University of Szeged
Faculty of Pharmacy
Szegedi Tudományegyetem
Gyógyszerésztudományi Kar
The opening order of the PhD program, the course enrollment and the examination period can be viewed in the university online schedule, which can be found at the following link:
http://web5.etr.u-szeged.hu:8080/naptar/index.jsp?lang=english
The current list of obligatory and optional PhD courses offered by the Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical Sciences can be found in the Excel file available in the Other templates section.
The document contains course titles, instructors, credit values, and information about dates. The course offering is updated according to the training period.
We would like to inform you that the next meeting of the Scientific Doctoral Council (TDT) will take place on 12 October 2026 (Monday) 1:00 p.m., and the next University Doctoral Council (EDT) on 15 October 2026 (Thursday) 2:00 p.m.
The Scientific Doctoral Council committee asks for the program points to be uploaded in CooSpace scene 5 days before the meeting, therefore, the supervisors and PhD students are kindly asked to send the current program points accordingly to the PhD secretariat.
The next PhD inauguration date: 30 January 2026.
The events calendar of the SZTE Doctoral Institute can be found at the link below (the page is only available in Hungarian):
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Special index lines can be accessed via the following path:
Studies ➜ Advancement ➜ Registry record ➜ given semester
Within a period of three academic years after passing the comprehensive examination, the PhD/DLA student shall submit a doctoral thesis as defined in the Doctoral Regulations. In cases which deserve special attention, this period may be extended by up to one academic year in accordance with the Doctoral Regulations. In the course of the procedure to obtain a doctoral degree, the maximum length of the suspension of student status may not exceed two semesters.
Thesis submission guidelines can be found on the website below. Click on the “Thesis submission guide” menu item to view the details. https://www.pharm.u-szeged.hu/english/templates-210302/templates
I would like to draw the attention of future first-year PhD students to the fact
that they can find more information on the following topics on the website below:
- prepare for arrival
- entering Hungary
- how to get to Szeged
- accommodation
- enrollment procedures
- living in Szeged
https://u-szeged.hu/english/arrival
University of Szeged
Faculty of Pharmacy
PhD Secretariat
Dear PhD Students and Colleagues,
If you do not have a GP, you can look for:
Dr. Krisztina Pál (doctor)
address: 6722 Szeged, Tisza Lajos boulevard 97.
phone: +36-62/545-555, +36-62/574-415
email: pal.krisztina@med.u-szeged.hu
Be sure to contact your doctor first by phone or e-mail.
You have to book an appointment to the doctor, which can be done in the Modulo system. (Submission ➜ Student Services Office ➜ Generali Studium booking an appointment with a family doctor)
Request for @stud e-mail address:
PhD students who are not employed by the University of Szeged can apply for a university student mailbox at the following link:
http://www.stud.u-szeged.hu/web/leiras.php
Unfortunately, the website has not been translated into English by the operator, so please ask your Hungarian fellow student for help.
Request for @szte e-mail address:
A voluntary contract must be concluded with the PhD student at the given institute. With the help of the contract, you are considered a person staying at the institute, and therefore a university employee, who is therefore entitled to use the e-mail account. Inquire about your contract at the Secretariat of the given Institute, which is related to the use of the university e-mail address. after concluding the contract, the username sent by IT operations can be collected at the Student Services Office (the office is located on the ground floor of the Klebersberg Library). When the contract expires, access to the account will be disabled by the IT staff managing the e-mail accounts, however, the account can be reactivated if the institute enters into a new voluntary contract with you.
Dear Students!
If there is any change in your data (new document, extension of residence permit, new language exam certificate, change of residence / notification address, new contact details, e-mail change, any data related to pre-studies, official data related to studies), it is included in Neptun's Unified Study System update is required, so please notify the PhD Secretariat of the Faculty of Pharmacy of any data change immediately.
Regulations of the Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical Sciences defines the rules of foreign language knowledge requirements for obtaining a PhD degree:
a. To obtain the doctoral degree, the candidate must provide proof of at least an intermediate-level (B2) comprehensive state-recognized language examination or an equivalent qualification in one of the following major world languages: English, German, Russian, French, Spanish, or Italian.
The equivalence of language examinations is determined by government decree. In cases not regulated by government legislation, the opinion of the Accreditation Division for Language Examinations of the Educational Authority shall be accepted.
The language certificate must be submitted to the Doctoral Education Office no later than the time of dissertation submission.
b. From 1 September 2023, a second elementary-level language examination is required only if the student's intermediate-level language examination was obtained in a language other than English. In such cases, the second foreign-language qualification must be an elementary-level (B1) English language examination.
c. For international students, the requirement of intermediate-level language proficiency may be deemed fulfilled if the student completed their secondary school or university studies in one of the following major world languages: English, German, Russian, French, Spanish, or Italian, and this is documented by an official certificate issued by the respective secondary school or university.
If the previously acquired language proficiency is not in English, an elementary-level (B1) English language examination is also mandatory.
Language skills are recorded by the PhD Secretariat in the Neptun Unified Study System. Participation in previous language courses are not acceptable for foreign language skills. If you do not have a language exam yet, you have the opportunity to take a language course at the Institute of Foreign Language Communication of the University of Szeged:
You can enter the Unified Study System at the link below. If you have not already created an account, you can do so in the Registration (for the initial password) menu, during which a username is generated and the password is entered by you.
Step 1. Log in to the Neptun system (http://hallgato.neptun.elte.hu/). Click on the menu „Subjects”, „Register for subject”.
Step 2. Select the corresponding term and select „angol” („English”) for the language. Click on „List subjects”. (You may try other filtering options too, such as „Subject name”.)
Step 3. To find the subjects you need from the list of available subjects, navigate the pages by clicking on the numbers in the upper right corner. (You may also set the „Page size”.) The subjects that you have already completed will be displayed with a green tick. Now, find the subject you want to register for and click on „Register”.
Step 4. After that, select the course and click on „Save”.
And you are registered for the subject!
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