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Budapest Business School University of Applied Sciences
Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Organizational and Operational Regulations
Budapest
2017
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Table of contents
1. Foundation, duties and operation of the Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business ... 3
1.1. Regulatory environment of the operation of DSEB .................................................................. 3
1.2. Foundation and operational history of DSEB ............................................................................ 3
1.3. Tasks of DSEB ............................................................................................................................... 3
2. Organisation of DSEB ........................................................................................................................ 4
2.1. Core data of DSEB ....................................................................................................................... 4
2.2. The DSEB within the organisation of BBS ................................................................................. 4
2.3. Members of DSEB ....................................................................................................................... 5
2.3.1. Core members ...................................................................................................................... 5
2.3.2. Supervisors ........................................................................................................................... 5
2.3.3. Lecturers ............................................................................................................................... 6
2.4. Council of DSEB .......................................................................................................................... 7
2.5. Head of the Doctoral School ..................................................................................................... 9
2.6. Programme Director of the Doctoral School ......................................................................... 10
2.7. Secretary of the Doctoral School ............................................................................................. 11
3. Admission procedure ...................................................................................................................... 11
4. The process of doctoral training .................................................................................................... 12
4.1. Forms of training: Full-time and correspondence work schedules ...................................... 12
4.2. Coursework and research stage .............................................................................................. 14
4.3. Research and dissertation stage .............................................................................................. 17
4.4. Publications ............................................................................................................................... 19
4.5. Submission of the doctoral dissertation and designation of the dissertation committee . 20
5. Financial management of the Doctoral School ............................................................................. 23
6. Alumni policy of the Doctoral School ............................................................................................ 23
7. Quality management system of the Doctoral School ................................................................... 23
8. Conflict of interests; ethical principles ........................................................................................... 25
9. Legal remedies ................................................................................................................................. 25
10. Entry into force of the Code of Organisation and Operation .................................................... 26
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Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business at Budapest
Business School
Organizational and Operational Regulations
The Senate of Budapest Business School University of Applied Sciences (BBS), at its
meeting on 17 November 2017, approved the Organizational and Operational Regulations
(OOR) of the Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business (DSEB/Doctoral School)
as follows. The provisions of this regulation concerning doctoral students apply to
doctoral studies starting as of 1 September 2018. Doctoral training take place exclusively
on the basis of tuition fee payment.
1.Establishment, duties and operation of the Doctoral School of
Entrepreneurship and Business
1.1. The regulatory environment of the operation of DSEB
(1) This Organizational and Operational Regulations was elaborated on the basis of
Government Decree 387/2012 (19 December) on Doctoral Schools, the Doctoral Degree
Award Procedure and Habilitation. Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education; the
resolutions of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee (HAC) on doctoral training and
degree acquisition; the resolutions, guidelines and position papers of the National
Doctoral Council (NDC); and ESG 2015 standards, too, were considered.
1.2. The establishment and antecedents of DSEB
(1) DSEB was established by 8 core members: Gyula Bakacsi, Tamás Gáspár, Balázs
Heidrich, Judit Hidasi, András Jancsik, Ferenc Kondorosi, Miklós Losoncz, and Éva Kriszt-
Sándor.
1.3. Tasks of DSEB
(1) DSEB offers doctoral training in the discipline of social sciences, in the management
and organizational sciences segment.
(2) DSEB doctoral training is based on master’s degrees primarily in the fields of
economics teacher (trade and marketing);
economics teacher (catering and tourism);
marketing;
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international business and management
international studies;
finance;
accountancy;
tourism management;
enterprise development;
management and business,
however, it is also open to doctoral students, who wish to pursue doctoral studies in the
field of management and organizational sciences but have master’s degrees in other
fields. In such a case, the fulfilment of entry requirements will be assessed individually.
2. The organisation of DSEB
2.1. Core data of DSEB
(1) Name of the Doctoral School in Hungarian: Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem Vállalkozás-
és Gazdálkodástudományi Doktori Iskola.
(2) Short name of the Doctoral School in Hungarian: VGDI
(3) Name of the Doctoral School in English: Budapest Business School University of
Applied Sciences, Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business.
(4) Place of operation: 1055 Budapest, Markó utca 29-31.
(5) Website: https://uni-bge.hu/szervezetiegysegek/Vallalkozas-es-
Gazdalkodastudomanyi-Doktori-Iskola
2.2. DSEB in the organisation of BBS
(1) DSEB is an autonomous education and research unit of BBS the administration and
management of which are governed by the unified administrative and management
provisions of BBS.
(2) The operation of the DSEB is based on the institutes, departments, centres and staff
in the four faculties of BBS (International Management and Business; Finance and
Accountancy; Commerce, Hospitality and Tourism; and the Zalaegerszeg Faculty of
Business Administration).
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(3) Activities of the Doctoral School are supervised by the University Habilitation and
Doctoral Council (UHDC) and the Council of the DSEB.
2.3. Members of DSEB
The members of the Doctoral School include core members, supervisors and lecturers.
2.3.1. Core members
(1) The operation of the DSEB depends on the availability of at least seven core members,
of whom at least 50 per cent plus one should be university professors.
(2) A lecturer or researcher may become a core member if he/she meets the criteria for
core membership as defined by Government Decree 387/2012 (XII.19.).
(3) A lecturer or researcher may become a DSEB core member by way of application or
recommendation. Only core members approved by the HAC may be considered for
accreditation. A candidate voted for by UDHC may be listed as a core member in the
database of the Hungarian Doctoral Council during the period between submission and
approval.
(4) Core members are ex-officio members of the Council of the DSEB.
(5) Core members are required to publish research results at least twice a year in reviewed
journals recognised by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) or in reviewed scientific
books.
(6) Core members are required to record their scientific papers published in recognised
publications or books written by them in the past five years in the Hungarian Scientific
Bibliography (HSB) and in the database of the National Doctoral Council (NDC).
(7) Core members are required to regularly update their personal data sheet in the NDC
database and their lists of publications in the HSB database.
(8) The Council of the DSEB may grant a core member the title of emeritus, based on
NDC Decision No. 229/2010 (XII.17.).
2.3.2. Supervisors
(1) A lecturer or a researcher holding an academic degree may become a supervisor if
he/she continues to conduct research and publish his/her research results in prestigious
reviewed journals recognised by the HAS or in a reviewed scientific book.
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(2) The supervisor manages and promotes the academic and scientific research work of
doctoral students and prepares them for degree acquisition. The supervisor and the
doctoral student carry out their activities according to a pre-agreed research plan. The
research plan includes the schedule of research as well as the tasks and deadlines in
compliance with the progress of the research and publication requirements. Every six
months, the supervisor reports to the DSEB on the time-proportionate progress in the
research plan.
(3) A doctoral student may have no more than two supervisors simultaneously (supervisor
and co-supervisor).
(4) Supervisors are approved by the Council of the DSEB. Lecturers and researchers are
invited to act as supervisors by the Council of DSEB. The discharge of supervisors from
their duties also falls within the competence of DSEB.
(5) Research topics announced by the supervisor are approved by the Council of the
DSEB. The supervisor and the doctoral student may depart from the announced topic by
mutual consent and the modified plan is approved by the Council of the DSEB.
(6) Supervision is recorded in the NDC database by the Secretary of the DSEB.
(7) Supervisors are required to update their NDC data sheets and HSB publication lists
regularly and to provide additional information at the request of database administrators.
(8) Supervisors receive remuneration for their work.
(9) In a justified case, the doctoral student, the supervisor and the Council of the DSEB
may initiate the change of the supervisor. The applicant must attach the statements of
the old and new supervisors to his/her application. A change of supervisors is approved
by the Council of the DSEB.
2.3.3. Lecturers
(1) A lecturer or a researcher holding an academic degree may become a DSEB course
lecturer if he/she continues to conduct research and publish his/her research results in
the reviewed journals of the relevant academic fields recognised by HAS or in reviewed
scientific books.
(2) A contributing lecturer may be a lecturer or a researcher holding an academic degree
who, in the opinion of the Council of the DSEB, represents and teaches the given discipline
at the standard required by the Doctoral School.
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(3) Lecturers are invited to perform educational tasks by the Head of the Doctoral School
after approval by the Council of the DSEB. The Council of the DSEB reviews the
performance of lecturers annually. The performance review is carried out by the head and
the core members of the Doctoral School in accordance with the Quality Assurance Plan
and is approved by the Council of the DSEB.
(4) Lecturers are appointed for an indefinite period of time. In case of inadequacy for the
position, the Council of the DSEB may withdraw the appointment.
(5) Lecturers are required to update their NDC data sheets and HSB publication lists
regularly, and to provide additional information at the request of database administrators.
(6) The core members and lecturers of the DSEB may be involved in teaching activities at
other doctoral schools as well.
(7) Invited local and foreign professionals may also teach at DSEB, provided that they fulfil
requirements concerning lecturers.
2.4. The Council of DSEB
(1) The Council of the Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business is a decision-
making, consultative and advisory body supporting the work of the Head of DSEB.
(2) The Chairperson of the Council of DSEB is the Head of the Doctoral School and its
members are the core members.
(3) The Council of DSEB is appointed and dismissed by the University Habilitation and
Doctoral Council.
(4) The appointment of the members of the Council of the DSEB terminates in the
following cases:
a) termination of the Doctoral School;
b) decease of member;
c) expiry of appointment;
d) termination of appointment by the University Habilitation and Doctoral Council;
e) termination of core member status;
f) resignation of member.
(5) Depending on the nature of the agenda, the sessions of DSEB can be attended, in
consultative capacity, by lecturers, researchers and deans of BBS holding academic
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degrees. The Programme Director and the Secretary of the DSEB always attend sessions
with the right of consultation.
(6) The tasks of the Council of the DSEB
a) Approving the procedures of the DSEB;
b) Approving supervisors, lecturers and those announcing doctoral topics;
c) Evaluating the work of lecturers, supervisors and doctoral students at regular intervals
and as necessary [see 2.3.2 (2) and 2.3.3 (3)];
d) Making proposals for doctoral topics to be announced and approve the announced
doctoral topics of the individual lecturers;
e) Approving dissertation topics of doctoral students and their modification;
f) Deciding about changes of supervisors;
g) Taking position on admission to organised doctoral training;
h) Recommending members for the doctoral entrance examination board;
i) Recommending members for the comprehensive examination board and the
dissertation evaluation committee as well as official referees;
j) Deciding about the issuance of pre-degree certificates;
k) Taking position on submitting the doctoral dissertation for defence;
l) Making a proposal with regard to awarding the doctoral degree, following the
successful defence of the thesis and on the basis of the evaluation and vote of the
dissertation committee and the candidate’s academic and research performance;
m) Taking position on the naturalisation of foreign academic degrees and making
proposals to the UDHC;
n) Taking decisions on the distribution of government and other resources allocated to
DSEB;
o) Issuing opinion on other matters concerning DSEB and on doctoral students’ petitions
at the request of the Head of DSEB, ;
p) Approving doctoral topics of doctoral students;
q) Carrying out performance reviews.
(7) The meetings of DSEB are convened by the Chairperson, who proposes the items on
the agenda and chairs the discussion.
(8) The Council of the DSEB meets as necessary but at least twice every semester.
(9) As a main rule, DSEB discusses written submissions that had been prepared by those
introducing the given agenda item and were sent by the Secretary to the members before
the meeting.
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(10) The Secretary prepares a memorandum about each meeting of the Council of the
DSEB and sends it to the members.
(11) DSEB forms a quorum if more than half of its members with voting rights are present.
Its decision is valid if half of the members with voting rights who are present and
participate in the vote + 1 person cast a “yes” or “no” vote.
(12) A secret ballot must be ordered on personal matters, but the body may also decide
to vote openly, except for doctoral degrees, naturalised doctoral degrees and the launch
of a habilitation procedure.
(13) In exceptional cases, online voting (by email and telephone) may also be held. The
online voting is valid if more than half of the DSEB members with voting rights participate
in the procedure and more than half of the participants in the vote +1 person cast a “yes”
or “no” vote.
(14) The Secretary of DSEB is responsible for administrative tasks related to the operation
of the Council of DSEB.
2.5. Head of the Doctoral School
(1) The Head of the DSEB manages the work, the administration and finances of DSEB,
represents DSEB and is responsible for the standard of educational and scientific activity.
(2) The Head of the Doctoral School can be a core member university professor holding
the title of Doctor of the HAS who must be below 70 years of age during the operation
of the doctoral school and below 65 years of age at the establishment of the Doctoral
School.
(3) The Head of the DSEB is appointed and dismissed by the Rector of BBS in accordance
with the proposal of the majority of the core members. His/her appointment is for 5 years
and can be extended several times.
(4) The Head of the Doctoral School is assisted in his/her work by the Council of the DSEB,
which he/she also chairs.
(5) The tasks of the Head of the Doctoral School are as follows:
a) Managing and organising the work of the Doctoral School;
b) Representing the Doctoral School in university bodies and relevant external
professional institutions;
c) Making proposals for the core members and lecturers of DSEB as well as for their
substitution, if necessary;
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d) Making proposals with regard to the announced courses;
e) Making proposals for the members of the Council of the DSEB;
f) Performing the tasks of the Chairperson of the Council of the DSEB, including the
convening and chairing of the body;
g) Designating the supervisors and the lecturers responsible for courses and overseeing
their work;
h) Approving doctoral students’ research plans based on the submissions of supervisors;
i) Taking decisions on the petitions of doctoral students submitted on individual
educational matters;
j) Taking decisions on the contribution to the costs of trips abroad related to research
work;
k) Making proposals to DSEB concerning the comprehensive examination board;
l) Making proposals to DSEB on the official referees of doctoral theses and the
composition of the dissertation committee of the public discussion;
m) Making proposals to the Council of the DSEB on the use of financial resources available
to the Doctoral School;
n) Managing the finances of the Doctoral School;
o) Reporting annually to the Scientific Council and the Senate of BBS on the work of the
Doctoral School.
2.6. Programme Director of the Doctoral School
(1) The Programme Director assists the Head of the DSEB.
(2) The person of the Programme Director is recommended by the Head of DSEB and is
approved by the Council of the DSEB.
(3) The Programme Director is appointed for a term of five years, which can be extended
several times.
(4) The Programme Director is a full-time employee of BBS categorised as lecturer and/or
researcher, holding an academic degree .
(5) The duties of the Programme Director are as follows:
a) Participating in preparing the sessions of the Council of DSEB and implementing its
decisions in cooperation with the Head of the DSEB;
b) Participating in drafting the Doctoral School's strategic documents, information
materials and reports as well as the use of the available financial sources in cooperation
with the Head of the DSEB;
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c) Keeping contact with doctoral students and ensuring the permanent mutual flow of
information;
d) Contributing to the organisation of training and the smooth operation of the Doctoral
School;
e) Taking decisions on awarding academic, research, teaching and publication credits to
doctoral students;
f) Participating in the meetings of the Council of the DSEB and contributing to draft
submissions related to academic matters.
2.7. Secretary of the Doctoral School
(1) The Secretary of the Doctoral School is responsible for management and
organisational tasks related to the functioning of DSEB.
(2) The Secretary of the Doctoral School is appointed by the Head of the DSEB.
(3) The appointment of the Secretary is for indefinite duration but may be revoked at any
time.
(4) The activities of the Secretary of the Doctoral School are supervised by the Head of
the Doctoral School.
(5) The Secretary of the Doctoral School manages the www.doktori.hu database and the
DSEB website.
(6) The Secretary is bound by obligations of confidentiality.
3. Admission procedure
(1) Each year, DSEB publishes its admission bulletin specifying the conditions and
deadlines for admission to the Doctoral School and the admission procedure. The general
conditions of admission are governed by relevant legislation. The application deadline is
31 May in each year.
(2) The entrance examination board assesses the applicant’s academic history and foreign
language skills. Admission is based on written and oral entrance examination. The written
part tests literacy in the domain of entrepreneurship and business sciences with a focus
on proficiency in research methodology. The oral examination assesses the applicant’s
motivation and suitability for teaching and research.
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(3) The entrance examination is administered by an examination board consisting of at
least three members.
(4) Members of the entrance examination board can be selected from the members of
the Doctoral School.
(5) The lecturers involved in the assembling and review of the written examination tasks
are designated by the Head of the DSEB.
(6) A proposal for the composition of the entrance examination board is made by the
Head of the Doctoral School and is approved by the UDHC.
(7) The UDHC takes the decisions on the admission of doctoral students.
(8) The applicant who obtained his/her certificate abroad is required to have the
certificate recognised in Hungary – in accordance with the relevant legislation – before
application.
(9) Only those persons may be admitted to doctoral training who hold a master's degree
and vocational qualifications and an intermediate-level foreign language examination of
type C recognised by the state – Level B2 general complex language examination – or an
equivalent language certificate.
4. The process of doctoral training
4.1. Forms of training: full-time and correspondence courses
(1) As a general rule, doctoral training includes learning, teaching, thesis-writing and
reporting in the scope of group or one-to-one tuition adjusted – up to a certain limit
– to the specific features of the discipline and the needs of the doctoral students.
(2) Anyone who has a master's degree and meets the foreign language requirements
may participate in doctoral training. An appropriate level of English language skills is
required, which will be assessed by the entrance examination board.
(3) At least 240 credits must be earned in the course of the doctoral training. For that
purpose, the doctoral student pursues studies (attends courses), carries out research,
produces publications and is engaged in managed teaching in BSc/BA courses.
(4) The educational period consists of eight semesters.
(5) Doctoral training takes place according to full-time and correspondence courses.
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(6)With two exceptions, the requirements of correspondence courses are in all respects
identical with those of full-time courses:
Doctoral students participating in the correspondence course may not be engaged
in managed teaching and may not receive credits for this activity.
They must earn 40 credits for publications in the coursework and research stage.
For correspondence students, participation in four conferences can be included in
the publication credits.
(7) At the doctoral student's request, the Council of the DSEB may authorise transfer
between the course types.
(8) Training schedules are based on the Doctoral School's detailed curriculum. The
curriculum is approved by the Council of the DSEB. The curriculum includes the aim of
the training, a list of courses and lecturers and the number of attainable credits. The
curriculum constitutes an annex to the Academic and Examination Regulations of the
DSEB.
(9) A doctoral student participating in scheduled training assembles a work plan in
cooperation with his/her supervisor. This includes the tasks to be carried out by the
doctoral student. The work plan is approved by the Head of the Doctoral School.
(10) Doctoral students report on the progress achieved in their work at a workshop
annually, which is also attended, in addition to the Head of the Doctoral School, by the
supervisors and the lecturers of the Doctoral School.
(11) Doctoral students can earn up to 24 credits for teaching in bachelor courses. With
regard to earning these credits, the following rules must be considered:
A doctoral student may not be compelled to teach – he/she can replace teaching
credits with publication credits.
Managed teaching credits can only be earned in the coursework and research stage.
A doctoral student can be assigned bachelor level teaching responsibilities equivalent
to 24 credits at the most.
Two credits can be awarded for teaching one hour per week.
The workload of managed teaching may not exceed four hours per week per semester
(eight credits).
(12) Applications for a degree acquisition procedure and the launch thereof are approved
by the Council of the DSEB.
(13) A doctoral student must acquire a doctoral degree within two years calculated from
the acceptance of his/her application.
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(14) The language of tuition in DSEB is Hungarian. Training takes place in two stages. The
first stage is coursework and research, which is concluded by a comprehensive
examination, and the second stage is research and dissertation. Both stages last four
semesters.
4.2. Coursework and research stage
(1) During the 4-semester coursework and research stage, the doctoral student attends
courses, carries out research, produces publications and takes a comprehensive
examination.
(2) During four semesters, the doctoral student completes 15 courses each worth five
credits (in total 75 credits). He/she can take three to five (no fewer than three and no
more than five) courses per semester. Among the 15 courses, 11 (73.33%) are compulsory
and 4 (26.67%) are optional, depending on student's fields of interest:
4 methodology foundation courses (26.67%)
7 core courses (46.67%)
4 optional courses (from a basket of 10 courses) 26.67%.
(3) The student proves the successful completion of studies at a comprehensive
examination worth 15 credits. The requirements of the comprehensive examination are
published by DSEB when it announces the doctoral training program. A precondition of
admission for the comprehensive examination is the completion of the 155-credit
coursework and research stage.
(4) The comprehensive examination consists of two main parts:
a) in the first part, the doctoral student sits for examinations in two courses, of which only
one may be optional;
b) in the second part, the doctoral student presents and defends a complex case study
previously prepared on a small and medium-sized enterprise.
(5) One of two grades - Pass or Fail - can be awarded for the comprehensive examination.
(6) The successful completion of the comprehensive examination is a precondition of
degree acquisition (it is part of the pre-degree certificate) but is not included in the
qualification of the degree.
(7) The comprehensive examination is open to the public and has to be taken before a
board.
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(8) The examination board consists of at least three and at most six members; at least one
third of the board members may not be employed by BBS.
(9) The chairperson of the examination board can be a university professor, a habilitated
university assistant professor, a habilitated college professor, a professor emeritus or a
lecturer or researcher having the title of Doctor of the HAS. The chairperson of the
examination board may not be a foreign national.
(10) All members of the examination board must hold scientific degrees.
(11) The supervisor of the doctoral student sitting for the examination must not be a
member of the examination board.
(12) Before the examination, the supervisor is required to evaluate the work of the doctoral
student.
(13) The comprehensive examination is successful if the simple majority of the board
members considers both examination parts successful.
(14) The successful completion of the comprehensive examination is precondition of
continuing the studies of the doctoral student.
(15) The doctoral student can retake a failed comprehensive examination on one occasion
during the given examination period.
(16) The language of the comprehensive examination is Hungarian or English. Even if a
doctoral student whose mother tongue is Hungarian prepares the study required as the
dissertation in English, the language of the examination is Hungarian. A doctoral student
whose mother tongue is not Hungarian may complete all comprehensive examination
parts in English. The doctoral student should indicate such a request when applying for
the comprehensive examination.
(17) DSEB organises comprehensive examinations twice a year, at the beginning of the
semesters. Comprehensive examinations are open to the public, but the public should
not disturb the examinee.
(18) Detailed records complete with written scientific evaluation of the doctoral students
work signed by the examination board members are prepared on the comprehensive
examination. The examination results must be announced on the day of the oral
examination.
(19) In addition to earning the academic/course, research, publication and teaching
credits, the doctoral student is required to participate annually in the public defence of at
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least one thesis. Participation is certified by the Secretary of the Doctoral School based
on an attendance sheet annexed to the records.
(20) Teaching credits are certified by the Programme Director based on the signature of
the course leader. Research credits are given by the supervisor and are certified by the
Programme Director.
(21) The doctoral student earns academic credits by attending course lectures and
through individual studies and examinations (completed with grades).
(22) Research work is evaluated in a result-focused manner; the awarding of time-
proportionate research credits requires a written report, its presentation and discussion
in all cases.
(23) In the training and research stage, the doctoral student completes research work by
actively researching his/her own theme and reporting thereon in each semester. The four
semesters follow the logic of the progress of the research activity and the presentation of
research results in scientific publications. Each semester has a focal topic. They are as
follows:
a) 1st semester: Literature – visiting libraries, note-taking, searching electronic sources,
references, science metrics;
b) 2nd semester: Methods – producing a research model, variables, measurement,
methodology, relationships, hypothesis, sampling;
c) 3rd semester: Results – Data collection, databases, data analysis, data presentation;
d) 4th semester: Discussion and conclusions – Interpreting the results and confronting
them with the literature, testing the hypotheses, conclusions, thesis-like summary of own
new and novel results.
(24) Each semester begins with the discussion of the focal topic in a concentrated and
interactive manner at a workshop headed by leading lecturers of the programme and
invited outstanding guest lecturers. Active participation in the workshop is a precondition
of earning credits for the given semester (however, no credit is awarded for attendance
of the workshop in and of itself).
(25) By the end of each semester, the student has to submit a written study of at least 20
pages prepared under the instruction of his/her supervisor in accordance with the focal
theme of the research in the given semester, i.e.:
a) 1st semester: Collecting and processing the literary sources of the researched topic and
summarising and synthesising them in a study with accurate references and bibliography
(at least half of the literature sources have to be in foreign language);
b) 2nd semester: Introducing the model of the planned research including the variables
and their methods of measurement as well as presenting hypothesised relationships and
the way of sampling (methodology);
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c) 3rd semester: Completing at least one pilot data collection exercise and analysis based
thereon and its presentation in work charts;
d) 4th semester: Confronting the results with other relevant published research results,
examining research hypotheses and drafting theses.
(26) At the end of each semester, doctoral students shall give 30-minute presentations
and answer for questions about their studies to each other in groups of five to ten
members at a workshop conference. Each student shall another student's paper and
delivers a presentation thereon.
(27) Having evaluated the paper, its presentation and the answers to questions, the
supervisor awards credits to the student for the semester.
4.3. Research and dissertation stage
(1) The completion of the comprehensive examination is precondition for starting the
four-semester research and dissertation stage. In this phase, the doctoral student
performs scientific research, publishes results and works on the final formulation of
his/her thesis. At this stage, the doctoral student carries out research according to his/her
schedule depending on the research results achieved at earlier stages.
(2) After completing the comprehensive examination, the doctoral student has to submit
his/her doctoral dissertation in three years or, if one or more passive semesters are
included, in four years. During the research and dissertation stage (in the degree
acquisition procedure) the student status may be suspended for no longer than two
semesters.
(3) After passing the comprehensive examination, the doctoral student and his/her
supervisor prepare a detailed research plan. Taking into consideration the level of
completion of the research at the time of entering the degree acquisition stage, the
volume of tasks to be delivered and their time requirements, the research plan lays down
a work programme scheduled until the submission of the thesis. The research plan
contains two reporting "milestones" with deadlines and tasks to be carried out as well as
the criteria of completion.
(4) The research plan is approved by the Head of the DSEB. Deadlines fixed in the research
plan may be modified once with the approval of the Head of the DSEB.
(5) At the two reporting sessions, the doctoral student reports to an evaluation committee
consisting of three members of the DSEB. One of the members of the committee who
assumes the role of the chairperson is a core member of the DSEB, and the remaining
members can be selected from lecturers, research topic tutors and supervisors at DSEB.
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The 3-member committee is designated by the Head of the DSEB upon considering the
professional relevance of the research. The doctoral student's supervisor is a member of
the committee with the right of consultation.
(6) The working report has to be submitted in English or Hungarian.
(7) The committee prepares a report in which it takes a position on whether or not the
working report should pass or fail. A “Pass” grade awarded to the report is a precondition
for earning ten credits. Reporting sessions are open to the public and doctoral students
are recommended to attend them.
(8) If the doctoral student earns 240 credits, which is the maximum (i.e. 120 credits for the
training and research stage + 120 credits for the research and dissertation stage), the
research and dissertation stage is completed with a pre-degree certificate.
(9) Once the 240 credits were earned and the doctoral dissertation was defended, the
research and dissertation stage terminates at the end of the eighth active semester.
(10) In the full-time work schedule, the breakdown of the curriculum in the entire
academic period is as follows:
Two stages
together
Training and
research
Research and
dissertation
Total Breakdown
of credits
% Credits Studies
(courses /
comprehensive
examination)
75 15 90 37.5
Research 40 20 60 25.0 Publications 16-40 50 66-90 27.5 – 37.5 Managed teaching 0-24 0-24 0 – 10.0
Total 155 85 240 100.0
(11) In the correspondence work schedule, the breakdown of the curriculum in the entire
academic period is as follows:
Two stages
together
Training -
research
Research -
dissertation
Total Breakdown
of credits
% Credits Studies
(courses /
comprehensive
examination)
75 15 90 37.5
Research 40 20 60 25.0
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Publications 40 50 90 37.5
Total 155 85 240 100.0
4.4. Publications
(1) Publication requirements and related credits are incorporated in the programme's
system of requirements. They are as follows:
a) In the training and research phase, the publication requirement is that the student
should present his/her own research results first at conferences and then in publications
in the Hungarian language. The minimum requirement is participation in two conferences
whereby, in addition to a presentation, credit award is also conditional on publication in
conference proceedings in printed or digital format. At this stage, an additional minimum
requirement is to publish a paper in a Hungarian periodical that is rated at least Category
C by the Doctoral Rating Committee for Economic Science (abbreviated in Hungarian as
"GMB") on the publication list approved by Section IX of the HAS. In this trainingphase,
the minimum number of publication credits to be earned is 16.
b) In the research and dissertation phase, the doctoral students publishes their (partial)
research results in Hungarian and international journals. The minimum requirement is to
publish papers in two Hungarian periodicals and in one international periodical, all of
which are included in the GMB list of HAS Section IX. In this phase, at least 50 publication
credits are to be acquired.
(2) Credits for each publication must be determined as follows:
For the rating category of Hungarian periodicals, the GMB list of HAS Section IX is
applicable;
For calculating credits for international periodicals, the current Q1-Q4 rating according
to Scimago Journal Rank – Subject area: Business, Management and Accounting
applies.
For determining the credit value of publications, the following table has to be used:
SJR -Subject area:
Business,
Management and
Accounting
International
periodical – IN
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
(included in the HAS
GMB list)
Hungarian periodical – IN ANY
LANGUAGE (included in the HAS GMB
list and is rated as at least Category C)
Q1 40 Category A 20
20
Q2 35 Category B 15
Q3 30 Category C 10
Q4 25
Conference
presentation +
publication in
conference
proceedings (in the
training and research
phase only)
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(3) The publication credit requirements for the two phases taken together are as follows:
Participation in two conferences (in the training and research phase only)
Four articles published in periodicals (all journals have to be included in the GMB
list of HAS Section IX), of which
o at least one is published in the training and research phase
o at least one is published in an international periodical (in a foreign
language)
Regarding periodical articles, publications written by no more than 4 authors can
be taken into consideration the credit value of which will be determined as
follows:
o with 2 authors, 80% of the credit value can be awarded (to each author)
o with 3 authors, 60% of the credit value can be awarded (to each author)
o with 4 authors, 40% of the credit value can be awarded (to each author)
One of the papers published in periodicals has to be co-authored by the
supervisor.
All papers published in periodicals may not have several authors.
4.5. Submission of the doctoral dissertation and designation of the dissertation
committee
(1) If the doctoral student fulfilled the requirements laid down in the University Doctoral
Regulation, he/she – with the supervisor's written consent – applies in writing to the Head
of the DSEB for starting the degree acquisition procedure.
(2) The precondition of submitting the doctoral dissertation is the acquisition of a pre-
degree certificate.
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(3) An additional precondition of submitting the doctoral dissertation is that the person
in question should not have a procedure for doctoral degree acquisition pending in the
same discipline or a failed doctoral dissertation defence in the preceding two years. The
student submitting the doctoral dissertation makes a written declaration on the fulfilment
of these additional conditions upon submitting his/her thesis.
(4) The doctoral student has to acquire publication credits before the defence of his/her
thesis - in the absence thereof, no date can be set for thesis defence.
(5) An additional precondition of degree acquisition is that the doctoral student should
have at least two B2 level or equivalent comprehensive foreign language examination
certificates recognised by the state. They have to be proven by relevant documents. One
of the foreign languages must be English. Acceptance of the second foreign language
will be subject to individual judgement.
(6) Part of the doctoral degree acquisition procedure is the defence of the doctoral
dissertation in a public discussion.
(7) Simultaneously with the application for a degree acquisition procedure, a thesis
fulfilling formal requirements has to be submitted in the requested number of copies; in
the case of a dissertation in Hungarian language, the theses of the dissertation (a thesis
booklet) in Hungarian and English, together with annotations on one or two pages in
printed and electronic format must also be submitted. Doctoral students whose mother
tongue is Hungarian may also submit their dissertations in English, in addition to
Hungarian. In this case, the contents of the Hungarian and English versions should be
completely identical.
(8) A doctoral dissertation may not be co-authored.
(9) The doctoral student must make a declaration that he/she authored his/her
dissertation on his/her own without undue assistance and that he/she relied only on the
sources as indicated. He/she must declare that by indicating the sources – including
his/her previous works – he/she clearly marked all parts that were taken over verbatim,
or in an identical sense but rephrased, from other sources.
(10) The dissertation is evaluated by two opponents with academic degrees and
competence in the discipline. They are also members of the dissertation committee. Both
opponents are professionals who do not have an employment relationship with BBS.
(11) The opponents have 60 days to prepare their opinions in writing from sending/receipt
of the dissertation. As the deadline approaches or when it expires, the Secretary of the
DSEB sends a reminder to the opponents. If the opponents fail to send their opinions in
90 days, the Head of the Doctoral School invites substitute opponents approved by the
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Council of the DSEB to evaluate the dissertation. The opponents prepare a written
evaluation about the dissertation and declare whether or not they recommend its
designation for defence before public.
(12) No public discussion has to be conducted if neither opponent considers the
dissertation suitable for acceptance. If the proposal of one of the opponents is negative,
the Council of the DSEB should invite a third opponent.
(13) During the defence, the dissertation is evaluated by a dissertation committee with at
least five members; each of whom holds an academic degree. The chairperson of the
committee may be a university professor, a professor emeritus, a habilitated university
associate professor or a habilitated college professor. Of the committee's members, at
least two persons must be external lecturers or researchers without employment
relationship with BBS. The secretary of the committee may be a lecturer or a researcher
of BBS. One of the opponents has to attend the defence. The Doctoral School also
designates a substitute chairperson and two substitute members. The candidate's
supervisor and consultants may not be members of the committee.
(14) The opponents and the dissertation committee are recommended by the Head of
the DSEB after consultation with the supervisor. The composition and the substitute
members of the committee are approved by the Council of the DSEB.
(15) At the public defence session, the doctoral student verbally presents the main theses
of his/her dissertation and responds to the questions and comments of the opponents,
the dissertation committee and those participating in the public discussion. Finally, the
opponents and the participants in the discussion state whether or not they accept the
author's responses.
(16) Upon closure of the discussion, the committee holds a private meeting where it takes
decision by secret ballot on the acceptance of the dissertation, which is scored by grades
between 1 and 5, the grade average determine the classification of the certificate.
Thereafter the chairperson publicly announces the result.
(17) The doctoral certificate may be qualified as follows:
a) Summa cum Laude (91%-100%)
b) Cum Laude (76%-90%)
c) Rite (60%-75%)
d) Insufficienter (unsuccessful)
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(18) The defence and the decision of the committee are part of the report prepared by
the secretary of the committee. After the defence, the secretary sends the report signed
by the committee members and completed electronically to the Programme Director of
the DSEB.
(19) Following successful defence, the award of the doctoral degree is approved by the
Council of the DSEB based on the recommendation of the dissertation committee,
provided that the doctoral student has fulfilled all the requirements stipulated in the
Doctoral Regulation of Budapest Business School. DSEB makes a proposal to the UDHC
to award the doctoral degree. The UDHC takes decision on the award of the doctoral
degree by voting Yes/No.
5. Financial management of the Doctoral School
(1) The revenues of DSEB come from tuition fees and funding obtained through tenders.
(2) The financial management of the DSEB is governed by the financial management
provisions of BBS.
(3) The Head of the Doctoral School makes proposals with regard to the use of the
revenues of the DSEB.
(4) Doctoral students are required to pay their tuition fees before registration by 15
October for the autumn semester and by 15 March for the spring semester. Authorisation
of instalment payments may be requested from the Head of the Doctoral School. The
provisions of the Requirement System for Students of BBS are applicable to the non-
fulfilment of payment obligations.
6. The alumni policy of the Doctoral School
(1) DSEB maintains an organised and institutional relationship with its former students
who obtained a degree.
(2) The Secretary of the DSEB regularly keeps records of alumni and their careers. The
records include the doctoral graduate’s name and contact details, the title of his/her
thesis, the supervisor’s name and the year of degree acquisition. The records are
accessible to the public and are published on the website of the Doctoral School.
7. The quality management system of the Doctoral School
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(1) The quality management system of the DSEB relies on regulations, principles, methods
and procedures consistent with legislation relevant to higher education and the
requirements established by the Hungarian Accreditation Committee that guarantee the
scientific performance of the doctoral candidates meets the standards laid down in the
relevant documents of the DSEB, which standards are also declared and achieved in other
doctoral schools with similar profiles.
(2) In establishing its quality management system, DSEB takes into consideration the
relevant provisions of Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education; the requirements
laid down in Government Decree 387/2012 (XII.19.)) on Doctoral Schools, the Doctoral
Degree Award Procedure and Habilitation; and the resolutions of the Hungarian
Accreditation Committee on doctoral training. The quality management system of the
Doctoral School is consistent with the quality management system of BBS, which is in
accordance with the current ISO 9001 international standard and the ESG 2015 standards
and guidelines.
(3) Based on the submission of the Programme Director, the Council of the DSEB
establishes the principles and methods of doctoral training and degree acquisition and
approves the Quality Assurance Plan of the DSEB. DSEB publishes its Quality Assurance
Plan and the Organisational and Operational Regulations together with the Doctoral
Regulation on both its own website and the www.doktori.hu website.
(4) The quality assurance system of DBES is designed to enforce the following principles
in support of the implementation of the Quality Management Policy, which principles –
along with quality management requirements and other aspects – form the basis of the
Quality Assurance Plan:
a) Principle of professional control.
b) Principle of benchmarking
c) Principle of observing the requirements of scientific ethics
d) Principle of publicity
e) Principle of feedback
f) Principle of quality focus
g) Principle of the protection of intellectual property
h) Principle of enforcing individual responsibility
i) Principle of process documentation
j) Principle of effectiveness
k) Principle of practical applicability
(5) The Council of the DSEB regularly monitors academic and research activities taking
place in the Doctoral School. In doing so it relies on the opinions of doctoral students
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and persons having graduated in the preceding three years. If necessary, it also invites
external consultants. It evaluates the activities of the Doctoral School annually.
(6) The Council of the DSEB approves and regularly monitors the professional
requirements relevant to the Doctoral School and ensures their enforcement.
(7) Every three years, DSEB conducts a survey among doctoral students about their
perception of the Doctoral School. The satisfaction survey carried out among doctoral
candidates fits in with the student satisfaction survey conducted in the framework of self-
assessment based on the EFQM excellence model. The Head of the DSEB submits the
results to the Council of the DSEB and takes appropriate measures based on its opinion.
(8) Every five years, DSEB performs self-assessment and publishes the results both on its
own website and the www.doktori.hu website.
(9) The requirements of the quality management and related verification and evaluation
systems are included in the Quality Assurance Plan of the DSEB.
8. Conflict of interests; ethical principles
(1) A person with whom the doctoral student published a co-authored study may not be
a member of the dissertation committee and the comprehensive examination board. This
should be verified by the person making a proposal for the composition of the
committees in advance, on the basis of the HSB.
(2) A person from whom no objective assessment of the candidate’s performance can be
expected (he/she is relative of the candidate, or was involved in consultancy tasks or
projects with the candidate or for other reasons) may not be a member of the
comprehensive examination board and the dissertation committee. This conflict of
interest should be verified by the person making a proposal for the composition of the
committees.
(3) Neither the doctoral student nor the supervisor may consult the evaluators about the
document being the subject of the assessment. Doctoral students should not urge the
assessment process or exert pressure on the timely submission of the assessment.
9. Legal remedies
(1) Legal remedy options extend to the doctoral student, the admission procedure and all
aspects of doctoral training and degree acquisition.
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(2) The detailed rules and procedures related to legal remedies are included in Part III
"Requirements for Students" of the Organisational and Operational Regulations of
Budapest Business School.
10. Entry into force of the Organizational and Operational
Regulations
The Senate of BBS approved this Organisational and Operational Regulations on 17
November 2017.
Budapest, 17 November 2017
Council of the Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Prof Dr Miklós Losoncz
Head of the UDHC
Head of the DSEB
Prof Dr Balázs Heidrich Dr Ferenc Dietz
Rector Chancellor
