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Bachelor's Degrees in English in Hungary: Where They Are and What They Cost

Fee figures: catalogue of 6 October 2026.

Hungary is best known abroad for its English-taught medical schools, but the English offer is much wider than medicine. Public universities across the country run English-taught bachelor's degrees in business, engineering, computer science, agriculture and the arts, mostly for fee-paying international students and scholarship holders. This guide covers what our catalogue holds and how the English route differs from the Hungarian one.

How many programmes

Our catalogue lists 224 bachelor's and long-cycle programmes taught in English, out of 1,381 in Hungary. Practically all of them are taught entirely in English. You can browse them on the English-taught list for Hungary.

One quirk of the data: the University of Miskolc lists each instrument of its music performance degree as a separate programme, which inflates the count in music.

Where they are

About four in five English-taught programmes are at public universities. In our data the largest providers are the University of Miskolc, the University of Pécs, the University of Nyíregyháza, Széchenyi István University in Győr, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), the University of Debrecen, the University of Pannonia in Veszprém, Corvinus University, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Óbuda University, John von Neumann University in Kecskemét and the University of Szeged. Among church and private institutions, Budapest Metropolitan University and Eszterházy Károly Catholic University in Eger have the most.

Budapest has about two fifths of the list. Miskolc, Pécs, Nyíregyháza and Győr follow, then Eger, Debrecen, Kecskemét, Veszprém and Szeged.

Which subjects

Business administration and international business lead, followed by music performance, computer science, tourism and hospitality, mechanical and other engineering, international relations, agriculture, marketing, sport science, psychology, design and communication.

Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy in English are taught at Semmelweis, Debrecen, Szeged and Pécs. They have their own entrance exams and much higher fees, and are covered in studying medicine in English in Hungary.

What it costs

Each university sets its own fees, in forints, euros or US dollars, often per semester.

Check whether a fee table is per semester or per year, and expect an application fee and sometimes an entrance exam fee on top. Euro figures for fees set in forints or dollars move with the exchange rate. See how much it costs to study in Hungary.

Stipendium Hungaricum, the government scholarship run by Tempus Public Foundation, covers tuition for students from partner countries, and many of these English-taught programmes take its scholarship holders. You are nominated through your home country's partner body, with a deadline that has been in mid-January.

How to apply

English-taught programmes do not go through the national felvi.hu points system used for Hungarian-taught degrees. You apply on the university's own portal, usually with your school certificate, proof of English and often a motivation letter, an interview or an entrance test. Each university sets its deadlines, mostly in spring and early summer.

Your school certificate must be recognised for further study; universities decide this, sometimes with an opinion from the Educational Authority. See how to get into a university in Hungary and recognition of foreign school certificates.

Proof of English

Universities usually ask for B2, through IELTS, TOEFL, a Cambridge certificate, schooling in English or their own test. Requirements differ by university and programme. See IELTS and TOEFL for European universities.

Do you need Hungarian?

Not for your classes. Outside the university, Hungarian is a hard language to pick up and is used almost everywhere: landlords, offices and most part-time jobs work in it, especially outside Budapest. In health degrees, clinical training involves Hungarian-speaking patients, and the medical schools teach Hungarian as part of the course. Stipendium Hungaricum holders take a Hungarian language and culture course.

EU citizens who speak Hungarian well have another option: Hungarian-taught programmes with state-funded places, which carry no tuition.

Non-EU students need a residence permit for study; see the student visa for Hungary.

Where to look next

Official sources

Always check current information on the official website of the university before you apply.