Multidisciplinary Doctoral School of Engineering Sciences

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Structure of studies

PhD students taking part in the 4-year full-time programme of the Doctoral School are required to obtain a total of 240 credit points.

Of these credits, a minimum of 167 are required to be research-related, 64 publication-related and 9 teaching-related points.

Over the duration of the doctoral programme, students are expected to become increasingly self-reliant in their work.

In order to assess the academic and research achievements of prospective PhD degree holders, students are expected to pass a comprehensive exam at the end of the 4th semester of the doctoral programme. This exam concludes the research phase of the doctoral programme and marks the beginning of the “research and dissertation” phase. To take the comprehensive exam, students must have already passed the language exams (in number, type and level) required for the attainment of a PhD degree.

After the 8th semester the students are required to prepare a dissertation. The defence has two different parts:
• Preparation of draft doctoral dissertation and its presentation at an internal defence
• Submission of finalized doctoral dissertation and its public defence.

Language requirements

• TOEFL 513 / IELTS 5.5 /oral examination, TOEFL IBT test score of 66 (issued in the last two years).
• Certificate of any standardised international English language exam corresponding with Hungarian B2 at the Bachelors level and C1 at Master’s level issued by an accredited language centre/ academic institution.
• In case the student has completed his/her previous level of studies in English, proof can be uploaded about the fact that the language of instruction was English, issued by the institution.
• If the uploaded document(s) do(es) not meet the above-mentioned requirements, the University relies on an online language interview.

Professional requirements

• completed and submitted application form via the online application platform (apply.sze.hu). Please ensure that your personal data appear correctly, as shown on your passport.
• a copy of your passport
• a notarized copy of Master’s degree depending on the relevant application
• a notarized copy of the Transcript of Records
• a notarized copy of your language certificate
• a recent photograph
• Curriculum Vitae (resumé) in English
• Motivational Letter in English
• Academic Reference letter in English (Issued by your former academic institution/teacher)

Deadline for PhD applications: May 31, 2026

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Please find here the subject list of the program