Deadline for submitting thesis topic announcement

ELTE ARS

Section 76
(5) The thesis topic must be chosen by the student in accordance with the training programme’s requirements.

Section 77
(1)  Organisationalunits  responsible  for  the  programmes  (institutes,  departments)  must  offer students thesis topics by the beginning of every semester.
(2) The student can consult with one or more supervisors on their thesis. The supervisors can be lecturers and researchers of the University, or scholars not employed by the University.
(2a) In  the  cases  of  teacher  training  programmes  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Nftv.,  topic supervisors may be:a)Full  or  part-time  employees  of the  University,  including  head  teachers  of  practising schools, orb)other professionals with a degree in teaching or psychology working in a field related to public education.
(3)  The  students  choose  the  thesis  topic  from  the  options  offered  by  the  organisational  unit referred to under paragraph (1), or with the approval of their supervisor(s), or if the students have no supervisor(s) yet, with the approval of the Head of the organisational unit responsible for the programme.
(4) Between choosing the thesis topic and final exam perioda) in undergraduate and graduate programmes at least 6 months,b) 340in single-cycle long programmes at least 12 months must pass.
(5)  The  relevant  organisational  unit  can  stipulate  a  longer  time frame  to  accommodate  the thesis’ topic choice. The students must be notified of this in time.
(6) The topic and supervisor of the thesis is approved by the Head or the Appointee of the organisational unit responsible for the programme (Head of the institute, Department Head or Head  of  the  programme),  or  in  the  case  of  the teacher  training  programme  subject  to  the provisions  of  Nftv.,  the Head  of  the  programmeor  someone  designated  by  themwithin  one month, considering approving potential non-disclosure arrangements.
(7) Individual departments can appoint thesis referents whose job is to answer the students’ questions about writing their thesis.
(8) The student can change the topic of the thesis, but between changing the topic and the beginning of the final exam perioda) in undergraduate and graduate programmes at least 4 months,b) 343in single-cycle long programmes at least 8 months must pass. The Head of the programme can extend this period to period defined under paragraph (4).
(9) The University is not obliged to provide a supervisor after the second change of topic, or any after that, orin the case of the termination of the student’s student status
(10)  The  Office  of  Educational  Affairs  must  be  informed  about  the  approved  topic  and  the supervisor.

Section 412
(1) The deadline for announcing the topic of the degree thesis is  -with regard to the exemption set in this section
-a) in the case of Bachelor and specialisationcourses, with the exception of the case specified in paragraph (3)-for the final examination in the second semester 15 October,-for the final examination in the first semester 15 May;
b) in the case of Master's Degree courses, including single-cycle courses, with the exception of the cases specified in points c) and d)-if the final examination is in the second semester, until 15 May of the academic year prior,-if the final examination is in the first semester, until 15 October of the academic year prior.
c) in  the  case  of Intercultural  Psychology  and  Pedagogy  or  Social  Acceptance majors-for the final examination in the second semester 15 October,-for the final examination in the first semester 15 May;
d) in the case of a Psychology Master’s Degree course-in the case of the research part of a thesis written in line with the criteria valid until 2015 or the criteria valid from 2016 onwards, pursuant to the provisions laid out in point b), -in the case of the applied partof a thesis written in line with the criteria valid from  2016  onwards,  in  the  semester  of  the  final  examination,  by  Friday  of  the second week of the study period.
(2) An extended deadline -longer than set in (1) -for taking the role of a Supervisor for a degree thesis is announced by the Office of Educational Affairsafter being notified by the competent educational organisational unit.
(3) In the case of non-teacher degree courses or portfolio-type degree theses -if the curriculum of the particular degree course specifically sets it as a requirement -the student does not  have  to  choose  a  topic  or  ask  for  a  Supervisor.  For  this  reason  there  is  no  need  for announcing the student’s degree thesis topic.
(4)  The  document  submitted  by  the  student  must  involve  the  statement  of  the Supervisor on undertaking the tasks of supervision and the approval of the Head or of his or her proxy of the organisational unit responsible for the degree course.