the enrollment in the Fall semester
Documents set out above in the Terms of Admission are required to be provided in digital form and attached to the online application by April 30th.
Tuition fees: € 2,500/academic year (degree programme taught in English).
Have you selected your research topic? Or do you need help to formulate your research topic?
Please get in touch with doc. Horáková. She will connect you with your future supervisor who can help you to formulate your research proposal.
Department vice-head, Department of Musicology
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If you have any questions regarding the application and admission procedures or the tuition fees, please contact us at admission@phil.muni.cz.
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