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DLADoctoral School of Architecture Students at Risk

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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 first and second years are called thematic years, the research teams of students work on a preliminary announced topic. The third and fourth year covers individual research under the supervision of a renowned architect.

Entry requirements:
relevant MSc degree; quality of MSc transcript (min. 70%); min. 1-year professional activity after MSc graduation; portfolio; research plan agreed and accepted by the supervisor and 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, one-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 DLA programme /admission rejected

Contact:
Zsolt Vasáros DLA
Professor of the Faculty of Architecture
vasaros.zsolt@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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