Through the Hungarian Scholarship Board Office, the Hungarian Minister of Education and Culture offers scholarships for foreign students and professors of higher education institutions as well as research fellows who intend to gain further professional experience in Hungarian institutions of higher education or research.
Scholarships can be applied for under two systems:
· Bilateral Agreements
· Scholarship pool
The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Hungary established a “scholarship pool”, a scholarship system of various types of scholarships, allowing for applications from the following countries/territories: Egypt
These scholarships allow for study or research in any field of arts and sciences during the granted period at an accredited Hungarian higher education or research institution to be determined in advance.
Semester, partial, postgraduate studies and doctoral programmes must be carried out in state-financed institutions where no tuition fee is required.
Non-eligibility:
· Foreign citizens with a residence permit or in the course of applying for a residence permit in Hungary cannot apply.
· Men and women, who have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by the law in Hungary cannot apply.
· Students applying for part-time or correspondence study programmes cannot apply.
· Students applying for non state-financed universities cannot apply.
· Students admitted to tuition fee-paying institutions of higher education cannot apply.
Age Limits for Applicants:
· 30 years for scholarships for semester studies
· 40 years for scholarships for postgraduate studies
· 35 years for scholarship for PhD scholarships
· 45 years for postdoctoral scholarships
There are no age limits for the following types of scholarships:
· research stay
· summer courses
Deadline: 15th April.
For more scholarship information and application, see: Hungarian State Scholarships Website
