After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• use their knowledge and skills in progressive morphological methods;
• critically evaluate research results based on the state-of-the-art knowledge of human and animal structures;
• perform independent research and critically discuss its results;
• publish their own results in research journals with a high impact factor.

The required courses are English and 4 courses selected from the common courses, see: http://www.med.muni.cz/index.php?id=123.

After completion of any common course, student will receive 5 credits.

Other credits are for Preparation of Doctoral Thesis I – VIII (5–25 credits/semester), Professional Training I – VIII (1–8 credits/semester), Teaching Assistance (1–8 credits/semester), Research fellowship (= “DSZS01 Study Attachment Abroad” for 5–25 credits/semester), 3 credits for each evaluation point obtained for publication activities.

Doctoral studies are taught in semesters, with the prerequisite for entering the next semester being at least 20 credits from the preceding semester, or 45 credits from the last 2 semesters. If a student has 240 or more credits and has not exceeded the standard period of study, he or she is not obliged to fulfil the previously mentioned prerequisite for enrolling for the next semester.

The requirements for the doctoral state examination are as follows: the exam must be passed by the end of the third year of study; students must have a knowledge of morphological fields and current developments in them and show a thorough understanding of the field related to their doctoral thesis. Another requirement for completion of studies is at least one original publication in an international scientific journal with impact factor whose first author must be the student and at least one work published in a scientific journal which is in an international database such as Medline, Scopus, etc.