PhDDoctoral Program in Linguistics
| Study location | Hungary, Budapest |
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| Type | Doctoral, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 4 years |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | PhD |
| Tuition fee | HUF 975,000 per semester Payable at the beginning of each semester by bank card through the university’s Neptun academic records system. |
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| Application fee | HUF 46,000 one-time |
| Entry qualification | Postgraduate diploma (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get 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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| Language requirements | English B2 |
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| Other requirements | A motivation letter must be added to your application. Applicants must have a potential supervisor in place before submitting their applications. Before you submit your application, make sure you pay the application fee. You can do this by going to the webshop below and paying the fee by credit card. |
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Overview
Doctoral School of Linguistics
Doctoral Programme in Applied Linguistics
The Doctoral School of Linguistics offers doctoral programmes in major core areas of linguistics, including syntactic theory, phonological theory, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, Hungarian descriptive linguistics, historical linguistics, classical philology, Arabic studies, English studies, Germanic studies, Romance languages, Slavic studies and theoretical linguistics. While doctoral (PhD) degrees in the majority of fields listed qualify graduates to work in higher education and conduct academic research, PhDs in theoretical linguistics and applied linguistics also provide skills that can be marketed in industry and specialized fields such as research and development.
To obtain the PhD degree students are expected to collect all 240 credits of the programme, pass the Comprehensive Examination at the end of the fourth semester, submit the dissertation within three years after the Comprehensive Examination, and defend it both at the pre-defence and the final defence in front of a committee.
The program consists of three main components: courses, weekly consultations with a supervisor, and supervised research, leading to the writing of a PhD dissertation. Compulsory and elective courses include the following: Applied linguistics, Language pedagogy, Language testing and assessment, First language acquisition, Second language acquisition, Language technology, Corpus linguistics, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Academic English, Research Methodology, Statistics, etc. Courses are taken during the first two years of the training, which period is concluded by a complex examination. Consultations with the supervisor are scheduled from the first to the fourth year of the programme. Additional credits must be earned through research activities: conference presentations and research publications.
Admission:
Information on the application process can be found on the English language homepage of the Doctoral School of Linguistics. Fee-paying students may contact the Doctoral School through email, the applicants for the Stipendium scholarship should contact the Tempus Foundation to express their intention to apply to the doctoral programme and send the documentation needed for the application process (MA degree, the necessary language skills, statement of acceptance from chosen supervisor, proof of valid travel documents, motivation letter). The Doctoral School and the Doctoral Office will contact the candidates and conduct the entrance application procedure on a previously designated day.
The entrance interview will be conducted in person (preferably) or online. The applicant will be informed about the decision in writing.
Further information about the programme: btk.ppke.hu/nydi-applied-linguistics
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