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About the Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship

Fulfil your professional dreams while you explore your Hungarian heritage – the Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship gives you an exceptional chance to develop both personally and academically.
While studying in Hungary, you can discover the thousand-year-old Hungarian history and culture, experience unique Hungarian traditions and also enhance your Hungarian language skills.

As a Diaspora Scholarship holder, you can receive an internationally recognised degree at a top-level Hungarian higher education institution and acquire highly competitive knowledge to advance both personally and academically. You can choose from a wide range of programmes taught in Hungarian that cover all higher education fields at all degree levels.

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Mission of the Scholarship

The Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship was established by the Hungarian Government for those who live in a Hungarian diaspora outside of the European Union and wish to study at a Hungarian higher education institution to develop their personal, professional, and cultural relations to Hungary.

The programme aims to support the academic advancement of the scholarship holders through high-quality Hungarian higher education while improving their Hungarian language skills and strengthening their Hungarian identity.

After graduation, scholarship holders return to their home country with competitive skills and knowledge that enable them to support their community, preserve Hungarian values, and reinforce the relations between the diaspora and Hungary.

COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES

The scholarship offers a wide range of opportunities to support different academic goals, such as:

• Long-term studies leading to a degree (~2-5 years)

• Short-term exchange studies (5-10 months)

• Summer University Courses (1-4 weeks)

• Hungarian Language Preparatory Year (1 year)

You can select the option that is most suitable for your academic goals.

FIND MY PATH

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SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS

Tuition-free education

Exemption from the payment of tuition fee

Monthly stipend

non-degree, bachelor’s, master’s one-tier master’s level: HUF 43,700 (cca. 124 USD) / month

doctoral level programme:
HUF 140,000 (cca. 396 USD) for the first phase of education (4 semesters)
HUF 180,000 (cca. 509 USD) for the second phase (4 semesters)

Medical insurance

Health care services and supplementary medical insurance for up to HUF 65,000 (cca. 184 USD) a year/person

Accomodation contribution

Free dormitory place (depending on institutional capacity) or a contribution of HUF 40,000/month (cca. 113 USD)

Travel contribution: one-off travel allowance

One-occasion travel allowance of HUF 330,000 (cca. 933 USD) if the distance between Budapest and the applicant’s place of residence (=city/town) is 8,000 km or more. The distance is calculated based on the Erasmus + Distance Calculator.

Travel contribution: Hungary pass

Reimbursement of a Hungary Pass, which entitles the Scholarship Holder to unlimited travel throughout Hungary (e.g. trains and interurban buses in all counties).

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Learn more about the application procedure!

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