Scholarships for International Students

Stipendium Hungaricum
Scholarship for Christian Young People
Károli Christian Scholarship
Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship

Scholarships for students admitted to the University through the Hungarian central admission procedure

Károli Gáspár Scholarship
Károli Gáspár Scholarship is open to full-time, self-funded students enrolled in bachelor, master or single-cycle programmes who indicated our University as their first preference during the Hungarian central higher education admission procedure.

Students may apply for the scholarship twice in an academic year (at the beginning of each semester). The scholarship can be awarded for one semester and can cover up to 75% of the tuition fee.  The scholarship is awarded on completion of 30, 55 or 80 hours of voluntary work, chosen from the list published on the website. Students may apply for the scholarship more than once during their studies.

The amount of the scholarship can be

• 75 percent of the tuition fee
• 50 percent of the tuition fee (up to 30% of the scholarship fund)
• 25 percent of the tuition fee (up to 70% of the scholarship fund)

Károli Excellence Scholarship
The scholarship is available for first-year students who successfully participated in the Hungarian secondary school (high school) competitions.
The amount of the scholarship is HUF 80,000 per month for the period of the first two semesters.

Who may apply for the scholarship?  

1. The applicant should indicate the University as his/her first preference in the application for entry during the Hungarian admission procedure, and should be admitted to one of the full-time, state-supported or self-funded bachelor or single-cycle long programmes.
2. The applicant should successfully complete one of the following Hungarian secondary-school competitions. The best achievements in the study competitions may result in extra scores during the application procedure.

 

Hungarian secondary school competitions	Results to be taken into account
National Competition in Art Studies (competitions announced by the Ministry for students of secondary schools of art)	1-3. place as an individual competitor (At our University, except for arts, extra scores are awarded in bachelor and single-cycle programmes in the fields of humanities, law, economics, religious studies, teacher training and social sciences.)
National Secondary School Study Competition	1-30. place
Competition of Professional Baccalaureate Preparatory Courses	1-30. place
National Scientific Students’ Association Conference of Secondary Schools	Grand prize or 1. prize
National Scientific and Innovation Competition for Youth	1-3. prize

Students who are admitted and meet the criteria will automatically receive the scholarship.

Reformed Christian Scholarship

In accordance with the objectives of the Reformed Church in Hungary, the University established a Reformed Christian scholarship in order to help young Reformed Christian individuals during their university studies. Applications may be submitted by Reformed Christian students who are committed to their faith, who are active members of their congregation, and who have just started their studies in a secular programme of the university, either in a full-time bachelor programme or in a full-time or part-time master or single-cycle programme.

The scholarship was open to students for the first time in the 2019/2020 academic year. The scholarship is awarded for a period of one academic year (10 months) in the amount of HUF 50,000 per month. Annually 200 students participating in bachelor (BA, BSc) or single-cycle long programmes and 50 students studying in master programmes are eligible for the Reformed Christian Scholarship.

Eötvös Károly Scholarship

This scholarship programme is available not only for full-time, but also for part-time (correspondence) students studying at the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics, Health Sciences and Social Studies. The scholarship is awarded to students who have indicated the faculty as their first preference and have achieved high admission scores during the Hungarian admission procedure. With the scholarship the Faculty of Law provides an opportunity for students to reduce the costs of their studies.

Grants based on social needs (available only for students funded through Hungarian state scholarship)

• Basic grants based on social needs
  Students admitted for the first time to a full-time higher education vocational training, bachelor or master programme, or single-cycle programme are entitled to apply for a basic grant based on social needs provided that they can certify their eligibility.  The amount of the basic grant is 50% of the normative funding for students.
  
  
• Regular grants on social needs
  The regular social grant is a monthly allowance for a study period based on the student’s social situation which must be certified by the requested documents.
  
  
• Exceptional grants based on social needs
  The exceptional social grant is a one-time benefit paid to alleviate the unexpected deterioration of the student’s social situation which must be certified by the requested documents.
  
  
• Additional grants based on social needs
  In addition to regular and extraordinary social grants our University offers additional grants for disadvantaged students.
  
  
• Bursa Hungarica Municipal Higher Education Grants (available also for self-funded students)
  This financial support is provided by local and county governments for students who live (have a permanent address) in a municipality or county joining the scholarship and who are eligible for the grant based on their social situation.

Study grant (available only for students funded through Hungarian state scholarship)

The study grant (study scholarship) is awarded for 5 months once a semester. The study grant is awarded to the top 50% of students on the basis of their academic results.

National Higher Education Scholarship

Students studying in full-time bachelor, master or single-cycle long programmes may apply for the National Higher Education Scholarship. It is awarded for a full academic year (10 months) in the sum of HUF 40,000 per month (one tenth of the amount specified in Article 114/D (1) of Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education). The number of students eligible for the scholarship is 0,8% of the number of students taking part in full-time bachelor, master or single-cycle programmes funded through Hungarian state scholarship, calculated on basis of the statistical headcount of 15 October in the previous year, but at least 1 student per institution. At our university 25 students may receive the National Higher Education Scholarship in the academic year 2023/2024.

The institution’s professional, scientific and public life grant
Full-time students participating in higher education vocational trainings, bachelor, master, PhD or single-cycle long programmes may apply for the grant on basis of their outstanding professional, scientific, cultural and sports achievements, and public life activities. It is awarded for one semester on a monthly basis or as a one-off disbursement.

Support for Sport Activities
The call for application is open to full-time students who have actively participated in competitive sports activities within the framework of the University, in addition to fulfilling their academic requirements, or who have achieved national or international sports results thus contributing to the success and development of sports. The Support for Sport Activities are available to students who have participated in sports activities beyond their academic requirements during their active semester, and have completed at least one semester.

The support may be awarded through an application process. The Support for Sport Activities is awarded for a semester (5 months). The application should be submitted via Neptun Application Management System.

College Excellence Scholarships

One of the strategic priorities of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary is to support talented students. In recognition of the activities of Benda Kálmán College of Excellence in Humanities and Social Sciences, which is part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the University’s Management wishes to promote the academic activities of talented students at the University.

Therefore, the Senate of the University decided at its meeting of 21 September 2022 to amend Article 18 of the Regulation on Student Fees and Benefits, Volume III, Student Requirement System of the Organizational and Operational Rules and to add a new Article 50/P on the establishment of College Excellence Scholarships, including

• KIDA Excellence Scholarship I and II for students of the Károli Interdisciplinary Academy
• Benda Kálmán College of Excellence in Humanities and Social Sciences Excellence Scholarship