Study in Hungary

Hungary is a Central European member of the European Union and the Schengen Area, and its degrees follow the Bologna Process three-cycle structure of Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral study. Hungarian institutions offer 550+ English-taught programmes, and the country hosts 45,800 international students across 63 higher education institutions. Student life centres on Budapest and the university cities of Debrecen, Pécs, Győr, Nyíregyháza and Kecskemét.

UnivFind lists 345 English-taught programmes across six Hungarian universities: Budapest Metropolitan University, the University of Debrecen, the University of Pécs, the University of Nyíregyháza, John von Neumann University and Széchenyi István University. Programmes run from foundation and Bachelor’s level through Master’s and PhD, with English at B2 level as the general requirement and MOI accepted.

Pakistani students apply for a study residence permit at the Embassy of Hungary in Islamabad and enter on a single-entry D visa, collecting the residence permit after arrival. Students may work up to 30 hours a week during their studies, and graduates may stay on a 9-month job-search residence permit. Living costs vary sharply by city: official Study in Hungary figures put dormitory averages between HUF 18,000 a month in Debrecen and HUF 40,000 in Győr.