Administrative duties of international students in the 1st semester of the Academic Year 2020/21

Information about traveling to Hungary as an international student

1. FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS

Students admitted in 2020 to Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes can enrol in person or online.

Enrolment in person:

• on September 10 (Thursday) and September 11 (Friday) only
  • Students are requested to make an appointment with the Academic Registrar’s Office in advance between August 24­ - September 8. The Office will send out a contact address for the booking of appointments on August 24.

TRAVELING TO HUNGARY for enrolment in person and participation in offline courses:

• students are requested to act in compliance with the epidemiological classification of their home countries corresponding to the epidemiological situation in the given country;
• it is the students’ responsibility to arrive at the time of enrolment and, in case it is necessary, that their quarantine period ends before the day of enrolment;
• we suggest that every student who would like to enrol in person should arrive in Hungary by August 24 the latest;
• students are required to submit an equity request for an entry permit downloadable from the National Police website. The request can only be lodged electronically in Hungarian language by using the standard forms. Please fill in the form with every detail. The application in Hungarian is required, it must be authenticated and sent, in English it is used to understand what data is required.
  More information about traveling to Hungary as an international student.
  Equity requests are to be sent for authentication to the International Office of ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences.

Please check this site for further information about entering Hungary.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED AT THE ENROLMENT:

• enrolment form printed from the Neptun system: 2 copies (1 for the university, 1 for the student)
• at Bachelor’s level: original secondary school degree and a copy of the same (along with its official translation into English or Hungarian)
• at Bachelor’s level: exact name and address (country, post code, city, street, number) of the secondary school where the student got their degree
• at Master’s level: original university/college degree (along with its official translation into English or Hungarian)
• at Master’s level: exact name and address (country, post code, city, street, number) of the institution of higher education where the student got their degree
• passport (original)
• original residence permit and its copy
• 1 passport photo: 4x4 cm, black and white or colour
• if any: original Hungarian social security card (TAJ) and its copy, indicating the student’s 9-digit social security identification number
• if any: original Hungarian tax card and its copy, indicating the student’s 10-digit tax identification number
• the filled Enrollment Form of the Némedi Dénes Faculty Library

ONLINE enrolment:

Students who, on the basis of health vulnerability or the impossibility of traveling, request their absence from enrolment in person and consequently also from education in person for the first semester of the Academic Year 2020/21 may enrol ONLINE by August 23 2020. The request form necessary for online registration and studies can only be submitted in the Neptun system from July 23 2020, entitled “Request for participation in distance learning,” with "ELTE-TAVOKT" identification. Students requesting participation in distance learning with the "ELTE-TAVOKT" request will also be able to complete offline courses in the form of distance learning.

Students enrolling ONLINE will receive information about the enrolment procedure. In their case, the original secondary school degree or university degree will have to be presented when they start their studies in person. (In accordance with the epidemiological situation, this date is expected in 2021 at the earliest.)  

2. Students continuing their studies

For the first semester of the Academic Year 2020/21, students can register electronically in the Neptun system as active or passive students until September 6 2020.

Students who, on the basis of health vulnerability or the impossibility of traveling, request their absence from education in person are required to submit a request form entitled “Request for participation in distance learning” with "ELTE-TAVOKT" identification available in the Neptun system from July 23 2020.

Course registration period: August 28 – September 11 2020

First day of studies: September 7 2020

In the autumn semester, the majority of courses will be held online but some offline courses will also be offered. Education may change for distance learning depending on the epidemiological situation in Hungary any time during the semester. Students requesting participation in distance learning with the "ELTE-TAVOKT" request will also be able to complete offline courses in the form of distance learning.

TRAVELING to Hungary:

Students are required to submit an equity request for an entry permit downloadable from the National Police website. The request can only be lodged electronically in Hungarian language by using the standard forms. Please fill in the form with every detail. The application in Hungarian is required, it must be authenticated and sent, in English it is used to understand what data is required.
More information about traveling to Hungary as an international student.

Equity requests are to be sent for authentication to the student’s academic registrar. Please check this site for further information about entering Hungary

Electronic study systems—NEPTUN and CooSpace