Overview
The doctoral study provides an integrated education that enables graduates to carry out conceptual and research activities in chemical education based on their high level of expertise. Graduates will be prepared for independent scientific, pedagogical, and managerial work. They can find employment in didactic departments of universities preparing chemistry teachers, research institutes under the Ministry of Education, and institutions dedicated to teacher education and research in chemical or science education.
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:
- Analysis and application of modern didactic methods in chemistry education: Innovative approaches to improve teaching effectiveness and student motivation
- Developing scientific thinking in elementary school students in extracurricular education using simple chemical experiments
- Simple STEM experiments for everyday lab courses
- Supporting chemistry teaching with regard to dyslexia
- Virtual and Augmented Reality as Tools for Supporting Spatial Thinking and Conceptual Understanding of Biomolecular Structures and Processes in Secondary Education
Profile of the graduate
Graduates of the doctoral study program Didactics of Chemistry acquire extensive complex knowledge and competencies in didactics of chemistry and pedagogy, psychology, and chemistry, which are comparable to graduates of this study in an international context. Based on acquired knowledge and working methods, they are capable of independent scientific, research, pedagogical, and management activities in the field of general and vocational chemical education. Graduates of this study should be able to communicate on the issue of chemical education at the national and international level and publish the results of their professional work in national and international journals, monographs, and other publications.
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 Chemistry Education
Guarantor of the study programme
doc. RNDr. Petr Šmejkal, Ph.D.
petr.smejkal@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.
