Your application for the Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship Programme has been approved.
This guide will walk you through the steps you’ll need to take to start your studies in Hungary. You will find all the information about the process, useful tips and more below.
What are the first steps if you are a Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship Holder? Find out more in the frequently asked questions below.
Being a scholarship holder comes with obligations, not only during your studies but also afterwards. You must meet the requirements related to learning Hungarian and, after obtaining your degree, you need to complete community work for a diaspora organisation of your choice.
You can find detailed information about these obligations below.
Customer Service of the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy:
E-mail: proficiency@mdakft.hu
Phone: + 36 30/345 4005
Prove your Hungarian with the language test of the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy!
As a Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship holder, you need to prove your Hungarian knowledge till the latest one year after you receive your degree. To meet this requirement, you can either take an official language exam in Hungarian, or as a new opportunity you can also receive a certificate by taking the Hungarian as a foreign language proficiency test managed by Hungarian Diplomatic Academy.
The test is for all Diaspora Scholarship holder, but if you hold Hungarian citizenship, and cannot take the official language tests, for you this is the only way you can prove your Hungarian.
The language test is available twice a year in June and December, the registration is at the website of the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy.
Deadline for the June 2024 exam registration: 31 May 2024.
Deadline for late registration: 7 June 2024.
Hungarian Language Assessment Brief
Hungarian Language Assessment Regulations
Hungarian Language Assessment Annex
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We advise that you check back regularly for any updates the Operational Regulations of the scholarship programme, as the changes might affect your scholarship holder status.
When reading the Regulations, please pay special attention to obligations of scholarship holders, such as the so-called minimum credit requirement (IV.3.7) or the obligation of learning Hungarian as a foreign language (III.2.1.g)).
Operational regulation
Implementation Guide
Scholarship Agreement
Annexes
Summer University Course
Previous documents
Previous Operational Regulations
Operational Regulation, 20 November 2020
Operational Regulation, 16 September 2021
Operational Regulation, 2 August 2022
Operational Regulation, 11 August 2023
Operational Regulation, 7 February, 2024
Operational Regulation, 27 March, 2024
Operational Regulation, 2 October, 2024
Previous Implementation Guide(s)
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