Hungarian tertiary education system

Ratio of graduates

Tertiary educational attendance has grown rapidly over the years both in Hungary and in the more developed countries, but the gap between them has remained.

Regional differences

Although there is a rise in the number of university students in Hungary there are big differences between the different regions of the country.

Hungarian educational system

Bologna Process

The Education Ministers from 29 European countries decided to harmonise and unify their Higher Education. It has resulted in the Bologna Process which currently has 47 participating countries among them Hungary.The aim:• Easily comparable system• A Higher Education system which is based on 3 main

cycles ( bachelor, master and doctor)• Mobility - You can travel abroad to study easily

Admission to tertiary institutions

• Te get into a higher education institutions you must successfully pass the upper secondary school leaving examination (at standard or advanced level).

• Admission is decided according to a score system which is made up of the secondary school leaving examination results and the secondary school performance of students.

Financing

• Higher education institutions may offer state funded and fee-paying places for applicants. The number of state funded places determined by the government every year.

Propotion of financing

The rates of the state-financed and fee paying

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Stately Funded Fee Pay

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Doktorate (PhD)

Forms of tertiary traning

Proportion of students by degree level

Higher education courses

Bachelor and Master programmes

• Bachelor: BA/BSc programmes of 6 to 8 semesters (ISCED 5A, 180-240 ECTS credits) lead to a first degree

• Master: Master level programmes (ISCED 5A, 60-120 ECTS credits) of another 2 to 4 semesters require a first degree as admission criterion.

• The pre-requisite to entering doctoral programmes (ISCED 6) is a MA/MSc degree.

Undivided training

• There are a few fields of tertiary education (e.g. law and medical studies) where undivided long programmes remain the standard form of study (10 to 12 semesters, 300-360 ECTS credits) leading to a first degree but equivalent to a MA/MSc degree.

Advanced vocational programmes

• Short cycle advanced vocational programmes ( 120 ECTS credits) are relatively new in the Hungarian education system. These programmes can be provided both by higher education institutions and upper secondary schools. These programmes lead to an advanced vocational qualification but does not give a degree.

Post-graduate specialisation programmes

• Higher education also includes post-graduate specialisation programmes.

• You can do it after the bachelor and the master training. It doesn’t give a new degree.

PhD or DLA (Doctor of Liberal Arts)

• A PhD or DLA (Doctor of Liberal Arts) degree is can be obtained after a doctoral course which follows a Master course.

The rate of the candidates and the admitted

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Hungarian towns with a university or a college

The Best Hungarian Universities

1. Eötvös Lóránd University2. University of Szeged3. Semmelweis University4. Corvinus University of Budapest5. University of Debrecen6. BME

Top Hungarian universities

Eötvös Lóránd University

The main faculties of the University:• Faculty of Law• Faculty of Informatics• Faculty of Humanities(teacher and kindergarten teacher training)• Faculty of ScienceThe most popular courses are Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Education and Psychology in 2011.( Only in these 2 faculties the number of candidates is more than 12000.)

University of Szeged

The main faculties of the University:- Faculty of Health Care - Faculty of Music - Faculty of Law - Faculty of Humanities - Faculty of Engineering

Semmelweis University

The University is specialised in different Faculties of Health Science (For examle: doctors, dentists or pharmacists).This is the most famous university of doctors in Hungary.

Corvinus University of Budapest

The main faculties of the university :• Faculty of Food Science• Faculty of EconomicsThis University is famous for high level of economic education.

University of Debrecen

The main faculties of the university:• Faculty of Music• Faculty of Law• Faculty of Health Care• Faculty of Economic• Faculty of Humanities

The most famous faculty is the Management Sciences and Rural Development. (The university has more than 35000 students.)

BME: Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Faculties:• Faculty of Civil Engineering• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering• Faculty of Architecture• Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology• Faculty of Natural Sciences• Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics• Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences

Foreign students in Hungary

• Hungarian colleges and universities have a long tradition of welcoming foreign students. The number of foreign students has considerably increased in the last few years.

Hungarian students abroad

There are also many Hungarian students studying abroad. The most popular destinations are: Germany, France, Italy and Finland. Most scholarship holders went to study social sciences, business, law, fine arts or technical sciences.

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