Hungary Scholarship Programme

Application Deadline: 31st January, 2020 (23:59 Budapest time).

Hungary provides high quality education in the heart of Europe. Today, there is a growing demand of international students to study in Hungary. Besides the quality of education and degrees recognised throughout Europe and beyond, students are attracted by the affordable living costs with an extremely favourable cost-to-value ratio, a safe and friendly living environment with convenient public transportation, the central location of the country in Europe, and the unspoiled natural beauties combined with a 2000 year-old, rich Hungarian history and several UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Hungary is also within the top countries with the highest number of scientific Nobel Prize Winners per capita, and a numerous scientific inventions from Vitamin C to Rubik’s cube and so on.

The core mission of the Scholarship Programme for Christian Young People is to provide the possibility of studying in Hungary for young Christian students living in the crisis regions of the world and/or being threatened in their country because of their faith. After completing their studies, the scholarship holders will return to help their home community with their gained knowledge, and they will participate in the reconstruction of war-destroyed countries and contribute to improvement of social situation and preservation of culture of Christian communities.

The Programme is managed by the State Secretariat for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and for the Hungary Helps Programme and is organized by Tempus Public Foundation.

Eligibility

Eligible Participating Countries, available study levels, preferred study fields
The Scholarship Programme for Christian Young People is based on the cooperation between the State Secretariat for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and for the Hungary Helps Programme and Churches that pursue humanitarian activities in crisis regions. List of churches can be found in Annex 1.

For the 2020/21 academic year, the scholarship is announced for the citizens of the following countries: Egypt, Lebanese Republic, Republic of Iraq, State of Israel, Palestine, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic of Kenya, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Republic of Armenia and Nigeria.

Benefits:

 Tuition-free education
o exemption from the payment of tuition fee
 Monthly stipend
o bachelor’s, master’s and one-tier master’s level: monthly amount of HUF
128,520 (cca. EUR 400) contribution to the living expenses in Hungary, for 12
months a year, until the completion of studies
o doctoral level: the monthly amount of scholarship is HUF 140,000 (cca EUR 450)
for the first phase of education (4 semesters) and HUF 180,000 (cca EUR 570) for
the second phase (4 semesters) – for 12 months a year, until completion of studies.
 Accommodation
o free dormitory place or a contribution of HUF 40,000 to accommodation costs for
the whole duration of the scholarship period (Please note that if the student does
not live in the dormitory, then the HUF 40 000/month (cca. EUR 125) is only a
contribution to rental costs, and in bigger cities – especially in the capital city – this
contribution would not cover the full amount of rental costs.)
 Reimbursement of travel costs
o HUF 200,000 /academic year (cca. EUR 640)
 Medical insurance
o health care services according to the relevant Hungarian legislation (Act LXXX of
1997, national health insurance card) and supplementary medical insurance for up
to HUF 65,000 (cca. EUR 205) a year/person

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Hungary Scholarship Programme 2020/2021