Doctoral programmes
Basic information about doctoral studies
Doctoral (PhD.) studies
The doctoral study programme focuses on the acquisition of knowledge based on the current state of scientific and artistic knowledge and, in particular, on the student's own contribution to it, which is the result of scientific research and independent creative activity in the field of science. The aim of the study programme is to prepare highly qualified professionals and scientists. The basic condition for admission to doctoral studies is successful completion of the second cycle of studies. The standard length of studies in the full-time form is at least three years and no more than four years, and in the part-time form no more than five years. The studies are conducted according to an individual study plan under the guidance of a supervisor. Upon completion, graduates receive the scientific degree "philosophiae doctor", abbreviated "PhD.".
Opportunities for doctoral studies at the Faculty of Education of the JSU:
Field of Study: 38. Teacher Training and Education Science
Study programme: History Didactics - full-time (with scholarship) and part-time (with tuition fee payment)
Field of Study: 38. Teacher Training and Education Science
Study programme: Pedagogy - full-time (with scholarship) and external (with tuition fee payment)
General principles of doctoral studies at JSU: here
The process of naturalization of higher education documents abroad: here
General information about doctoral studies:
Bc. Lilla Bartalos
Study Officer
office: T217
e-mail:
phone: 00421-35-3260-807
Study Programme Pedagogy
Doctoral programme: Pedagogy
Field of Study: 38. Teacher Training and Education Science
Doctoral studies consist of three parts:
1. the learning part (lectures, seminars and individual study),
2. the scientific part (scientific, research and publishing activity) and
3. the pedagogical part (teaching and related activities).
The doctoral programme Pedagogy is an organic part of the field of study of Teaching and Pedagogical Sciences. It aims to provide the scientific education needed for research in pedagogical theory and practice and related disciplines at all levels of education including adult education, as well as its application in school practice, and related disciplines at all levels of education, including adult education, as well as its application to school and out-of-school practice.
The doctoral programme observes in the learning part:
- deepening students' knowledge of current philosophical, socio-cultural, pedagogical-psychological, historical and social contexts of education and training and ways of addressing them, and
- deepening students' knowledge of educational sciences, information and knowledge about the latest scientific results and the current state of scientific knowledge in the field of pedagogical and related sciences in an international sense,
in the scientific part:
- guiding the student to the perception and addressing of a pedagogical, scientific problem in the field of study,
- developing the student's ability to formulate the conclusions of his/her own scientific work while adhering to ethical principles and scientific language and to interpret these conclusions, discuss them and present them at scientific conferences and publish them in scientific journals in a competent manner.
The specific method of teaching, its criteria and required goals are described in more detail for each course of the submitted study programme, which is also provided in the course information sheets.
With the help of the their supervisor, each PhD student creates his/her own study plan that complies with the requirements of the study programme leads to its successful completion and the obtaining of the required minimum number of credit points, in which he/she:
- addresses the assigned scientific problem from the field (thesis topic) by independent activities,
- evaluates the obtained professional and scientific information in a seminar form and through the individual guidance of his/her supervisor, acquires skills in the standard methods and forms of scientific research,
- participates in the teaching of subjects in the first cycle of higher education in the field of Teaching and Pedagogical Sciences.
The graduate of doctoral studies can find employment as teaching staff or a researcher at a university, academic and other educational, scientific research, prognostic, statistical institutions including those of a European character. He/she can perform in a professional manner the job of a university teacher, tasks in theoretical and applied research, the tasks of an innovative conceptual, programme worker, evaluator in state administration in education. He/she can also find a job as a teacher in regional education as per Act No 138/2019 Coll on Teaching Staff and Professional Staff.
The graduates of the study program by assessing their applicability in the labour-market will fall into the category "011 Education" according to the international standard classification (International Standard Classification of Education: Fields of Education and Training 2013)
(1) Conditions of admission to the study of the doctoral study programme Pedagogy at the FE JSU for the academic year 2024/2025 - Pedagogy: (here)
(2) Thesis topics - Pedagogy - Academic year 2024/2025: (here)
(3) Dissertation project plan - proposal
(4) The members of the Special Committee of the doctoral study programme in Pedagogy, Study field: 38. Teacher Training and Education Science
Dr. habil. PaedDr. Kinga Horváth, PhD. (Department of Primary and Pre-school Education, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, ) - chairman
Dr. habil. PaedDr. Melinda Nagy, PhD. (Department of Biology, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, ) - vice-chairman
Doc. Dr. univ. Agáta Csehiová, PhD. (Department of Primary and Pre-school Education, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, ) - secretary
Prof. Dr. Katalin Ambrus Attila Józsefné Kéri, DSc. (Department of Primary and Pre-school Education, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University,
Prof. Dr. Krisztián Józsa, PhD. (Department of Primary and Pre-school Education, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Prof. Dr. András Németh, DSc. (Department of Primary and Pre-school Education, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Prof. Dr. Béla István Pukánszky, DSc. (Department of Pedagogiky, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Prof. Dr. Péter Tóth, PhD. (Department of Pedagogiky, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Dr. habil. PaedDr. György Juhász, PhD. (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Dr. phil., Mgr. Attila Mészáros, (Department of German Language and Literature, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Doc. RNDr. Edita Partová, CSc. (Faculty of Education, Comenius University Bratislava, )
Mgr. Katarína Szarka, PhD. (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Dr. habil. László Varga, PhD. (Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy, University of West Hungary, Sopron, )
Dr. habil. PaedDr. Melinda Nagy, PhD. (Department of Biology, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, ) - vice-chairman
Doc. Dr. univ. Agáta Csehiová, PhD. (Department of Primary and Pre-school Education, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, ) - secretary
Prof. Dr. Katalin Ambrus Attila Józsefné Kéri, DSc. (Department of Primary and Pre-school Education, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University,
Prof. Dr. Krisztián Józsa, PhD. (Department of Primary and Pre-school Education, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Prof. Dr. András Németh, DSc. (Department of Primary and Pre-school Education, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Prof. Dr. Béla István Pukánszky, DSc. (Department of Pedagogiky, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Prof. Dr. Péter Tóth, PhD. (Department of Pedagogiky, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Dr. habil. PaedDr. György Juhász, PhD. (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Dr. phil., Mgr. Attila Mészáros, (Department of German Language and Literature, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Doc. RNDr. Edita Partová, CSc. (Faculty of Education, Comenius University Bratislava, )
Mgr. Katarína Szarka, PhD. (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education of J. Selye University, )
Dr. habil. László Varga, PhD. (Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy, University of West Hungary, Sopron, )
(5) Organisational and Negotiating Rules of the Special Committee for Doctoral Studies in Pedagogy (here)
Doctoral students in the academic year 2022/2023 - study programme Pedagogy (here)
Study Programme History Didactics
Doctoral programme: Didactics of history
Field of Study: 1.1.10 Field didactics, after 01.09.2019: 38. Teacher Training and Education Science
Doctoral studies consist of three parts:
1. the learning part (lectures, seminars and individual study),
2. the scientific part (scientific, research and publishing activity) and
3. the pedagogical part (teaching and related activities).
The doctoral programme History Didactics is an organic part of the field of study of Teaching and Pedagogical Sciences. It aims to provide the scientific education needed for research in history didactics and practice and related disciplines at all levels of education including adult education, as well as its application in school practice, and related disciplines at all levels of education, including adult education, as well as its application to school and out-of-school practice.
The doctoral programme observes
in the learning part:
- deepening knowledge and professional competences of students (History Didactics, Methodology of historical research, Selected problems of national and general history)
- deepening students' knowledge and professional competences in the special field of national education, especially of the Hungarian community in Slovakia, including contemporary aspects of the teaching of history of national minorities
- deepening students' knowledge of current philosophical, socio-cultural, pedagogical-psychological, historical and social contexts of education and training and ways of addressing them, and
- deepening students' knowledge of educational sciences, information and knowledge about the latest scientific results and the current state of scientific knowledge in the field of pedagogical and related sciences in an international sense (working with historical sources, planning the teaching process, professional communication in English/German),
in the scientific part:
- guiding the student to the perception and addressing of a pedagogical, scientific problem in the field of study,
- developing the student's ability to formulate the conclusions of his/her own scientific work while adhering to ethical principles and scientific language and to interpret these conclusions, discuss them and present them at scientific conferences and publish them in scientific journals in a competent manner.
The specific method of teaching, its criteria and required goals are described in more detail for each course of the submitted study programme, which is also provided in the course information sheets.
With the help of the their supervisor, each PhD student creates his/her own study plan that complies with the requirements of the study programme leads to its successful completion and the obtaining of the required minimum number of credit points, in which he/she:
- addresses the assigned scientific problem from the field (thesis topic) by independent activities,
- evaluates the obtained professional and scientific information in a seminar form and through the individual guidance of his/her supervisor, acquires skills in the standard methods and forms of scientific research,
- participates in the teaching of subjects in the first cycle of higher education in the field of Teaching and Pedagogical Sciences.
The institution compiles the recommended study plans for individual study paths.
The graduate of doctoral programme History Didactics can find employment as teaching staff or a researcher at a university, academic and other educational, scientific research, prognostic, statistical institutions including those of a European character. He/she or she can apply as an expert teacher, i.e. a specialist with in-depth knowledge especially in the field of history teaching at all levels of educational activity. The graduate is prepared to work as an editor and/or expert developer of history textbooks, being familiar with both national and international current trends in history didactics. He/she can perform in a professional manner the job of a university teacher, tasks in theoretical and applied research, the tasks of an innovative conceptual, programme worker, evaluator in state administration in education. He/she can also find a job as a teacher in regional education as per Act No 138/2019 Coll on Teaching Staff and Professional Staff. The graduates of the study program by assessing their applicability in the labour-market will fall into the category "011 Education" according to the international standard classification (International Standard Classification of Education: Fields of Education and Training 2013).
(i) Conditions of admission to the study of doctoral study programmes at FE JSU for the academic year 2022/2023 - History Didactics: (here)
(ii) Dissertation Topics - History Didactics - Academic year 2023/2024: (here)
Dissertation Topics - History Didactics - Academic year 2022/2023: (here)
(iii) Dissertation project proposal (here)
(iv) Special Committee: Doctoral programme: History Didactics, Field of Study: 1.1.10 Field didactics, after 01.09.2019: 38. Teacher Training and Education Science
Prof. Dr. Péter Tóth, PhD.
Dr. habil. Barnabás Vajda, PhD., Chairman
Dr. habil. Attila Simon, PhD.
Dr. habil. László Szarka, CSc.
Dr. habil. Árpád Popély, PhD.
Dr. habil. PaedDr. Kinga, Horváth, PhD.
Dr. habil. PaedDr. József Keserű, PhD.
Prof. Emerita Ágnes, F. Dárdai
Dr. habil. József Kaposi, PhD.