Government to significantly increase salaries at state-run universities

The innovation and technology ministry (ITM) submitted on Wednesday a bill to parliament with provisions on an at least 30 percent phased pay rise at state-run universities, the recognition of foreign degrees and a more flexible scheme for PhD training.

The bill sets the legal framework for guaranteeing a 15 percent pay rise this autumn and a further 15 percent hike in January next year, the ministry said in a statement. It contains provisions allowing the recognition of a degree obtained by Hungarians abroad within a period no longer than one month, the ministry said, adding that plans are afoot by the government to scrap any fees attached to the conversion of a foreign degree.

In a bid to

support talented students in high-level postgraduate training programmes,

the bill also sets more flexible conditions for participating in PhD training in the last year of a master’s programme.