In order to receive the PhD degree, students must accomplish the following:
- pass all modules (achieve the Absolutorium)
- successfully submit a Research Proposal
- pass the Doctoral Examination (from 2016 Complex Exam) at the end of the 4th semester
- have at least four publications in English,
- related to the area of dissertation research, and
- with one of them appearing in a peer-reviewed international journal
- prepare the PhD Dissertation
- defend the PhD Dissertation
Program Structure
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Semester 3 | Semester 4 | Semester 5-8 |
| Training courses (training credit) | ||||
| Advanced Economics | Operations Management | Elective 1* | Elective 5* | no classes |
| Applied Statistics | Organizational Theory | Elective 2* | Elective 6* | |
| Principles of Business Research | Development Economics | Elective 3* | Elective 7* | |
| Behavioral Economics | Advanced Econometrics | Elective 4* | Elective 8* | |
| Research (research credit) | ||||
| Research support 1 | Research support 2 | Research support 3 | Research support 4 | Research Forum |
| How to publish? | Systemic literature review | Research practice | Presentation about the advance in the research based on the milestones | |
| Participating at scientific events, research seminars, doctoral pre-defenses and defenses, etc. min 3 times per semester. (no credit) | ||||
Each course and research support worth 6 (training or research) credits and have 6×75 minutes classes.
*Elective modules (min 4-6×75 mintutes classes, 6 training credits):
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Economics
- Human Resource Management
- Industrial Organization
- Information Technology Management
- Innovation and Network Analysis
- Innovation Management
- Marketing Theory
- Real Option Theory and Practice
- Regional Development Policy
- Regional Economics
- Tourism and Local Development
Publication Credits
| Relevant publications | Points available |
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1. Journal articles |
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| Peer-reviewed domestic journals A | 10 |
| Peer-reviewed domestic journals B | 8 |
| Peer-reviewed domestic journals C | 6 |
| Peer-reviewed international journals AB | 30 |
| Peer-reviewed international journals CD | 12 |
| Other journals | 0-6 |
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2. Books, lecture notes |
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| Book chapter - national publication | 8-10 |
| Book chapter - international publication | 12-15 |
| Textbook | 15-25 |
| Lecture notes (study materials) | 10-12 |
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3. Conferences |
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| Study published in Conference proceedings | |
| national conference | 3-6 |
| international conference | 5-8 |
| Conference presentation | |
| national conference | 1-2 |
| international conference | 2-4 |
| Book introduction | |
| national conference | 1-2 |
| international conference | 2-4 |
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Publications with co-authors are considered by rate of contribution. Please find a list of peer-reviewed Hungarian journals in the attachment. For categories of further journals, see the list of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
No points may be given to the following:
- doctoral thesis dissertation,
- electronic publications,
- daily and weekly journals, non-scientific journals.
PhD Students may apply to the Doctoral Comprehensive Examination and the Dissertation Pre-evaluation, Evaluation and Defense only after fulfilling publication requirements and having collected 30+ points.
Minimum requirement: 4 articles (min. 3 in English) copies of which must be provided.
Doctoral Process
- Precondition: Absolutorium (210 credits) + publication requirements (30+ points, at least four publications in the field of the dissertation, one of them being published in an international journal)
- Doctoral Comprehensive Examination (from 2016 Complex Exam): oral exam in the core subjects, incl. Corporate Finance and Monetary Economics, Management Studies, Marketing and Operations Management
- Submitted dissertations will be pre-evaluated by two external experts in the field
- Final evaluation by two external experts in the field
- Defense: open debate