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PHDDoctoral School of Architecture [Arts]

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Overview

Program description:
The Faculty of Architecture offers graduate studies in its two graduate schools. The program of the Doctoral School of Architecture leads to the PhD-equivalent degree Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA). The four year long curriculum strongly focuses on creative architectural design supported by project-based research. The course consists of a training and research phase and a research and thesis phase; both phases are four semesters in length. The condition of moving on from the first phase to the second is a pass grade in the complex examination. The course takes place on the basis of personal workplans. The individual research is under the supervision of a renowned architect.

Entry requirements:
relevant MSc degree; quality of MSc transcript (min. 70%); 2-year professional activity after MSc graduation; portfolio; research plan agreed and accepted by the host institute in advance; language skills proven by TOEFL (min iBt 80 points), IELTS (min 5.5 points),, Cambridge First Certificate, or equivalent certificates (for further information refer to www.bme.hu

Entrance exam:
Yes

Type of entrance exam:
oral

Entrance exam location:
Electronic

Entrance exam description:
Admission procedure in general and general requirements: refer to admission regulations at www.bme.hu Minimum criteria: relevant diploma of MSc, research plan agreed by the host institute (please contact the faculty), portfolio, two-year professional activity; Steps: – preevaluation of the submitted documents: quality of MSc diploma, quality of MSc and BSc transcripts (min 70%), research plan, quality of portfolio, additional evaluated aspects: quality of motivation letter, recommendation letter, extra-curricular activities (e.g. involvement in education, research, publication activitites, technical contests, additional language knowledge, etc.) – electronic interview: evaluation of language skills (the interview is in English), motivation, attitude, technical preparedness in the selected research field Result: admission to PhD programme /admission rejected

Contact:
István Bartók DLA
Associate Professor of the Faculty of Architecture
bartok.istvan@epk.bme.hu

Dr. László Gergely Vigh
Director of the Department of International Academic Affairs
international@mail.bme.hu

Preparatory year available:
No

Specialisation year available:
No

Minimum number of scholarship holders:
1

Maximum number of scholarship holders:
10

Link:
studyinhungary.hu/institution/budapest-university-of-technology-and-economics-58.html

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