Surgical Medicine Division

Application period

• in case of traditional training in April-May 
• in case of cross-semester training in November-December 

Dates of entrance exams:

• during spring application in June
• in the case of cross-semester enrollment at the end of January

The application can be submitted online after registration.
The application interface is only active during the admission process period.

phdapplicant.semmelweis.hu

Documents have to be uploaded during the online application:

1. Curriculum Vitae with detailed work/professional experience (1-2 pages)
2. a photocopy of the university diploma(s),
   • if a non-Hungarian diploma: an authenticated translation or its naturalisation document should be submitted,
   • if required, the equivalence decision of the Hungarian Ministry of Education (of a non-Hungarian diploma)
   • in case of application without MSc, MD etc. degree: Certification of the examination results,  the credit certificate from Neptun
3. proof of at least one intermediate state accredited language examination C type, or the certificate of an equivalent language examination, or certicate of the supervisor about the necessary English knowledge, or certificate  of English language university studies
4. short research plan, which is the outlines of the selected research tasks in case you apply for a specific theme attached to a particular supervisor (2-3 pages)
5. list of publications (if you have any publications)
6. written recommendation of  the supervisor/ consultant
7. documents which can certify the additional points  (second degrees, awards, publications, etc.)
8. proof of payment of the application fee

Payment of the application fee is a condition for acceptance of the application for doctoral training.

The admission fee is HUF 9,000, which can be paid:

• by online card payment (by onlinebank card payment initiated from the registration interface via with Simple pay)

• by transfer, on the basis of an invoice (please upload the payment proof to the admission interface)

How to get an invoice?

If you choose bank transfer, please send the following information to the staff of the Financial Management Unit – Doctoral School (titkarsag.digh@semmelweis.hu) regarding the payment of the admission fee. Based on the data given, an invoice will be sent to the applicant, who can transfer the application fee by referring to this invoice.

When requesting an invoice for an individual person:

• applicant’s name, address,
• passport number,
• phone number,
• e-mail address.

When requesting an invoice for a company:

1. name of applicant,
2. company name,
3. headquarter address,
4. tax number,
5. phone number,
6. email address
7. the company’s statement in email about whether it accepts electronic invoices
8. the company’s signed, attached pdf statement about its bank account number.

If you choose to pay by bank transfer, please upload the payment proof to the admission interface, also send it to the staff of the Financial Management Unit – Doctoral School (titkarsag.digh@semmelweis.hu). Finalization of the application is possible only after uploading the payment proof.

1. Enrollment: enrollment takes place in person, at a pre-specified time (at the beginning of September) in the Doctoral Office. Accepted students will be notified by e-mail of the exact date and the required documents. Attention, the condition for starting doctoral training is the presentation of a university diploma and a moral certificate not older than three months. Read more →

2. Activating the Neptun semester and recording the subjects

3. Applying for a student ID card

4. In the case of self-funded students, payment of the tuition fee