The University of Szeged offers full-time doctoral studies in Mathematics in a 2+2 year program.

Applications for the research topics announced by the Doctoral School of Mathematics can be submitted until 15 May (or, in the case of a reserve admission procedure, until 20 August).

The public defense of the Ph.D. thesis

Laurel Rainier Hamm Heck: Vector sum problems in convex and discrete geometry

is announced for Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 2:00 pm. Supervisor: Dr. Gergely Ambrus.

We are pleased to share the success of our former Stipendium Hungaricum PhD student, Sadegh Marzban, who graduated in 2023 in the Doctoral School of Mathematics at the University of Szeged. Sadegh recently published a first-author article in the journal Nature Genetics (impact factor: 29.0):

Modeling the evolutionary dynamics of clonal hematopoiesis

The University of Szeged and the Doctoral School of Mathematics operate an extensive system of excellence scholarships for doctoral students. In the 2025/2026 academic year, the most outstanding students were awarded these grants. Clique to see the winners.

The public defense of the Ph.D. thesis

Evans Kiptoo Korir: Understanding Impact of Social Contact Patterns in Epidemiological Models

is announced for Friday, January 16, 2026, at 1:00 pm. Supervisor: Dr. Zsolt Vizi.

UPDATE: The defense was successful, the award of the PhD degree to Evans was recommended by the Committee. Congratulations!

The public defense of the Ph.D. thesis

Gábor Torma: Arány, arányosság, százalékszámítás: Vizsgálatok a diákok tudásszintjével és stratégiáival kapcsolatban

is announced for Thursday, November 27, 2025, at 15:00. Supervisor(s): Dr. Péter Hajnal and Dr. József Kosztolányi.

UPDATE: The defense was successful, the award of the PhD degree to Gábor was recommended by the Committee. Congratulations!

The public defense of the Ph.D. thesis

Golsa Sayyar: Waning of immunity by pathogen evolution

is announced for Thursday, August 7, 2025, at 2 PM. Supervisor(s): Dr. Gergely Röst and Dr. Ábel Garab.

UPDATE: The defense was successful, the award of the PhD degree to Golsa was recommended by the Committee. Congratulations!

The public defense of the Ph.D. thesis

Máté Szalai: Stochastic modeling of Chlamydia

is announced for Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 11:00 AM. Supervisor: Dr. Péter Kevei.

UPDATE: The defense was successful, the award of the PhD degree to Máté was recommended by the Committee. Congratulations!

The public defense of the Ph.D. thesis

Júlia Kulin: Counting and generating in some classes of lattices

is announced for Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 3:00 PM. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Gábor Czédli and Dr. Kamilla Kátai-Urbán.

UPDATE: The defense was successful, the award of the PhD degree to Júlia was recommended by the Committee. Congratulations!

The public defense of the Ph.D. thesis

Endre Tóth: Solution sets and centralizers

is announced for February 7 (Friday), 2025, 3:00 pm. Supervisor: Dr. Tamás Waldhauser.

UPDATE: The defense was successful, the award of the PhD degree to Endre was recommended by the Committee. Congratulations!