Overview

Bioethics is an interdisciplinary field which studies the ethical, legislative, and social aspects of both biomedicine and biotechnologies.

These aspects are represented by the 4 modules of the doctoral Bioethics studies: Humanities Module, Medically-Scientific Module, Legislative Module, and Sociological Module. As a continuation of the preceding (Master's Programme) studies, the student is assigned to the corresponding module.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

The graduates of the Bioethics programme at Masaryk University become independent professionals who are capable of reflecting upon the ethical, legislative, and social aspects of both biomedicine and biotechnologies, based on their primary field of specialisation.

They will also be able to continue their academic careers through the prospect of the successive habilitation and appointment procedure of the given discipline.

Programme Structure

After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

identify and analyse the ethical aspects of biomedicine and biotechnologies

apply the individual methods of solving the ethically relevant situations surrounding biomedicine and biotechnologies

be fluent in any given topic within the Bioethics field

critically form arguments in favour of a given Bioethical opinion

evaluate current trends in the subject area of their doctoral thesis and the entire discipline

organise and evaluate any gathered data, compose professionally written texts supported by arguments, present and justify their insights at any given conference

relay their acquired insights regarding the discipline through pedagogical activities, scholarly seminars, and publications

lead independent scientific research projects

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00
Starting 2027-09-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-28 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Brno, Czech Republic

Disciplines

Biology Philosophy Biotechnology View 9 other PhDs in Biology in Czech Republic

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

Free
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Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Living costs

Brno

Czech Republic

13555 - 21979 CZK / month

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