on behalf of myself and the community of the Doctoral School of Experimental and Preventive Medicine, I would like to warmly welcome the interested readers!
Our doctoral school was established in 2025 as a result of the merger of two PhD programs with a long history: the Doctoral School of Theoretical Medical Sciences and the Doctoral School of Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences. The name of the Doctoral School created by the merger reflects the fields of science in which education takes place and the topics that are advertised: we primarily train students who plan to pursue their doctoral studies and research work in experimental medicine and certain specialized clinical fields, such as gastroenterology, as well as young colleagues who wish to acquire new knowledge in the increasingly important fields of public health and health sciences and contribute to the advancement of the field with their own research results.
The supervisors at our doctoral school are senior staff members of the University of Szeged and the HUN-REN Szeged Biological Research Center and HCEMM, which work in strategic educational cooperation with the university: PhD students joining our school can carry out their own research work by participating in the high-level work in these institutions and obtain the results necessary for compiling their dissertations. The training portfolio of the Doctoral School was developed primarily by our core members with extensive teaching and research experience. By attending and processing specialized course materials for each subprogram, students can acquire the basic knowledge necessary to pursue their own narrower field of study.
Our Doctoral School is proud that the teaching and research work carried out within its framework is based on 100 years of tradition in biomedical research at the University of Szeged, the high standard of which is demonstrated by our two Nobel Prize-winning scientists, Albert Szent-Györgyi and Katalin Karikó, as well as numerous other scientists who have achieved world-class results, such as Ilona Banga and Miklós Jancsó. In educating the next generation of researchers and guiding their research work, the instructors and supervisors of our Doctoral School follow the example of these renowned predecessors: by passing on our knowledge and experience, we contribute to the scientific achievements of the University of Szeged and Hungary by training professionals in the fields of medical biology, public health, and health sciences.
Prof. Dr. Márta Széll
head of Doctoral School of Experimental and Preventive Medicine
