Organised by Hungarian higher education institutions, these non-degree, 10-month-long programmes provide a flexible learning path that prepares you for studying in Hungarian. Upon completion, you can smoothly transition into a full university degree programme.
As a non-degree programme, the Language Preparatory Year is announced through the main admission calls, alongside all other levels of higher education.
ELIGIBILITY: All programmes are open to members of the Hungarian diaspora community residing in any country outside the European Union, the Republic of Serbia, and the Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine. Applicants must hold citizenship of one of the in the programme.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Scholarship holders are required to learn the Hungarian language and culture and successfully pass a language exam at the end of the programme, to continue their studies at a Hungarian-language degree programme. Continuing studies at a foreign language programme is only possible if the student did not get admitted to the Hungarian language programme.
