Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences (with Scholarship for EU-students)

Title

Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences (with Scholarship for EU-students)

Degree

PhD in Environmental Sciences

Type

Degree program

Level

Doctoral

Accreditation number

OH-FRKP/406-3/2007

Department

Doctoral School of  Environmental Sciences

Language

English

Duration

8 semesters (4 years)

ECTS credits

240

Minimum number of students

1

Maximum number of students

10

Short description

The goal of this program is to develop scientific skills necessary to identify and analyze environmental issues. Students will learn critical thinking, problem solving and skeptical inquiry skills and use them to propose solutions to environmental problems.

This program is recommended to applicants who have a solid interest in environmental problems, and has not yet decided her/his specified field of scientific orientation and depending on her/his interest and background knowledge, projects can be shifted to different directions because of their open structure and flexible organization.

This program enables students to join the work of internationally respected research groups. We offer training in up-to-date experimental methods and field exercises besides the solid theoretical background education.

Strength of program

The Doctoral School offers specialized training in the following directions in environmental sciences: environmental biology, environmental chemistry, environmental physics, or environmental geosciences. Emphasis is on the application of the given discipline in complex research projects, such as water quality changes and management, risk analysis and mitigation in various human and natural environments, renewable energy research, etc.

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY

Diatoms and their significance in water quality assessment

Microbial ecology of waters and aquatic habitats

Writing scientific papers in English

Transboundary environmental impacts and the international environmental cooperation

General and special aspects of plant mineral nutrition and the nutrient stress

Environmental biophysics

Sensory biophysics I.: Polarization sensitivity and its environmental optical aspects

Interactions of the natural and social environment

Grassland ecology

Hydrobiology

Basic microbiological processes for environmental protection

Sustainable energy management

Natural and environmental importance of wetlands

How to measure size and shape of nano- and micro size particles?

Pedogenesis

Introduction to Prokaryotic taxonomy

Groundwater Flow in Drainage Basins

Separation technology in environmental analytics

Ionizing radiation in the human environment, their biological and potential health effects

Environmental Health

International conventions on environmental protection and nature conservation

ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS

Meteorological modeling of the land-surface–atmosphere interactions: a historical review

Writing scientific papers in English

Transboundary environmental impacts and the international environmental cooperation

Community Ecology of Tropics

Interactions of the natural and social environment

Physics of environmental flows

Modelling of deposition of trace gases

Sustainable energy management

Cycling of Elements

How to measure size and shape of nano- and micro size particles?

Pedogenesis

Introduction to digital surface modelling

Scale dependent atmospheric dispersion models

Groundwater Flow in Drainage Basins

Chemistry and Physics of Flames

Hyphenated Techniques for Element Speciation

Ionizing radiation in the human environment, their biological and potential health effects

International conventions on environmental protection and nature conservation

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

Writing scientific papers in English

Ecology of soil seed banks

Transboundary environmental impacts and the international environmental cooperation

Environmental biophysics

Sensory biophysics I.: Polarization sensitivity and its environmental optical aspects

Interactions of the natural and social environment

Sustainable energy management

Cycling of Elements

How to measure size and shape of nano- and micro size particles?

Pedogenesis

Groundwater Flow in Drainage Basins

Chemistry and Physics of Flames

Hyphenated Techniques for Element Speciation

Separation technology in environmental analytics

Ionizing radiation in the human environment, their biological and potential health effects

Environmental Health

International conventions on environmental protection and nature conservation

Community Ecology of Tropics

ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES

Meteorological modeling of the land-surface–atmosphere interactions: a historical review

Writing scientific papers in English

Transboundary environmental impacts and the international environmental cooperation

Environmental biophysics

Sensory biophysics I.: Polarization sensitivity and its environmental optical aspects

Community Ecology of Tropics

Interactions of the natural and social environment

Data analysis in environmental science

Vulneralibility and sensitivity of Karst systems

Sustainable energy management

Cycling of Elements

Natural and environmental importance of wetlands

How to measure size and shape of nano- and micro size particles?

Pedogenesis

Introduction to digital surface modelling

Scale dependent atmospheric dispersion models

Thermal water and geothermal energy

Ionizing radiation in the human environment, their biological and potential health effects

Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction based on ostracod studies

Tracking of palaeoceanographical changes with the help of palaeontological, sedimentological and geochemical methods

International conventions on environmental protection and nature conservation

Career opportunities

Our doctoral graduates find employment in various places such as environmental companies and organizations, governmental bodies and agencies, international organizations dealing with cross-border environmental activities, and many others in education.

Job examples

Aerospace Engineer, Anthropologist, Architectural Historian, Asbestos Abatement Manager, Astronomer, Atmospheric Dispersion Modeler, Atmospheric Scientist, Chemical Oceanographer, Decontamination Technician, Emergency Disaster Response Technician, Environmental Biologist, Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental Chemist, Environmental Data Analyst, Environmental Engineer, Environmental Geologist, Environmental Health Safety Manager, Environmental Health Safety Trainer, Environmental Monitor, Environmental Psychologist, Environmental Sampling Technician, Environmental Writer, Fire Fuel Manager, Fire Protection Engineer, Fire Safety Specialist, Forensic Biologist, Forensic Scientist, Geological Oceanographer, Geologist, Geomagnetist, Geomorphologist, Geophysicist, Groundwater Sampling Technician, Habitat Restoration Engineer, Health Safety Engineer, Herpetologist, Historian, Hydrogeologist, Hydrologist, Ichthyologist, Immunologist, Industrial Hygienist, Integrated Water Resources Manager, Invertebrate Biologist, Lab Technician, Land Acquisition Manager, Lead Abatement Technician, Mammalogist, Marine Biologist, Metallurgist, Meteorologist, Microbiologist, Mineralogist, Mining Engineer, Mining Surveyor, Molecular Biologist, Nepa Ceqa Manager, Oceanographer, Ornithologist, Paleobiologist, Paleontologist, Paleozoologist, Petroleum Technician, Physicist, Primatologist, Remote Sensing Specialist, Seismologist, Volcanologist, Wildlife Biologist, Zoologist

EU/EEA students
non-EU/EEA students
Tuition fee/semester

-

This scholarship is available for EU students only.

Application fee

9000 HUF (~30 EUR)

This scholarship is available for EU students only.

Registration fee

-

This scholarship is available for EU students only.

Other costs

-

This scholarship is available for EU students only.

non-EU/EEA students
Tuition fee/semester

This scholarship is available for EU students only.

Application fee

This scholarship is available for EU students only.

Registration fee

This scholarship is available for EU students only.

Other costs

This scholarship is available for EU students only.


Offered for the next academic year

Yes

Start program

09, Sep, 2019

Deadline for applications - September intake

31, May, 2019

Is there a February intake

No


Admission requirements

Admission requirements 

If English is not the applicant’s mother tongue, or if the applicant hasn’t pursued her/his university studies in English: language certificate which proves suitable English language skills (at least B2, but preferably C1 level) – only language exams recognised by the Hungarian Accreditation Centre for Foreign Language Examinations are accepted (e.g.: IELTS) 

Applicants must have a master’s degree, or must certify that they will qualify for a master’s degree at the end of the current academic year.

Documents to submit with application
Document Comment
Resumé (including publication list, awards, scholarships, current activities)
Research plan signed by applicant and supervisor  
Copy of the master’s degree (if already obtained); or an official document issued by the applicant’s current home university, certifying that s/he is expected to have satisfied the requirements for a master’s degree by the end of the current academic year
Certificate of clean criminal records  
Proof of payment of the application fee  
Transcript of all higher-education records  
Further comments (if needed)

Admitted PhD students receive a scholarship from the Hungarian Government for the living costs during their PhD studies at ELTE, which is: 
140 000 HUF (~435 EUR) in the first and second year
180 000 HUF (~560 EUR) in the third and fourth year

Application procedure

Application form
Office of Doctoral and Habilitation Qualification, and International Relations
Ms. Zsuzsa Buvári, administrator
H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, room 0.128.
Tel: +36-1-372-2602 Fax: +36-1-372-2604
E-mail: doktoranduszugyek@ttk.elte.hu

Important points of evaluation
An entrance committee evaluates the applicants during an interview, considering

  • general professional intelligence
  • proper grounding and research skills in the chosen branch of science
  • performance during the studies in higher education
  • activity in undergraduate research and other scientific activities
  • research plan
  • language skills

The applicant’s performance may be measured by points as well.

Important points of evaluation

An entrance committee evaluates the applicants during an interview, considering general professional intelligence proper grounding and research skills in the chosen branch of science performance during the studies in higher education activity in undergraduate research and other scientific activities research plan language skills The applicant’s performance may be measured by points as well.

Date of the entrance examination: between3rd June and 5th July 2019.

Decision regarding admission: approximately 15 July 2019.

Program coordinator

Organisation responsible for the administration of the doctoral training
Office of Doctoral and Habilitation Qualification, and International Relations
supervised by Prof. Tibor Jordán chairman of the Faculty Doctoral Council
H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Science

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