Submissions are welcome from BA, teacher-training, and MA students
Why is it WORTH applying?
- A TDK (Endorsing Excellence) discussion provides precise feedback on the academic quality of your work and may give you new ideas.
- You can compare your work with others’ achievements—even at a national level: the Humanities OTDK (National Endorsing Excellence) will be held in April 2027 in Eger.
- A paper that places at the OTDK can be accepted as an excellent BA or MA thesis (in the program from which you applied).
- TDK and OTDK activity carries significant weight when evaluating applications for the National Higher Education Scholarship (NFÖ), the New National Excellence Program (ÚNKP), and other scholarships.
- Successful participation in the OTDK is an expectation, and placing earns points in PhD admissions.
Application deadline: Nov. 10, 2026
- Eligibility: the author must be an active BA, teacher-training, or MA student of the Institute.
- Submission: a 10–25-page English-language paper in .pdf format, following the Style Sheet formal requirements; the title page must include the author’s name, email address, and the supervisor’s name. Send submissions to agnes.zsofia.kovacs
- General info: https://www.ieas-szeged.hu/students/tdk/
Oral presentations: Nov. 2026