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Education  --  Ph.D Programmes
Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences
KörnyezettanDegree: Doctoral Programmes in Environmental Sciences, PhD

Duration of the course: 6 semesters

Language of tuition: English

Description of the programme: The regular training in environmental sciences at graduate and postgraduate level has started in the early years of the last decade. The doctoral education in environmental sciences started in 1993 by the amalgamation of five accredited PhD programmes, such as Environmental Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Ecological Protection, Geographical Analysis of Regional Processes and Urban Climate and Air Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Analysis and Environmental Geology. Following the reorganisation of the structure in doctoral education in Hungary, the PhD School of Environmental Sciences was founded and accredited in the year 2001. In the last decade almost 200 students took part in the three-year-long training courses and more than 60 participants have obtained PhD degrees.

Applicants have to pass difficult exams to gain admission into a doctoral training course, in addition to meeting present requirements (good university results, foreign language proficiency, previous scientific work, successful interview, etc.). Having been admitted, they obtain student status.

The two parts of the process of becoming a doctor are: (a) completing a training course, which takes 3 years and each student (except those studying individually) has to take part in courses prescribed by the programme or the tutor (altogether approximately 15 courses in 6 semesters) and collect credits during the courses; participating in the training of undergraduate level students, (b) the degree awarding process: the prerequisites are completed training, intermediate level (B2) proficiency in two foreign languages (verified by state-approved examinations) and an original scientific work verified by original publications and summarised in a written thesis. Students have to pass three oral doctoral exams and defend the theses in public.


Application procedure

  • Application requirements: at least intermediate level (B2) certified by an internationally accredited language examination (TOEFL/IELTS/GRE/Other)
  • Application deadline: 15 May
  • Application fee: 150 EUR
  • Registration fee: 200 EUR
  • Tuition fee: max. 5000 EUR/semester
  • Entrance examination fee: 250 EUR


For further information please contact:

Prof. Zoltan Kónya DSc
Faculty of Science and Informatics, Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry
Phone: +36-62-544-620 Fax: +36-62-544-619
konya@chem.u-szeged.hu


Website: www.u-szeged.hu/doctoral