For habilitation candidates

Habilitation 

Habilitation is a higher education qualification following a doctoral degree (PhD/DLA) that certifies the candidate’s independent, high-level scientific work and university teaching activities. 

The habilitated doctoral title can be obtained as a result of a habilitation procedure conducted on the basis of an application. During the habilitation, the applicant demonstrates the significance of their research results, publication and creative achievements, as well as their lecturing and teaching competencies before the professional community. 

Upon successful completion of the habilitation procedure, the University issues a habilitation certificate (decretum habilitationis). 

Prerequisites for habilitation 

Anyone who meets the following conditions may request the initiation of the habilitation procedure:  

1. holds a doctoral degree and has been engaged in high-level, independent scientific or artistic creative activity for at least five years since obtaining the degree;  

2. has performed teaching duties at a domestic or foreign higher education institution for at least eight semesters;  

3. in the case of habilitation through scientific work, has been engaged in regular, high-level scholarly activity, as evidenced by articles published in prestigious international, peer-reviewed journals recognized as authoritative in the field and references appearing in the same places, as verified by the Database; in addition, regularly participates in international and domestic scientific events with lectures and presentations of his or her results; 

The title of habilitated doctor can be obtained in the scientific field corresponding to the applicant’s doctoral degree. The habilitation procedure may be initiated in a scientific field other than that of the applicant’s doctoral degree if the applicant’s activities since obtaining the scientific degree justify this. University degrees and doctoral degrees obtained abroad must be recognized in accordance with the relevant legislation before the habilitation procedure can be initiated. 

The Doctoral School of Materials Science and Technology is authorized to conduct habilitation procedures in the field of materials science and technology in the field of technical sciences. 

Minimum requirements for habilitation 

The minimum requirements for initiating the habilitation process vary by field of science and discipline. The minimum requirements are determined by the university in relation to scientific and professional creative, educational and professional public activities, as described in Appendix H2 of the University Doctoral and Habilitation Regulations. 

Obuda University Doctoral and Habilitation Regulations 

In the field of engineering sciences, materials sciences and technologies, the minimum requirements are as follows (excerpt from Annex H2 of the EDHSZ): 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE ACTIVITY (IN THE FIELD OF ENGINEERING, EXCEPT FOR MILITARY ENGINEERING)  

1. has 20 published scientific publications according to MTMT, of which at least 12 are in a foreign language;  

2. has 8 journal articles listed in Web of Science, Scopus, or other recognized subject-specific databases;  

3. has 5 articles published in journals with an impact factor in the field of materials science;  

4. your articles include single-author and multi-author articles; if there are more than four co-authors, please state your own contribution;  

5. you have 10 scientific publications in the MTMT database that were published after obtaining your doctoral (PhD) degree;  

6. has 20 independent MTMT references, including Web of Science or Scopus references. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING ACTIVITIES  

The condition for initiating the habilitation procedure is that the applicant’s teaching-related activities meet the following minimum requirements:  

1. At least 5 semesters of higher education teaching activities included in the curriculum and actually taught. 

2. The applicant’s ability to develop teaching materials may be demonstrated by textbooks, lecture notes, teaching aids or specialist books written by the applicant. In the absence of these, a detailed outline of the syllabus, curriculum and at least one lecture for a course to be announced at a later date is required. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC ACTIVITIES  

A prerequisite for initiating the habilitation procedure is that the applicant can demonstrate appropriate results in at least 5 of the following areas: 

1. participation in the process of academic qualification (PhD, DLA, university habilitation, MTA doctoral proceedings as an opponent or committee member),  

2. membership in domestic and international scientific or artistic professional committees, societies, and bodies;  

3. officer of domestic and international scientific or artistic professional committees, societies, bodies;  

4. documented participation in scientific organizations in the field, connections with related professions; 

5. delegated or elected officer or member of national bodies (MAB, FTT, OTKA, MTA, MRK, MMA professional committee, etc.);  

6. participation in the program committee or organizing committee of congresses and conferences, chairing conferences or sections, giving plenary/opening/keynote speeches upon request;  

7. member of the editorial board of journals and series;  

8. participation in committees evaluating applications (assessment), proofreading books and journals,  

9. professional awards and prizes. 

Main steps of the habilitation process 

The details of the habilitation process are set out in Chapter V of the University’s Doctoral and Habilitation Regulations. The main steps of the procedure are as follows: 

• Initiation of the habilitation procedure, submission of habilitation documents; 

• Appointment of the Habitus Examination and Professional Review Committee; 

• Habitus examination, preparation of opponent opinions; 

• Holding scientific and classroom habilitation lectures, followed by a public debate and vote; 

• Preparation of the proposal of the Professional Review Committee; 

• Awarding the habilitated doctoral title, which is the prerogative of the University Doctoral and Habilitation Council. 

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The EDHSZ is available at the following interface: 

Obuda University Doctoral and Habilitation Regulations 

Elements of the habilitation application 

Documents to be submitted as part of the habilitation application, in accordance with Chapter V of the EDHSZ: 

1. completed application form (according to Appendix H1);  

2. copy of university (MSc/MA) diploma (with presentation of the original),  

3. copy of doctoral (PhD/DLA) diploma (with presentation of the original);  

4. copies of documents certifying language proficiency (with presentation of the originals);  

5. official certificate of good conduct (foreign applicants may certify their clean criminal record with an official certificate); if the applicant is employed by the University, they do not need to attach an official certificate of good conduct to their application;  

6. detailed academic or creative CV and list of publications; 

7. additional documents proving the applicant’s professional or scientific activities and contributions to the literature;  

8. a summary of the results of the applicant’s academic or creative work in the form of theses and 10 separate copies of the publications considered most important by the applicant to support this summary;  

9. documents demonstrating the applicant’s ability to develop teaching materials; 

10. an application for a foreign-language procedure, if required;  

11. three proposals for the topic of a classroom lecture to be held during the public phase of the habilitation procedure in the field of science specified in the application;  

12. a statement that the applicant is not currently undergoing a habilitation procedure and that their habilitation application in the same discipline has not been rejected within the last two years;  

13. the topic of the habilitation lecture (scientific colloquium), a thesis booklet summarizing new scientific results  

14. document confirming payment of the procedural fee. 

   Application for habilitation 

   Structure of habilitation thesis