Bursaries

The doctoral bursary is paid in regular monthly instalments to full-time doctoral students within the standard period of study (4 years). Following the amendment to the Higher Education Act, from 1 September 2025, only students who are undertaking their first doctoral studies will be eligible for the bursary. Students who have previously studied in any doctoral study programme in the Czech Republic, regardless of the length or form of study or regardless the way it was completed, are not eligible for the bursary. The bursary is awarded on the basis of an application for the academic year in question.

The amount of the bursary varies:

1. Students enrolled on or after 1 September 2025 are entitled to a bursary of at least 1.2 times the applicable minimum wage on 1 July of the relevant calendar year.
2. Students who started their studies before 1 September 2025 are guaranteed a bursary of CZK 11,250 per month. However, they can apply for an increase in the bursary by up to 1.2 times the minimum wage (see point 1). The award of the additional part of the bursary is conditional upon concluding an Agreement on the Change of the Individual Study Plan, which specifies additional study obligations beyond the current ISP.

Schedule of doctoral bursary pay days for the academic year of 2024/2025

Besides this amount, selected doctoral students receive extra bursaries, usually for their research and publication activities. Doctoral students have the opportunity to participate in the Internal Grant Competition of the Internal Grant Agency (IGA), in which they can get financial resources both for their research activities and to increase their basic bursary amount.