Entry requirements

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible for admission to the University of Pécs, applicants must meet both general and program-specific requirements. General requirements apply to all students, while each program may set additional academic criteria. For example, engineering programs may expect a stronger background in mathematics. Detailed entry requirements are available on the individual program pages.

ELIGIBILITY
PREPARATORY COURSES	In order to be offered a place in a preparatory course, you must have successfully completed your upper secondary (high school) education or have been awarded a college degree.
BACHELOR PROGRAMS	In order to be offered a place in a bachelor's (first cycle or undergraduate) program, you must have successfully completed your upper secondary (high school) education and be able to demonstrate the minimum language requirement.
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (BED)TRAINING	In order to be offered a place in BEd training, you must have been awarded a Bachelor's degree in Teaching by an internationally recognized university and be able to demonstrate the minimum language requirement.
MASTER PROGRAMS	In order to be offered a place in a master's (second cycle or graduate) program, you must have been awarded a Bachelor's degree by an internationally recognized university and be able to demonstrate the minimum language requirement.
PHD PROGRAMS	In order to be offered a place in a PhD program, you must have been awarded a Master’s degree by an internationally recognized university and be able to demonstrate the minimum language requirement.
NON-DEGREE POSTGRADUATE SPECIALIST TRAINING	In order to be offered a place in Postgraduate Specialist Training, you must have been awarded a Bachelor's or Master’s degree by an internationally recognized university and be able to demonstrate the minimum language requirement.

The University of Pécs welcomes applications from candidates worldwide. Admission requirements are the minimum academic standards that the University requires in order to consider you for entry into one of our degree programs:

For General Admission Requirements for Undergraduate (BA/BSc, OTM, Preparatory) programs, click here

Requirements for graduate studies (MA/MSc, PhD, DLA) can be found on the individual program pages under 'Application requirements'.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

Strong knowledge of the language of instruction is essential to take our courses in English or other languages.

Click here to see our language requirements

Accepted English Language Exams and Minimum Scores

International students are not required to speak Hungarian in order to participate in the University of Pécs programs offered in foreign languages. However, you are encouraged to learn some Hungarian in order to be able to communicate with the local people (although the majority of young people and, certainly, your teachers will speak English). To develop your Hungarian, you can join various Hungarian preparatory courses.

For Hungarian language courses, click here

For some useful words in Hungarian, click here

DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT WITH APPLICATION

	Preparatory course	Bachelor program	BEd training	Master program	Postgraduate Specialist training	Doctoral program
Copy of your secondary school leaving certificate/ college diploma/BA/MA/PhD degree	secondary school leaving certificate or college diploma	secondary school leaving certificate	Bachelor degree in Teacher Program	BA/BSc degree	BA/BSc degree	MA/MSc degree and a research proposal
Copy of your transcript of previous studies or academic records	X	X	X	X	X	X
CV in the language of instruction	X	X	X	X	X	X
Proof of language knowledge (e.g. Language exam certificate)	-	X	X	X	X	X
Motivation letter	-	X	X	X	X	X
Medical certificate, Vaccination card and HIV test	X	X	X	X	X	X
Copy of the photo-page(s) of your passport	X	X	X	X	X	X