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Period 2023/2024

The list of main changes from the previous period

The objective of doctoral degree study evaluation

The Evaluation of doctoral degree students (HSDS) application is used by Ph.D. students to report their publication and creative activity, research on projects, teaching at the Department and other activities. Students are granted points for their reported achievements and, based on their point evaluation, they may be financially rewarded by a special scholarship. The special scholarship amount is calculated as a linear function of awarded points.

Students who were in full-time attendance during the evaluation period are eligible for an exceptional scholarship based on HSDS points. form of study and who have obtained more than the minimum number of points determined by the relevant Opatření děkana. (Definition of non-fulfilment of study obligations under doctoral study).

If the student has not been in full-time study for the entire evaluation period, the calculated amount will be reduced proportionally.

The total amount allocated for special scholarships is approved by the Faculty Management on a proposal from the Vice-Dean for Science and Research (SR).

Reporting and approval process

The report is filled in once a year, and all Ph.D. students are obliged to fill in the form pursuant to the Code of Practice for Doctoral Degree Study currently in force. It lists the achievements for the previous academic year.

The Ph.D. student is obliged to fill in the report by the 1st deadline, the Supervisor must approve the report by the 1st deadline, and the Head of Department must approve it by the 2nd deadline. The following deadlines have been set for the current period of 2023/2024:

Branch Board Chairs are entitled to look at the evaluation of the students in their branch.

The evaluation processing process runs as follows:

  1. Ph.D. student
    • fills in the evaluation
    • and sends it to the supervisor
  2. Supervisor
    • reviews the evaluation
    • and can return it to the Ph.D. student for correction, or
    • comments on the fulfillment of the ISP by the student,
    • will suggest whether to continue or end the study and
    • sends it to the Head of Department for approval
  3. Head of Department
    • reviews the evaluation
    • and can return it to the Ph.D. student for correction, or
    • approves the evaluation
  4. Faculty
    • evaluations approved by the Head of Department by the pre-set deadline are all sent to the FCE Senate for comments
    • evaluations sent to the supervisor, but not approved by the supervisor, or not approved by the Head of Department, or approved after the deadline will also be sent to the FCE Senate for comments
  5. FCE Senate
    • selected members of the Senate comment on individual evaluations,
    • reviews evaluations for correctness and completeness
    • and can suggest a correction of points with a justification
    • finally submits evaluations to the Dean
  6. Dean (optional step)
    • if a Ph.D. student has a reasonable doubt about the point adjustment by the Senate, they may ask the Dean for correction
    • Dean may comply with the request and make a correction of points
    • Ph.D. student must ask the Dean within 3 working days after the comments have been raised by the Senate
  7. Faculty
    • evaluations are completely closed and background documents for the payment of special scholarships start to be processed

All participants are always informed of individual changes in the state by e-mail.

In the case that a student does not agree with the reasons for the evaluation return by the supervisor or by the Head of Department, they must contact the Vice-Dean for SR no later than within 3 working days, and the Vice-Dean for SR will look into the matter without delay.

Evaluated categories

Inputs for categories A to D are automatically read from the V3S system. So that a Ph.D. student can report these achievements, they must fill them in the V3S system. The changes can be seen immediately. The entry in V3S cannot be in the state "Rozpracováno/Being processed". Such an entry is considered as incomplete and cannot be seen outside V3S. The state "Dokončeno/Completed" can already be seen.

The achievements listed in the Register of Artistic Outputs (RUV) are imported into the HSDS application all at once before the respective period is opened. Only achievements in the "Certifikováno/Certified" state can be entered there. Achievements from the year 2022 are reported (resulting from the methodology of entering achievements in RUV).

Categories E to H are filled in manually by a Ph.D. student.

Points in categories A, B, C and D are divided by the number of co-authors. The supervisor and supervisor-specialist are not counted as co-authors.

In order not to disadvantage the students who only started their study in the spring semester, their sum of points in categories A to F is multiplied by two.

A - Prestigious publications (V3S types CLA, KNI and KAP)

B - Conference or symposium paper (V3S types STA and STV)

C - Citations

Only citations with WoS or Scopus identifiers are accepted for granting points. Self-citations (cited and citing publications have at least one common author) are not accepted.

D - Achievements of innovative and creative activity (V3S types ASA, ASK, ASN, ASW, ASY, FVZ, MAP, OVT, PAP, PAT, PRO, PRV, UPM and UZV) (RUV all categories)

E - Participation in research projects

F - Other cooperation at the Department

A maximum of 8p. can be obtained for the whole category.

G - Teaching at the Department

A maximum of 12p. can be obtained for the whole category. Enter only the courses that you have taught for the whole semester.

H - Study stay abroad

Frequent questions

I have published an article in a high-impact journal, but no Scopus identifier has been assigned to it yet.

If you are sure that your article will be assigned a Scopus identifier, you can report it in the category "article in a high-impact journal in WoS or in Scopus…". It is, however, necessary to attach a proof to the report (e.g. article scan from the journal). Otherwise, your points will be deducted.

HelpDesk

If you encounter an error while using the application, the following people can help you.

Each department has its own officer in charge of the V3S system. Please contact him/her with your request for help with V3S.

Mr Ing. Miloslav Hůla will help to correct mistakes and answer questions related to the application itself. For example:

Please do not hesitate to contact him also with your proposals to improve the application. Thank you.