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Faculty Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters (FRO)
Study programme Fishery (P0831D370002)
Branch of study / Specialization Fishery (P0831D370002/0 - 2021)
Level of acquired qualification Doctoral
Form of study Full-time
Standard length of study 4 years
Number of ECTS credits 240
Qualification awarded Doctor (8)
Access to further studies The doctoral degree is the highest possible level of education in Czech education system.  
Type of completion State Doctoral Examination and dissertation defense.
Study and Examination Code URL
Faculty coordinator for international students
Kačerová Lucie, Bc.
Email: lkacerova@frov.jcu.cz
Phone: +420387774636
Fax: +420387774634
Key learning outcomes The aim of the doctoral study program Fisheries is: 1. to develop scientific and analytical thinking and to ensure the scientific training of experts in the field of pond farming, biology and fish farming, protection of fish stocks, fisheries management of open waters and in related activities related to the previous areas; 2. to ensure a sufficient number of scientifically-minded experts who will not only scientifically influence the development of the whole fisheries sector internationally, but also innovate the production and breeding of fish and other aquatic organisms practically and sustainably or maintain open water hydrocenoses harmoniously in the long term in line with current conservation approaches.
Specific admission requirements The applicants will be accepted on the basis of an interview.
Specific provisions for recognition of prior learning Citizens of the Czech Republic must provide proof of successful completion of their master degree. Other applicants must comply with the conditions laid down by special legislation for the study of foreign nationals at higher education institutions.
Qualification requirements and regulations For admission no special qualification criteria are to be met. The advantage is knowledge of animal biology, fishery, water ecology and English at the level of B2.
Profile of the programme academical
Persistence requirements unspecified
Occupational profiles of graduates with examples Graduate of the doctoral study program "Fishery" will be scientifically and analytically minded expert controlling general knowledge in the field of fisheries on the ecology of lakes and rivers, and aquaculture systems biology and systematics of fish vertebrates.
Branch of study / Specialization guarantor Policar Tomáš, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Simple list of courses for the given plan Course list by year of study and semester Structured list of courses in the plan
Status Recommended year of study Recommended semester Course code Course title (* Final State Examination) Language of instruction Number of ECTS credits Course availability
A Compulsory - - VURH/APIA1 Publication 1 - first author English 10  
A Compulsory - - VURH/AZSD1 Foreign Internship 1 English 2  
A Compulsory - - VURH/AFOD1 Professional Practice 1 English 3  
A Compulsory - - VURH/APIA2 Publication 2 - first author English 10  
A Compulsory - - VURH/APEC1 Pedagogical Activities 1 English 2  
A Compulsory - - VURH/AZSD2 Foreign Internship 2 English 2  
A Compulsory - - VURH/AFOD2 Professional Practice 2 English 1  
A Compulsory - - VURH/AZSD3 Foreign Internship 3 English 2  
A Compulsory - - VURH/AAJDF English Language English 5  
A Compulsory - - VURH/APEC2 Pedagogical Activities 2 English 2  
A Compulsory - - VURH/APEC3 Pedagogical Activities 3 English 2  
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADPX2 Doctoral Practice 2 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADPX9 Doctoral Practice 9 English 0  
B Compulsory option - - UA/AVLRE Elaborating a Literature Review English 10  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/AVLRE Elaborating a Literature Review English 10  
B Compulsory option - - UA/AASD Alternative Aquaculture Systems English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADPX6 Doctoral Practice 6 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADPX5 Doctoral Practice 5 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADPX7 Doctoral Practice 7 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADPX9 Doctoral Practice 9 English 0  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ALSD2 Summer School 2 English 2  
B Compulsory option - - UA/FAFD Fish as food English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - UA/FIND Fish Nutrition English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADPX5 Doctoral Practice 5 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADPX7 Doctoral Practice 7 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADP11 Doctoral Practice 11 English 0  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/CDCD Culture and Diseases of Crayfishes English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - VURH/DFDD Diagnostics of Diseases of Aquaculture Animals English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - MVIS/CZFFA Czech Language for Foreigners A Czech English 5  
B Compulsory option - - MVIS/CZFFB Czech Language for Foreigners B Czech English 5  
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADPX3 Doctoral Practice 3 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADPX8 Doctoral Practice 8 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADPX3 Doctoral Practice 3 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADP10 Doctoral Practice 10 English 0  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADP11 Doctoral Practice 11 English 0  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/APDP1 Presentation of results - poster English 2  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/AVZPV Leading of the Final Thesis Czech English 5  
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADP10 Doctoral Practice 10 English 0  
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADPX1 Doctoral Practice 1 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADP12 Doctoral Practice 12 English 0  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADP12 Doctoral Practice 12 English 0  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/APDO1 Presentation of results - lecture English 5  
B Compulsory option - - UA/ADPX4 Doctoral Practice 4 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADPX8 Doctoral Practice 8 Czech 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADPX2 Doctoral Practice 2 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADPX6 Doctoral Practice 6 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ALSD1 Summer School 1 English 2  
B Compulsory option - - UA/AIMD Immunology in Aquaculture English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADPX1 Doctoral Practice 1 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/ADPX4 Doctoral Practice 4 English 20  
B Compulsory option - - VURH/AVZPK Consulting of the Final Thesis Czech English 2  
C Optional - - VURH/APIS1 Publication 1 - other English 4  
C Optional - - VURH/APIA3 Publication 3 - first author English 10  
C Optional - - VURH/APIS3 Publication 3 - other English 4  
C Optional - - VURH/AGAJ1 GAJU project 1 English 8  
C Optional - - VURH/APIA4 Publication 4 - first author English 10  
C Optional - - VURH/APIS2 Publication 2 - other English 4  
C Optional - - VURH/AGAJ2 GAJU project 2 English 8  
C Optional - - VURH/APIS4 Publication 4 - other English 4  
A Compulsory - Winter VURH/ASED4 Ph.D. Seminar 4 English 1  
A Compulsory - Winter VURH/ASED3 Ph.D. Seminar 3 English 1  
A Compulsory - Winter VURH/ASED1 Ph.D. Seminar 1 English 1  
A Compulsory - Winter VURH/ASED2 Ph.D. Seminar 2 English 1  
B Compulsory option - Winter VURH/TERD Technics and Engineering of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Winter UA/OASD Outdoor Aquaculture Systems English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Winter VURH/GEFD Genetics in Fisheries English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Winter VURH/BTFD Biology and Systematics of Fish Vertebrates English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Winter VURH/AZVKD Basics of Scientific Communication English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Winter VURH/TAOD Toxicology Focused on Aquatic Organisms English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Winter VURH/CMBD Applied Cellular and Molecular Biology English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Winter UA/ESRW Ecology of Still and Running Waters English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Summer VURH/SDAD Species Diversification on Aquaculture English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Summer VURH/FHAD Fish Histology Applied in Aquaculture English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Summer UA/BIOD Bionformatics English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Summer VURH/PFRD Physiology of Fish Reproduction English 5 The course is available to visiting students
B Compulsory option - Summer VURH/SFMD Sustainable Fishery Management in Open Waters English 5 The course is available to visiting students
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 13.06.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026