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PHDKálmán Kerpely Doctoral School [Agricultural Science] (Plant breeding and botany)

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edu.unideb.hu/..ences-and-horticulture-phd 

Overview

Program description:
The Kerpely Kálmán Doctoral School of Crop Sciences and Horticulture has doctoral programs in crop production, horticultural and regional sciences. The Crop Production and Horticultural Doctoral Program investigates the impact of land use systems and agriculture on the state and changes of natural resources (water, soil, air) In the Regional Sciences Doctoral Program, the discipline of regional sciences investigates the various regional aspects of social and economic processes, and the national and international questions of regional and settlement development predominantly in a regional context. In the Centre for Agricultural and Applied Economic Sciences research is primarily based on the multifactor field experiments (crop rotation – tillage – fertilization – irrigation – number of plants – genotype) and their findings that are unique and acknowledged throughout Europe with 30 years of history. The doctoral school was founded by twenty-two regular members (seven professors, four professor emeriti, one scientific advisor, eight associate professors and two scientific research assistants) in addition to the regular members of the doctoral school thirty-three other university instructors direct and help students’ training and research activities. During their studies, students attend 3 types of courses: compulsory (3 courses), compulsorily optional (25 courses) and optional (55 courses) The doctoral school and the related institutions have remarkable instrumental equipment which is suitable to meet national and international expectations.


Entry requirements:
Relevant Master degree (min. grade: good), intermediate level language exam (written and oral)

Entrance exam:
Yes

Type of entrance exam:
oral

Entrance exam location:
Electronic

Entrance exam description:
The professional evaluation of the educational materials (degree, transcripts, results) and the research topic is the task of the relevant Doctoral School. This evaluation is followed by a Skype interview with one of the professors of the Faculty, which aims to check the applicant’s level of motivation, language skills and professional knowledge. (In case of a missing certificate about the English language proficiency we conduct a Skype interview in order to check the applicant’s English language skills.)

Contact:
Ms Lilla Almási-Fónai
Admissions Officer
fonai.lilla@edu.unideb.hu

Preparatory year available:
No

Specialisation year available:
No

Programme structure

Compulsory and elective subjects mi. 16 credits; research in everey semester, 224 credits for research in total. The whole PhD course is 240 credits.
Subjects and research are evaluated on a fie point scale. The thesis is evaluated ont he basis of research merit, preformance ont he defence and the thesis, on a four point scale (failed, rite, cum laude, summa sum laude).

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