02.06.2017.
Network mobility
Tempus Public Foundation announces the invitation for students of ELTE to submit applications within CEEPUS networks for the Academic Year 2026/2027.

CEEPUS Member Countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, North Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Poland, Prishtina/Kosovo, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

Submission deadlines for CEEPUS network mobility applications:

  • network mobility for the winter/first semester: 1st of June

  • network mobility for the summer/second semester: 1st of November

Contacts:

  • Should you have any technical questions regarding your application, please contact Tempus Public Foundation/Hungarian National CEEPUS Office at the following e-mail address: ceepus@tpf.hu

  • With specific questions regarding Eötvös Loránd University, please contact Ms Orsolya Pósch (institutional CEEPUS coordinator) and Mr Benjámin Virágh at ceepus@elte.hu.

  • Educational issues are to be discussed with the Faculty and Network/Academic Coordinators. Contacts are also available here.

I. Eligibility

A) General Conditions

Students of ELTE can apply.

Further conditions:

  • To be a citizen of a CEEPUS member state (or of an EU/EWR state respectively). Students who do not have the citizenship of a CEEPUS member state need to upload an „equal status document" that proves their status at the home institution (e.g. Certificate of Enrolment in English).

  • For students, to have 2 completed semesters until the mobility period, and active student status at the home university during the mobility period

  • It is not allowed to submit an application to the country of citizenship and to the country of residence.

  • It is not allowed to receive a second mobility scholarship from other sources, to cover costs for the same mobility activity, destination and time period (avoiding double financing), therefore:

Students studying in Hungary in the framework of Stipendium Hungaricum programme are:

  • eligible to apply for

    • Short term student mobility (ST) for a maximum of 30 days

    • Short term excursion (STE) for a maximum of 30 days

  • not eligible to apply for

    • Student mobility (S)

    • Short term student mobility (ST) longer than 30 days

based on the operational regulations (version 25.07.2023) of the Stipendium Hungaricum Programme.

B) Conditions of each mobility types

  • Student mobility (S):

    • Eligible applicants: Bachelor, Master and PhD students

    • Length of mobility: 1 semester or trimester, 3-5 months (Minimum duration of mobility period: full months +16 days for the last month)

    • Activity during the mobility period: attending lectures and seminars, obtaining credits is obligatory, which can be supplemented with an internship. The proposed activities should be described in the ’Motivation’ part of the application.

    • Learning Agreement is highly recommended

    • Student mobilities can be submitted in a network or as Freemover applications.

  • Short term student mobility (ST):

    • Eligible applicants: Bachelor, Master students who are currently working on their thesis and PhD students

    • Length of mobility: 1-2 months (min. 21 days)

    • Activity during the mobility period: obligatory research activity, consultation, laboratory project relating to the thesis/dissertation. The proposed activities should be described in the „Motivation” part of the application.

    • Student mobilities can be submitted in a network or as Freemover applications.

  • Short term excursion (STE):

    • Eligible applicants: Bachelor, Master and PhD students

    • Length of mobility: 3-5 days

    • Activity during the mobility period: participating in an excursion organised by the host institutions’ coordinator.

    • Short term excursion applications can only be submitted within a CEEPUS network.

II. Scholarship rates

As the CEEPUS scholarship is awarded and paid by the host country, the amount is different in every country. The same scholarship amounts apply to both Network and Freemover mobilities. You can view the current scholarship rates for the CEEPUS countries here, at the National CEEPUS Offices.

If a grant holder does not stay in the host country for the full length of the period specified in his/her award, he/she may be required to pay back the amount of the scholarship. Months cannot be split.

Scholarship rates per country are available here. (Please note that some countries have not yet updated their scholarship rates for the 2026/27 academic year, therefore please follow the central website for updated information.)

Attention! For ELTE students who have been awarded a CEEPUS scholarship, additional financial support is available in addition to the basic CEEPUS scholarship provided by the host country. Fore more information on the additional financial support available and the current call for applications, please visit our website here.

III. ELTE CEEPUS Networks 2026/27

For the academic year 2026/27 you can apply to the following networks at ELTE. For more information, e.g. the description of the network, participating universities, contacts, please visit the official website of CEEPUS (By University, choosing the academic year, country and institution).

A) Accepted networks:

  • AT-0037-22-2627-Slavic Philology and Its Cultural Contexts
  • CZ-0029-22-2627-European history, politics, culture and memory
  • CZ-0604-16-2627 - Korea and Koreans in the Focus of Central and Eastern European Research Universities: Cooperation in Education, Scholarship and Knowledge Production
  • HU-0019-22-2627-International Cooperation in Computer Science
    • ELTE network/academic coordinator: Zoltán HORVÁTH PhD (hz@inf.elte.hu), ELTE Faculty of Informatics
    • administrative contact: Anikó CSIZMAZIA (csaniko@inf.elte.hu)
  • HU-1804-04-2627-Hungarian Studies and Central European Cultural Transfer
  • HU-2008-02-2627-CEEDev – Development Studies in Central/Eastern Europe
    • ​​​​​​​ELTE network/academic coordinator: Béla SOLTÉSZ PhD (bela.soltesz@tatk.elte.hu), ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Political and International Studies
    • administrative contacts: Fanni MAGÁT, Laura UJVÁRI (erasmus@tatk.elte.hu)
  • HU-2009-02-2627-Civil Society, Human Rights, and Regime Change in Central and Eastern Europe
  • MK-1409-08-2627-Central European Social Policy and Social Work Network (CESPASWON)
  • MK-1906-03-2627-Macedonian Studies in Central European, Slavic and Balkan context
    • ​​​​​​​ELTE network/academic coordinator: Előd DUDÁS PhD (dudas.elod@btk.elte.hu), ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Slavic and Baltic Philology
    • administrative contact: Sándor BALACI (mobility@btk.elte.hu)
  • PL-0012-22-2627-Language and Literature in a Central European context
  • PL-1604-06-2627-Border and Regional Studies Network
  • PL-2014-02-2627-MOST: Mainstreaming Qualitative Research in Central and Eastern European Social Sciences
  • RO-0814-14-2627-Red de Hispanistat de Europa Central
  • RS-0038-22-2627-Earth-Science Studies in Central and South-Eastern Europe (acronym: EURO Geo-Sci)
  • SI-1515-07-2627-Women Writers in History

B) Umbrella network: Students can apply for the spring semester.

  • AT-0103-21-2627-Cognitive Science, Knowledge Studies, and Knowledge Technologies
  • AT-0503-16-2627-Inter-American Studies
  • HU-1201-10-2627-German as a Foreign Language in Central and Eastern Europe: New Perspectives of Teacher Training
  • HU-1903-03-2627-Applied Linguistics in Central Europe
    • ​​​​​​​ELTE network/academic coordinator: Judit BÓNA PhD (bona.judit@btk.elte.hu), ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies
    • administrative contact: László PALÁGYI (palagyi.laszlo@btk.elte.hu)
  • MK-1807-04-2627-Modern Antiquity: Network for Classical Studies
  • PL-1411-08-2627-Music without borders

Network/Academic Coordinators for the Academic Year 2025/26, 2026/27.

IV. Application process

Submission deadlines for CEEPUS network mobility applications:

  • network mobility for the winter/first semester: 1st of June
  • network mobility for the summer/second semester: 1st of November

Applications can be submitted online, on the website of the Central CEEPUS Office (www.ceepus.info). Follow the step-by-step guide for the online application process:

1) Registration: www.ceepus.info / Sign in / Click here to register / fill in the registration form / click on the link received via email

ATTENTION! You have to register only once! In case you submit further applications, please use the same login.

2) Filling in the application form: www.ceepus.info login/ Mobility Desktop / Your mobility application / Academic year (dropdown menu) /Action / choosing option (yes → network mobility; no → Freemover mobility) / filling in the online application form

3) Uploading documents (pdf, jpg):

  • being a citizen of a CEEPUS member country: no documents required

  • Not being a citizen of a CEEPUS member country: Equal Status document (e.g. Certificate of Enrolment in English/ first page of work contract in English)

4) Finalizing application: click on ’check & submit’

Online support: in case of technical problems, you can contact the www.ceepus.info website’s IT support by clicking on the green support button in the site’s upper right corner. This is an online chat helpdesk service in English and German.

You can follow the stages of your application:

  • Status: submitted / waiting for the nomination from the home PPU: the application has been finalized and submitted and it is waiting for the home institution’s coordinator to nominate it towards the home National CEEPUS Office

  • Status: waiting for the nomination from the home NCO: the application is waiting for the home National CEEPUS Office to nominate it towards the host institution’s coordinator

  • Status: waiting for the nomination from the host institution/PPU: the application is waiting for the host institution’s coordinator to nominate it towards the host National CEEPUS Office

  • Status: waiting for the award from the host NCO: the application is waiting for the host National CEEPUS Office to award or reject it

  • Status: awarded by host NCO/ rejected by host NCO: the host National CEEPUS Office’s answer to the application

  • Status: accepted by applicant: in the case of awarded application, the applicant has confirmed that s/he has accepted the scholarship

  • Status: postponed by the NCO: if the unstarted mobility needs to be postponed due to the epidemic situation, this should be agreed with the host institution and asked from the host NCO

  • Status: interrupted by the NCO: if the started mobility needs to be interrupted due to the epidemic situation, this should be agreed with the host institution and asked from the host NCO

V. Final results

In CEEPUS, the final results of the applications are given by the host National CEEPUS Office. In the meantime, you can check the status of your application on www.ceepus.info. First, you will receive an automatic email from www.ceepus.info about the application being awarded (Status: Awarded by host NCO) or rejected (Status: Rejected by host NCO), then your Letter of Award will be issued and sent to you with an information package from the host National CEEPUS Office.

You can expect the result for your application usually 30-45 days after the submission deadline.

If your application has been awarded, you have to send feedback to the host National CEEPUS Office that you still intend to have your mobility by accepting it in the online system. In the case of Freemover applications some of the National Offices also require the Letter of Acceptance signed and sent back via post.

Sending feedback about accepting the scholarship online: www.ceepus.info login / Mobility Desktop / Manage your mobility applications / Academic year (dropdown menu) / opening the awarded application / clicking on Accept.

Now the Status is Accepted by applicant.

The next step is to follow the instructions you receive from the host National CEEPUS Office.