The application deadline is 15 January 2026 for the applicants of Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship. In the case of tuition-paying students the application deadline is 15 May 2026.
Please contact us one month before the deadline to make sure we can help.

To get involved in the PhD program applicants need to satisfy the following requirements:

• Master’s (MA or MSc) diploma. The programmes of the Doctoral School presuppose that the applicants have prior knowledge in the field of economics,
• Successful entry examination (an online oral exam and evaluation of the research proposal).

Interview:

Applicants to the Doctoral School will participate in an admission interview. The admission interview serves to assess the candidate's interest, research aspirations, and professional intelligence in economics.
The admission interview is expected to take place in June. Applicants will be notified of the exact date.
If the candidate is unable to attend the interview in person for compelling reasons, the admission interview may also take place in the form of an online interview.

For application the following documents are needed:

• Certificate of MA/MSc graduation,
• Curriculum Vitae in English,
• Research proposal (10 pages long, components: statement of the problem, short review of related literature, methodology – subjects, instruments, data analysis). In the research proposal, the Applicant shall indicate to which available research topic offered by the Doctoral School is related. The currently availble research topics are available on the doktori.hu website. Students may apply for pre-announced research topics.
  
• List of publications (if any),
• Certificate of proficiency in English.

Fees

The tuition fee is max. 5000 EUR/semester. The tuition fee has to be prepaid for each semester.