Check the academic calendar to see the semesters, breaks and examination period.

For administrative deadlines, please visit the Neptun system.

For faculty-specific information, please also check all emails you receive from your Faculty International Coordinator who sends you the schedule about the orientation events and administrative to-do's before and after your arrival.

While you are here at ELTE and before you arrive to Hungary, you can turn with your questions and issues to the international office of your faculty. At every faculty you can also find a Stipendium Hungaricum Coordinator who will help you during your time at our university.

Before you arrive, your Faculty International Coordinator sends you all information you need about the enrolment or registration as well as orientation events at the faculty (with links, schedule, date, etc.)

An English-speaking local student mentor (a member of the student organisations ESN ELTE or Stipendium Hungaricum Mentor Network (SHMN) will help you find your way at ELTE and in Budapest. Your local student mentor is available for you throughout the whole period of your stay at ELTE and also prior to your arrival. Contact ESN ELTE or SHMN and ask for a mentor before your arrival.

Read details about the visa / residence permit here.

Citizens of the states of the European Economic Area (EEA) are entitled to enter the territory of the Hungarian Republic in possession of a valid identity card or passport and may stay, for up to 90 days, without any special authorisation.

If your stay is going to exceed 90 days, you have to apply for a Registration Certificate during the first 90 days on the Enter Hungary website of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing.

If you are a student from a non-EEA country, you need to obtain a residence permit for the purpose of study. First you need to check if you need a visa to enter Hungary or you are coming from a visa-waiver country.

If you need a visa to enter Hungary, you have to submit the residence permit application form at the Hungarian Consulate or at other locations authorised to issue residence or nationality permits. You are strongly advised to apply for the residence permit for the purpose of study in your home country as soon as you receive the Letter of Acceptance, but at least one month before arriving in Hungary. With this procedure, you are also applying for the residence permit visa (D-visa) which allows you to enter Hungary only once and stay for 30 days before receiving your residence permit.

If you come from a visa-waiver country, you may arrive in Hungary and stay here legally for 90 days. After your arrival, you have to apply online for a residence permit for the purpose of study on the Enter Hungary website of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing.

Neptun is the electronic registry system at ELTE where you can register for your lectures and exams, follow the results of your courses and financial matters, and communicate with your fellows and professors via Neptun.

Most new incoming international students receive their Neptun ID (also called "Neptun code") via email from their International Faculty Coordinators already before arrival. After you have the Neptun ID, you can create a password electronically here.

Please check the "Help" menu and get familiar with Neptun system.

Enrol if you come to study on a degree programme with the intent to earn a degree from ELTE.

Register if you come to study at ELTE as a non-degree-seeking, exchange student.

Enrolment: If you are a new degree-seeking student, your student status will be established by enrolment, which is therefore a compulsory procedure consisting of two parts: an electronic and a personal administration section. If the personal data given during the enrolment procedure are correct and you have received your Neptun ID (also called "Neptun code”) in advance, you can start the electronic part before leaving your home country. Check the list of documents you have to bring with you for the procedure (originals are needed!). If you have any questions, please contact your Faculty Coordinator.

Registration: If you are an exchange student (e.g., Erasmus student, CEEPUS student) at ELTE, please ask your Faculty International Coordinator to help you with the registration process. It is important that you register so that your Faculty Coordinator can arrange your official student status in the “Neptun” online registry system at ELTE before your arrival.

Arrange travel and health insurance for yourself for your travel and for the period until you can arrange and receive your insurance at ELTE in September.

If you are an EEA student, it is advisable to also apply for a European Health Insurance Card from your health insurance institution in your homeland before you leave from home.

If you are a non-EEA student (coming from outside of the European Economic Area), you should consider which option suits you and your circumstances best and what you are entitled to have. After your enrolment, you can choose to purchase a fee-for-service health insurance at the Quaestura Office of Student Services.

Read details about health insurance available during your studies here.

Note that Stipendium Hungaricum (SH) students and Scholarship Programme for Christian Young People (SCYP) students will be eligible for private and state-funded health insurance after they are enrolled and have all the necessary documents. 

Please arrange your journey to Budapest, Hungary so that you arrive before the academic year starts (preferably, before the Orientation Week).
First day of tuition: 9 September 2024

As an international student, you can apply for a place at one of the ELTE dormitories available for international students. Alternatively, you can ask the Housing Office for help in finding an apartment in the private market through the qualified real estate agency partners of ELTE.

ELTE offers Hungarian language courses for international students in the summer and also during the semester. Check out the ELTE Summer University of Hungarian Language and Culture and the courses offered during the semester if you would like to learn Hungarian.

Stipendium Hungaricum (SH) Scholarship Programme: Scholarship holders are required to attend a Hungarian as a foreign language and culture course (MID course) at ELTE in the first year of their studies in the SH Programme.

Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship Programme: Those students enrolling for a study programme in Hungarian who do no have an at least intermediate (B2) level knowledge of Hungarian are required to complete an obligatory one-year preparatory Hungarian language course before they start their studies in Hungarian. Those students who attend study programmes conducted in English or any other foreign languages are required to attend a Hungarian as a foreign language and culture course offered by at ELTE, during their whole study period covered by the scholarship.

We strongly advise you to attend the Orientation Week organized for international students at ELTE. Make sure that you arrive before the Orientation Week.

As the number of the seats is limited, registration is needed for the Welcome Ceremony.

Please also check the faculty-specific programmes here (e.g., Faculty Welcome, campus tours, programme-specific events).

We recommend that you follow us on our English-language social media channels.

https://www.tiktok.com/@elteinternational

Check all of your tasks at apply.elte.hu and get ready to travel to Hungary and start your studies at ELTE.

As a student at ELTE, you need to know all your rights and obligations. Please read the academic regulations at ELTE carefully and make yourself familiar with your rights and obligations.

Also, if you are a scholarship holder, please read all additional information that is relevant to your scholarship.

As a Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship holder, you need to know the special regulations that apply for Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship holders. Be aware that the programme’s rules might be stricter in some instances than the general university rules. Being a scholarship holder means additional obligations and special rules might apply. Please read carefully all related documents and information.

As a SCYP scholarship holder, you need to know the special regulations that apply for the scholarship holders. Be aware that the program’s rules might be stricter in some instances than the general university rules. Being a scholarship holder means additional obligations and special rules might apply, please read carefully all related documents and information.

As a Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship holder, you need to know the special regulations that apply for the scholarship holders. Be aware that the program’s rules might be stricter in some instances than the general university rules. Being a scholarship holder means additional obligations and special rules might apply, please read carefully all related documents and information.