Call for applications for PhD studies starting in the spring semester of the academic year 2023/2024

Call for applications for PhD studies at the Physical Sciences Doctoral School of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics

 

List of proposed PhD research projects

 
The deadline for applications for doctoral training announced in the present call is January 5, 2024.
 
Please send the application to Sarolta Kelemen Lénártné by email at lenartne.sarolta@ttdh.bme.hu

 

The applicants are required to contact their prospective supervisor, and should submit the provisory acceptance letter written and signed by the supervisor. This provisory acceptance letter does not mean the admission to the doctoral school. The attachments of the application must also include the recommendations by two prominent researchers in the chosen field of research.

 

The selection procedure takes place on January 18 and involves an online interview with the admission committee.

 

The tuition fee is 4500 EUR/semester, which may be reduced upon request if the research work is performed in one of the collaborating research institutes.

 

Applicants from the EU or the EEA obtaining the Hungarian state scholarship and tuition-free education are eligible for the monthly stipend of PhD students, which amounts to 140,000 HUF per month in the first four semesters of education and 180,000 HUF per month in the second four semesters of education. While living expenses in Hungary are lower than the EU average, this sum in itself is not enough for a decent standard of living. Therefore you are encouraged to seek an advice from your prospective supervisor before application whether they can provide additional support from their research grants.

 
Documents required for application:
 
  • Application Form
  • CV
  • In case of two-level education: BSc and MSc diploma, as well as a certified copy of transcripts. In the case of a successful entrance examination, a final year student who has not yet passed the final examination will be given conditional admission until the presentation of the document certifying the final examination (the deadline is the 15th day after the date of the final examination).
  • Certificate of English language proficiency
  • List of scientific publications (if any)
  • Short research plan
  • Letter of acceptance from the supervisor of the chosen PhD research project
  • A short summary of the dissertation
  • Written recommendation of the two recognized academics in the field of the chosen topic, in English, using the recommendation form
  • Statement on data privacy
  • Proof of payment of the admission procedure fee (HUF 8,000) *
    /bank trasfer of 8000 HUF to the account HU 78 10032000-01425279-00000000 in the comment field please put : HN00103119/980000, PhD admission fee, and your name/

Applicants will be notified of their admission. Evaluation of the applications is based on evaluating the applicant's familiarity with the chosen field of study, results of previous studies, language skills and previous professional and scientific activity.

 

Further information: Sarolta Kelemen Lénártné, Dean's Office of TTK, email address: lenartne.sarolta@ttdh.bme.hu