Our Degree Programmes
- BSc in Horticultural Engineering – full-time and part-time
- MSc in Horticultural Engineering – full-time and part-time
- Postgraduate Specialist Training in Horticultural Engineering
- Postgraduate Specialist Training in Horticultural Expertise
Our Teaching Activity in Other Degree Programmes
- BSc in Agricultural Engineering – full-time and part-time
- BSc in Precision Agricultural Engineering – full-time
- MSc in Agricultural Water Management Engineering – full-time and part-time
- BSc in Agri-Digitalization and Business – full-time
- BSc in Rural Development Agricultural Engineering – full-time and part-time (Debrecen, Oradea, Kisvárda)
- MSc in Plant Protection – full-time
- One-tier MSc in Agricultural Engineering
- Horticultural Specialization within the one-tier MSc in Agricultural Engineering
Adult Education Courses
- Basic Pruning Course
- Advanced Pruning Course
- Seedling Raising Course
- Environmentally Friendly Plant Protection in Home Gardens
- Design and Maintenance of Ornamental Gardens Course
Thesis and Dissertation Topics
Fruit Growing Working Group
- Application possibilities of hormonal and caustic fruit thinning products in intensive apple orchards
- Evaluation of rootstock effects on the growth and fruiting characteristics of scion cultivars
- Performance evaluation of new apple cultivars in intensive orchards
- Effects of different pruning techniques on various apple cultivars
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of biostimulant products in various fruit crops
- Possibilities for improving cultivar use in fruit production
- Comparative analysis of cultivation systems in various fruit species
- Possibilities of cultivating special, niche-expanding fruit species in Hungary
- Investigating growth regulation techniques in fruit tree nursery production
- Comparative study of environmentally friendly (integrated and organic) cultivation and plant protection systems in horticulture
- Relationship between vegetative and generative traits of fruit cultivars and tree health
- Correlation of phytotechnical practices and plant protection in fruit production
- Spatiotemporal analysis of fruit disease outbreaks
- Relationship between yield quantity and quality and plant protection in fruit species
- Spatiotemporal analysis of plant diseases and pests in organic horticultural systems
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of plant protection forecasting methods in horticultural crops
- Assessment of the effectiveness of integrated plant protection techniques in horticultural crops
Vegetable Production Working Group
- Evaluation of economic traits of different sweet potato varieties
- Effects of vermicompost applied in degraded soil conditions in unheated greenhouses on soil and plant health using eggplant as indicator crop
- Effect of different vermicompost doses on quality and quantity parameters of indeterminate tomatoes
- Impact of climate change on open-field cauliflower production
- Investigating options for improving growing media in greenhouse tomato production
- Improving moisture retention of peat-based growing media used in seedling production
Viticulture and Oenology Working Group
- Effect of different grape rootstocks on the scion
- Cultivation and oenological evaluation of disease-resistant grape cultivars
- Genotyping of grape cultivars
- Studies on winemaking technologies
- Cultivation and quality evaluation of table grape cultivars
- Development possibilities of table grape cultivation techniques
- Improvement of Kékfrankos wine quality using phytotechnical practices
- Historical and current relationship between the city of Debrecen and the Érmellék Wine Region
Ornamental Plant Production and Green Space Management Working Group
- Changes in the cultivar range of a given ornamental species over the past decades (breeding methods, criteria, regulations, organizations)
- Woody ornamental plants for cut flowers
- Investigation of summer defoliation in specific tree species and its causes
- Plant protection challenges and possibilities in public spaces
- Protected trees and tree rows in Debrecen (or other municipalities)
- Effects of climate change on species and cultivar selection for urban tree planting and their maintenance (post-planting treatments, use of watering bags)
- Evaluation and use of Heuchera (Coral Bells) cultivars in plantings and green walls
- The importance of biodiversity gardens
- Direct sowing flower beds
- Alternatives to Thuja species
- Edible ornamental plants
- Multi-level flower beds
- Current challenges in ornamental plant usage
- Blade hedges and fence panels
- Assessment of shading capacity
- Flowering dynamics of Hungarian-bred annuals compared with historical data
- Cultivation of domestic and foreign ornamental cultivars with higher tolerance to extreme urban climates using plant conditioners
- Comparison of conventional and in vitro micropropagation technologies for herbaceous ornamental plants
- Effects of photoperiod and light intensity on propagation and cultivation of ornamental plants
- Evaluation of different growing media mixtures for propagation and potted/containerized cultivation of ornamental crops
- Evaluation of growth regulation techniques in annual ornamental plant production
- Applicability of different hydroponic cultivation systems in ornamental plant production
- Evaluation and application of ornamental grasses for assortment diversification
- Current state of ornamental plant production and trade globally, in the EU, and in Hungary
- Economic evaluation of a selected horticultural enterprise and its ornamental plant production activities
- Changes in sales methods of ornamental plants over the past decades
Horticultural Economics Working Group
- Economic analysis and planning of agricultural enterprises
- Value chain analysis of agricultural sectors
- Economically oriented evaluation of horticultural sectors
- Business planning for horticultural enterprises
- Profitability analysis of agricultural and food industry investments
- Farm-level economic evaluation of processed fruit and vegetable products
- Market analysis of fruit and vegetable supply chains
- Economic evaluation at the operational level of fruit and vegetable processing companies
- Production background of raw materials used in processed fruit and vegetable products
- Farm-level economic analysis of fruit production sectors within agricultural enterprises
Last update:
2025. 08. 01. 11:53