Semmelweis University’s Habilitation Committee

APPLICATION

An applicant for habilitation must submit an application to the University Habilitation Committee, in which they must indicate the discipline and specialization in which they wish to obtain habilitation.

The application must also state that the applicant has not initiated another habilitation procedure at another university and that such application to that effect has not been rejected within 2 years.

The applicant must indicate in the application – in consultation with the university professor of the subject director – the topic of 1 Hungarian and 1 English/German classroom lecture that fits into the timetable of the given year.

Documents and files to be submitted: 

The first file, applicant_documents.pdf

• Cover page (Habilitation application, name, title, institution, year)
• Table of Contents 
• Application (the applicant must indicate the discipline [possible disciplines: theoretical medicine, clinical medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, health sciences, sociological sciences, biological sciences] and the specialization [possible specialties: all subjects included in undergraduate education programme, or all subjects of board exams registered at the University] in which they wish to obtain habilitation).

1. professional CV;
2. datasheet (Annex 4: “Summary data of the applicant”)
3. motivation letter (detailing at least 1 page of the reasons and motivations of the applicant for habilitation);
4. recommendation of 2 Hungarian and 2 foreign university teachers (the 4 original recommendations are also part of the printed and electronic versions of the application);
5. a statement by the head of the department on participation in education; certification of classroom lectures; if available, the presentation of the student opinion of the teaching work (OMHV) data
6. Workplace director’s support letter of the;
7. the title of the theses that form the basis of the scientific colloquium and the proposed title of the 2 classroom lectures;
8. thesis booklet (in A4 format, suitable as a part attached to the application material; if available, the Doctoral thesis of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences can be used);
9. diploma certifying university degree, with a copy;
10. a copy of the diploma(s) certifying the acquisition of the scientific degree (s);
11. 1-1 copy of the transfer invoice certifying the payment of the procedural fee and the payment (bank transfer) receipt;
12. moral certificate;

Arranged in a separate file (second file, applicant_publications.pdf):

13. datasheet, with a library certificate (“MTMT publication and citation summary table”, according to discipline);
14. the list, exact bibliography, and citations of scientific publications (from the MTMT database printed complete list of publications, including citations, with library certificate) If the candidate has a significant additional scientific work not listed in the MTMT, please provide the exact list, bibliography, and impact – there is no need to include a separate library certificate for that list.
15. a photocopy of the title page of original scientific publications published in a foreign language journal, indicating the serial number of the publication list;
16. a list of scientific lectures in Hungarian and foreign languages

After the formal and substantive pre-assessment of the application, the Habilitation Committee may call on the applicant to fill in the missing data once for these assessment components.

Habilitation lectures as part of the gradual curriculum:

According to the decision of the Habilitation Committee No. 1/2006 (25.V.2006), the topics of the two (Hungarian and foreign language; or two foreign languages) curriculum lectures to be held within the framework of the habilitation procedure cannot be identical.

The topic, title, place and time of the two lectures must be agreed in advance with the relevant head of department responsible for the curriculum. The topic of the lecture is approved by the Habilitation Committee, the chairperson of the Habilitation Committee approves the lecture.

Requirements for the content and form of the thesis booklet for the habilitation colloquium:

Content: The purpose of the thesis booklet is to provide a coherent summary of the applicant’s scientific contribution to her/his field of interest. The content should provide the context, and facilitate the understanding of the applicant’s scientific results.

The 10 most influential (most highly cited) publications (since obtaining the PhD degree) are to be listed in annex 4. It is not mandatory, but advised to include those 10 publications into the thesis booklet.

Formal requirements:
The cover page contains: title, author, place of work, year of submission;

Part I: aims of the study (with a short introduction of the context and background of the hypothesis).
Part II: summary of the methods, materials, experimental systems, and statistical analysis.
Part III: brief description of the scientific results.
Part IV: summary of the novel observations (list)
Part V: Own publications supporting the novel observations:
a) a list of own publications (with impact factor);
b) cumulative impact factor of the publications in point (a);
c) a list of non-English publications;
d) the number of independent citations to the above publications;
e) list of books, book chapters.
Thesis booklet I-IV should be between 7 and 15 pages, in A5 form, and must be included into the submitted application material.

THE PROCEDURE AND IMPORTANT DATES:

– Each year 15^th of February: deadline for submission;
– the applicant must send to the Committee administrator details about his/her habilitation lectures: title, place and date of the lecture and the invitation;
– The two lectures (one in Hungarian and one in foreign language; or two foreign languages): in the first semester of each academic year;
Habilitation colloquium in second semester (between 1^st of February and 30^th of April);
– the Habilitation Committee decides on the award of the habilitation at its spring meeting;
– awarding of habilitation diplomas: each year Semmelweis Day.

Downloads

• Regulation of Habilitation (pdf)
• Information of Submission (pdf)
• Annex No4 (docx)
• Annex8_EN