For PhD Students

The journal may have a lower ranking; however, its impact factor must be acceptable (in any case higher than 1).

The final report is the closing report, the credits of which (20) must be recorded in the Neptun academic system before requesting the absolutorium.

No submission is required, as there may still be courses to complete after the comprehensive examination during the examination period. The key point is that the credits required for the comprehensive examination (including the report) must be recorded in Neptun in time – before the comprehensive examination.

It is recommended to schedule the comprehensive examination for May–June (or early January for cross-semester students), so that if unsuccessful, there is an opportunity to organize a retake examination. The date is arranged by the supervisor and the research unit. Based on this, an official invitation signed by the Dean is issued by the Dean’s Office.

Electronically via Neptun and in paper form to the Secretary of the Doctoral School or the Faculty Doctoral Administrator during the study period. At the same time, the proposed examination committee must be submitted, which is compiled by the supervisor. The application must include the individual research topic (the future dissertation title) and, if applicable, the contact details of the co-supervisor (e.g. email address).

The recording secretary is appointed by the candidate. This person may be a colleague, a PhD student, or in the case of external research, an external colleague. Their details (name, academic degree, position, workplace, contact information) must be indicated in the committee proposal.

No, a committee member cannot simultaneously act as the recording secretary.

The research report does not have to precede the comprehensive examination; they are not time-dependent on each other. However, both must take place before the end of the semester.

The internal defence (workshop debate, pre-defence) is always organized by the supervisor and the relevant research centre. The internal defence is public, and the reviewers must be invited. Minutes must be prepared, including an attendance sheet.

(3) [DR 17 §] A person may not participate in the doctoral procedure as an official reviewer or committee member if a) they are a close relative of the candidate, or b) impartial judgment cannot reasonably be expected from them.

DSZ 8/A § (22): At least one third of the committee members must not be in an employment relationship with the University. The chair of the committee may be a full professor, a habilitated associate professor, a habilitated college professor, a Professor Emeritus, or a holder of the title Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. All committee members must hold an academic degree. The supervisor, consultant, and persons who have co-published with the candidate in the doctoral topic may not serve as committee members.

All co-authors (including foreign co-authors) must sign a co-author declaration stating that they consent to the publication being listed in your dissertation and that they will not include the same publication in their own dissertation publication list (in the case of participants in doctoral training or degree procedures). If this occurs, it qualifies as plagiarism. The required declaration templates for doctoral participants and general co-authors are attached.

The dissertation title may not differ from the approved topic title. A change of topic must be formally requested. In case of a topic change, it must also be verified in Neptun that the new title has been updated.