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Doctoral studies are organized by the Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry in collaboration with the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. The program covers macromolecular chemistry, including biopolymer chemistry and physical chemistry of polymers. Students can focus on experimental issues such as polymer synthesis, association processes, polymer degradation, and semiconductor polymer structures, or theoretical studies and simulations. The program reflects modern trends and job market needs.
Application for the programme starting in the winter semester by:
30. 4. 2025
Detailed description of the programm
Offer of dissertation topics:
- A New Synthetic Way for Obtaining Polymer Suspensions for Flow Battery Systems
- Biodegradable polymer systems based on thermoplasticized starch
- Coarse-grained models for quantitative prediction of acid-base properties of peptides and proteins
- CO2-fixation reaction – a way towards sustainable polymers
- Development of conjugated hyper-cross-linked porous organic polymers for sorption and catalytic applications
- Functional Polymers and Boron-Based Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications
- Machine learning and advanced NMR crystallography – complementary tools for the prediction of the structure of crystalline peptides and their amorphous analogues
- Microparticulate contrast agents transforming excitation signal for biomedical application
- Modeling of the Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium in protein solutions
- Polymeric materials with covalently attached anionic boron clusters
- Polymer colloids as specialized carriers for intranasal transport of biologically active substances
- Recycling of polyisocyanurate foams
- Synthesis and application of polymeric scavengers interacting with cationic amphiphilic peptides by charge compensation.
- Synthesis and Application of Silica-Coated Quantum Dots in Bioengineering
- Synthesis of advanced stimuli-responsive polymers for biomedical applications
- Synthesis of smart polymer-coated nanomaterials for Pickering interfacial catalysis
- The role of acid-base equilibria in polyelectrolyte complexation and biomolecular condensation
- Vibrational spectroscopy and spectroelectrochemistry of conducting polymers
Profile of the graduate
A PhD. graduate has acquired advanced theoretical knowledge, practical skills and experience in the field of Macromolecular Chemistry. A graduate manages very well the modern methods of preparation of polymer materials, methods of characterization and study, has interdisciplinary knowledge in advanced applications of polymer materials and can use this knowledge and experience creatively. A graduate can formulate, plan and perform scientific tasks and critically evaluate and present their results, and has practical experience with organizing and funding research and teaching of students. The graduate is qualified for work in academic, scientific and scientific-educational institutions as well as research and development centres of companies engaged in the development and production of technologically advanced materials.
Application submission
The application is submitted electronically through the Charles University study information system. The completed application must be submitted electronically in the study information system no later than on 30. 4. 2025 for study programmes starting in the winter semester (October) and no later than on 15. 12. 2025 for study programmes starting in the summer semester (April).
The admission fee is 100 EUR and it is paid for each submitted application.
Entrance exam
The regular date of entrance exam for all doctoral programmes starting in the winter semester (October) is 9. – 20. 6. 2025, an alternative date is 23. – 27. 6. 2025.
The regular date of entrance exam for all doctoral programmes starting in the summer semester (April) is 4. – 5. 2. 2026, an alternative date is 11. – 12. 2. 2026.
The request for an alternative day is submitted and approved via the electronic information system.
The form of the entrance exam is an oral interview, which mainly concerns the issues of the planned dissertation and the candidate’s knowledge within the field of expertise of the given study programme.
Find more information in:
- Conditions of the admission procedure for doctoral study programmes at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, for study programmes starting in the winter semester (October)
or - Conditions of the admission procedure for doctoral study programmes at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, for study programmes starting in the summer semester (April).
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Applicants with specific needs
If you have a physical handicap, you can apply for a modification of the entrance exam. For more information read the Conditions of the admission procedure for doctoral study programmes.
Departments involved in this programme
Guarantor of the study programme
doc. RNDr. Jan Sedláček, Dr.
jan.sedlacek@natur.cuni.cz
Do you have a question?
Complete information about the admission procedure can be found on the website for applicants. For questions, please contact the admissions contact persons.
