PhD in Economics and Management
ugrás az oldal tetejére
| General information | |
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| Duration of the course: |
8 semesters - first 4 semesters: training and research - second 4 semeters: research and dissertation |
| Tuition fee: | 2000 USD / semester |
| Study mode: | full time |
| Intake: | September |
| Application period - self financed: | mid April - mid May |
| Application period - Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship: | mid November - mid January |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Faculty: |
Alexandre Lamfalussy Faculty of Economics |
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The István Széchenyi Economics and Management Doctoral School is honoured by your expressed interest in the programs and training it offers. According to the Law on Higher Education, we administer the highest level of university study (PhD education) within the frameworks of organized or individual preparation. In 1993, doctoral degrees (PhDs) were entrusted to universities, and only accredited doctoral schools can issue doctoral degrees. The Doctoral School at the Alexandre Lámfalussy Faculty of Economics at the University of Sopron is among these doctoral degree-granting institutions. Though the doctoral school has a relatively short history, it has produced excellence in the field of doctoral studies as can be seen by the significant number of enrolled students who successfully complete doctoral training and earn a PhD degree each year. In addition to Hungarian students, a number of foreign students enroll in the school every year. Instructors and supervisors hold courses in Hungarian as well as English and German. Depending on the level of interest, the school offers five programs (business administration and management, international economy, marketing, finance, and the social and economic aspects of human resources), all of which can be studied in the languages mentioned above and through different forms of training (daytime, correspondent, individual). The PhD course usually attracts individuals wishing to pursue careers in higher education and/or scientific workshops. A significant number of professionals from other fields (business organizations, domestic and international institutions, organizations) are also enrolled in PhD studies and are successfully completing PhD degrees.
Since 2016, the duration of the doctoral program is 4 years, which is divided into segments of 2 + 2 years. There is a comprehensive examination at the end of the fourth active semester, which is followed by two years of research and publication. In addition to our four-year doctoral training, we also welcome second and third-year students from the three-year International Cross Border PhD Programs (e.g. Croatia, Czech, Slovakia) who fulfil their first year of study at the University of Applied Sciences in Eisenstadt, Austria. This joint PhD program in International Economic Relations and Management takes place within the international cooperation framework.
The Doctoral School is also an evaluation centre for habilitation applications submitted to the University of Sopron and it conducts the habilitation procedure for habilitation applications belonging to the profile of the Doctoral School. The habilitated doctoral title (Dr. habil) serves primarily to judge the educational and scientific performances of colleagues with a PhD degree in higher education. The granting of this title is an indispensable condition for university teacher applications.
The attached menu items provide detailed information about the doctoral studies we offer. The Doctoral School administration is also ready to provide further information and assistance if required. We are confident you will appreciate our doctoral programs, and we hope to welcome you to the Doctoral School as a student or as a habilitation candidate.
Prof. Dr. Csilla Obádovics,
Head of István Széchenyi Economics and Management Doctoral School
Programmes
- Business Administration and Management
- International Economy
- Marketing
- Finance
- Human Resources
Required documents to attach to the online application form:
In case the required documents are NOT in ENGLISH or GERMAN language then a certified copy must be attached.
- Form for Admission to the English Degree Programmes of the University of Sopron – please download, fill out and scan the signed document;
- copy of MA/MSc certificate in English or German language;
- copy of passport;
- copy of English language certificate(s): TOEFL / IELTS: level B2; OR Medium of Instruction Cetrificate, if you completed your BSc or MSc in English (if you are a native English speaker, please skip this section);
- copy of the bank transfer for the application fee;
- research plan and proposal
- documented scientific and publishing activity
- other documents :recommendation letters, motivation letters, CV
Participation in the application process requires the following:
- Conditions for PhD applications: MA/MSc degree from the same field or a related field of the chosen programme is a key for a successful admission interview. Detailed research plan and prosposal, documented scientific and publishing activity and recommendation letter(s) are mandatory
- The applicant will be informed by the doctoral school member about the date and time of the admission interview.
After the interview, the examiner may decide to administer an admission test, which may include reading and the use of English.
PhD in Wood Sciences and Technologies
ugrás az oldal tetejére
About the Doctoral School
The Jozsef Cziraki Doctoral School of Wood Sciences and Technologies was established in the early 1990’s, and has been fully accredited since 2002. During this period, 106 students successfully completed their studies.
The students receive strong theoretical, research methodology and scientific backgrounds, and complete their research individually, with some guidance from their advisors. Supervision is offered by the top experts and wood scientists in Hungary.
Research projects encompass a wide range of topics, including wood science and wood technology, pulp and fibre technology, wood construction, and even more loosely related topics of nanotechnology, architecture, light industry, or wood-related IT and marketing research.
The topics are typically linked to industrial research or innovation projects so that Sopron doctoral graduates have not only strong theoretical backgrounds, but are very practical scientists as well.
Details
STUDY PLAN FOR PHD STUDENTS AT THE CZIRÁKI JÓZSEF DOCTORAL SCHOOL
Working collaboratively with their doctoral supervisor, students admitted into the doctoral program shall prepare a detailed 48-month study and research plan and submit it to the doctoral council of their field of study for approval. Changes to the study and research plan can only be made with the agreement of their doctoral supervisor and the doctoral school leadership. Before the doctoral school leadership makes a decision concerning changes, it will consult the appropriate doctoral council.
The fulfilment of academic and research obligations for doctoral students is measured in credits. A doctoral student must earn at least 240 credits during their studies and training.
The most important components of the doctoral program are the research activity topics the doctoral school announces. Research activities are evaluated in two ways, both with corresponding credit values. The first is the fulfilment of individual scientific research; the second is through publication.
Doctoral students can also earn credit points by undertaking teaching duties.
With the consent of their doctoral supervisor, doctoral students can publish their research results if they have continuously fulfilled their duties according to the study and research plan. Within the framework of a doctoral conference, doctoral students report on the research they have completed at the end of Years 1 and 3. The report is public. Students take complex exams at the end of Year 2. The requirements of the complex exam include Operational Regulations.
To be eligible to take the complex exam, doctoral students must first obtain 90 credits in the "training and research stages" of the doctoral program (the first 4 semesters) AS WELL AS complete the required courses and earn all the credits as stated in their study and research plan.
The doctoral supervisor shall certify a doctoral student’s completion of independent scientific research each semester in the student’s registration book.
The minimum and maximum limits of obtainable credit points are listed in the table below.
| ubjects | Lecturing | Research | Publication | Doctoral Student Conferences |
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| minimum | 48 | 0 | 108 | 36 | 12 |
| recommended | 48 | 24 | 108 | 48 | 12 |
| maximum | 54 | 36 | 108 | 60 | 12 |
THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM CURRICULUM ARE THE FOLLOWING:
a) The theoretical part of the complex exam at the end of Year 2 consists of exams completed in a main and elective subject. The main subject must be a six credit complex examination subject from the student’s doctoral program, while the elective subject can be freely chosen from the selection of elective subjects offered in the complex exam.
b) Course requirements are concentrated in the beginning of the course of study thereby providing doctoral students the opportunity to devote more time to research starting from the Semester 3 onward.
c) Research requirements in Semester 1 and 2 are moderate for independent scientific research, but a review of literature and bibliographical research are still mandatory. However, Semester 3 and 4 are more research centred. The doctoral supervisor verifies the completion of this in the student’s registration book each semester.
d) Education credits: one weekly 2 hour course each semester is worth 6 credits; independent laboratory work equals 4 credits; degree planning is 4 credits. Fulfilment of education requirements are confirmed by the institute director.
The doctoral seminar must be completed in the first 4 semesters; every semester the student must participate in five presentations, a comprehensive/complex exam, and a defence. Dr. Antal Kánnár certifies the completion of these requirements through his signature.
The attainable credit points for research results slated for publication until the publication date are shown in the table below:
| Journal article | With impact factor | 16 |
| Without impact factor, but Q1-Q4 | 14 | |
| Academic journal listing – foreign language | 10 | |
| Academic journal listing - Hungarian | 8 | |
| Other peer-reviewed – foreign language | 8 | |
| Other peer-reviewed – Hungarian | 6 | |
| Other not peer-reviewed – foreign language | 4 | |
| Other not peer-reviewed - Hungarian | 3 | |
| Book chapter – peer-reviewed | Foreign language | 10 |
| Hungarian | 8 | |
| Conference paper (full text, min. 4 pages) |
Foreign language | 8 |
| Hungarian | 6 | |
| Conference paper – abstract (1-3 pages) |
Foreign language | 3 |
| Hungarian | 2 |
Credit points listed in the table must be divided by the number of co-authors; the doctoral supervisor will not be counted when determining the number of co-authors. (Foreign co-authors will also not be counted during any division of credit points.)
PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS: PH.D.
- Requirements for substantive publications:
- Minimum number of published scientific papers: 4
- Minimum number of foreign language papers published: 2
- The minimum number of published peer-reviewed papers: 2
- Minimum number of foreign-language peer-reviewed publications (which can be referred to through Scopus and Web of Science): 1
- Minimum number of published pieces in Hungarian for native Hungarian-speaking candidates: 1
- Minimum number of works appearing in foreign publications (journals or conference papers): 1
Thesis requirements: Peer-reviewed and formally approved (guaranteed date of publishing) papers should cover at least half of the thesis.
In cases of published pieces with many co-authors, the doctoral student’s contribution is divided by the number of co-authors; doctoral supervisors are excluded from this calculation.
Published conference papers fewer than 2 pages, abstracts, or posters do not count as acceptable published pieces in respect to earning a degree and will not be considered or evaluated.
PhD in Forestry and Wildlife Management
ugrás az oldal tetejérePhD in Forestry and Wildlife Management
About Roth Gyula Doctoral School
The Roth Gyula Doctoral School of Forestry and Wildlife Management Sciences was established in 1993. The accreditation renewal was completed in 2008 by the Hungarian Accreditation Committee, and its courses were authorized.
The school is named after Gyula Roth (1873-1961), the distinguished Hungarian professor of forestry and wildlife management. He was the head of the Department of Sylviculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture. The professor was Vice-President, then Honorary President of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).
The Doctoral School has eight PhD programmes which encompass all the branches and interfaces of forestry and wildlife management sciences. The core members are from the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Research Institute (ERTI), but a number of subjects are taught by other faculties of the University: (Faculty of Wood Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences), the Geodetic and Geophysical Research Institute, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), the Hungarian Museum of Agriculture, the Ministry of Environment and Water and national parks.
Education and research at the Doctoral School are pursued in the basic and applied sciences, related to forests, wildlife, and nature. It is the only doctoral school in Hungary, where all the personnel and material conditions are provided for an independent doctoral school in these areas of science.
This wide spectrum of studies makes it possible that a wide range of students are addressed and received in the PhD programmes for foresters, environmentalists, horticulturists, ecological engineers, agricultural engineers (including economic, environmental, rural development, and mechanical courses), landscape designers, veterinarians, applied zoologists, biologists, biology teachers, etc. The students have a well-equipped infrastructure, laboratories, research stations supporting field work, rich collections, institutional and central libraries. The university library is also the National Forestry Library in Hungary.
Doctoral students can visit foreign research institutions and participate in international and national research cooperation through the international connections of the institutes. The knowledge and the degree gained at the Doctoral School are a good reference when applying for leading positions in higher education institutions, research institutes, forestry, wildlife management and conservation.
The Head of the Doctoral School is Prof. Sándor Faragó, DSc (Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). The running of the school is assisted by 9 members of the PhD Council.
Parameters of PhD programme
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| Duration of the course: | 4+4 semesters |
| Tuition fee: | 1850 USD / semester |
| Study mode: | full time |
| Intake: | September |
| Application period - self financed: |
September intake: mid April - mid May |
| Application period - Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship: |
mid November - mid January |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Forestry |
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Details
THE ROTH GYULA DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT SCIENCES EDUCATES IN EIGHT DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES
- E1 Ecology of Forest Ecosystems and Biological Foundations of Forest Management
Research on the composition, structure and inter-actions of forest ecosystems is part of the programme. Geographical conditions vital for forest management and the requirements for maintaining sustainable management and preserving the stability of ecosystems are identified. The main areas of research are: site conditions of forest stands, hydrology, climatic conditions, and the diversity of forest ecosystems, such as soil microbiology, physiology, botany and dendrology, species composition, structure, dynamics and inter-relations of ecosystems, and the evolutionary and genetic processes of woody plants. The doctoral programme also teaches sylviculture, production of seed material, wildlife management, forest protection (including pathology and zoology), adopting the latest experimental and research findings, related both to plantation forestry and to nature-oriented management. - E2 Forest Resource Management
The subject is concerned with the analyses of the stock type characteristics of forests and forestry processes in natural and financial terms, as well as the harmonisation of the legal and economic regulations with forestry interests.
Disciplines of the forest assets management programme are: forest management planning, computer science applied to forestry, forest and hunting rights, forestry history, hunting law, economics for forest and wildlife management (forestry accounting and finance, forest and damage assessment, and sales and marketing policy). - E3 Forest Technical Knowledge
This PhD sub–programme provides a comprehensive, scientific approach to the technical implementation of forestry policies (mechanisation, energetics, forest utilisation, opening-up and water management) based on measurements and experiments. It deals with the improvement of mechanisation in reproductive material production, sylviculture, forest and timber utilisation, and with the development of mechanisation in energy tree plantations, the connection between mechanisation and environment protection, wood for energy production, planning, organisation and technology of forest utilisation, topics of opening-up and water management as well as with forest road construction and maintenance. - E4 Wildlife Management
In the doctoral programme, students deal with the forest, field and water ecosystems and their species and communities of species. The research topics embrace all the areas of open field game conservation and management and all the fields of hunting, as well as all the related sciences such as the kennel, gun ballistics, trophy assessment, wildlife health, game management in closure, wildlife forage ground and game feeding, economics and history of the science. - E5 Nature Conservation
The Nature Conservation course aims at the implementation of a scientific programme that monitors international strategies addressing natural challenges of global issues and their effective application to Hungary. The programme encourages nature-conscious development and experiments in the national conservation practice, while strengthening scientific grounds of professional and political efforts. It will involve a talented new generation in the innovative research. It aims to educate experts who are not only professionals, receptive to theory, but experts with positive values of life and healthy ecosystems. - E6 Geoinformatics
The rapid development of GIS, the expansion of satellite monitoring and positioning methods led to the initiation of a separate Geoinformatics programme at the Doctoral School. It offers courses and research opportunities in the field of land management, surveying and geoinformatics, mainly related to agricultural management and land use, including the application of the modern technical tools of thematic modelling, remote sensing and mapping. - E7 Forest and Environmental Pedagogy
Environmental pedagogy is a multidisciplinary field of study, which prepares students with a comprehensive background in natural and social sciences to teach environment consciousness and to develop related activities. The aim of study and research is to develop educational methodology and practice at every level of public education, from kindergarten to higher education, and thus enhance environment consciousness through methods fitting the age of pupils and students.
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