The Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme was launched in 2013 by the Hungarian Government with the mission to increase the number of foreign students in Hungary and to encourage our education institutions to attract foreign students.

- Study fields supported by the Stipendium Hungaricum Programme

• Agriculture, Natural Resources
• Arts (visual and performing)
• Business, Management and Public Administration
• Medicine and Health Sciences
• Humanities, Education, Behavioural Sciences
• IT, Computer Sciences, Mathematics
• Law, Social Sciences
• Natural Sciences
• Technology, Engineering, Architecture
• Tourism, Recreation

Full-time studies:

• BA/BSc (undergraduate, 3-3.5 years)
• MA/MSc (graduate, 1-2 years)
• Ph.D. studies (doctoral, 3 years)
• One-tier programme (5 years)
• Part-time studies
• Non-degree programmes (professional and language preparatory courses, specialisation courses)

How does the SH programme contribute to your professional development?

• no tuition fee
• monthly stipend: for Bachelor or Master: EUR 130,  for Doctoral programmes: EUR 450
• free dormitory places or contribution to private accommodation: EUR 130
• medical insurance

- Sending partners:

Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kurdistan Regional Government/ Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, Palestine, Philippines, Russia, Serbia, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen.

- Application documents

1. Online application form (click here)

2. Motivation Letter

3. Proof of language proficiency and their translations in the language of the selected study programme or in Hungarian.

4. School certificates and their translations in the language of the selected study programme or in Hungarian.

5. Transcript of Records and its translations in the language of the selected study programme or in Hungarian.

6. Medical Certificate.

7. Copy of Identification Document.

8. Acceptance of Statement for Application in the online system.

For Ph.D. applicants:

9. Research Plan.

10. Two Letters of Recommendation

-  Provisions covered by the scholarship

Tuition-free education

Exemption from the payment of tuition fee

Monthly stipend

Non-degree, bachelor's, master's and one-tier master's level: monthly amount of HUF 40 460 (cca EUR 130) contribution to the living expenses in Hungary, for 12 months a year, until the completion of studies.

Doctoral level: according to the current Hungarian legislation, the monthly amount of scholarship is HUF 140 000 (cca EUR 450) for the first phase of education (4 semesters) and HUF 180 000 (cca EUR 580) for the second phase (4 semesters) - for 12 months a year, until completion of studies. Please see details in section 1.2.1.

Accommodation contribution

Free dormitory place or a contribution of HUF 40 000/month to accommodation costs for the whole duration of the scholarship period.

If the student does not live in the dormitory, then the HUF 40 000/month is a contribution to that rental costs, and in bigger cities – especially in the capital city – this contribution would not cover the full amount of rental costs.

Medical insurance

Health care services according to the relevant Hungarian legislation (Act No. 80 of 1997, national health insurance card) and supplementary medical insurance for up to HUF 65 000 (cca EUR 205) a year/person.

It is worth mentioning that Ph.D. students are provided by all kind of supports (an office, a private PC, full license for many different kind of software, full access to many journals, full funding to travel abroad for conferences).