The following is a PhD thesis defence guide for students of PhD programmes, listing the requirements for PhD defence and its presentation:

PhD thesis is submitted:

• In a printed form
  – 4 copies are handed in to the Department for Science and International Relations. These copies must meet the standard requirements of hardcover fabric binding.

• In an electronic form
  – As of 1 February 2017, a Rector’s Directive No. 72/2017 on Accessibility of Electronic Database of Final Theses changes the technical requirements for submitting final qualification theses. A thesis must be submitted in a PDF/A version 1a or 2u format. This directive also changes the requirements pertaining to the formatting of appendices and supplements. Details are described in the Guide to Filing a Final Thesis.
  – Using the SIS web interface at https://is.cuni.cz/studium in the section ‘Subjects of Theses (Choice of a Thesis). Detailed guide is located at https://www.lf1.cuni.cz/file/25838/navod_vkladani_prace.pdf?version=201702151136.

A PhD thesis must include:

• a signed declaration and an identification record (Appendix 1);
• summary: a one-page summary in Czech and English is an integral part of the presentation; it is filed in the SIS both as part of the presentation and separately;
• a summary of thesis’ conclusions;
• a bibliography that lists both literature and internet resources used in preparing the thesis;
• separately bound presentation in Czech or English, approximately 10 to 20 pages long, in A5 format (it becomes Appendix 3).

Applying for a PhD thesis defence:

• application must be submitted using this form 
• the application is completed, signed, and submitted to the Department of Science and International Relations jointly with other accompanying documentation, i.e.:

Examples of all requisite formal parts of the presentation and PhD thesis are found in an appendix to the section jointly with the Rector’s Directive No. 10/2010, which defines the rules for registration, submission, and publication of final theses.