No, the online application (registration) and the participation in the admission examinations is free of charge. Do not apply through any agencies unknown by the selected Host Institutions and do not pay for their services regarding the application because the programme is implemented by direct cooperation with the responsible authorities of the Sending Partners, not agencies.

It depends on the requirements of the responsible authority of the Sending Partner. Each Sending Partner might have different deadlines and requirements for submitting the application materials. There are also Partners that do not require any materials from the applicants. Please find out about these details by contacting the responsible partner office in your country/region.

Only for those programmes that are supported by the cooperation agreement between Hungary and your country/region. You will find all the information about the available study types and study fields here after selecting your Sending country. For the exact list of available study programmes, please check the Call for Applications’ Annexes.

No, they can’t. You must upload your documents in the Stipendium Hungaricum online application system, and those materials will be forwarded later to the universities by our office. Please, only contact the universities if you wish to know more details about the academic content of a certain course or about the admission requirements and you cannot find that information in the Study Finder.

No – by the application deadline they do not. Admission examinations will take place later, between March-May.

Yes, only the nominated applicants can proceed with their applications.

Yes, they receive an email when they first submit their application. If they decide to make some modifications before the application deadline, they will not receive notifications about the resubmissions.  They can check it in the online system if the status of their application has changed to „Resubmitted”.

No, there is only one application deadline each year.

In this case, you can only apply one year later. Applications are not accepted after the deadline.

• No, it is not possible to edit your priorities in your online application. You cannot add or remove courses and you cannot edit the order of the priorities.
• But, you can upload your missing documents that you did not have before the application deadline.

Applicants and scholarship holders should always contact the competent authority on this matter. The competent authority is the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing at BMBAH

Because there is no valid educational cooperation programme between those countries and Hungary at the moment.

You can start and submit your application without a passport. Instead of the passport copy, you can upload the scanned copy of your national ID card and upload a signed declaration in which you state that you will obtain and upload your valid passport before 1 August.
Later though, if you are awarded with the scholarship, you will definitely need a valid passport in order to be able to enter Hungary.

Based on Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education related to medical examinations of students from abroad, all awardees are required to obtain a medical certificate of satisfactory health condition, which they must present during the compulsory medical examination in Hungary along with the attachments.
Please find the mandatory template of the medical certificate which needs to be issued and signed by a physician on the link below:
medical certificate

Yes, in certain cases. For more information, please study section 3.3 „Missing documents” of the Call for Applications or the Application guide here.

You do. If you are absent for more than 30 days, you will not be entitled to your living and housing allowance until your return, as these allowances are intended to contribute to your costs of living in Hungary. For details related to abroad stays, please check out section III.3.5 of the Operational Regulations (Scroll down to the Rights and Obligations section).

The scholarship holder must habitually reside in Hungary during the study period and must inform the higher education institute in case of leaving for a consecutive period of more than 10 working days during the study period. In case the intended stay abroad for private purposes exceeds 10 working days but does not reach 30 days within a semester, it is the host institution’s responsibility to authorise the absence. In case of failing to meet the requirement of giving information about the stay abroad prior to the travel, the higher education institute has competency to inform Tempus Public Foundation of the fact, and the unauthorised abroad stay may result in the termination of the student’s scholarship status. For details related to abroad stays, please check out section III.3.5 of the Operational Regulations (Scroll down to the Rights and Obligations section).

In accordance with the effective legal regulations, pursuant to Section 54 (8) of Act XC of 2023 on the General Rules for the Entry and Residence of Third-Country Nationals, third-country nationals holding a residence permit for the purpose of studies or student mobility, or a student mobility certificate, may engage in work for not more than 30 hours a week during the teaching period, and may work full time for a maximum of ninety days a year outside the teaching period.

Regarding the fact that the SH scholarship covers studies in Hungary, the scholarship holder is not entitled to use financial support for taking part in other scholarship programmes or partial studies outside Hungary. However, for a short stay (not longer than 30 working days), you are allowed to participate at a conference related to research or studies funded by institutional sources or other scholarship programs (e.g. Erasmus +, CEEPUS), and a stay that does not affect the requirement of the habitual residency principle.

The scholarship holder is, unless otherwise provided by the institutional regulation, required to fulfill the study, examination obligation and curriculum development by earning at least eighteen credits (i.e., earns a total of 36 credits) on the average of the last two semesters in which the student status is not suspended (minimum credit requirement).

• Yes, starting from the 2020/21 academic year, every student studying at a full-time bachelor and master programme (including also one-tier master’s degree) will be required to study Hungarian as a foreign language for two semesters. Those who do not attend the course and do not pass the exam will lose all or part of their monthly stipend.

No, only full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students will be required to complete two semesters.

No, language classes are provided by the Host Institution.

No, the compulsory Hungarian as a foreign language classes will be free.

No, only full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students will be required to complete two semesters.