Language education
Take advantage of your free semesters!
Our mission is to help our students develop and improve their oral and written foreign language skills in everyday life, during their studies, study abroad, internships and work, using modern methods.
We currently offer students a high level of general and specialised language learning in ten languages. Our teachers’ highly positive student ratings are a guarantee of the high quality and effectiveness of our language teaching.
Languages taught
Application
You can register for language courses via Neptun.
Language learning in non fee-paying and fee-paying formats
The available elective and core elective language courses are described in the study programmes. Generally two semesters of non fee-paying language courses are available for students of Hungarian and English language programmes. In most programmes, foreign languages can be taken as a 2 x 2 elective per week.
For first-year students of International Business / Philosophy, Politics, Economics / Media and Communication, and from Sept. 2025 for first-year students of International Studies programme-specific English is a compulsory subject for 2 semesters during the course of study. In International Business, one additional foreign language is compulsory. Students may study in additional language courses for a fee.
Students on MA, PhD courses may study languages for a fee.
In order to increase the intensity and effectiveness of learning, the free language lessons may be supplemented by an additional one, fee-paying language lesson per week for certain languages.
The standard credit value for free language courses is 3 credits per semester. Additional language courses may be taken for “0” credits.
The course fees are determined by Corvinus’s ’Regulations on course fees’ and are currently set at HUF 20.000 per term for courses in English and German. Other languages have a regressive payment scheme:
- one slot per week – HUF 20.000
- two slots per week – HUF 36.000
- three slots per week – HUF 48.000
- four slots per week – HUF 56.000
The completion of “Foreign Language Competence I.” course is compulsory, without which the student will not be able to obtain a diploma and will therefore not be admitted to the final examination. This criterion course does not provide language education, but assesses linguistic competence during the examination period. The completion of the language criterion is governed by the Study and Examination Regulations. There are several ways of substituting for foreign language competence I. Click on the link for more information.
Language courses that may also be of interest to you
This two-semester course aims to develop students’ communicative competence in English to achieve level C2 knowledge and to prepare them for the Certificate of Proficiency in English examination organised by Cambridge University. During the course, students will develop their receptive and productive skills and their knowledge of language organisation from C1 to C2, enabling them to participate easily in any conversation or debate, to use different turns of phrase, special expressions with confidence, to communicate fluently and with a sense of nuance.
3 credits / practical grade (IOK0339NABB)
If you speak Spanish at least at B1-B2 level, don’t hesitate, this will be your best subject ever!
WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT?
- One semester, 3-credit optional course in Spanish /with English as an intermediary language / 2 classes per week (lecture and seminar).
- You can enrol free of charge, as it is an elective course at the university.
- It does not take away semesters from the free language courses.
- Available for students on both Bachelor and Masters programmes
- This course is for you if your level of Spanish is at least B1-B2 level.
- During the semester, you can improve your language skills while acquiring specific knowledge of Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin American countries in Spanish.
- The knowledge you gain on this course will be an advantage in the job market, as there are many job vacancies for Spanish speaking staff, and it is an advantage if you have knowledge of Spain’s and Hispanic America’s present and past in addition to your language skills.
- The course can be useful if you are planning to move to a Spanish-speaking area, either on a long-term basis or for an Erasmus semester.
- Spanish is spoken by almost half a billion people worldwide as a first language and is the third most widely used language on the internet.
- It is an official language in 21 countries.
- Beyond mainland Spain, you can use the knowledge you acquire in the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, South America, Central America and North America.
- If the subject of your thesis or scientific work is related to Spain or the Latin American regions, the knowledge gained on the course will be an asset to your studies!
- The wide range of interesting topics and the dynamic pace of the course will provide an excellent atmosphere for discussing and working on the various topics.
- Through collaborative group work and individual tasks, you will develop a variety of skills that will be useful to you in your future career!
- You will never become bored in classes because they will be interesting and engaging.
3 credits / practical grade (IOK0338NABB)
If you speak Russian at least at B2 level, do not hesitate, this will be your best subject ever!
WHY CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT?
- One semester, 3-credit optional course in Russian / with English as an intermediary language / 2 classes per week (lecture and seminar)
- You can enrol free of charge, as it is an elective course at the university.
- It does not take away semesters from your free language courses!
- Available for students on both Bachelor and Masters programmes
- This course is for you if your level of Russian is at least B2 level!
- During the semester, you can improve your language skills while acquiring specific knowledge of Russia in Russian!
- If the subject of your thesis or scientific work is related to Russia or the Russian-speaking regions, the knowledge gained on the course will be an asset to your studies!
- The knowledge you gain on this course will be an advantage in the job market, as there are many job vacancies for Russian-speaking staff, and it is an advantage if you have knowledge of Russia’s present and past in addition to your language skills!
- Around 250 million people in the world speak Russian as a first or second language!
- You can use the knowledge you acquire outside Russia in countries such as Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and many more! Taking the newly introduced Foreign Language Competency Criteria course will also help you to acquire the necessary skills!
- The wide range of interesting topics and the dynamic pace of the course will provide an excellent atmosphere for discussing and working on the various topics!
- Through collaborative group work and individual tasks, you will develop a variety of skills that will be useful to you in your future career!
- You will never become bored in classes because they will be interesting and engaging.
Office hours for students
Monday to Thursday: 09.00-15.00
Friday: 09.00-13.00
