Doctoral schools

Last modified: 24. October 2022

The Institute conducts doctoral (PhD) training related to its research activity in the framework of three doctoral schools.

The main research fields of the Doctoral School of Animal Biotechnology and Animal Science are the animal breeding and improvement aspects of animal production; the development of animal breeding technologies, with special regard to animal protection and welfare; the preservation of the genetic bases of farm and other animal species; the use of up-to-date biotechnical and biotechnological methods in animal breeding; feed toxicological issues arising in animal production; the use of modern reproductive methods in farm animals and farmed fish species; biological and ecological issues in wildlife management.

The main research fields of the Doctoral School of Animal Science include, within the broader field of animal breeding, the study of the management, nutritional, physiological and genetic characteristics of farm animals, the development and application of biotechnological and biotechnical methods, the quality and safety of foods and products of animal origin, big game husbandry, ethology, ecological systems, and the use of noninvasive imaging modalities in animal science.

The Festetics Doctoral School has a multidisciplinary range, as it conducts doctoral training in three branches of science (animal breeding science, environmental science, crop cultivation and horticultural science). So far more than 200 students have earned their doctoral (PhD) degrees in the field of animal science in the Doctoral Schools, and currently more than eighty active students attend the doctoral training courses.

The training programme of the doctoral schools includes the so-called synthesising subjects providing a comprehensive and up-to-date approach and the important elements of the research ‘toolbox’. The students attending the courses of the doctoral schools join in substantive research projects, thus improving the research performance of the institution and the efficient and high-standard utilisation of the research infrastructure. The best students can even be given teaching tasks, which is useful for the development of their personality and professional perspective and also aids the teaching activity of the university.