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Information for international students

Hungarian University of Fine Arts

The basic university training comprises 5 academic years (10 terms) at our University of Fine Arts. Students may obtain a Master of Arts (MA) university degree:

Artist's diploma - in the following branches:
Painting, sculpture, graphic art, graphic design, stage and costume design, restoration (picture, sculpture and artifact restoration), media art.

Visual education - an additional teacher's diploma
Students may start to specialize in teaching artistic drawing, art history and projective geometry in secondary schools at the beginning of the 4th term.

Guest students who do not wish to obtain a degree from the University, but wish to spend some time studying there, are exempt from the entrance examination, but have to submit some application material (for details see below).

Regular international students who wish to obtain a degree from the University have to take the same entrance examination as Hungarian speaking students and they have to take their examinations at the end of each semester in Hungarian in order to receive an MA degree. This takes five years.

The language of teaching is Hungarian. Guest students are given the possibility to attend tutorials in English, German or French and can participate in studio work. There are also Hungarian lessons for foreign students free of charge. However foreign students can receive only practical instruction, as at present there is no option of taking theoretical examinations in any language other than Hungarian.

The documents necessary for application are the following:

• a letter of intent with your personal data, the branch of study and status (i.e. regular or guest student) you apply for
• in case of regular international students: school-leaving certificate (which shows that the applicant has completed his/her secondary education and has graduated from secondary/high school)
• in case of guest students: a letter from the school that the student is attending, attesting to the fact that he or she is currently enrolled there, or, if the student has already graduated from an institution of higher education in art, a copy of the diploma certificate.
• Curriculum vitae with passport photo attached
• portfolio, documentation of works (i.e. catalogues, photos, videos, drawings, paintings, etc.).
• application form (the latter can be obtained from the international office, foreign@mke.hu)

Tuition Fee:

Citizens of European Union Member States applying to the five-year program (and prepared to take examinations in Hungarian) are not required to pay tuition. For citizens of countries who are not part of the EU, and for guest students (of both EU and non-EU citizenship) the tuition fee is HUF 80 000 per month. Regular students pay HUF 100 000 for 10 months per school year, guest students pay in accordance with the time spent at the University (for guest students 1 full academic year consists of 6 months of teaching).

The fee covers the tuition fee, it does not cover accommodation and meals.

The telephone number of the International Office is +36 1 478 0980