MSc in Business Development

Faculty of Business and Economics

The enterprise development major enables students to engage with the theory of entrepreneurship in relation to how it is practiced in Hungary, Europe, and also internationally.

Head of program: Dr. Zsolt Bedő



Degree
Master of Science in Business Development
Duration of Training
2 years (4 semesters)

Language
English
Intake
Fall, Spring

Deadline of Application

Next Starting Date
Fees
Tuition fee: 3,150 EUR/sem. (for non-EU students); 400,000 HUF/sem. (for EU students)
Application fee: EUR 100
  • Description of the program
  • Application procedure
  • Application requirements
  • Examples of subjects during the studies
  • More information

The objective of the programme is to develop your knowledge on the methods of screening, analysing, planning and executing the development process of an entrepreneurial venture. Beyond theoretical knowledge, students’ skills are advanced in order to enable them to work efficiently in teams, detect and seek opportunities, transform opportunities into executable solutions that can serve as new products and services for the enterprise. Students get acquainted with the process of innovation, work on practical problems in an open innovation environment with social and economic stakeholders in order to make difference in the socio-economic environment. Students interact throughout their studies with other student groups from other universities using state of the art multimedia facilities to learn the application of the info-communication solutions of the 21st century. They also work on social problems to experience social entrepreneurship activities. The programme operates with a February start.

Program Structure

Discipline
Business and Management
Academic Level/Type
Master

    Step 1: Submit your online application 

    Please create your application profile, and choose the desired programme on the apply.pte.hu online surface and upload all the required documents. 

    Step 2: Application fee payment 

    After submitting the application, the online application system automatically issues the invoice for the €100 application fee payment. You can pay it directly in the system with your bank card. If you pay via bank transfer, you need to consider that a bank transfer could take up to 10-14 days until it is visible on our bank account. 

    Bank account details: 

    Name of the bank 

    OTP Baranya m. Belfoldiek Devizai 

    Address 

    7621 Pécs, Rákóczi út. 44. 

    Account number 

    11763316-50141889 

    Swift code 

    OTPVHUHB 

    IBAN code 

    HU41117633165014188900000000 

    Name of the receiver 

    University of Pécs 

    EU VAT Number 

    HU 17783941 

    Comment field 

    Please put here your name and the number of your notification, that you can find in the up-left corner in the format of #XX-00000000 

    If you pay with a bank transfer, please e-mail to international@pte.hu your proof of payment document to speed up the confirmation process of your payment. 

    It is essential to highlight that the application fee is non-refundable regardless of the outcome of the application. 

    Step 3: Evaluation 

    Once the payment has been confirmed, the uploaded materials are evaluated, and the decision is made on whether the applicant is eligible. The document evaluation is based on a point system; please see the details here. You must fulfil all the mentioned criteria to participate in the admission interview. If you do not meet one of the requirements, the application must be rejected; you will receive a "Not qualified" status. The decision shall be without appeal. 

    Step 4: Admission interview 

    An oral interview (online) is scheduled with eligible applicants and carried out by a committee. The qualified applicant receives a guideline e-mail (on the e-mail address provided during the application process) approximately 5-7 days before the date of the admission interview. Shortly after, the applicant gets the actual MS Teams invitation with the link to join the meeting at the given time (be aware of the timezone differences). 

    The interview takes approximately 15 minutes, and the committee will ask you about your background, plans and motivation to choose us. You will need to talk about your previous studies and field of interest. You have to talk about your business idea if any. 

    The committee might ask you additional questions; no previously set list exists. 

    Step 5: Admission decision 

    The admissions committee proposes, but the decision is made by the Head of the Programme within a maximum of two weeks from the date of the interview, taking into account the applicant's score and the capacity of the training programme applied for. The decision shall be without appeal. 

    Step 6: Offers 

    If you successfully pass the document evaluation and the admission interview and upload all the required documents, you will receive an "Acceptable" offer. 

    If you successfully pass the document evaluation and the admission interview but have some missing documents, you will receive a "Conditionally acceptable" offer. In this case, you will be given a certain amount of time to submit the missing documents. After this is done, you will receive the "Acceptable" offer. 

    If you cannot pass the admission interview, you will receive a "Failed" status, which means the application is rejected. The decision shall be without appeal. 

    Step 7: Tuition fee payment 

    If you receive an "Acceptable" offer, you must accept this offer in the online application system. As soon as you have done that, the system issues the invoice for the tuition fee payment. You must pay the full tuition fee; in the first semester, paying in instalments is impossible. If you pay via bank transfer, you need to consider that a bank transfer could take up to 10-14 days until it is visible on our bank account. 

    Bank account details: 

    Name of the bank 

    OTP Baranya m. Belfoldiek Devizai 

    Address 

    7621 Pécs, Rákóczi út. 44. 

    Account number 

    11763316-50141889 

    Swift code 

    OTPVHUHB 

    IBAN code 

    HU41117633165014188900000000 

    Name of the receiver 

    University of Pécs 

    EU VAT Number 

    HU 17783941 

    Comment field 

    Please put here your name and the number of your notification, that you can find in the up-left corner in the format of #XX-00000000 

    If you pay with a bank transfer, please e-mail international@pte.hu your proof of payment document to speed up the confirmation process of your payment. 

    Step 8: Letter of Admission 

    Upon receiving the tuition fee payment, the School's coordinator must issue the Letter of Admission. The scanned version of the letter will be sent to your e-mail. 

    Step 9: Arranging visa and arriving in Pécs 

    Applying for a visa is entirely your responsibility. As all the immigration-related tasks belong to the National Directorate–General for Aliens Policing, we do not affect the process. 

    We suggest you consider that obtaining a visa could take up to 8 weeks. 

    It would be best if you arrived in Pécs by the start of the semester (end of August/beginning of September; end of January/beginning of February). Before the official semester starts, you will receive information about the to-dos; please, read it carefully. 

    Here, you can read about the UP-FBE CODES AND GUIDELINES OF THE ADMISSION PROCESS. 

     

    Application requirements 

    (1) This admission procedure applies to all applicants who do not have Hungarian citizenship or Hungarian dual citizenship, regardless of whether they have applied for a scholarship programme or a private placement at the School. 

    (2)  Documents to be submitted with the application are: 

    •    a valid passport; 

    •    a BA/BSc certificate and a certified translation into English, which entitles the applicant to enter into a master's program in the applicant's home country; 

        an official transcript of the results document and a certified English translation thereof; 

    •    a certificate of proficiency in English if no older than two years, and at least a CEFR level B2, obtained at an internationally recognised (accredited) language examination institution. More information about the acceptable certificates here

    •    the official medical certificate in English stating that the applicant has received the required vaccines and is free of infectious diseases; 

    •    CV, letter of motivation, 

    •    other certificates. 

     

    (3) Applications are ranked in a 100-point system according to the following criteria: 

    a) Learning outcomes: maximum 50 points 

    b) Motivational interview: maximum 50 points 

    c) Extra points: maximum 16 points 

     

    Criteria 

    Results breakdown 

    Max points 

    1. Learning outcomes: GPA of the applicant's last two years in the BA/BSc training 

    0 points: If the applicant's GPA is below 50% 

    20 points: If the applicant's GPA is 50% or above 

    35 points: If the applicant's GPA is 70% or above 

    50 points: If the applicant's GPA is 85% or above 

    50 

    3. Motivational interview 

    0 points: the applicant cannot communicate with the interviewer, not even the most basic communication acts (greeting, identity issues); 

    15 points: the interview is lagging, the applicant only communicates in short answers, mostly answering yes or no to the questions; 

    25 points: the applicant is fluent in general topics, his or her professional motivations are not fully elaborated; 

    35 points: the applicant is fluent in both general and basic professional topics; 

    50 points the applicant has determined professional goals and can express his or her professional motivation. 

    50 

    Total 

    100 

     

    Extra points* 

    Certified, relevant professional experience 

    0 points: the applicant does not have any professional experience; 

    5 points: the applicant owns one or more enterprises (or social enterprise) or other relevant business experience 

    CEFR level C1 language exam certificate in the instruction language 

    0 points: the applicant has only a level B2 language exam certificate in the instruction language; 

    5 points: the applicant has an internationally recognized CEFR level C1 language exam certificate obtained no earlier than 2 years in the instruction language 

    Volunteering 

    0 points: the applicant either did not take part in voluntary activities or submitted a certificate for a period of fewer than 3 months; 

    3 points: Applicant has been volunteering for at least 3 months at charity or NGO, and this is certified by the organization. 

    Applicants with fewer opportunities 

    0 points: the applicant does not have any disability, or it cannot be creditably certified 

    3 points: the applicant has creditably certified his/her disability by attaching the official documents 

    Total 

    16 

    * Applicants will be awarded a maximum of 16 extra points in total, according to the criteria listed, but the total number of admission points, including the extra points, must not exceed 100. 

     

    (4) Minimum eligibility criteria for admissions   

    a) obtains more than zero points for each of the three main criteria [(3) a), b)] and 

    b) the total score, of at least 50, without extra points. 

     

    More information: 

    For more information, please contact:  

    Ms. Mária LAJOS 

    International Coordinator 

    Phone: +36 72 501 599 /23160 

    E-mail: lajos.maria@ktk.pte.hu  

    English website of the Faculty  

    1st semester
    Innovation and Innovation Management
    Entrepreneurship and Business Model Generation
    Corporate Entrepreneurship
    2nd semester
    Entrepreneurial Finance
    Project Management
    Advanced Marketing Research
    3rd semester
    Start-up Development
    Applied Venture Valuation
    E-commerce
    4th semester
    4th semester
    Practicum: SME development
    Strategic Management

    For more information, please contact: 

    Ms. Mária LAJOS
    International Coordinator
    Phone: +36 72 501 599 /23160
    E-mail: lajos.maria@ktk.pte.hu 
    English website of the Faculty