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The Training and Research phase
During this phase PhD students have to earn credits for accomplishing elective courses, for teaching activity, for research work and for publications. The recommended study plan is depicted by the figure below.

Elective courses
The list of courses in fall 2026 are as follows:
| Course | Code | Lecturer | Credits | Time and location |
| Modeling Seminar for Engineers | VITMD099 | Dr. Babarczi Péter, Dr. Gulyás András | 5 | Thu 12:15-14:00; Thu 14:15-16:00 IE355 |
| Telecommunication Software Engineering | VITTD074 | Dr. Kovács Gábor, Dr. Csöndes Tibor, Dr. Adamis Gusztáv | 5 | I.L.106b, to be arranged with the students |
| Control of Electrical Machines and Drives I. | VIVGD054 | Dr. Veszprémi Károly | 5 | to be arranged with the students |
| Physics and Diagnostics of Insulations | VINFD302 | Dr. Tamus Zoltán Ádám, Dr. Cselkó Richárd | 5 | Thu, Fri 8-10 |
| Electromagnetic Compatibility | VINFD065 | Dr. Kiss István, Dr. Németh Bálint | 5 | Tue, Thu 8-10 |
| High Voltage and High Current Engineering | VINFD062 | Dr. Kiss István, Dr. Göcsei Gábor | 5 | Wed, Fri 8-10 |
| Applications of Hyperbolic Geometry in Networks | VITMD101 | Dr. Gulyás András, Dr. Heszberger Zalán Tamás | 5 | Tue 14:15-16:00; Thu 14:15-16:00 |
| Routing Methods in Networks: From Idea to Publication | VITMDV03 | Dr. Gulyás András, Dr. Heszberger Zalán Tamás | 5 | Tue 12:15-14:00; Thu 12:15-14:00 |
| Queueing Theory II. | VIHID060 | Dr. Telek Miklos | 5 | to be arranged with the students |
| Applied Nanoscience | VIETD081 | Dr. Bonyár Attila | 5 | Mon 10-12 Wed 12-14 |
| Parallel Architectures | VIHID043 | Dr. Németh Gábor | 5 | Thu 08:15-12:00, IE460 |
| Theoretical Background of Cryptocurrencies | VITMDV04 | Dr. Ladóczki Bence | 5 | Tue 10:15-11:45 IE355 Wed 10:15-11:45 IE355 |
| Software Verification and Validation | VIMMD052 | Dr. Majzik István | 5 | Mon 14-16 Wed 14-16 |
| Instrumental Analytics in Electronics Technology | VIETD223 | Dr. Gordon Péter | 5 | to be arranged with the students |
| Application of Numerical Methods in Electronics Technology Process Modeling | VIETD222 | Dr. Illés Balázs | 5 | to be arranged with the students |
| Applied Photonics | VIETD224 | Dr. Hurtony Tamás | 5 | to be arranged with the students |
| Empirical Systems Engineering and Modeling | VIMIDV02 | Dr. Pataricza András, Dr. Kocsis Imre, Földvári András | 5 | online/hybrid |
| Control of Robots, Autonomous Vehicles and Satellites | New course | Dr. Lantos Béla, Dr. Kiss Bálint | 5 | to be arranged with the students |
Teaching activity
The teaching activities of the doctoral students are specified by the department, the supervisor, and the student. Most of the time it consists of conducting laboratories or classroom practices for BSc and MSc courses, supervising project courses of undergraduate students, and helping in the tests and exams of the department.
Research work
Within the research activity, the consultation with the supervisor is recognized with credit points (preparation for and evaluation of the activity there). The majority of research credits recognizes research work but may also include conference/workshop participation, study trips, institute visits, etc.
Publications
All the publication credits can be earned only if the minimal publication requirements of the doctoral programs are met. For the 25 publication credit points earned in the "training and research phase", this means that half of the minimal publication requirements have to be met.
For the individual semesters the requirements are as follows:
- The credits for "Publication 1" can be awarded if the student has any publications already published or at the end of the semester has at least one outline of an international conference or journal paper.
- The credits for "Publication 2" can be awarded if the student has any publications already published or has at least one international conference or journal paper submitted by the end of the semester.
- The credits for "Publication 3" can be awarded if the student has at least one international conference or journal paper published.
- The credits for "Publication 4" can be awarded if the student has at least one international conference or journal paper published, and has at least one paper submitted to a journal indexed by WoS or Scopus. With this, the student has obtained at least half of the minimum publication scores required for the degree.




