János Ujvári Diploma Award – Call for Applications for Graduating Students

If you are graduating in the autumn semester of the 2025/26 academic year in a bachelor’s or master’s programme, you can apply for the Ujvári János Diploma Award. The aim of the competition is to explore intellectual property aspects in your thesis or dissertation. This gives you not only extra knowledge, but also valuable experience you can use later on the job market.
You can apply with a thesis or dissertation that includes at least ten pages on the intellectual property aspects of your chosen topic, or with a paper that is entirely focused on a selected question of intellectual property protection.
You can submit your work in four categories:
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Patent/utility model protection
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Trademark and design protection
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Copyright
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The economic role of intellectual property protection
The best submissions will be awarded cash prizes:
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First place: 250,000 HUF
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Second place: 200,000 HUF
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Third place: 150,000 HUF
Deadlines:
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Registration of application intent: 1 December 2025
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Submission of the diploma award paper: 20 March 2026
Further details and the application requirements are available on the website of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, in Hungarian accessible here (in Hungarian).