Overview
The program covers demography, analyzing demographic processes like fertility, mortality, marriage, divorce, and abortion rates globally. It provides foundational knowledge for fields like anthropology, sociology, and healthcare, with practical applications in administration, education, insurance, and various economic and social sectors.
Start of studies in the winter semester (October)
Opening of applications and publication of the dissertation topics: 15. 2. 2026
Application by: 30. 4. 2026
Detailed information about the study programme
Offer of dissertation topics:
- Healthcare Workforce Optimization in Czechia Considering Population Development
- Life-Course and Inequalities in the Context of Demographic Change
- Partnership Trajectories of Young Adults: Determinants of Relationship Formation and Stability in European Countries (Analysis of GGS Data)
- Political careers and network positions of members of the Imperial Council (1861˗1918)
- Reconstruction of the post-war population development in Kosovo
- Regional Differentiation of Demographic Reproduction in Czechia
- The prognostic potential of classical and innovative fertility forecasting methods in the context of the Czech Republic
Profile of the graduate
In addition to the scientific and pedagogical pathway at universities, a graduate of the doctoral study program in Demography will also find employment in scientific-research institutions dealing mainly with broad-based social development, ranging from sociological or economic research to medical research or the research of environmental change. S/he can work in practice as an expert in high-level jobs in government (especially Ministries and State Statistical Service), regional and local government, large commercial organizations or agencies focusing on consultancy, opinion polling and marketing. Here everywhere a doctoral graduate can elaborate deeper analyses and forecasts of human population development and its broader contexts. These include, for example, capacity estimates for social infrastructure, especially in the areas of pre-school and school education, health and social services, or technical infrastructure such as housing, public transport and communications, population supply and waste management. Its work is also irreplaceable, for example, in identifying the causes and potential impacts of population climate change and in formulating public policy objectives and measures, as well as in preparing and evaluating medium- and long-term development programs and taking strategic decisions.
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. 2026 for study programmes starting in the winter semester (October).
The admission fee is 100 EUR and it is paid for each submitted application.
Required application appendice is the agreement of a supervisor in the format of the following form available here. We recommend reaching out to the supervisor as soon as possible (ideally before 31. 3. 2026 for study programmes starting in the winter semester), so the application could be send out in time in case the agreement is granted.
Entrance exam
The regular date of entrance exam for all doctoral programmes starting in the winter semester (October) is in June 2026 (to be specified), an alternative date is in June 2026 (to be specified).
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.
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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
Department of Demography and Geodemography
Guarantor of the study programme
prof. RNDr. Dagmar Dzúrová, CSc.
dagmar.dzurova@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.
