How long: about 4 years: a training and research phase of 120 ECTS (usually 2 years full-time) ending in a comprehensive examination, followed by the research and dissertation phase. Doctoral schools work within universities; university doctoral councils award the PhD (DLA in the arts).
Your status: you are a student with rights similar to bachelor's and master's students. State-funded places with a grant are limited (about 2,000); many doctoral students pay fees and work alongside their studies.
How to get in: a master's degree; doctoral schools set their own procedure, usually with an oral entrance examination.
Where to look: doctoral positions and calls are published on the websites of universities and their doctoral schools and on EURAXESS. Programmes in Hungary in our database: Hungary – 303 doctoral programmes (as of September 2026) »
Sources: Eurydice – national description of third-cycle (PhD) programmes (updated 27 November 2023). As of October 2026.
Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.
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