Requirements for obtaining a doctoral degree
Requirements for obtaining a doctoral degree
- The formal requirement for submitting a doctoral thesis for the candidate is to obtain an absolutorium in the doctoral school and at least two peer-reviewed articles published or accepted for publication in recognized international journals (having nonzero impact factor), which serve as the basis of the thesis. Furthermore, the candidate must be the main author of at least one of these articles.
- The condition for obtaining the absolutorium is the achievement of at least 240 cumulative credits in the doctoral school and the successful completion of the complex exam.
- The dissertation can be written in either Hungarian or English, with length between 40 and 120 pages (this does not include the appendices, the reference list and the full-page figures). In the case of a dissertation in Hungarian, the thesis must contain a short summary in English. The dissertation should be prepared in such a way that the reviewers can clearly understand the candidate's scientific work. The thesis must contain the scientific background, antecedents, the purpose of the research, the results with their interpretations and the conclusions.
- A 10-15 pages thesis booklet must be attached to the dissertation. It must include a brief summary of the background of the research, the methods used and the results achieved. In the thesis points, it is necessary to indicate where the described result was published. According to the university doctoral regulations, a statement of co-authorship must be attached to the thesis booklet. In this, the living co-authors declare that the candidate had a decisive scientific role in achieving the results presented in the thesis points, and they did not and will not use them to obtain a scientific degree. It is not necessary to request a declaration of co-authorship from who did not work in Hungary.
- The doctoral defence takes place publicly, in front of a professional audience. Anyone can view the dissertation. Anyone can ask the candidate questions, either in writing beforehand or orally during the defence.
- The defence can take place in either Hungarian or English.
- Language requirements: Certificate of a language exam in English both in oral and in written at least level B2 (or equivalent) according to the language examination system in the European Union.
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Formal Requirements for submitting a Doctoral Dissertation
- The dissertation must be based on the candidate's own writing. Copying other authors' work verbatim without quotation marks and references is not permitted. In justified cases, if the dissertation shows an excessively high degree of similarity to the candidate's multi-authored articles, the DI may request a declaration from the supervisor that the parts used in the dissertation are predominantly the candidate's writings.
- Thesis points are concisely summarized independent results of the candidate, which are clearly separated from the main text. For each thesis points, it is necessary to refer to the publication(s) supporting the thesis point. A thesis point can only be formulated based on a published or refereed article accepted for publication.
- Co-authors must declare that the candidate’s role in achieving the results stated in the thesis points was decisive. Furthermore, the co-authors have not used the results stated in the thesis points to obtain a scientific degree and will not do so in the future. The signed co-authorship declarations must be attached to the end of the thesis booklet.
- Suggested text for the co-authorship declaration:
„I ...NAME OF CO-AUTHOR... the undersigned, declare that ...NAME OF THE CANDIDATE...’s role in achieving the results stated in the thesis points ...NUMBER OF RELEVANT THESIS POINTS... of his/her doctoral dissertation entitled ...TITLE OF DISSERTATION..., and published jointly in the articles listed below, was decisive. I have not used these results to obtain a scientific degree, and I will not do so in the future.
LIST OF JOINTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLES
PLACE, DATE
.................................
NAME OF CO-AUTHOR”
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