Scholarships at Hungary

Call for applications for foreigners for Hungarian state scholarships http://www.scholarship.hu/static/angol/general

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
The Hungarian Scholarship Board (hereinafter HSB) welcomes applications by citizens of countries that have a valid/effective educational co-operation programme with Hungary, or a bilateral agreement signed by the Ministry of Culture and Education of Hungary and the relevant ministry of the given country. Assessment and shortlisting of applications is conducted by the relevant home country scholarship authority or Ministry of Education, as well as dissemination of all information regarding the application procedure and deadlines.
Although the Hungarian Scholarship Board accepts applications from these countries submitted directly to its Office, please note that the applications evaluated and forwarded by the home country authorities always take precedence.

COUNTRIES WHOSE CITIZENS MAY APPLY ONLY ON THE BASIS OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS:
Afghanistan, Yemen, Mongolia, Palestine, Ukraine, and Vietnam.

SCHOLARSHIP POOL
In 2005 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: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korean Republic, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Russia, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Citizens of Austria can also apply for Hungarian scholarships through the Stiftung Aktion Österreich-Ungarn (www.omaa.elte.hu).

SCHOLARSHIP TYPES
Applicants can apply for all scholarship types in the "scholarship pool" system. The scholarships offered in the bilateral agreements announced by the foreign partners are also categorized according to these scholarship types. In some cases the co-operation programme/ bilateral agreement does not contain all the scholarships listed under the pool programme, hence they may not figure among the scholarships announced by the partner office. For citizens of countries that have a bilateral agreement and a partner scholarship office it is recommended to submit their applications directly to HSB, in the pool system, in case the bilateral agreement does not allow for a specific type of scholarship listed in the pool programme.

The following scholarships are available for in the Academic Year 2009/2010:
A - semester / partial studies (3-10 months)Can be applied for by: undergraduate (BA/BSc) and graduate (MA/MSc) students majoring in Hungarian Language and Literature, as well as graduating students working on their theses, and students enrolled in "single track" university programmes (in General Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacology, Veterinary Studies, Architecture and Jurisprudence).
B - postgraduate studies (3-21 days or 1-10 months)Can be applied for by: students holding a Master's degree or an equivalent university degree.
C/1 - doctoral studies: full PhD programme (36 months)Only students proficient in Hungarian can apply, the scholarship is conditional upon successful entrance exam / admission to the respective doctoral school.Applicants are exempt who gained admission to a tuition-free program at an institution of higher education (state university, full-time program), where the working language is different from Hungarian.
C/2 - doctoral studies: partial PhD studies or studies for the purpose of writing a dissertation (12 months)Applicants must submit a letter of invitation issued by an accredited doctoral school in Hungary and must be enrolled in a PhD programme at an accredited institution of higher education.
D - postdoctoral studies / research (1-10 months)Applicants must have a PhD or an equivalent degree.
E - research stay (3-21 days or 1-10 months) for associate or higher ranking professors or for researchers with a PhD or an equivalent degree
F - summer courses in the summer of 2009 (2-4 weeks)

GENERAL PROVISIONS
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.Type A (semester /partial studies) and type C1/C2 (full PhD and partial PhD studies) scholarships may not be extended. Type B (postgraduate studies), D (postdoctoral studies) research, and E (research stay) scholarships may be extended exceptionally, only under special circumstances, on one occasion. The scholarships are valid only for studies and research purposes in Hungary. The scholarship holder must stay in Hungary for the whole duration of the scholarship.

CASES OF NON-ELIGIBILITY
Foreign citizens with a residence permit or in the course of applying for a residence permit in Hungary cannot apply.All workers, men and women, who have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by the law in Hungary cannot applyStudents applying for part-time or correspondence study programmes cannot apply.Students applying for non state universities cannot apply.Students admitted to tuition fee-paying institutions of higher education cannot apply.