Our University has bilateral agreements with more than 200 higher education institutions from 42 countries around the world to support study abroad programmes both for incoming and outgoing students. Most of our partners are European, but we also have partnerships with universities in Canada, Columbia, Georgia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States.

In the European context, the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme plays a prominent role, and our University also participates in the regional CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) and Makovecz programmes. 

Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training and youth. The Erasmus+ programme available to students in higher education offers opportunities for study mobility and traineeships, or a combination of both. In the framework of Erasmus+ study mobility, it is possible to study in a European Union country for at least one period of study (trimester or semester), and the programme provides financial support. Erasmus+ traineeship programmes allows higher education students to gain work experience at a company or organization in another host country, also with Erasmus financial support. Erasmus+ programme is open to bachelor, master and doctoral students. 

CEEPUS scholarships are available for studies in certain central European partner institutes. Currently, it is possible to travel with CEEPUS support to accredited higher education institutions in Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

The Makovecz programme offers opportunities to travel to partner institutions of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary in the Carpathian Basin.

Further information and current calls for applications:

• Erasmus+
• CEEPUS
• Makovecz

Contact details for international coordinators:
Rector’s Office, Directorate of International Relations
1091 Budapest, Kálvin tér 9.
Phone: + 36 1 455 9061
Eszter Ivanov, Institutional Erasmus Coordinator
E-mail: erasmus.coordinator@kre.hu
Virág Zombory, International Coordinator (CEEPUS, Makovecz programmes)
E-mail: erasmus@kre.hu

Faculty ERASMUS coordinators:

Faculty of Economics, Health Sciences and Social Studies
Dr. Attila Endre Simay, Deputy Head of Institute
1042 Budapest, Viola utca 3.
Phone: +36 574 5172
Email: simay.attila.endre@kre.hu

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr. Judit Nagy, Vice-Dean for International Affairs
1088 Budapest, Reviczky utca 4.
Phone: +36 1 483 2906
Email: nagy.judit@kre.hu
Dóra Tóth, Application Coordinator
1088 Budapest, Reviczky utca 4.
Phone: +36 1 483-2861
Email: toth.dora@kre.hu

Faculty of Law
Sándor Orovecz, Programme Coordinator
1042 Budapest, Viola utca 2-4.
Phone: +36 1 370 8601/110 extension
Email: orovecz.sandor@kre.hu

Faculty of Pedagogy
Attila Mócza, Faculty Erasmus Coordinator
2750 Nagykőrös, Hősök tere 5.
Phone: +36 53 350 885
Email: mocza.attila@kre.hu

Faculty of Theology
Dr. Gábor János Lányi, Vice-Dean
Address: 1022 Budapest, Ráday utca 28.
Email: lanyi.gabor@kre.hu

Specific information for foreign students

Obtaining visa and residence permit

Students wishing to travel to Hungary for study purposes should enquire individually about the applicable entry and visa rules. EEA and third country nationals can find more information on the website of the Consular Service: https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu/en

For long-term stays of more than 90 days, foreign students may apply for a residence permit at the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing which can be arranged on an individual basis. Residence permits for study purposes may be granted to individuals who

1. pursue full-time studies in a state-recognised Hungarian higher education institution or in a foreign higher education institution authorized to operate in the territory of Hungary,
2. wishes to stay in Hungary in order to participate in preparatory studies organised by the higher education institution, and
3. can prove that they have sufficient language skills to pursue studies.

Further Information on residence permit: Residence Permit (kre.hu)

Conditions for admission to the higher education institution

Foreign nationals can be admitted to a higher education institution through

• international mobility (Erasmus+, CEEPUS, Makovecz), or
• international scholarship programmes (Stipendium Hungaricum, Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship, Scholarship for Christian Young People, Károli Christian Scholarship), or
• in a self-funded form.

Health Care

From among foreigner students in Hungary, only foreign nationals studying under an international agreement or on a scholarship granted by the Minister for Higher Education, Foreign Affairs are entitled to health care services.

Foreign students who have resident address in another EU member state or Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland can apply for a European Health Insurance Card, which entitles them to receive medically necessary health service in Hungary during their stay. More information is available on the website of the National Health Insurance Fund of Hungary (NEAK).
Foreign students who do not meet the above conditions will only be entitled to health care under an agreement with a private health insurance company.
More information: Health Care and Insurance (kre.hu)

Insurance

Taking out life and accident insurance is an individual entitlement of the student.

Foreign students of the Stipendium Hungaricum, Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship, Scholarship for Christian Young People, Károli Christian Scholarship Programme are entitled to supplementary health insurance in addition to the provisions of the “Health Care” section.
More information: Health Care and Insurance (kre.hu)

Costs of living in Hungary