Doctoral School of Earth Sciences has five main research fileds: cartography and geoinformatics, geography, geology, geophysics and meteorology.The main research fields:

Geography: Physical Geography, Geomorphology, Environmental and Landscape Geography, Geography of Hungary and Central & Eastern Europe, Carpathian Basin, Human Geography, History of Geography, Ethnical Geography, Regional Science, Regional Planning and Modelling, Urban Studies, Rural Geography, Geoinformatics in Geography and Spatial Research

Meteorology: Dynamic and Synoptic Meteorology, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Climatology, Climate Modelling, Agroclimatology, Statistical Climatology

Geology: Physical and Applied Geology, Hidrogeology, Urban Geology, Petrology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Lithology, Paleontology, Volcanology, Sedimentology,

Geophysics: Geophysics, Space Science, Geoinformatics in Earth Sciences

Cartography and Geoinformatics: Thematic Cartography, Mathematics in Cartography, Webcartography, History of Cartography, Toponymy, Geoinformatics in Cartography.

The program is research oriented, the students start to work on their chosen topic in the respective laboratory under the guidance of a project leader.

STRENGTH OF THE PROGRAMME

• High scientific quality of the training, personalized research projects.
• High qualified professors, academicians, supervisors, experts from the practice.
• Possibilities for multi- and interdisciplinary research.
• Mainstream research theme.
• Cooperative, cohesive research groups.

CAREER PROSPECTS

• Academic career (university, research institutes)
• Governmental career (international organizations, ministries, regional and local authorities)
• Business career (firms: environmental protection, meteorology, mining, cartography, geo-informatics, urban and regional planning etc.)

For more information about the doctoral programme visit the Doctoral database.

• Geography and Meteorology
• Geology and Geophysics
• Cartography and Geoinformatics

The course list you may find in attachment.

• A master's degree in earth sciences.
• An internationally accredited language examination is required with at least a B2 CEFR level or equivalent result.

Examples of minimum level accepted:
TOEFL iBT 72 pts
IELTS 5.5

Alternatively, an official certificate issued by the applicant’s previous higher education institution can be accepted, stating that the applicant’s previous education (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree) was completed entirely in English.

Basic knowledge of the Hungarian language is an advantage.

Documents to submit with application

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 * Reduced tuition fee: 350 EUR, if you research not in the University teritory.

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