APPLICATION PROCESS

1. NOMINATION BY THE SENDING INSTITUTION 

To be an exchange student, you must apply at your home institution. Once you are selected, your home university coordinator has to nominate you to your host institution. The Faculty of Social Sciences accepts online nominations.

Please nominate your students here!

2. REGISTRATION BY THE STUDENT 

After you were nominated, you will be informed via e-mail about the application process.

Step 1:  Fill in the online application form

Step 2: Prepare your study plan (a preliminary list of courses you wish to attend at ELTE, not equivalent to the Learning Agreement) and send it to the erasmus@tatk.elte.hu e-mail address as an e-mail attachment (pdf or doc format).

• It should contain the course code, name and ECTS number. You may choose two-thirds of your courses from the Faculty of Social Sciences, while the remaining one-third can be chosen from other faculties of ELTE (maximum 10 ECTS)

• The exact timetable containing the date, time and place of the courses is communicated at the beginning of each semester. Therefore, the study plan is considered as a preliminary list that can be modified.

• Your home institution specifies your workload. They usually require you to gain 20–30 ECTS per semester, but it can differ according to your university's requirements. Our university does not specify a required minimum ECTS for incoming exchange students, but the registered courses should not exceed 40 ECTS.

• Undergraduate students (BA/BSc) are not entitled to choose MA programmes’ courses.

• If you wish to follow courses in Hungarian, please contact the International Office via e-mail.

Receive answers to all your mobility-related questions on our FAQ website.

TO-DO’S BEFORE YOU ARRIVE AT ELTE

If you have been accepted to attend the Faculty of Social Sciences of Eötvös Loránd University, you can start to organise your stay in Budapest.

• Check the academic calendar

• Ask for a mentor (optional)

• Prepare your Learning Agreement (for Erasmus+ students)

• Apply for a visa to Hungary (for non-EEA students)

• Arrange a travel and health insurance for the period until you enroll at ELTE

• Arrange your travel to Hungary

• Arrange accommodation in Budapest

• Read all “Practical matters” on our homepage

• Read the academic regulations at ELTE

• Follow the life of the University on social media

As the official timetable (containing the date, time and place of the courses) is communicated in the beginning of each semester, exchange students are allowed to modify their Learning Agreement during the semester, according to their final course list chosen at ELTE.

TO-DO’S RIGHT AFTER YOU ARRIVE AT ELTE

• Meet your mentor (optional)

• Personal registration (details are sent via email by the International Office)

• Attend the Faculty Orientation Day (details are sent via email)

• Register for your courses via Neptun (details are sent via email)

• Get your residence permit card (for non-EEA students)

• Request a (temporary) student ID

• Attend the Orientation Week’s programmes

• Read more information: University life 

AT THE END OF YOUR MOBILITY

Your closing documents (transcript of records, certificate of attendance) can be prepared only after you have completed the following steps:

1. Check your grades in the Neptun at Exams/Taken exams and at Studies/ Gradebook by choosing the current semester.

2. Check and fulfil your payment obligations if you have any (in Neptun/Finances), as the Transcript of Records cannot be issued in case of outstanding balance. How to pay your fees

3. Complete the closing mobility questionnaire (you will receive the link via e-mail in June/December). Here, you may indicate whether you wish to collect the closing documents (Certificate of Attendance, Transcript of Records) in-person or receive it via e-mail.