Minimum credit requirement

Starting with the 2018/2019 academic year, scholarship holders of Stipendium Hungaricum, Scholarship for Christian Young People and Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship are required to earn an average of 18 credits (i.e., a total of 36 credits) for their last two active semesters.

If the student has not obtained the required credit number, the institution is obliged to terminate the scholarship status and inform the Tempus Public Foundation immediately.

Verification of the requirement

ELTE will verify at the end of each academic year (at the end of spring semester) the number of credits scholarship holders have earned. During the minimum credit verification, a student will lose his/her scholarship status if he/she does not obtain at least 18 credits on the average of the last two semesters where the student status was not suspended. After that, they can still continue their studies as self-financed students.

The obligation to meet the credit minimum also applies to students transferred from another institution. In their case, only the credits earned during their studies at ELTE can be accounted for, not the credits from their previous institution.

The minimum credit requirement does not apply to:

students, who only had a total of one active semester (or none) at the end of the academic year
students, who started their studies before the 2018/2019 academic year,
students, who are studying in Doctoral level,
participants of preparatory training.

The minimum credit rule for students participating in the IT preparation training applies only to the semesters after the preparation.

STIPENDIUM HUNGARICUM OPERATIONAL REGULATIONS (III.3.7-11.)

III.3. Further Obligations of the Scholarship Holders

7. The scholarship holder is, unless otherwise provided by the institutional regulation, require to fulfil the study, examination obligation and curriculum development by earning at least eighteen credits (i.e., earns a total of 36 credits) on the average of the last two semesters in which the student is not suspended (minimum credit requirement).
8. If during the academic year it is determined that the scholarship holder has not obtained the required number of credits, the institution shall terminate the scholarship status and inform the Public Foundation without delay.
9. The verification according to Section 8 shall first be conducted after the end of the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic year.
10. The credit minimum requirement applies to those commencing their tertiary education studies in or after the 2018/2019 academic year.
11. The minimum credit requirement does not apply to scholarship holders for doctoral schools and preparatory courses.

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR CHRISTIAN YOUNG PEOPLE OPERATIONAL REGULATIONS (III.11.2.)

III.11.2. The institution shall terminate the scholarship status by a unilateral declaration in the following cases:

f) unless the institutional regulation contains stricter provisions, the scholarship holder does not obtain at least eighteen (i.e. in total 36 during the two semesters) credits (minimum credit requirement) in the average of the last two semesters where the student status was not interrupted. The credit minimum requirement applies to those commencing their tertiary education studies in or after the 2018/2019 academic year. The minimum credit requirement does not apply to students of doctoral schools and preparatory courses. At the end of each academic year, the institution is required to verify that scholarship holders have achieved an average of 18 credits (i.e. in total of 36 in the two semesters)

HUNGARIAN DIASPORA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME OPERATIONAL REGULATIONS (IV.3.7-9.)

IV.3 Further Obligations of Scholarship Holders

7. Unless the applicable regulations of the institution contain stricter provisions, the scholarship holder shall comply with their obligations of academic advancement set out in the studies and exams code and the curriculum by earning at least an average of 18 credits in each of the last two semesters in which their student status was not suspended (that is, a total of 36 credits)(minimum credit requirement).
8. In case the inspection conducted in each academic year finds that the scholarship holder has not obtained the required number of credits, the institution shall terminate the scholarship status and inform the Public Foundation thereof without delay.
9. The minimum credit requirement does not apply to scholarship holders of doctoral schools and preparatory courses.