Hungarian tertiary education system

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. Although there is a rise in the number of university students in Hungary there are big differences between the different regions of the country. 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 was to make an easily comparable system. A Higher Education system which is based on three main cycles: bachelor, master and doctor. They wanted to make it more mobile, travelling to abroad to study is available.

Admissions to tertiary institutions

To get into a higher education institutions you must successfully pass the upper secondary school leaving examination, called mature exam. They can do advanced or normal level exams from the courses. 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 the students. 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. Bachelor and Master programmesBachelor: BA/BSc programmes of 6 to 8 semesters (ISCED 5A, 180-240 ECTS credits) lead to a first degreeMaster: 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. 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,but it doesn’t give you 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.

Eötvös Lóránd University (Budapest)

The main faculties of the University is Law, Informatics, Humanities( teacher and kindergarten teacher training), and Faculty of Science. The most popular is the 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 are Faculty of Health Care, Faculty of Music, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Humanities and 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 are Faculty of Food Science and Faculty of Economics. This University is famous for high level of economic education.

University of Debrecen

The Best Hungarian Universities

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