Doctoral Studies Statistics

Mobility of Doctoral Students (through university mobility programmes Erasmus+, Freemover & CEEPUS, etc.)

yearnumber of months spent abroadnumber of study/work placements abroad
2009/1021
2010/11152
2011/1221
2012/1331
2013/1441
2014/150,51
2015/1692
2016/17259
2017/18203
2018/193410
2019/20247
2020/2124,310
2021/2240,5919
2022/2329,2315
2023/2412,9316
 245,5598

year / pers.
AT
DE
ES
FI
FR
GB
GR
IL
IN
IT
JP
KZ
MK
NL
PT
SE
SK
US
RS
CA
XK
KR
MX
2009/10    1                  
2010/11 1              1      
2011/12      1                
2012/13            1          
2013/14     1                 
2014/15                 1     
2015/16     1       1         
2016/1722   1 1         3     
2017/18 1   2                 
2018/1914   2        1 2      
2019/20 3      2  1   1       
2020/21             12 511    
2021/2222113    1  1 1121 3   
2022/232 1 1    11 1 1131 11  
2023/24  421    2  1   13   11
 71363671124114253141014111
Status as of September 2024. Note: The overview does not include internships and residencies of doctoral students which were fully funded from the resources "Support of International Cooperation" (2018/19, 2019/20) and the Development Project "Support and Development of International Cooperation".

Doctoral Study Programme Admission Process

academic year2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/24
number of applicants122015201915232120
number of accepted6876810121110
success rate of applicants50 %40 %46,7 %30 %42,1 %66,7 %52,2 %52,4 %50 %
For complete admission statistics see www.favu.vut.cz/fakulta/informacni-tabule/statistiky-rizeni.

Number of Doctoral Students and Their Success

enrolled in the doctoral study programme (2006–2024)132 peopleof which 75 are women
total graduates50of which 32 are women
active and interrupted students61of which 33 are women
3-year doctoral study programme (from academic year 2006/2007, from 2016 only for completion)60 peoplein SDS    to SDS+1after SDS
successfully completed studies (graduates)40141726
unsuccessfully completed studies1912137
active students0000
interrupted students1001
4-year doctoral study programme (from academic year 2017/2018)72 peoplein SDSto SDS+1after SDS
successfully completed studies (graduates)10228
unsuccessfully completed studies2220
active students53384815
interrupted students7413
Status as of December 15, 2024. Abbr.: SDS = standard duration of studies.
  • Of the 50 graduates, 19 continue to work directly at BUT, another 12 at other universities (AVU, UMPRUM, UTB, OU) and/or in cultural institutions (DumB, MG, TIC, etc.), and another 6 are active in secondary schools and music and art schools. At least 34 graduates actively pursue their own artistic practice.
  • One third of the 132 enrolled students are pursuing a more theoretically oriented doctorate, while two thirds are focusing on artistic research for their dissertation projects.

Statistics of Supervisors

supervisor*number of currently supervised dissertations including interrupted onesnumber of successfully led dissertationsnumber of supervisions of unsuccessfully completed studiessuccess rate of completed studies
total61502170 %
* A list of supervisors with number of currently supervised studies, success rate of supervised studies, etc., is available after logging in. Status as of December 15, 2024.

Structure of Doctoral Study Programme Graduates

year of graduation / agenumbermenwomen< 30     31–35 36–40 41–50 51–60
20093 32  1 
201031212   
201111   1  
2012413 4   
20133121   2
2014312111  
201522  1 1 
2016211 11  
20172 2 11  
20184 412 1 
20191 1   1 
202022   11 
2022624 321 
2023624 132 
2024844 332 
(total)50183261913102

Status as of December 15, 2024. List of FFA doctoral graduates:
www.favu.vut.cz/en/students/study-department/doctoral-studies/overview-of-phd-students#alumni-phd.


Register of Artistic Outputs (RUV)

year of output introduction20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
RUV points of doctoral students1382737381,2318871,6052,9633,2614,1844.4765.211
Status as of September 10, 2024.

Amount of Scholarship Support

type of scholarships / year20162017201820192020202120222023
regular doctoral scholarships (see)1,102,5001,327,5002,328,7502,396,2502,632,5003,982,5004,691,2505,163,750
other (mainly creative and research)*278,440348,320565,866689,1001,357,4571,299,7641,820,1402,172,583
total in CZK*1,380,9401,675,8202,894,6163,085,3503,989,9575,282,2646,511,3907,336,333
* Not included are Erasmus+ mobility scholarships (work, study, graduate) and scholarships paid by the university rectorate (accommodation, social, etc.).

Doctoral Research Projects (selection)

Responsibility: doc. MgA. Filip Cenek