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Entering the Doctoral School as an Individually Prepared Student

1. Application

Applications must be submitted at least two weeks before the next Doctoral Board (HBDT) session. (See the dates of upcoming HBDT sessions here: Events - BME Vegyészmérnöki és Biomérnöki Kar)

Applications must be submitted electronically by sending the application documents to the following email address: vbk.phd[at]vbk.bme.hu. Please note that the original copies of the MSc diploma and language exam certificates must also be presented in person at the Dean's Office: BME, Building K, Floor I, Room 22.

Applications must include the following:

  • Application form (including suggestions for complex examination subjects and committee members*)
  • Detailed description and documentation of scientific activity completed to date
  • Articles published/accepted for publication (view the Doctoral School's publication requirements here: Minimum Publication Requirements_George Olah DS)
  • Certificates of at least three presentations (at least one conference presentation, the other two may be poster presentations)
  • Certificates of attendance of at least four conferences
  • Copy of MSc diploma
  • Copy of language exam certificate(s)

*The exam board consists of at least three members, with at least one third of the members having no employment relationship with the institution by which the doctoral school is operated. The chairperson of the exam board is a lecturer or a researcher holding the academic title of professor, professor emeritus or Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. All the members of the exam board are required to have an academic degree. The candidate’s supervisor may not be a member of the board.

Details of the academic training and requirements are contained in the Doctoral School's Training Plan. The list of main and side subjects can be found on the following Faculty page: Rules and regulations - BME Vegyészmérnöki és Biomérnöki Kar. One main and one side subject must be chosen for the complex examination.

2. HBDT Decision

The HBDT appoints the final complex examination subjects and committee members (including its chairman). The HBDT also appoints the applicant's consultant.

3. Organising the Complex Examination

The applicant organises the complex examination with the help of the consultant.

4. Entering the Doctoral School

Following a successful complex examination, the applicant is officially enrolled onto the PhD course at the start of the following semester as a fee-paying student. The student has to pay tuition fee for every semester of their active student status. The current tuition fee for international students can be found on the following University page:Tuition fees - BME Xplore

Tuition fee for the 2025/26 academic year: 4500EUR/semester. (Fee-paying students may submit a tuition fee reduction request at the start of the academic term.)

Though the student is not required to register for or complete any further subjects, they are officially an active student throughout this semester. Once the 240 credit points are added to the student's Neptun account (as all academic requirements have by this point been met), the student is awarded absolutorium.

The student may begin the process of preparing and submitting their PhD thesis before the end of this semester. An internal defense must be held and absolutorium must be achieved before the student may submit their PhD thesis. (Please see the following page for more information about PhD thesis submission: PhD thesis submission - BME Vegyészmérnöki és Biomérnöki Kar)

The PhD thesis (and its attachments) must be submitted at least two weeks before any HBDT session. The HBDT appoints the public defense's evaluation committee (including the two official reviewers). The reviewers complete their review within two months (counting term-time only). If both reviews are positive and supportive of the PhD thesis' public defense, the public defense may be held by the PhD candidate.