Erasmus+ Study Mobility - For Applicants

All important information about the Erasmus+ application process can be found on the university website and the faculty website.  

Students can apply for an Erasmus+ study abroad mobility every academic year during the spring semester (usually in February) for mobility periods taking place in the autumn and spring semesters of the following academic year. This period is called the main application period. A second call for application is held during the autumn semester (usually in September) for any remaining places, allowing students to apply for mobility in the spring semester of that academic year. For example, if a student wishes to go on mobility in the autumn or spring semester of the 2025/2026 academic year, they must apply during the main application period in the spring semester of the previous academic year (2024/2025). Or if they wish to go on mobility in the spring semester of 2025/2026, they may apply in autumn 2025 for any remaining places after the main application period.  

Applicants for Erasmus+ study abroad mobility must submit their application exclusively in Mobility-Online within the designated application period. 

The continuously updated list of partner universities is available on the faculty website. The list of universities available for application is always included in the current call for applications. During the main application period (each academic year’s spring semester), the list published on the faculty website is the same as the one in the official call for applications. During the second call for application (each academic year’s autumn semester), the list of the remaining available places at the partner universities after the main application period can be found in the current call for applications.  

For long-term study mobility, students can only apply to universities with which the Faculty of Social Sciences (TáTK) has an Inter-Institutional Agreement. The list of eligible universities varies by programme, with no transfer options between them. In the second-to-last column of the list of partner universities on the faculty website, students can find information on from which study field they can apply to a given partner institution. 

No, students can only apply to universities with which the Faculty of Social Sciences (TáTK) has an Inter-Institutional Agreement for their field of study. For details see: list of partner universities. 

To successfully complete the semester, students must have at least a B2 level of language proficiency in the language of instruction. Information on the language of instruction can be found on the faculty’s partner universities website as well as on the partner university’s website.  

It is important to distinguish between two aspects: 

• Language certification required for ELTE application: The accepted language certificates for application to ELTE can be found in the Erasmus+ student application scoring system, along with the points awarded for them (under the evaluation section). 
• Language certification required by the host university: This is needed for the application process to the host university, which only takes place after successfully applying to ELTE and being nominated. Information on this requirement is available on the faculty website. 

For each partner university applied to in the Erasmus+ application, the study plan and motivational letter, written in English, must include: 

The student’s 

• Personal and professional motivation 
• General personal and professional goals 
• Justification for choosing the destination country and city 
•  List of courses offered and planned to be taken at the host university, along with a link to the university’s website where the courses were selected 
• Plan of course recognition at ELTE 
• The language proficiency, considering the language of the host university and country 
• Any other relevant additional information 

The template for the study plan and motivational letter can be found on the following link. 

After submitting the application, the Mobility-Online platform will not allow you to make changes, so unfortunately, it’s not possible to change the order of the universities you applied to. 

If you are a self-funded student, you can apply for an Erasmus+ long-term study mobility scholarship. Please note that as a self-funded student, you will be required to pay the ELTE tuition fee during your mobility, as you need to have an active student status, which is dependent on paying the tuition fee for the given semester. 

If you are a Stipendium Hungaricum or DFP student, please note that you are not entitled to use financial support for taking part in other scholarship programmes or partial studies outside Hungary as your stipend covers studies in Hungary. Therefore, unfortunately you can not apply for an Erasmus+ long term study mobility scholarship. Moreover, you must habitually reside in Hungary during the study period. The Erasmus+ long-term study mobility requires a minimum duration of 60 days and must conclude by the end of the exam period, which makes the scholarships incompatible. For more information regarding the operational regulations of your scholarship please click on the following links: Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship holders; Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship holders. 

Regarding the fact that your scholarship covers studies in Hungary, the scholarship holder is not entitled to use financial support for taking part in other scholarship programmes or partial studies outside Hungary. The scholarship holder must habitually reside in Hungary during the study period. The Erasmus+ long-term study mobility requires a minimum duration of 60 days and must conclude by the end of the exam period, which makes the scholarships incompatible. For more information regarding the operational regulations of your scholarship please click on the following links: Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship holders; Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship holders. 

In case of BA/BSc or MA/MSc studies, those students can apply for an Erasmus+ scholarship who already have at least 1 completed semester. 

Yes, you can apply for Erasmus+ scholarship with a passive student status. However, you must have an active student status at ELTE in the semester of the planned mobility! 

Yes, if the uploaded documents are deemed incomplete by the faculty Erasmus+ coordinator, the student will receive an email via the Mobility-Online system requesting the missing documents. In this case, the missing attachment must be uploaded within the given deadline through the workflow section of the Mobility-Online platform.  

If you are unable to access the interface following the Mobility-Online guide and encounter a technical error message, please contact your faculty international coordinator via email, possibly attaching a screenshot of the error message.  

If the university is listed in the call for applications as an available option for your study programme, but it is not selectable in Mobility-Online, please report the issue to the faculty international coordinator.  

Applicants may submit an appeal regarding the final decision electronically to the faculty international coordinator within 15 days of the decision. 

The final list of accepted students who applied for study abroad mobility during the application period will be decided by the Students and Staff Mobility Committee. Supported students will be officially notified of the result through the Mobility-Online system and via email by the deadline specified in the call for applications. To see the exact place and semester of the awarded study mobility, you have to login to Mobility-Online.