Any student currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s program of ELTE TáTK can register for the Conference of Scientific Student Circles (TDK) by submitting a 20 to 30 page-long scientific paper written with the guidance of a supervisor. The paper can also have more than one author, in which case the co-authors participate in the conference together.
At the TDK conference, participants are expected to present their research in 15 minutes, and to reflect on the opinion of a reviewer, which they have received beforehand.
Students can qualify for the national TDK conference (OTDK) by participating at this local one.
Date of the conference: 21 May 2026.
This semester, the conference will be held in a hybrid format on the Szombathely campus of the Faculty of Social Sciences instead of the Budapest one.
The Faculty – with the support of the National Talent Program – provides accommodation for a limited number of speakers and jury members from Budapest who wish to attend the conference in person for the night of 20-21 May, breakfast included. Travel can be financed individually at a reduced rate with a country pass (országbérlet). Lunch will be provided for participants on the day of the conference.
If there are more applicants than there are places available, priority will be given to those who register for the conference earlier.
Paper Submission (=Registration)
Send your paper to tdk@tatk.elte.hu until 21 April 2026 (23:59). In all cases, the TDK secretary will acknowledge by e-mail the receipt of your application. If you do not receive a reply within one working day, please contact the TDK secretary to ensure that your paper does not accidentally get into the spam folder of the mail system.
Please include the information below in the email accompanying your paper
This information is requested by the National Assosiation for Student Reserarch (OTDT, https://otdk.hu/en/). If it cannot be provided, the results of the students concerned will not be considered official, and they will not be eligible to proceed to the National TDK Conference (OTDK).
Author(s)
Surname
First name(s)
Educational ID number (can be found in Neptun)
Email address
Name of the institution and program where they study
Type of program (BA/BSc/MA/MSc/undivided)
Type of student status (full-time/evening/correspondence/distance learning)
Year of commencement of studies
Number of active semesters
Supervisor(s)
Title (Dr/Dr. habil./Dsc/Prof.)
Surname
First name(s)
Educational ID number (if teaches at a higher education institution)
Email address
Name of workplace
Position at workplace
Please make sure that the following information is also included in your email:
Would you like to attend the conference in person or online?
If in person, do you require accommodation in Szombathely?
The section of the TDK conference in which the author(s), in agreement with the supervisor, would like to be included: (1) Data Science and Research Methodology; (2) Minority Policy and Cultural Anthropology, (3) Economics, (4) International Relations/Studies, (5) Social Studies, (6) Sociology. In case of uncertainty, more than one section may be indicated.
In the case of participant(s) with special needs, requests to facilitate participation in the conference.
The titlepage of the paper should NOT contain the name of the author(s) or the name of the supervisor. The titlepage should ONLY include the title of the paper, the program and year of the author(s) (e.g., BA in Sociology, 2nd year) and a code-word to identify the paper (e.g., "Owl").
TDK Paper: Formal Requirements
Language: Hungarian or English
Font: Times New Roman, size 12
Text body: Justified; 1.5 line spacing
Margin: 2.5 cm
Length: Between 20 and 30 pages (excluding the appendices, if any)
References: Any consistent reference style is accepted, (e.g.: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html)
Title page, table of contents, structured text in chapters/sections, bibliography
Charts and illustrations may appear in the body of the text or in the appendices
Further Questions
With your questions, please turn to: Zsuzsanna Bak (Secretary of TDK Council at the Faculty of Social Sciences) or Otto Gecser (Head of TDK Council at the Faculty of Social Sciences).
The NTP-HHTDK-25-0062 project is supported by the National Talent Program and the Ministry of Culture and Innovation.
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