Attachments to the request shall include:

a) a copy of the original doctoral certificate

b) an official copy of a document issued by the foreign higher education institution (e.g. transcript, grade book) which provides authentic verification of the duration of the doctoral training and the successful completion of the academic requirements for the obtainment of the doctoral degree,

c) proof of payment of the fee payable for the nostrification procedure,

d) proof of language proficiency required for the doctoral procedure (proficiency in another language at the level specified in the faculty doctoral regulations. The two state-certified B2 level language exam certificates may be substituted by one state-certified C2 level complex (type C) and one state-certified A2 level complex (type C) language exam certificate).

e) uploading the details of the academic publications into the HAS bibliographic database pursuant to the Rector’s order on the register of the publications of the University

f) the thesis that served as the basis for the conferment of the given academic degree in its original language. If the work was written in a language on the basis of which the doctoral council is unable to take a decision on its national recognition, it may ask for an official supply of the work.

Provisions on the publicity of the doctoral dissertation and abstracts laid out in Section 62 and Section 76 of present Regulations shall also be applied as appropriate in the nostrification process and in the cases of nationally recognised degrees obtained abroad. (The doctoral dissertation shall be submitted in 1 hard-bound and 2 spiral-bound copies. One further electronic copy in PDF format must also be submitted. The printed and electronic versions of the dissertation must be identical. Prior to the submission of the printed and electronic versions of the doctoral dissertation and its abstracts, the author of the dissertation shall apply for a DOI identifier from the faculty office by filling out and submitting the “Declaration Form” found in Annex 5 of the EDSZ. The applicant must fill out the “Declaration Form” in a word processor and submit it to the faculty office electronically, without signing the document. The faculty office shall request a DOI identifier for the doctoral dissertation and its abstracts on relevant electronic interface within five days of the receipt of the applicant’s “Declaration Form”.)

The Doctoral Regulations of Eötvös Loránd University: https://www.elte.hu/dstore/document/3751/doctoral_regulations_ELTE_2019.pdf

The necessary forms are available on the website: https://tatk.elte.hu/en/content/forms.t.8902?m=513

(Request for the National Recognition of an Academic Degree obtained abroad as a PhD Degree, Declaration form for disclosure of a doctoral dissertation and indication of the DOI ID)

The Head of the Doctoral School might assign an opponent to provide an expert opinion on recognition. The University Doctoral Council shall decide on the national recognition of the degree in question based on the recommendation of the Disciplinary Doctoral Council.

Administrative fee:

The procedure fee for recognition is HUF 45 000 as defined in the EMMI decree 12/2013. (II. 12.)

The fee can be paid by bank transfer to the following account number:

Magyar Államkincstár, 10032000-01426201-00000000

Please write in the notice: TáTK f11101/16 " Name of applicant " Recognition fee

Please send the necessary documentation to doktori@tatk.elte.hu