Pharmacy

The aim of studying in the Ph.D. study program in Pharmacy is in consequence to the obtained undergraduate master's education to significantly deepen the student's education in the field of pharmaceutical sciences, with a narrower profile in accordance with the professional focus of the dissertation. The aim of the study is to develop the student's knowledge and skills, leading to independent creative activity, publication, and presentation of results in scientific journals and professional forums. The study should also develop the student competencies necessary to pass on their knowledge and experience not only to undergraduate students, but also to the professionals and general public in academia. It should also give students the knowledge necessary for industrial application of research. Furthermore, studying the PhD program in Pharmacy should significantly develop the ability of the students to work in a team and intercultural communication in international/foreign spaces. Last but not least, the study will support the development of critical and analytical thinking based on scientific evidence.

The individual workplaces of the Faculty of Pharmacy cover all aspects of research and development in pharmacy. The studies are therefore realized in all areas of research in the field of pharmacy and includes a wide range of branches from experimental and clinical pharmacology, pharmacognosy, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmaceutical technology, and molecular biology in the field of pharmacy to pharmacoeconomics and social pharmacy.

Interdisciplinary topics are possible and wanted. A close connection exists between the individual laboratories of the departments of faculty, and the workplaces cooperate to solve multidisciplinary problems within their technological capabilities. The individual workplaces of faculty develop international cooperation and allow to benefit students from such contacts.

The faculty organizes joint professional seminars and Ph.D. conferences of candidates. Students are motivated by the high professional quality of research in a competitive, yet collaborative and open environment. The performance of individual students is valued both financially and also, for example, in the form of participation in prestigious foreign conferences.

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

• independently apply different research approaches and methods used in pharmaceutical sciences in accordance with his/her profile, with a link to the topic of the dissertation and its wider context
• systematically apply the acquired interdisciplinary perspective and theoretical knowledge from the field of pharmaceutical and related sciences in solving research questions and practical problems in pharmacy
• use relevant classical and electronic information sources to obtain scientific information and process search in the relevant literature sources
• process and present the results of his/her scientific work in the form of various outputs (dissertations, peer-reviewed publications, conference papers, etc.) in English language
• provide individual and team work and highly professional work activities in a domestic and international environment
• independently lead various forms of teaching in undergraduate study program subjects, lifelong learning courses and implement educational activities with a focus on the professional and open public
• to utilize the acquired knowledge and skills in applied research
• to participate or to prepare grant application

Graduates of the Ph.D. study program in Pharmacy can find the employement in academic and research institutions as academic, research, and development workers, as well as in management positions in the application sphere, which require the ability to independently perform highly specialized activities and a broad overview of the field (e.g., managerial positions in the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare facilities, regulatory authorities).

If a graduate of a doctoral study program did not complete a master's degree in the field of Pharmacy during his undergraduate studies, completion of the doctoral study program entitles him only to scientific work in the completed doctoral field, not to the practical performance of the profession of pharmacist.

Elaboration of a dissertation is a mandatory part of the study process in the doctoral study program. The aim of the dissertation is to demonstrate the student's ability to make an original contribution to the acquisition of new scientific knowledge and its application.

The dissertation can be written in Czech, Slovak or English, currently English is preferred due to the field of studies. The work must contain new research findings that the student has obtained independently or in collaboration with other members of the research team, and which have been published or accepted for publication in internationally recognized peer-reviewed scientific journals.

The dissertation can also be submitted in the form of a set of works already published or works accepted for publication on the given topic, which the student provides with a comprehensive introduction to the issue and a commentary.

If the dissertation contains a result created with the contribution of another author, the student's declaration of the scope of his creative contribution for each such result is part of the dissertation.

The formal content (length, language, requirements for the publication activity on which the dissertation is based) is described in the faculty guidelines.

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