48 monthsProgramme duration
31 May, 2026Application Deadline
Programme overview
Main Subject
Environmental Sciences
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
The School has been established by unifying three former PhD programs aimed at providing the students with up-to-date knowledge in disciplines such as soil management, crop production, grassland management, seed production, plant genetics, breeding and biotechnology, plant pathology and agricultural entomology, weed control and integrated pest control. Candidates are taught and supervised by internationally renowned professors and researchers mainly from Szent István University as well as from other research institutes that belong to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, respectively. Research facilities required for PhD studies are available from the above-mentioned institutions.
The major PhD Program areas are:
• Plant molecular genetics and gene technology
• Plant cell genetics and tissue culturing
• Molecular markers and molecular plant breeding
• Classical genetics and traditional plant breeding
• Arthropod assemblages and pests and predators of agroecosystems,
• Fungal diseases of crop plants, biology and variability of pathogens, and alternative control
• Theory and practice of weed management
• Physiology and biochemistry of resistance in plants to pathogens
• Microbe antagonists and biological control
• Soil tillage and land use
• Soil compaction and remediation
• Agroecological impacts on yield and quality of field crops
• Grassland and pasture management
• Gene bank and field crop variety research
• Theoretical basis of new technologies in horticultural crop production
The major PhD Program areas are:
• Plant molecular genetics and gene technology
• Plant cell genetics and tissue culturing
• Molecular markers and molecular plant breeding
• Classical genetics and traditional plant breeding
• Arthropod assemblages and pests and predators of agroecosystems,
• Fungal diseases of crop plants, biology and variability of pathogens, and alternative control
• Theory and practice of weed management
• Physiology and biochemistry of resistance in plants to pathogens
• Microbe antagonists and biological control
• Soil tillage and land use
• Soil compaction and remediation
• Agroecological impacts on yield and quality of field crops
• Grassland and pasture management
• Gene bank and field crop variety research
• Theoretical basis of new technologies in horticultural crop production
Programme overview
Main Subject
Environmental Sciences
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
The School has been established by unifying three former PhD programs aimed at providing the students with up-to-date knowledge in disciplines such as soil management, crop production, grassland management, seed production, plant genetics, breeding and biotechnology, plant pathology and agricultural entomology, weed control and integrated pest control. Candidates are taught and supervised by internationally renowned professors and researchers mainly from Szent István University as well as from other research institutes that belong to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, respectively. Research facilities required for PhD studies are available from the above-mentioned institutions.
The major PhD Program areas are:
• Plant molecular genetics and gene technology
• Plant cell genetics and tissue culturing
• Molecular markers and molecular plant breeding
• Classical genetics and traditional plant breeding
• Arthropod assemblages and pests and predators of agroecosystems,
• Fungal diseases of crop plants, biology and variability of pathogens, and alternative control
• Theory and practice of weed management
• Physiology and biochemistry of resistance in plants to pathogens
• Microbe antagonists and biological control
• Soil tillage and land use
• Soil compaction and remediation
• Agroecological impacts on yield and quality of field crops
• Grassland and pasture management
• Gene bank and field crop variety research
• Theoretical basis of new technologies in horticultural crop production
The major PhD Program areas are:
• Plant molecular genetics and gene technology
• Plant cell genetics and tissue culturing
• Molecular markers and molecular plant breeding
• Classical genetics and traditional plant breeding
• Arthropod assemblages and pests and predators of agroecosystems,
• Fungal diseases of crop plants, biology and variability of pathogens, and alternative control
• Theory and practice of weed management
• Physiology and biochemistry of resistance in plants to pathogens
• Microbe antagonists and biological control
• Soil tillage and land use
• Soil compaction and remediation
• Agroecological impacts on yield and quality of field crops
• Grassland and pasture management
• Gene bank and field crop variety research
• Theoretical basis of new technologies in horticultural crop production
Admission Requirements
6+
61+
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:
Communication is the key to educational success and, therefore any foreign or Hungarian PhD student is expected to have proficient written and spoken language skills in English (B2 level of English is required (i.e. TOEFL min. of 500 on PBT, 61 on iBT; a 6.0 on IELTS, EUROEXAM or equivalent accredited language exams, including completion of previous level of studies in English e.g. GCSE or BSc) - Please, note that we do not accept DUOLINGO (DET) test as a proof of English proficiency .), but in a few cases other world languages like French, German, Russian or Spanish can be acknowledged as well.
INTERVIEWS:
International candidates may be requested a formal interview.
Communication is the key to educational success and, therefore any foreign or Hungarian PhD student is expected to have proficient written and spoken language skills in English (B2 level of English is required (i.e. TOEFL min. of 500 on PBT, 61 on iBT; a 6.0 on IELTS, EUROEXAM or equivalent accredited language exams, including completion of previous level of studies in English e.g. GCSE or BSc) - Please, note that we do not accept DUOLINGO (DET) test as a proof of English proficiency .), but in a few cases other world languages like French, German, Russian or Spanish can be acknowledged as well.
INTERVIEWS:
International candidates may be requested a formal interview.
31 May 2026
4 Years
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
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