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A doktori képzés nemzetközi és hazai átalakulása
The International and Domestic Transformation of Doctoral Education

Author(s): Gabriella Pusztai, Judit Fináncz, Dorina Anna Tóth
Subject(s): Higher Education
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: doctoral education; expansion; structural change

Summary/Abstract: There has been a significant international reorganization in the field of doctoral training since the 2000s. After the change of regime, Hungary opted for a program model that created a more stable training environment, but global challenges (e.g. long training time, student status) also affect doctoral training in Hungary. These problems led to a structural change in doctoral training in 2016. In our study, we review international and domestic changes in education, and provide an overview of domestic enrollment data, for which we analyze the headcount data and databases of the Central Statistical Office, the National Doctoral Council, the Graduate Career Tracking System (N = 509) and Persist (N = 1020). In our results, we present an expanding, but highly divided doctoral student society. An important finding of our study is that the attractiveness of doctoral training can be increased by the positive experience gained at previous levels of higher education.

  • Issue Year: 31/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-103
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Hungarian