Tanulmányok helye	Magyarország, Szeged
Típus	Doktori, teljes idejű képzés
Névleges időtartam	8 félévek (240 ECTS)
Tanulmányok nyelve	angol
Díjak	PhD
Kurzuskód	Natural Science

Felvételi követelmény

Mesterdiploma (vagy magasabb szintű) Applicants for the English-Language program • must be university graduates (MSc) or students registered for their final semester of university studies (MSc). • must have a good command of English: they must have at least intermediate level (B2) certified by an internationally accredited language examination: TELC B2, ECL B2, TOEFL iBT test score of at least 72, or RPDT score 72, Cambridge First Certificate at least “B”, IELTS score of at least 5.5, LanguageCert B2 level)). • are required to state the training programme and the name of their prospective supervisor who has to be an active member of the Doctoral School: a Letter of Acceptance from the prospective supervisor is an obligatory part of the application package. A jelentkezési dokumentumokat a következő nyelveken tudjuk fogadni: angol. A iskola gyakran tud megfelelő nyelven készült indexmásolattal/kreditigazolással szolgálni. Amennyiben ez az Ön esetében nincs így, szüksége lesz hivatalos fordításra az eredeti dokumentum hivatalos másolatával együtt. Végül az egyetemre magával kell vinnie a bemeneti követelmények teljesítését igazoló dokumentumok eredeti példányát.

Nyelvi követelmények

angol B2 If the medium of instruction was English during the Msc studies, the MSc diploma can be accepted as language exam certificate for the entry requirement. For this purpose a document issued by the university has to be uploaded until the application deadline certifying that the medium of instruction was English during the master studies. If this document is missing or uploaded after deadline, the master degree cannot substitute the language exam certificate and the application will be rejected. In order to submit the dissertation at the end of the doctoral programme, the diplomas obtained outside the European Union must be acknowledged by the Hungarian Equivalence and Information Center (HEIC). The process to obtain this document is the student’s responsibilty. Exemption from English language exam certificate During the application to the programmes of the Faculty of Science and Informatics those applicants are not required to provide the English language exam certificates who are natives of one of the following countries and can officially demonstrate that their academic studies have been conducted in English. However, these students will also have to obtain an international language proof B2 level by the end of their studies or for the PhD process. Countries concerned: o Antigua and Barbuda o Anguilla o Australia (also Christmas Island, Norfolk Island, Keeling Islands, Cocos Islands) o Bahamas o Barbados o Belize o Bermuda o Botswana o British Antarctic Territory (also British Antarctica, Antarctica British) o British Indian Ocean Territory (also Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean Territory (British)) o British Virgin Islands o Canada o Cayman Islands o Channel Islands o Dominica o Falkland Islands o Ghana o Gibraltar o Grenada o Guyana o Irish Republic o Jamaica o Kenya o Lesotho o Malta o Montserrat o Namibia o New Zealand (also Niue, Tokelau, Cokelau, Cook Islands) o Nigeria o Seychelles o Singapore o St Kitts and St Nevis o St Lucia o St Vincent and the Grenadines o Trinidad and Tobago o Turks and Caicos Islands o Uganda o UK o USA o Zimbabwe

Egyéb követelmények	A motivációs levél a jelentkezés kötelező melléklete. statement by the supervisor must be uploaded

További információ	u-szeged.hu/..study-programmes/biology-phd

Áttekintés

Program description:
PhD studies are possible in all biology disciplines currently pursued in the biology departments of the Faculty of Science of the University of Szeged and at the Biological Research Centre of HAS Szeged, with special emphasis on molecular and experimental fields. The major fields are anthropology, biochemistry, biotechnology, cell biology, ecology, genetics, microbiology, molecular biology, neurobiology, and plant biology. A four-year scholarship in the PhD studies is sponsored by governmental and non-governmental organisations. Recently the Doctoral School of Biology has more than one hundred students. The Departments of the University of Szeged and the research groups of the Biological Research Centre maintain close cooperation with laboratories both in Europe and overseas.

Some research areas:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Biotechnology; Physiology and Neurobiology; Genetics; Molecular and classical microbiology; Microbial biotechnology; Plant Biology; Human Biology; Ecology and Evolution; For more research topics please consult the programme website.

Entry requirements:
Applicants for the English-Language program • must be university graduates (MSc) or students registered for their final semester of university studies (MSc). • must have a good command of English: they must have at least intermediate level (B2) certified by an internationally accredited language examination: TELC B2, ECL B2, TOEFL iBT test score of at least 72, or RPDT score 72, Cambridge First Certificate at least “B”, IELTS score of at least 5.5, LanguageCert B2 level)). • are required to state the training programme and the name of their prospective supervisor who has to be an active member of the Doctoral School: a Letter of Acceptance from the prospective supervisor is an obligatory part of the application package.

Entrance exam:
Yes

Type of entrance exam:
verbal

Entrance exam location:
online

Entrance exam description: The entrance exam (as the whole admission procedure is based on evaluating the candidate’s general knowledge, personal ability and academic competence with special attention to the selected topic. Types of the entrance exam: online entrance exam and written entrance exam. Written entrance exam for foreign applicants is preferred and organised in exceptional cases when the implementation of an online examination seems to be problematic.

Contact:
Dr. Csaba Vágvölgyi
full professor
csaba@bio.u-szeged.hu

Preparatory year available:
No

Specialisation year available:
No

Minimum number of scholarship holders:
1

Maximum number of scholarship holders:
6

Link:
studyinhungary.hu/institution/university-of-szeged-37.html