1. Hungarian tertiary education system

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Hungarian educational system

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Propotion of financing

9. The rates of the state-financed and fee paying

10. Forms of tertiary traning
High School
Undivided Training
Bachelor
Higher Vocational Education
Master
Specialized Training
Doktorate (PhD)

11. Proportion of students by degree level

12. Higher education courses

13. Bachelor and Master programmes
Bachelor: BA/BSc programmes of 6 to 8 semesters (ISCED 5A, ECTS credits) lead to a first degree
Master: Master level programmes (ISCED 5A, 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.

14. 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, ECTS credits) leading to a first degree but equivalent to a MA/MSc degree.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. The rate of the candidates and the admitted

19. Hungarian towns with a university or a college

20. The Best Hungarian Universities
Eötvös Lóránd University
University of Szeged
Semmelweis University
Corvinus University of Budapest
University of Debrecen
BME

22. Top Hungarian universities

23. 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 Science
The 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 )

24. 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

25. 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.

26. Corvinus University of Budapest
The main faculties of the university :
Faculty of Food Science
Faculty of Economics
This University is famous for high level of economic education.

27. 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 students.)

28. 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

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. Our students’ higher education plans