Meteorology and Climatology
Doctoral Degree Program
The faculty will not be opening this program in the academic year 2022/2023.
Field: | Physics |
Form: | full time / external |
Usual duration: | full time form 4 years, external form 5 years |
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| Related study programs: | master's degree programs Environmental Physics, Renewable Energy Sources, and Meteorology and Climatology |
Description of the Study Program
The doctoral program Meteorology and Climatology is a continuation of the Master’s program in Physics. Applicants who graduated from other programs may also be accepted - especially in the case the applicant has a good grasp of the topics of meteorology and climatology as well as of Physics and Mathematics. This can be determined by a personal meeting and an exam given by a committee. Each year, the program accepts 1 to 4 students in the daily program and 1 to 4 students for external studies. The program is focused on preparing its graduates for demanding scientific and practical work in the offered subprograms. Graduates can find employment mainly in connection with the Slovak Institute of Hydrometeorology, at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of the Comenius University, at the institutes of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and similar institutions at home and abroad. Specialization is possible in several areas, which can be divided into the following five groups:
- Weather forecasting
- Climatology
- Meteorology and Climatology Modeling
- Environment protection
- Applications of meteorology and Climatology in other research areas (water management, agriculture, forestry, ...)
Doctoral Scholarships
Full-time doctoral students who have permanent residency in the European Union are entitled to receive a scholarship for the entire standard duration of their studies. The scholarships are paid starting on the date of enrollment. The scholarship is determined in accordance with the tables included in the Law no. 553/2003 Z.z. as follows:
- prior to completion of the qualification exam: 915,50 EUR (6th class, 1st level)
- after successful completion of the qualification exam: 1 066 EUR (7th class, 1st level)
Scholarships are not subject to taxes or other fees.
Doctoral studies are considered an equivalent to full time employment and in the majority of cases cannot be combined with another employment. Job holding applicants who intend to keep their job are advised to apply for the external (distance) form of doctoral studies. Doctoral students enrolled in the regular form are expected to participate in teaching activities such as conducting recitations or exam grading, in accordance with the needs of their corresponding departments.