ENTRANCE PROCEDURE
AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCEPTANCE
INTO THE MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS AT THE CTU IN PRAGUE
FACULTY OF TRANSPORTATION SCIENCES
FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 - 2025
(WITH DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 31^st March 2024)

General information about study programmes:

• IS - Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Further information about the study programme   (~267.9 kB)
• SC - Smart Cities

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• Download information   (~210.9 kB)
• Overview of study programs taught in english
• Basic information and important dates
• Procedure for submission of application forms
• Admission conditions
• Entrance examinations and criteria of their evaluation
• Results of the entrance procedure

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The entrance procedure for applicants for the academic year 2024 - 2025 will take place in the following master’s degree programmes.

Master's degree study programmes (following the Bachelor's degree programme)
The standard length of study: 2 years; degree: Ing.

Study programme	code	form	language	place
Intelligent Transport Systems	IS*	full-time	english	Prague
Smart Cities	SC**	full-time	english	Prague

* the IS program can also be studied in English in the form of a double degree in cooperation with a foreign university (Linköping University, Sweden)
** the SC program can only be studied in English in the form of a double degree in cooperation with a foreign university (The University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

The full-time study takes the form of daily classes. It consists of lectures and seminars in individual study courses. The study is project-oriented, which means that students choose their student project.

The fee for study programs taught in English is given by Appendix 5 „Study fees“ to the CTU Statute The specification of the fee payment and the study conditions will be set in the agreement between the CTU in Prague Faculty of Transportation Sciences and a student. The fee for study in English is currently 66 000 CZK per one semester of study in the master‘s degree study programme. Exceptions are double-degree programs where fees are as follows:

• the IS program in the form of double degree study is charged 500, - EUR per semester
• the SC program in the form of double degree is free of charge

The term of submission of applications:	by 31th March 2024 the term applies equally to: filling out the electronic application on website prihlaska.cvut.cz payment of an administrative fee
Period of (and place of) entrance examinations:	from 3rd June 2024 to 28th June 2024 in Prague for applicants for: master's degree study programme
Alternative period of entrance examinations:	from 26th August 2024 to 13th September 2024
Results of entrance procedure	28th June 2024
Registration to the study	July - September 2024
Start of teaching in the academic year 2024 – 2025	23rd September 2024

Applications for the studies in Prague
Information on studies in Prague:	Lýdie Tetíková, Eva Vicenová Study department of CTU in Prague Faculty of Transportation Sciences Konviktská 20, Prague 1 cell phone: +420 605 501 764, +420 770 138 720 phone: +420 224 359 540, + 420 224 359 542 e-mail: tetikova@fd.cvut.cz, vicenova@fd.cvut.cz

 

The submission of a filled application form is necessary for the beginning of the entrance procedure. The number of submitted application forms is not limited.

Applicants from Russia and Belarus are advised that CTU FTS is obliged to comply with the currently valid sanctions regulations of the European Union, the result of the admission procedure will be based on these currently valid sanctions regulations.

 

1) Filling out the electronic application form

Applicants have to fill out the electronic application form:

• on-line on the website: prihlaska.cvut.cz
• completely and honestly
• in English

Applicants have to specify in the application form:

• type of study programme (master)
• form of study (full-time)
• programme of study (IS, SC)

 

2) Payment of the administration fee

There is an administrative fee of 900 CZK for the tasks connected with entrance procedures (for each application form).

The fee must be paid by the deadline for submission of applications - 31^st March 2024.

Payment can be made by internet card payment at the internet address prihlaska.cvut.cz (we prefer this payment method).

It is also possible to pay the fee by cashless transfer by bank transfer or by postal order according to the information below.

 

Administrative fee
fee	900 CZK
bank	Komerční banka a. s., Praha 1
account number	19 – 3322370227 / 0100
SWIFT	KOMBCZPPXXX
IBAN	CZ6301000000193322370227
reference number	77777
constant symbol	378 – cashless transfer 379 – postal order
specific symbol	application code
company registration number	68407700

3) Acceptance of the application as the beginning of the entrance procedure

The completed and paid application will be accepted into the entrance procedure only after the payment has been paired with the submitted application. Applicants can check the status of the application in their electronic application form. Payments made and sent after the deadline will not be accepted.

The last day for filling out the application form and paying the administrative fee is 31^st March 2024.

 

In accordance with the written instructions from the Faculty (delivered by email during May 2024), all applicants will submit documents listed below no later than the day of the entrance examination (or term set in the sent information).

 

1) Proof of previous educational attainment

All applicants shall submit an officially certified copy of their previous successfully completed studies according to the type of study programme.

• The condition of a master's degree study program is the completion of a university degree of at least bachelor type. All applicants shall submit a certified copy of the diploma and the Diploma Supplement or other confirmation containing a list of completed subjects and achieved study average. These documents do not have to be submitted by applicants who have completed a bachelor's degree program at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Transportation Sciences.

The applicants who completed previous studies abroad will submit a validated Bachelor’s Diploma – called nostrification (except for those who have completed their education in the Slovak Republic).

Assessment of foreign education can be carried out through the rectorate of CTU. Information can be found at website: https://www.cvut.cz/en/validation-of-foreign-university-education-and-qualifications-nostrification .

 

2) Proof of knowledge of the English language
(for all studies taught in English)

Applicants for study in the study programmes IS and SC are required to prove their knowledge of English. The level of English can be demonstrated in one of the following ways:

• citizenship of the state with the official language "English"
• confirmation of successful completion of previous studies in English
• confirmation of successful completion of English language course in the previous university studies (which as a whole does not have to be in English)
• internationally recognized certificate

 

The applicants will be accepted to the study after fulfilling all the previously mentioned conditions and on the basis of evaluation criteria set for each study programme.

The acceptance criterion is the number of achieved points. The final number of points of each applicant is based on the result of the entrance examination. The ranking of candidates is created by the number of points.

The minimum number of points required for admission to the study is set for each study programme.

The entrance examination will take place during one day in the period from 3^rd June 2024 to 28^th June 2024. Date, time and place of the entrance examination will be stated in the invitation to the entrance examination that will be delivered electronically to the applicants by means of an email sent by the Faculty at least 3 weeks before the date of the exam.

In case the applicant is not able to attend the entrance examination in Prague on the assigned date and time, and when the applicant excuses himself with the faculty’s study department no later than on the day of the entrance examination, he/she may be given opportunity to attend alternate entrance examination. Alternate entrance examination for excused applicants will take place in the period from 26^th August 2024 to 13^th September 2024.

1) Intelligent Transport Systems (IS)

Applicants for the studies are to take a written entrance examination in two thematic areas. At the same time applicants participate in the project selection process.

Without a written entrance examination will be admitted to study students or graduates of the B1041A040001/B 3710- Technology in Transportation and Telecommunications study program at any university in the Czech Republic who have achieved an arithmetic study average of 1.0000 to 1.9000 (on 16^th April 2024).

Without a written entrance examination will be admitted to the study applicants who have successfully completed a bachelor's degree study in English at a university in the Czech Republic or a foreign university. The previous studies have to meet the required applicant profile corresponds to the fundamentals of mathematics, physics, and technical disciplines (which corresponds to orientation in the direction of traffic systems and telematics, informatics and telecommunications).

Applicants for studies in the IS program taught in English, who have completed their previous studies abroad, must provide by March 31, 2024, a copy of the diploma from the university where they completed their previous bachelor's studies, a nostrification, as well as a transcript of the grades of all completed subjects, confirmed by the university, and knowledge of the English language.

Assessment of foreign education can be carried out through the rectorate of CTU. Information can be found at website: https://www.cvut.cz/en/validation-of-foreign-university-education-and-qualifications-nostrification .

Evaluation of written entrance examination

In the written examination of two thematic areas, the applicant demonstrates sufficient professional knowledge of the issues related to the program.

• a written entrance examination in each thematic area takes 45 minutes
• maximum total score is 50 points
• the minimum number of points required to be accepted to the study for the academic year 2024 – 2025 is set at 28
• the maximum number of points from one topic is 25 points
• written examination is in the English language
• for the written examination, the candidate will only bring pen and several clean A4 papers
• it is not allowed to use any other aids or electronic devices, including mobile phones
• topics are listed in the following table
  

  Programme	Thematic area 1	Thematic area 2
  IS	Transport engeneering	Transport telematics

Specifics of double degree study in IS

The IS program (taught in English) can be studied in double degree form in cooperation with Linköping University in Sweden, which implements the content-related study program.

Graduates of the degree program in cooperation with a foreign university are awarded the academic degree "engineer" (Ing.) And also the academic title of the foreign university according to the legislation in force in the respective country.

The fee of double degree study is 500 EUR per semester. The specification of the payment of the fee and study conditions will be stipulated in the contract of CTU in Prague with the student.

Applicants must apply for a double degree in the IS programme by letter sent to the Study Department together with the completed application form by 31^st March 2024.

The cooperating foreign university reserves the right not to accept a double degree applicant. The Faculty of Transportation Sciences assumes no responsibility for this decision of the cooperating CTU in Prague.

 

2) Smart Cities (SC)

The Smart Cities programme can only be studied in English in the form of a double degree in cooperation with the University of Texas in El Paso.

Applicants do not take a written entrance examination. Instead, they will submit a motivation letter in English together with the application (1 page A4), no later then 31st March 2024. In the letter, they will show interest in Smart Cities, expectations of their studies, and will outline the topics they would like to work on in their Master‘s thesis. This motivation letter will be the basis for discussion during the entrance interview that will be conducted in English.

• maximum total score is 100 points
• the minimum number of points required to be accepted to the study for the academic year 2024– 2025 is set at 70
• applicants will be admitted in the order based on their total score (VPB) from the highest to the lowest until the number of the admitted applicants for the academic year 2024 – 2025 is met
• for the academic year 2024-2025, a maximum of 5 applicants will be admitted
• the candidates' level of English language will be assessed by the committee during the interview
• the second year of study in the SC program takes place in person in the USA, so it is necessary that due to the need to obtain an American student visa F-1, applicants have to be citizens of one of the Member States of the European Union.

The results are recalculated to a 0 to 100 points scale according to the following formula:

Legend to the formula:

• VPB ....... total score
• AP ......... arithmetic average in the previous bachelor's study (as of 16^th April 2024)
  
• e............ motivation letter in English (0 to 20 points)
• n ........... evaluation of the entrance interview (0 to 40 points)

There is no tuition fee in the SC program. Based on the concluded memorandum of cooperation between CTU in Prague, Faculty of Transportation Sciences, and The University of Texas at El Paso, students do not pay a fee for studying in the English language at CTU Faculty of Transportation Sciences or tuition at The University of Texas at El Paso in the USA.

Study in the SC program is intended for graduates of bachelor's study programmes with a technical focus; at the CTU in Prague, the Faculty of Transportation Sciences, these are all programs or fields with the exception of the PIL and TUL programmes.

Other prerequisites for successful studies in the Smart Cities program that the applicant acknowledges upon passing the entrance interview:

• requirement to pass TOEFL test during the first year of studies (min. 80 points for the internet-based test)
• requirement to try to pass the GRE General Test during the first year of studies (minimum score not specified)
• requirement to complete all courses of the Smart Cities program study plan during the first year of studies at CTU while keeping in mind that a grade worse than C according to the ECTS classification scale cannot be transferred to The University of Texas at El Paso

 

The results of the entrance procedure will be published by 28^th June 2024. Applicants can find the results in the application prihlaska.cvut.cz after entering their application code.

The Dean's decision of acceptance/non-acceptance will be delivered to applicants via email (within 30 days from the verification of all conditions). The decision also includes a statement of reasons and guidance on the possibility of appeal against the decision within 30 days of its notification. The applicant has the right to access the file only after the decision has been notified.

Notification of admission to study gives applicants the right to enroll in studies. The faculty shall communicate the date of enrollment to the admitted applicants together with the decision on admission to study.

The applicant becomes a student on the day of enrollment.

 

Useful links and informations for applicants

• on-line application form for the studies
• Regulations & fees for study in English language
• Information and links about validation of previous education
  • in case of the previous higher education:
    • information about procedure of recognitions of qualifications awarded abroad realized at the CTU in Prague
  • in case of the previous secondary education:
    • general information about recognition of foreign education in the Czech Republic
    • information about recognition of foreign education procedure:
      • by Division of Education and Youth of the Prague City Hall

Announcement of the admission procedure for studies in doctoral study programmes taught in English of the Czech Technical University in Prague of the Faculty of Transportation Sciences with the start of studies from 1 March 2024

in study programme:

• Transportation Systems and Technology (P1041D040004)
• Smart Cities (P0731D010008)

The admission procedure will take place from 12.2.-16.2.2024.

The exact date of the entrance examination will be specified at least 14 days in advance and applicants will receive it in the invitation.

Information about the admission procedure and the entrance examination

The basic condition for admission to study in a doctoral study programme is the successful completion of studies in a master's study programme.

Part of the admission procedure consists in the verification of the candidate's compliance with the prerequisites with regard to his/her ability to carry out scientific research during his/her doctoral studies. These prerequisites include professional and language knowledge, as well as the ability of independent creative work and team cooperation and the readiness to research about the chosen dissertation topic.

These prerequisites are assessed on the basis of materials submitted with an application for study and on the basis of the results of the entrance examination.

The entrance examination will take the form of an oral interview before a committee with the participation of a potential supervisor.

For the criteria of the entrance examination and other conditions for admission, see below.

The deadline for submitting applications is February 2, 2024.

Applications including annexes can be submitted to the Department of Science and Research only by post to the following address:

Department of Science and Research
Konviktská 20
110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic

The application can also be filled out electronically at the address: prihlaska.cvut.cz . After filling it out, it is necessary to print and sign the application, collect the supervisor's signature, and deliver it along with the required attachments to the specified address of the Department of Science and Research.

The admission procedure begins with the submission of the application.

The completed and signed application must be accompanied by:

1. Curriculum vitae (signed by the applicant)
2. A certified copy of the diploma of completed master's education, any other evidence of examinations taken (from the chosen field and presented in a world language). If the applicant does not have a diploma available, he / she can prove it in case of admission to study no later than before enrollment in the study program. The issuance of a decision on admission to study depends on proof of a master's degree. Applicants who have completed their previous education in a country other than the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic must submit a validation (nostrification) of their diploma with their application (to be processed by the Department for Studies and Student Affairs at the Rectorate of CTU).
3. Overview of published works and unpublished works of the applicant and other results of professional activities with their possible evaluation.
4. Motivation letter containing motivation to study, a brief description of the chosen topic of the dissertation thesis and the expected concept of its solution, a brief curriculum vitae of the candidate, focusing on the candidate's key qualifications and experience.
5. Proof of payment of CZK 900 - for acts connected with the admission procedure - Account number: 19-3322370227/0100, var. symbol: 6010001

To apply for doctoral studies, it is necessary to choose the framework topic of the dissertation and state it in the application.

prof. Ing. Ondřej Přibyl, Ph.D.
dean of the Faculty of Transportation Sciences

Important files for download

• Application form   (~536.6 kB)
• Conditions for admission   (~233.1 kB) into doctoral degree study programmes
• The topics available for the dissertations of applicants are announced by individual departments of the faculty   (~258.5 kB)

Administrated by:
Department of Science and Research CTU FTS, Konviktská 20, 110 00 Prague 1
Jana Katarína Knapová, tel. +420 224355095, e-mail: knapova@fd.cvut.cz