To apply as an international student, choose your application route and apply online on the dedicated platform as per below.
Self-funded international applicants
September 2026
Our application platform is open for applications for Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes.
We have simplified the schedule of our written and oral entrance examinations.
The table below will help you manage your application and admissions process. It shows you how to time your written entrance exam, if your chosen programme requires one, or the uploading of your exemption documents to DreamApply. This will ensure that you can be invited for the earliest available oral examinations if your chosen programme requires this, or help you proceed to the next stage of your admissions process and to receive your Admissions Decision as early as possible:
| Application phase | Deadline to complete written exam or provide exam exemption evidence to participate in the next oral exam, or to move to the next stage of the admissions process if no oral exam is required | Date of oral exams |
| From 1 October 2025 to 26 January 2026 | 8 February 2026 Last chance for early bird applicants to complete the written exam or provide exam exemption evidence | 11 – 13 February 2026 |
| As above or from 27 January onwards until 25 May 2026 | 22 February 2026 | 11 – 13 March 2026 |
| 29 March 2026 | 15 – 17 April 2026 | |
| 3 May 2026 | 20 – 22 May 2026 | |
| 26 May 2026 | 10 – 12 June 2026 |
Read more about entrance exams and exam exemptions on our Admissions Requirements pages.
Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship applicants
September 2026 applications are now closed as of 15 January 2026. The next opportunity to apply will be for the September 2027 intake, with applications expected to open in autumn 2026.
Application timeline for NOMINATED applicants for the 2026 academic year
Step 1
by 31 March
Exam invitations
Step 2
7-13 April
Written exam period
If required.
Step 3
7-17 April
Oral exam period
If required.
Step 4
by 8 May
Exam results
Step 5
by end of June
Scholarship allocation
Step 6
July-August*
Issuance of Acceptance Letters
*If you are a Master’s applicant, we are going to proceed with the credit recognition process in July. Acceptance Letters are issued after a successful credit acceptance.
If you were NOT NOMINATED for the scholarship, but you wish to continue as a self-funded applicant
- You will be eligible for a 20% discount on your first year’s tuition fee
- Register on our self-funded portal here
- Fill out your profile and upload your documents
- Mark that you were a Stipendium Hungaricum applicant for the current intake at the relevant section of the application form
- Pay the 95 EUR application fee after submitting your application
- For exam information, please review the self-funded process here
If you passed the entrance exams, but you were NOT ALLOCATED for the scholarship, and wish to continue as a self-funded student
- You will be eligible for a 20% discount on your first year’s tuition fee
- You will be informed about the way of self-funded registration in due time, after the scholarship decision is announced
- Fill out your profile and upload your documents
- Mark that you were a Stipendium Hungaricum applicant for the current intake at the relevant section of the application form
- Pay the 95 EUR application fee after submitting your application
- We will transfer your exam results and move your application forward
If you have started a self-funded application earlier this year, but you were waiting for the nomination:
- In case you have taken the entrance exam, your scores will be transferred to the Stipendium Hungaricum application. If you need to take additional exams, you will be notified.
- If you have failed your entrance exam as a self-funded applicant, you cannot retake it within the Stipendium Hungaricum framework. You can apply for a different programme (with a different exam type) as a self-funded student OR provide an exemption document. See the list at the Admission requirements here.
Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship applicants
September 2026 applications are now closed as of 2 February 2026. The next opportunity to apply will be for the September 2027 intake, with applications expected to open in autumn 2026.
Application timeline for NOMINATED applicants for the 2026 academic year
Step 1
by 31 March
Exam invitations
Step 2
7-13 April
Written exam period
If required.
Step 3
7-17 April
Oral exam period
If required.
Step 4
by 8 May
Exam results
Step 5
by end of June
Scholarship allocation
Step 6
July-August*
Issuance of Acceptance Letters
*If you are a Master’s applicant, we are going to proceed with the credit recognition process in July. Acceptance Letters are issued after a successful credit acceptance.
If you were NOT NOMINATED for the scholarship, but you wish to continue as a self-funded applicant
- You will be eligible for a 20% discount on your first year’s tuition fee
- Register on our self-funded portal here
- Fill out your profile and upload your documents
- Mark that you were a Diaspora applicant for the current intake at the relevant section of the application form
- Pay the 95 EUR application fee after submitting your application
- For exam information, please review the self-funded process here
If you passed the entrance exams, but you were NOT ALLOCATED for the scholarship, and wish to continue as a self-funded student
- You will be eligible for a 20% discount on your first year’s tuition fee
- You will be informed about the way of self-funded registration in due time, after the scholarship decision is announced
- Fill out your profile and upload your documents
- Mark that you were a Diaspora applicant for the current intake at the relevant section of the application form
- Pay the 95 EUR application fee after submitting your application
- We will transfer your exam results and move your application forward
If you have started a self-funded application earlier this year, but you were waiting for the nomination:
- In case you have taken the entrance exam, your scores will be transferred to the Diaspora application. If you need to take additional exams, you will be notified.
- If you have failed your entrance exam as a self-funded applicant, you cannot retake it within the Diaspora framework. You can apply for a different programme (with a different exam type) as a self-funded student OR provide an exemption document.
See the list at the Admission requirements here.
Visegrád Scholarship applicants
Eligible programme and application information can be found on the scholarship website.
Transfer applicants
