Overview

The academic background of the History programme offered by Eötvös Loránd University is provided by the Department of Ancient History. The research profile of the programme and of the department is focused on epigraphical sources that facilitate research in various fields of social, military, economic, and religious history. The academic staff places a special emphasis on social history, where a number of topics can be best investigated through the increasing corpus of inscriptions. Organizations above the level of poleis (i.e. confederacies and federal states) form an individual course of research. Greek and Latin epigraphy and ancient historiography are further fields of academic interest in the research centre.

The Doctoral School of History offers doctoral studies for internationals in the following fields:

Ancient History Doctoral Programme

Archaeology Doctoral Programme

Assyriology and Hebrew-Judaic Studies Doctoral Programme

Atelier- Interdisciplinary History Doctoral Programme

Auxiliary Sciences of History Doctoral Programme

Cultural History Doctoral Programme

Early Modern Hungarian History Doctoral Programme

East-, East Central Europe and Russian Studies Doctoral Programme

Economic and Social History Doctoral Programme

Egyptology Doctoral Programme

European Ethnology Doctoral Programme

Medieval and Early Modern World History Doctoral Programme

Medieval Hungarian History Doctoral Programme

Modern and Contemporary World History Doctoral Programme

Modern Hungarian History Doctoral Programme

Career opportunities

According to the latest entrance exam statistics the Faculty of Humanities is home of the best and most gifted students nationwide. With nearly 8,000 students, the Faculty has been a stronghold of scientific knowledge all over Hungary. Employers inside and outside Hungary are aware that a graduate from ELTE BTK will be of an extremely high standard. Coming to our faculty will increase your career prospects by the time you earn your degree.

Job examples

Research Institutes, Universities, Museums, Diplomacy, Press and Media

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Ancient History

Archaeology

Cultural History

Economic and Social History

Medieval and Early Modern World History

Modern and Contemporary World History

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-08 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Budapest, Hungary

Disciplines

History View 3 other PhDs in History in Hungary

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Master's diploma with qualification (minimum with 'good' qualification)

Minimum level of language proficiency (oral): (B2)

Minimum level of language proficiency (written): (B2)

Online application form

Master-level degree

Cv

Research work plan

Letter of recommendation

Language certificate

Other Letter of acceptance from the future supervisor

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

5200 EUR / year

≈ 5200 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

730 EUR / year

≈ 730 EUR / year

Living costs

Budapest

Hungary

172338 - 268251 HUF / month

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Academic requirements

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