Application Process for Incoming Students

The application for 2023/2024 Spring semester will open in Winter.

Apply here if you are a(n) Erasmus+ or Makovecz student!

If you are a Stipendium Hungaricum, Scholarship for Christian Young People, Károli Christian Scholarship or Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship student, please follow the instructions on the scholarship’s website.

Download brochure: Erasmus Incoming Brochure

Application deadlines for students:

Autumn semester, or full academic year: 15 June
Spring semester: 15 December

Application Process:

Step 1

Nomination by your home university (according to the nomination deadlines).

Step 2

Completing the registration by filling out a ca. 25 minutes long survey. The survey will be available during the next registration period.
By filling in the survey, you also agree/deny application for accommodation!

Step 3

Sending the following documents by e-mail to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. e-mail address. All your documents must be scanned and legible and sent as a PDF file. If you have a different file, you may use different sites to convert it to PDF (such as https://www.ilovepdf.com/).
We kindly ask you to name all the documents as follows:

‘First name Last name_Type of document_YYYY/YY_Semesternumber’ (Fall semester: 1, Spring semester: 2)

e.g. ‘John Smith_Motivation letter_202122_2’ or ‘Jane Doe_LA_202223_1’

We expect all the required documents to be sent as described above to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. until:

Autumn semester: 15 June

Spring semester: 15 December

Checklist:

Transcript of Records (list of courses issued by the home institution) in English OR Hungarian
Language proficiency certificate of a B2 level
Although B2 is highly recommended, with some partner institution we agreed on B1, which means, for some students a B1-level certificate is accepted as well. Please inquire about this information from your home coordinator.

B1 and B2-level internationally accepted English language certificates:

Certificate of B1 or B2 knowledge issued by the home institution | TELC | ECL | Euroexam International Certificate | Cambridge [ESOL] | IELTS | BEC | ILEC | City and Guilds | Pearson Test of English (General) | LCCIEB | TOEFL IBT | TOEIC | Skills for Life | University of Michigan | International ESOL | British Council

In case you wish to study only in Hungarian, you do not need to send a certificate.
Motivation letter in English OR Hungarian.
Learning Agreement

Details on available courses are found on the following website:
https://english.kre.hu/index.php/information-for-international-students/erasmus/erasmus-courses.html
Please only indicate courses in your Learning Agreement which are planned to be launched in your planned study period. In case you indicate courses, which are not on the list, your Learning Agreement will be sent back to you for correction.

A passport-sized photo of you (e.g., 2 x 2 inches, 51 x 51 mm)
Scanned Passport/ID document (from non-EU country nationals we can only accept Passport!)
Declaration of Honour signed

After sending all the documents and the application is successful, Károli Gáspár University will send an Acceptance Letter to the student who will be then responsible to forward it to their home institution.

Once you are done with the steps above, your registration is completed!

Nomination of International Students

Name of the university: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
Erasmus code: HU BUDAPES10
Address: H-1091 Budapest, Kálvin Square 9.
Contact person: Ms. Virág Zombory, International coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

To study at Károli Gáspár University (KRE) as an Erasmus student, your home institution must have a signed bilateral agreement with KRE, and you must be nominated by the Erasmus coordinator at your Home Institution. Your coordinator has to send an official email in English to the International Office at KRE (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with the nomination form. Please, click here to download the nomination form.

Students and the given contact will then receive a confirmation email from KRE explaining the application procedure and listing important deadlines. Only after the confirmation email the nomination is completed.

Nomination deadlines are the following:

Autumn semester, or full academic year: 15 May
Spring semester: 15 November

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