OPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL COURSES

Within the obligatory module of the PhD curriculum, each doctoral student must choose optional specialization courses, that are strictly related to his/her PhD topic and directly support the PhD research. These specialization subjects must be selected individually by each doctoral student, in agreement with his/her supervisor. 

In the Educational and Research Stage, in the first four semesters, PhD students have to complete min. 16 credits from optional courses, to be qualified for the comprehensive exam. Optimally, it means 2 courses per semester, but the distribution is optional (there is no minimum or a maximum number of courses per semester). 

Requirements for the specialization courses:

  • The subjects should support the PhD topic
  • Required level: MSc, post-graduate, PhD, special engineering
  • Accreditation is possible only for subjects that the Student has not studied before
  • Institutions: BME MSc specializations, BME special engineering specializations, BME doctoral schools, external institutions of higher education

REQUESTING PROCEDURE FOR OPTIONAL COURSES

The accreditation of the courses must be requested in advance, before the course registration. The Council of the Doctoral School (DIT) can accredited the courses with 2, 1, or 0 credits in the Doctoral School (independently from their original credit number). The DIT considers each request individually regarding the research topic of the PhD student and the level of the course. Each course should be requested even if it is on the list of accredited courses. 

The submission of the optional course accreditation requests is usually at the end of the semester. The request form can be found on the website of the Doctoral School (see Downloads). PhD students are informed about the exact submission deadlines each semester by e-mail.

FIRST GRADE PHD STUDENTS

First-year students cannot request optional courses before their first semester because courses for a fall semester can be requested at the end of the previous spring semester. As a result, they can take courses and request them retrospectively at the end of the first semester. They are suggested to choose courses from the list of previously accredited courses. 

LIST OF ACCREDITATED COURSES IN ENGLISH

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