Dear Visitor,

Welcome on the webpage of the Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business at Budapest Business University. The decision of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee approved of the establishment of our Doctoral School built on the profile of BBU as a university of applied sciences as of 14 December 2018. Education in English will start in September, 2020.

The training program of our Doctoral School invites graduate students primarily with master degree in Business and management, but it is open to applicants with master degree in related social sciences and Business administration as well intending to pursue studies in entrepreneurship and business.

Due to its profile, our Doctoral School tends to fill a gap, since this is the first doctoral program in Hungary whose training and research curricula focuses straightforward on business and management issues of small and medium-sized companies and family businesses. We offer an educational and training program based on applied sciences from which those interested in academic carrier and those associated with every day economic practice, even those having MBA degrees may benefit. Our doctoral school invites both applicants who have just accomplished their MA degree and those who have obtained practical experience for several years.

The guiding principle of the curricula and the teaching materials includes the approach and requirements of applied sciences. Our high-level theoretical teaching program focuses on the foundations of research methodology. The subjects that are in line with the entrepreneurship and business profile of our Doctoral School are based on this theoretical and methodological groundwork.

Our students accomplishing the doctoral program will acquire theoretical, methodological and practical knowledge and skills that allow them to pursue applied research, to analyse entrepreneurial, economic and financial phenomena and processes with a scientific background and to solve problems in the world of science, the real economy and in the public sphere.

With the knowledge and skill obtained, our graduates may become successful as highly skilled and innovative analysts, managers or entrepreneurs. The curriculum and quality management of our doctoral program support our aims namely to help our doctoral students to get their doctoral degrees in the shortest possible time frame (four+ years).

We believe that in the future we can collaborate successfully to achieve the objectives described above.

Please note that our English language doctoral program will start as soon as the Doctoral School gets the approval issued by relevant Hungarian authorities, most probably not before September 2020.

Dr. Miklós Losoncz D.Sc.

Core member

Budapest Business University

Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business

From the very beginning, our goal has been to differentiate ourselves in the sea of Hungarian business doctoral schools. We achieve this by doing what we are good at and aim for the highest level of training: focusing on businesses and their development. Thus, we can say that at all levels of education (from vocational training to the Doctoral School) we lay emphasis on the development of enterprises with a feedback of acknowledged high quality. In addition, the Doctoral School greatly fosters the professional development and advancement of our colleagues.

Prof Dr Balázs Heidrich, Director, Budapest Business University Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business

Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business

Profile

The BBU Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business operates in the field of social sciences, business and organizational discipline, with a special focus on small and medium-sized enterprises. It offers theoretical, practice-oriented training based on applied sciences, from which, in addition to those interested in academic and higher education careers, professionals from the business sector can also benefit. In addition to more experienced applicants, our doctoral school also welcomes applications from newly completed master's students. The guiding thread of the subject themes and curricula is the approach and requirements system of the applied sciences. A key area in our high-level theoretical training is the foundation of research methodology. The course structure corresponding to the business and management profile of the doctoral school is based on this.

Our graduates have theoretical, methodological and practical knowledge, abilities and skills that enable them to conduct applied research, scientifically analyse business, economic and financial problems and processes, and identify and solve problems in the scientific, real economic, financial and public sectors. Our graduates can be successful as highly qualified and innovative professionals, leaders and entrepreneurs. We have designed our training program and quality assurance so that our students can obtain their doctoral degree within the given time frame.

History

The key players in the Hungarian economy are small and medium-sized enterprises. Due to its corporate-business-oriented profile, education related to small and medium-sized enterprises occupies a significant place in the basic and master's programs of BBU as a university of applied sciences and a leading higher education institution in Hungary. In addition to education and talent management, BBU’s management pays particular attention to encouraging scientific research related to small and medium-sized enterprises. In order to promote the strengthening and the spread of the entrepreneurial culture, the University established the BBU Budapest LAB Entrepreneurship Centre in 2017, which contributes to the development of Hungarian SMEs through knowledge sharing.

Milestones

14 December 2018 - The decision of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee in Higher Education approved the establishment of a doctoral school based on the profile of BBU as a university of applied sciences.
23 January 2019 - By its decision, the Office of Education registrated the BBU Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business (DSEB).
September 2019 - Under the leadership of Miklós Losoncz PhD training in Hungarian started, for which 5 students applied in the first year.
September 2020 - PhD training continues in English. Thus, similarly to the BBU undergraduate and graduate levels, the doctoral school also meets the requirements of internationalization. Three Hungarian students applied for the doctoral program in English, and more than 70 foreign students applied for the Hungarian state scholarship program Stipendium Hungaricum and Christian Young People.