Apply For Hungarian Government degree Scholarships for 2020

Deadline:

15 January 2020 – 23:59 (Central European Time)

Location:

Hungary

(Partially Funded)

Description

Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship

The Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme was launched in 2013 by the Hungarian Government. The core mission of the programme is to increase the number of foreign students in Hungary and to encourage Hungarian higher education institutions to attract top foreign students.

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Hungary provides high-quality education in the heart of Europe. Today, there is a growing demand for international students to study in Hungary. Besides the quality of education and degrees recognised throughout Europe and beyond, students are attracted by the affordable living costs with an extremely favourable cost-to-value ratio, a safe and friendly living environment with convenient public transportation, the central location of the country in Europe and the unspoiled natural beauties combined with a 1000 year-old, rich Hungarian history and several UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Hungary is also within the top countries with the highest number of scientific Nobel Prize Winners per capita, and numerous scientific inventions from Vitamin C to Rubik’s cube and so on.

Opportunity Focus Areas:

Agriculture and veterinary medicine
Applied and Pure Sciences
Architecture
Business and Management
Computer Science and IT
Creative Arts
Education
Engineering
Health and Medicine
Humanities
Law
Social studies
Travel and hospitality

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Required Languages

English

Eligible Countries

EGYPT, SYRIA, IRAQ, PALESTINE, JORDAN, LEBANON, TUNISIA, ALGERIA, MOROCCO, SUDAN, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, YEMEN, TURKEY, IRAN & OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NOT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA.

Program Period

Bachelor’s degree (3 years)

Master’s degree (2 years)

PhD degree (2+2 years)

Eligibility Requirements (Criteria)

International students, not Hungarian citizens (including those with dual citizenships), or persons granted a refugee status.
Don’t accept applicants with a citizenship different from the sending country/territory.
Not born after 31 August 2002 (= applicants under 18 years old as of 31 August 2020 except applicants applying for Dance study programmes.
In order to be admitted to a Hungarian higher education institution, prospective students must demonstrate that they meet certain requirements. Although there is a general system of entrance the entry requirements may differ at certain higher education institutions therefore always check the conditions in each institution before applying.
Applicants from Egypt to master’s and doctoral degrees must be teaching assistants or teaching members.

Opportunity Cost

(Partially Funded)

The scholarship for a full-time programme covers the full calendar year and is provided until the completion of the studies in the last year.
The amount of the scholarship is 43,700 HUF for students in bachelor and master programmes and in doctoral programmes it is 140,000 HUF/person/month in the first two years (during the training-research period) and 180,000 HUF/person/month during the second two years/cycle (the research-dissertation period) for PhD students.
The visa administration and the extension of the residence permit is free of charge for scholarship holders

Allowances provided for the scholarship holder:

Exemption from paying tuition fees.
Student hostel room/bed depending on the capacity of the higher education institution or 40,000 HUF/month accommodation allowance for 12 months of the year during the whole period of full-time programmes.
Health care services as well as the reimbursement of the costs justified in case of health care services in a foreign language (e.g. interpreting) and an additional insurance for health care services in a foreign language for up to 65,000 HUF/year.
Use of library services free of charge.

How to Apply

First Step: Begin your application from here.

Second Step: Upload all the required documents before the deadline:

A recent photo of the applicant: (taken not earlier than 2 years before the submission of the application).
Motivation Letter: minimum 1 page, typed in Times New Roman 12 point letters, and written in the language of the selected study programme or in Hungarian.
Proof of language proficiency and their translations in the language of the selected study programme or in Hungarian: scanned copy of the original proof of language proficiency, with a minimum level determined by the Host Institution AND its translation.
School certificates and their translations in the language of the selected study programme or in Hungarian.
Transcript of Records and its translations in the language of the selected study programme or in Hungarian.
Medical Certificate: scanned copy of a medical certificate of satisfactory health condition issued not earlier than 15 November 2019.
Copy of Identification Document: Provided that the applicant already has a passport, a scanned copy of the passport’s data page should be uploaded. In case the applicants do not yet have a passport, they should upload the scanned copy of their national ID card.
Acceptance of Statement for Application in the online system: all applicants need to accept the “Statement for Application” (see Annex 3 for a sample).

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