Selection Interview

The date of the examination will be set after the collection of application forms.

For the year 2025 the interview is set preliminary on 24. April, 2025, the start at 09:00 CEST (Bratislava, Slovakia).

Connection

The form of the presentation will be a connection via Zoom. The students will receive the link to join Zoom session by the email. During admission session, they will share their presentation as they will be called from the waiting room.

If you miss the time of your presentation, please stay in the waiting room. You will be invited to present later as the schedule allows.

Presentations

The presentations will last 8 minutes (strictly), with the plus time for questions of the members of the committee and the comments of the supervisor. Therefore, observe the following recommended presentation points:

  • Main slides (4 – 5): Present the results of your Master thesis or annual project, repectively. Briefly explain the issue, your role, what you specifically did on the topic, without technical details. Just summarize results, what it meant to do…
  • Last slide: 1. Title of PhD theme; 2. Short list of your published papers or finished MSc thesis, attended schools or conferences; 3. Under which topic/grant the PhD thesis will be developed at the Institute of Physics (fill with the supervisor)

There is no need to read the Last slide, it will stay on the shared screen and the committee can immediately start discussion. Please focus on the main slides.

Tentative harmonogram for 24. 4. 2025

09:00Wang ZhongyuanPeter Šiffalovič
09:20Akansha SharmaPeter Šiffalovič
09:40Aneesha Senthil KumarAdriana Hvizdošová Annušová
10:00Reyhaneh AlaeeAdriana Hvizdošová Annušová
10:20Aqif MuhammadPeter Švec
10:40Rajkumar VasudevanKarol Vegsö
11:00Soundarya_NeelanarayananKarol Vegsö
11:20Noel VinczeErik Bartoš
11:40Jyotiraj NathMartin Plesch
12:00Pranay PandeyMartin Plesch
12:20Filip VarhaníkMichal Sedlák

* will be announced later