Dear Visitor,

Welcome to the website of Budapest University of Economics and Business’ Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business.

From the very beginning, the Doctoral School’s goal has been to distinguish itself among the many Hungarian doctoral schools of business. At the highest level of education, we achieve this by doing what we know best and what we in fact aim to do: we focus on businesses and their development.

The establishment of our doctoral school was approved by the Hungarian Accreditation Committee on 14th December 2018, and our English-language programme started in September 2020/2021.

Our Doctoral School offers training primarily for master’s degree holders in the field of economics and business, but it is also open to applicants with other master’s degrees who wish to pursue studies in business and management sciences.

Thanks to its profile, our Doctoral School fills a gap in the Hungarian market: it is the first doctoral programme that focuses on business and management related issues of small and medium-sized enterprises in its training and research.

Our Doctoral School offers training based on the University’s tradition of engaging in applied sciences. This approach will benefit not only those interested in an academic career but also those who are closely involved in economic practice, including those with an MBA degree. Our Doctoral School is open to both recent master’s degree graduates and more experienced applicants with practical experience.

The high-level theoretical training offered by our Doctoral School focuses on research methodology. The structure of our Doctoral School’s programme is based on this theoretical and methodological foundation in line with the requirements of entrepreneurial and business studies.

Relying on the knowledge provided by our Doctoral School, our PhD graduates can achieve success as scientifically trained and innovative professionals, educators, researchers, or entrepreneurial leaders. The curriculum and quality assurance of our Doctoral Programme have been designed to enable and encourage our doctoral students to obtain their doctoral degrees in the shortest possible period of time (4+ years).

The success of our Doctoral School’s efforts is confirmed by the fact that the European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management & Business Administration (EDAMBA) accepted our Doctoral School as a member school in 2023 following the successful accreditation of the Doctoral School’s programme.

We remain confident that with your support we will be able to successfully attain the above goals in the future!

Prof. Dr. Balázs Heidrich

Director of Doctoral School

Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business

Profile

The BUEB 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 BUEB as a university of applied sciences and a leading higher education institution in Hungary. In addition to education and talent management, BUEB’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 BUEB 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 BUEB as a university of applied sciences.
23 January 2019 - By its decision, the Office of Education registrated the BUEB 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 BUEB 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.