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PhD thesis: formal requirements and submission

The thesis (or dissertation) is a document prepared by the PhD candidate in order to obtain the doctoral degree, and in which the candidate’s research results and findings are included.

Deadline for submission of the doctoral thesis

The thesis must be submitted within 3 years after the complex exam.

All the accepted thesises are available at the website of the Hungarian Doctoral Council.

Language of the thesis

The language of the PhD thesis of the international students can be Hungarian or English irrespective of the language of the candidate’s publications.

Length of the thesis

The thesis must be A4 format  (every page should be numbered and  the copy of  the pages of  publications do not count into the length).

  • If the candidate  started  the PhD studies after 1/09/2020,  the thesis must be: minimum 30, maximum 60 pages.
  • If the candidate started the  PhD studies before 1/09/2020, the  candidate can choose betweeen the  longer version: minimum 70, maximum 150 pages or the shorter version: minimum 30, maximum 60 pages 

Formal requirements:

Cover Page samples:

References:

  • numbered with Arabic numbers in the text – e.g. (6, 12)   In the reference section the references should be either alphabetically or chronologically ordered,
  • references are listed with all the authors of the publications
  • journals are to be referred due to their abbreviated forms in PubMed or Social Science Citation Index, Hungarian journals are to be referred by the abbreviation applied by their editorial boards
  • referred publications must be given with the year, volume, first and last page number
  • book chapters are to be referred as below:
  1. Jaiswal SP, Jain AK, Naik G Soni N, Chitnis DS. (2001) Viral hepatitis during pregnancy. Int J Gynaecol Obstet, 72: 103-108.
  2. Marby T, Markham KR, Thomas MB. The systematic identification of flavonoids. Springer-Verlag, New-York, 1970: 62-68.
  3. Rácz K. Adrenocorticotropin. Cushing-kór, Nelson-szindróma. In: Leövey A (szerk.), A klinikai endokrinológia és anyagcsere-betegségek kézikönyve. Medicina, Budapest, 2001: 178-186.

Thesis-book: the short version of the thesis

Length: 8-20 pages, A5 format

Structure of the thesis book:

    • Introduction
    • Objectives
    • Methods
    • Conclusions
    • Bibliography
      (only the candidate’s publications, publications related to the thesis separetely from the others)

Preliminary origin inspection

Before the submission the thesis it is supposed to be sent to the Doctoral Office by email phd.oktatasadmin@semmelweis.hu so that the originality can be revised.  After the revision the Doctoral Office sends the originality report back to the supervisor and the candidate within 3 weekdays. By sending the thesis the candidate agrees on creating a Turnitin profile by the Doctoral Office to accomplish the revision of the thesis. Please  do not send in any printed documentation (not a printed copy of the thesis, either) to the Doctoral Office while submitting.

Number of copies:

After the preliminary revision 1 bound copy is to be submitted

Submission of the thesis

To be attached

Exceptionally, a book or an artistic piece can be considered of similar value to a PhD thesis. The summaries and PhD thesis outlines are required in this case as well (depending on the nature of the work). The Doctoral Council of the University can determine other requirements or dispensations for individual cases.

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