PHDDoctoral School of Literary and Cultural Studies
| Study location | Hungary, Debrecen |
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| Type | Doctoral, full degree studies |
| Nominal duration | 8 semesters (240 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | PHD |
| Course code | Arts and Humanities |
| Entry qualification | Master diploma (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. In most cases you can request a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo - Kinshasa, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, Sudan, Syria, São Tomé & Príncipe, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English English language proficiency equivalent to CEFR level C2 |
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| Other requirements | A motivation letter must be added to your application. Statement by the supervisor |
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Overview
Program description:
The Institute invites applicants from graduates of universities other than Debrecen to continue their studies in one of these PhD programs. Only students with a university/MA degree are accepted, based on an interview that evaluates the applicant’s scholarly performance, proposed doctoral work, and general professional intelligence. Further professional conditions can be set by the university or faculty councils as well as by the doctoral program committees themselves. Doctoral students may be engaged in teaching in the undergraduate program of the University of Debrecen. The applicants of the program may choose from the following research areas: British studies, (North-)American studies, Canadian studies, Australian studies, literary and cultural studies, American, British, Australian history, comparative literature, film studies, media studies, gender studies postcolonial studies.
The taught part of this doctoral programme provides students with the theoretical and historical background as well as with analytical skill necessary for the completion of their dissertation, in the disciplines and fields specified above.
Entry requirements:
Relevant Master degree
Entrance exam:
Yes
Type of entrance exam:
oral
Entrance exam location:
Electronic
Entrance exam description:
Applicants are expected to have:
- an MA degree in one of the fields relevant to the profile of the doctoral programme (preferably, but not exclusively, in British and/or American studies, comparative literature, history, gender studies, postcolonial studies).
- English proficiency (level)
- a research plan of ca. 1200 words
Contact:
Ms Lilla Almási-Fónai
Admissions Officer
fonai.lilla@edu.unideb.hu
Preparatory year available:
No
Specialisation year available:
No
Programme structure
Doctoral students must earn at least 240 credits before the completion of the training (30±3credits per semester).
Credits might be earned for three types of activities during the four years (8 semesters) of training: course credits, credits for teaching, and research credits (a certain proportion of the latter may include credits earned by administrative work). By the end of the first two years (the research and teaching phase), students must earn 12-20 course credits. A maximum of 40 teaching credits might be earned for teaching undergraduate courses (this element is not compulsory, these credits might be earned for other types of activities). The bulk of the credits earned by our students (180-220) are research credits.
Checkpoints are the following: theme presentation at the end of year one, complex examination (a theoretical oral exam combined with the defence of the dissertation hypothesis) at the end of year two, and a chapter defence at the end of year three. The complex defence divides phase one from phase two (years 3-4), dedicated to research and the completion of the dissertation.