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PhDDoctoral School of Computer Science

Tuition fee €5,000 per semester

The schedule of tuition fee payment is determined on the basis of consulate/visa regulations. In case of applicants coming from visa restricted countries, payment of the full tuition fee (1st and 2nd semester) is required. Details will be indicated in the letter of admission.
Tuition fee refund policy:

Those who are admitted to the Faculty must arrive within maximum 30 days after the official beginning of the study period and complete their enrolment to the university. The beginning of the study period can be found in the Academic Calendar uploaded to the Faculty website. If they fail to arrive until this deadline, they cannot enrol and cannot start their studies in that particular academic year.
In this case, applicants are entitled for the 50% refund of their tuition fees after submitting a request for the refund until 15 October (in case of fall semester) or until 15 March (in case of spring semester). To this request, the applicants must attach official documentation that proves the reason why they cannot start their studies at the Faculty is visa denial. The proof may be an official letter concerning the rejection.

Other reasons of no-show are not accepted. No refund is possible if requests are submitted after the deadlines above or the appropriate official document is missing.

In case the tuition fee is not refunded, the applicants can start their studies in the semester when the programme is next launched. The entrance exam result is valid for one year after that the applicants have to take a new entrance exam for the admission.

By submitting the application to the Faculty, the above mentioned rules are automatically accepted by the applicant, and are no subject to further negotiations.

Application fee €35 per programme

The 35 EUR Application Fee (non-refundable) is payable by programmes: as many programmes is indicated on the application form as many times 35 EUR should be paid.

Examination fee €100 per programme

The entrance exam fee is a non-refundable fee.

More information

u-szeged.hu/..science/computer-science-phd 

Overview

This PhD educational programme requires active and productive research work under the supervision of the thesis adviser, the completion of five courses, and active participation in seminars at the Institute of Informatics. The courses embrace a number of fields in computer science.

Educational programmes of the Doctoral School: Theoretical Computer Science, Operations Research and Combinatorial Optimisation, Software engineering, Artificial intelligence, Image processing, Electrical and computer engineering.

Sample research areas: Theory of automata and formal languages; Theory of economic decisions; Advanced programming paradigms; Machine learning algorithms; Natural language processing; Discrete tomography; Medical image analysis; Noise and fluctuations in various systems; Pneumatic artificial muscles. For more research topics please consult the programme website.

For further information visit our website or contact the Secretary of the Doctoral School via dscs@inf.u-szeged.hu or call +36 62 546 715

Apply now! Fall semester 2025/26
Application start
1 Jan 2025
Application deadline
15 Jun 2025, 23:59:59
Central European Time
Studies commence
8 Sept 2025
Apply now! Spring semester 2024/25
Application deadline
1 Dec 2024, 23:59:59
Central European Time
Studies commence
3 Feb 2025
Apply now! Fall semester 2025/26
Application start
1 Jan 2025
Application deadline
15 Jun 2025, 23:59:59
Central European Time
Studies commence
8 Sept 2025
Apply now! Spring semester 2024/25
Application deadline
1 Dec 2024, 23:59:59
Central European Time
Studies commence
3 Feb 2025