FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS

The Doctoral Regulations of Eötvös Loránd University

ANNEX 6/3 Faculty Doctoral Regulations of the Faculty of Informatics

Section 13 

(1) The list of languages needed for the research of the given academic field shall be determined by the operational regulations of the doctoral school.

(2) Obtainment of the doctoral degree requires at least an intermediate (B2) level complex state language exam certificate or an equivalent certificate for the English language. The applicants' proficiency in the languages required for the given academic field and the programme, as well as the document certifying their proficiency of the languages, shall be examined and verified by the admission boards. Admission is conditional on the presentation of at least an intermediate (B2) level complex state language exam certificate or an equivalent document. International applicants’ proficiency in the languages required for the given academic field shall be examined and verified by the admission boards within the framework of an entrance exam.

(5) The doctoral procedure may be initiated in English with permission from the IDT.

PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS

The Doctoral Regulations of Eötvös Loránd University

ANNEX 6/3 Faculty Doctoral Regulations of the Faculty of Informatics

Section 17

(1) The publications shall not have first author criteria.

(2) Apart from the publishers on the impact factor list, the following publishers may be accepted, as a reference list:
a) journals referenced by Computing Reviews,
b) journals referenced by Mathematical Reviews (MR),
c) journals referenced by Zentralblatt für Mathematik,
d) journals referenced by Compuscience (CS),
e) journals referenced by Referativnij Zsurnal,
f) journals ranked SCImago D1, Q1, Q2, Q3,
g) full-length conference proceedings ranked CORE A*, A, or B,
h) full-length conference proceedings published in volumes published by Springer, Elsevier, IEEE, and ACM,
i) publications referenced by Scopus, Science Direct, Web of Science,
j) all series referenced, for example Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), etc,
k) all journals which feature articles selected by editors,
l) publications of all conferences featuring lectures selected by editors,

(3) In the cases of publications listed in points k)-l), the IDT shall decide whether it accepts the selected publications on a case-by-case basis.

(4) The provisions laid out above shall also apply to journals and conference publications available solely in electronic form.