Call for Application

Call for Applications - CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships to Hungary

Tempus Public Foundation / Hungarian National CEEPUS Office offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and teachers from CEEPUS member countries in the spring/ summer semester (1 February 2024 – 31 August 2024) of the Academic Year 2023/2024.

Eligibility:

  • Applications are accepted with citizenship of the CEEPUS member countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
  • Students studying in a CEEPUS member country, who do not have the citizenship of a CEEPUS member state need to upload an „equal status document" that proves their status at the home institution (e.g. Certificate of Enrolment in English).
  • It is not allowed to submit an application to the country of citizenship and to the country of residence (dual citizens may use their other citizenship). Hungarian citizenship is not acceptable when submitting an application to Hungary with the following exception:
    • From the 2023/2024 academic year, teachers with Hungarian citizenship, who are working in another CEEPUS country can apply for a CEEPUS scholarship. They must include a declaration in their application that they are not employed by the host organisation as a permanent or temporary member (with a contract to teach for a defined period) of staff on a full time or part time basis. The distance between the sending and host institution must be more than 100 km.
  • It is not allowed to receive a second mobility scholarship from other sources, to cover costs for the same mobility activity, destination and time period (avoiding double financing), therefore
  • For students, to have 2 completed semesters until the mobility period, and active student status at the home university during the mobility period.

Application deadline in this year prolonged:

  • 31 December 2023: long-term student (3+ months) mobility applications
  • 30 April 2024: short-term student (ST and STE categories) mobility applications, teaching mobility applications

Attention! There should be at least two months between the submission of the application and the proposed start date. Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival.

Attention! Before concluding the scholarship agreement and starting the mobility, it is the scholarship holder’s responsibility to learn about Hungary’s all-time effective entry regulations, the guidelines of the sending and the receiving institution, as well as to check the readiness of the receiving institution.

Available scholarships

Students:

  • Tendered period: 1 February 2024 – 30 June 2024
  • Whole semester or trimester at the host university (3-5 months)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: full months (last month at least 16 days)
  • 170 000 HUF / month (approx. 440 EUR)
  • Obligation of attending lectures and seminars, obtaining credits
  • Learning Agreement is highly recommended

Short-term students:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 February 2024 – 31 August 2024
  • Students working on their thesis and PhD students
  • Minimum duration of mobility period:
    • 1 month: at least 21 days
    • 2 months: 1 whole month and at least 16 days
  • 170 000 HUF / month (approx. 440 EUR)

Teachers:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 February 2024 – 31 August 2024
  • 1-month scholarships
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5 working days with 6 hours teaching / supervising activity
  • 190.000 HUF / month (approx. 490 EUR)
  • Detailed teaching plan is part of the application

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to find and contact the host ELTE faculty / department themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document.

The online application form must be submitted through the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info. You can find the general application process here (IV. How to apply).

Documents to attach to the online application form:

Students:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance from the host ELTE faculty/department.
    • At ELTE, the faculty administration is responsible for signing the document. If you are unable to determine, which faculty you should write to, you can also write an e-mail to ceepus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
  • 2 CEEPUS Freemover Letters of Recommendation issued by lecturers of the home university

Teachers:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Teachers’ Letter from the host ELTE faculty/department. At ELTE, the departmental coordinators are responsible for signing the document. Please contact the faculty administration or write an e-mail to ceepus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
  • Teachers with Hungarian citizenship: a declaration of not being employed by the host organisation as a permanent or temporary member (with a contract to teach for a defined period) of staff on a full time or part time basis.

For all mobility types:

  • Not being a citizen of a CEEPUS member country: Equal Status document (e.g. Certificate of Enrolment in English)
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Only the official CEEPUS forms are acceptable. Applications without the required official documents are not acceptable.
Application deadline prolonged:
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31 December 2023: long-term student (3+ months) mobility applications
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30 April 2024: short-term student (ST and STE categories) mobility applications, teaching mobility applications
There should be at least two months between the submission of the application and the proposed start date. Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival.

Further information

2023/24 Autumn - Call for applications

Tempus Public Foundation / Hungarian National CEEPUS Office offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and teachers from CEEPUS member countries in the winter semester (1 September 2023 – 31 January 2024) of the Academic Year 2023/2024.

Applications are accepted only from the CEEPUS member countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. Applicants with Hungarian citizenship or Hungarian place of residence cannot be considered.

Application deadline: 30 November 2023. (For short-term students and teaching mobilities: 31 December 2023). Attention! There should be at least two months between the submission of the application and the proposed start date. Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival.

The detailed call for applications can also be found here.

Attention! Before concluding the scholarship agreement and starting the mobility, it is the scholarship holder’s responsibility to learn about Hungary’s all-time effective entry regulations, the guidelines of the sending and the receiving institution, as well as to check the readiness of the receiving institution.

Available scholarships

Students:

  • Tendered period: 1 September 2023 – 31 January 2024
  • Whole semester or trimester at the host university (3-5 months)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: full months (last month at least 16 days)
  • 170 000 HUF / month (approx. 450 EUR)
  • Obligation of attending lectures and seminars, obtaining credits
  • Learning Agreement is highly recommended

Short-term students:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 September 2023 – 31 January 2024
  • Students working on their thesis and PhD students
  • Minimum duration of mobility period:
    • 1 month: at least 21 days
    • 2 months: 1 whole month and at least 16 days
  • 170 000 HUF / month (approx. 450 EUR)

Teachers:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 September 2023 – 31 January 2024
  • 1-month scholarships
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5 working days with 6 hours teaching / supervising activity
  • 190.000 HUF / month (approx. 500 EUR)
  • Detailed teaching plan is part of the application

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to find and contact the host ELTE faculty / department themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document.

The online application form must be submitted through the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info. You can find the general application process here (IV. How to apply).

Documents to attach to the online application form:

Students:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance from the host ELTE faculty/department.
    • At ELTE, the faculty administration is responsible for signing the document. If you are unable to determine, which faculty you should write to, you can also write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
  • 2 CEEPUS Freemover Letters of Recommendation issued by lecturers of the home university

Teachers:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Teachers’ Letter from the host ELTE faculty/department. At ELTE, the departmental coordinators are responsible for signing the document. Please contact the faculty administration or write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Only the official CEEPUS forms are acceptable. Applications without the required official documents are not acceptable.
Application deadline: 30 November 2023.
There should be at least two months between the submission of the application and the proposed start date. Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival.

Further information


2022/23 Autumn - Call for applications

Tempus Public Foundation / Hungarian National CEEPUS Office offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and teachers from CEEPUS member countries in the winter semester (1 September 2022 – 31 January 2023) of the Academic Year 2022/2023.

Applications are accepted only from the CEEPUS member countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. Applicants with Hungarian citizenship or Hungarian place of residence cannot be considered.

Application deadline: 30 November 2022. Attention! Applicants are asked to submit the application at least 45 days before the planned mobility. Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival.

The detailed call for applications can also be found here.

Attention! Before concluding the scholarship agreement and starting the physical mobility, it is the scholarship holder’s responsibility to learn about Hungary’s all-time effective entry and pandemic regulations, the guidelines of the sending and the receiving institution, as well as to check the readiness of the receiving institution. For ELTE's coronavirus regulations, please visit our website here. Regulations published by the Hungarian National Agency are available here.

Available scholarships

Students:

  • Tendered period: 1 September 2022 – 31 January 2023
  • Whole semester or trimester at the host university (3-5 months)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: full months (last month at least 16 days)
  • 170 000 HUF / month (approx. 425 EUR)
  • Obligation of attending lectures and seminars, obtaining credits
  • Learning Agreement is highly recommended
  • Available months: 30

Short-term students:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 September 2022 – 31 January 2023
  • Students working on their thesis and PhD students
  • Minimum duration of mobility period:
    • 1 month: at least 21 days
    • 2 months: 1 whole month and at least 16 days
  • 170 000 HUF / month (approx. 425 EUR)
  • Full semester applications will be preferred, short term students may be accepted upon available months

Teachers:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 September 2022 – 31 January 2023
  • 1-month scholarships
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5 working days with 6 hours teaching / supervising activity
  • 190.000 HUF / month (approx. 475 EUR)
  • Detailed teaching plan is part of the application
  • Available months: 10

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to find and contact the host ELTE faculty / department themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document.

The online application form must be submitted through the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info. You can find the general application process here (IV. How to apply).

Documents to attach to the online application form:

Students:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance from the host ELTE faculty/department.
    • At ELTE, the faculty administration is responsible for signing the document. If you are unable to determine, which faculty you should write to, you can also write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
  • 2 CEEPUS Freemover Letters of Recommendation issued by lecturers of the home university

Teachers:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Teachers’ Letter from the host ELTE faculty/department. At ELTE, the departmental coordinators are responsible for signing the document. Please contact the faculty administration or write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Only the official CEEPUS forms are acceptable. Applications without the required official documents are not acceptable.
Application deadline: 30 November 2022.
Applicants are asked to submit the application at least 45 days before the planned mobility. Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival.

Further information


2021/22 Spring - Call for applications for students and academics from Ukraine (closed)

Tempus Public Foundation / Hungarian National CEEPUS Office offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and academics from Ukraine in the spring semester of the Academic Year 2021/2022.

Eligibility

  • Students and teaching staff (academics) being enrolled or employed at a Ukrainian higher education institution (regardless of citizenship) can apply, who fled to Hungary due to the war in Ukraine in the Spring Semester of 2022.
  • Attention! Double financing is not possible: it is not allowed to receive a second mobility scholarship from other resources to cover costs for the same mobility activity, e.g. Stipendium Hungaricum Programme, Students at Risk Programme, Erasmus+.

Available scholarships

Tendered period for all mobility types is the spring semester of 2021/22. End date of the scholarship period is max. 30 June 2022. The duration is between 1-3 months.

Students:

  • Minimum duration of mobility period:
    • 1 month: at least 21 days
    • 2-3 months: full months (last month at least 16 days).
  • Grant: 170 000 HUF / month (approx. 459 EUR).
  • Activity:
    • attending lectures and seminars, obtaining credits
    • students working on their thesis and PhD students
  • CEEPUS scholarship holders are granted exemption of tuition fees at the host institutions during their awarded mobility.

Teachers:

  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5 working days with 6 hours teaching / supervising activity
  • Grant: 190 000 HUF / month (approx. 514 EUR) – for 5-30 days.

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to find and contact the host ELTE faculty / department themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document (form available here).

The online application form must be submitted through the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info. You can find the guide for the application process here.

Documents to attach to the online application form:

  • A Letter of Acceptance issued by a Hungarian host university, download here.
    • At ELTE, the faculty administration is responsible for signing the document. If you are unable to determine, which faculty you should write to, you can also write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the scholarship type and period you wish to apply to.
  • Any document proving eligibility (e.g. certificate of enrollment, student ID or excerpt from employment contract form a Ukrainian higher education institution).
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Applications without the required official documents are not acceptable.
Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival by the Tempus Public Foundation (ceepus@tpf.hu), as long as free resources are available. Approximately 200 scholarship months are available at the moment.

Further information


2021/22 Spring - Call for applications (closed)

Tempus Public Foundation / Hungarian National CEEPUS Office offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and teachers from CEEPUS member countries in the summer semester (1 February 2022 - 31 August 2022) of the Academic Year 2021/2022.

Applications are accepted only from the CEEPUS member countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. Applicants with Hungarian citizenship or Hungarian place of residence cannot be considered.

Application deadline: 31 December 2021.

The detailed call for applications can also be found here.

Attention! Before concluding the scholarship agreement and starting the physical mobility, it is the scholarship holder’s responsibility to learn about Hungary’s all-time effective entry and pandemic regulations, the guidelines of the sending and the receiving institution, as well as to check the readiness of the receiving institution. For ELTE's coronavirus regulations, please visit our website here. Regulations published by the Hungarian National Agency are available here.

Available scholarships

Before applying, please view the valid coronavirus regulations of ELTE.

Categories of mobility grants

Students:

  • Tendered period: 1 February 2022 – 30 June 2022
  • Whole semester or trimester at the host university (3-5 months)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: full months (last month at least 16 days).
  • Grant: 170 000 HUF / month (approx. 464 EUR).
  • Obligation of attending lectures and seminars, obtaining credits
  • Learning Agreement is highly recommended

Short term students:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 February 2022 – 31 August 2022
  • Students working on their thesis and PhD students
  • Minimum duration of mobility period:
    • 1 month: at least 21 days
    • 2 months: 1 whole month and at least 16 days
  • Grant: 170 000 HUF / month (approx. 464 EUR).

Teachers:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 February 2022 – 31 August 2022
  • 1-month scholarships
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5 working days with 6 hours teaching / supervising activity
  • Grant: 190 000 HUF / month (approx. 520 EUR).
  • Detailed teaching plan is part of the application

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to find and contact the host ELTE faculty / department themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document.

The online application form must be submitted through the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info. You can find the general application process here (IV. How to apply).

Documents to attach to the online application form:

Students:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance from the host ELTE faculty/department.
    • At ELTE, the faculty administration is responsible for signing the document. If you are unable to determine, which faculty you should write to, you can also write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
  • 2 CEEPUS Freemover Letters of Recommendation issued by lecturers of the home university

Teachers:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Teachers’ Letter from the host ELTE faculty/department. At ELTE, the departmental coordinators are responsible for signing the document. Please contact the faculty administration or write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Only the official CEEPUS forms are acceptable (downloadable after signing in to the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info, on your mobility desktop). Applications without the required official documents are not acceptable.
Application deadline: 31 December 2021.
Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival.

Further information


2021/22 Autumn - Call for applications

Tempus Public Foundation / Hungarian National CEEPUS Office offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and teachers from CEEPUS member countries in the winter semester (1 September 2021 – 31 January 2022) of the Academic Year 2021/2022.

Applications are accepted only from the CEEPUS member countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. Applicants with Hungarian citizenship or Hungarian place of residence cannot be considered.

Application deadline: 30 November 2021. Attention! Applicants are asked to submit the application at least 45 days before the planned mobility. Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival.

The detailed call for applications can also be found here.

Attention! Before concluding the scholarship agreement and starting the physical mobility, it is the scholarship holder’s responsibility to learn about Hungary’s all-time effective entry and pandemic regulations, the guidelines of the sending and the receiving institution, as well as to check the readiness of the receiving institution. For ELTE's coronavirus regulations, please visit our website here. Regulations published by the Hungarian National Agency are available here.

Available scholarships

Before applying, please view the valid coronavirus regulations of ELTE.

Attention! Based on the latest regulations of the Hungarian National Agency in February 2021, in addition to physical exchange, virtual and hybrid (blended) incoming mobilities are also supported in the Autumn Semester of 2021/22.
  • Physical: physical mobility always has priority, if necessary, mobilities can be postponed until 31 August 2022.
  • Virtual: If physical mobility is not possible due to entry or institutional regulations, the exchange can be implemented in virtual form. In the case of virtual exchange, the scholarship holder can implement the professional program detailed in the application without physical mobility, that is, without travelling to the host country. For the virtual period the scholarship holder is entitled for a reduced amount of the physical grant. It is subject to the prior declaration of the host ELTE faculty / department that the professional program can be completed in virtual form.
  • Hybrid: in the case of hybrid (blended) mobility, the mobility can be implemented partly in physical form and partly in virtual form (e.g. the mobility can be started in virtual form and then if the conditions allow it can be continued in physical form or vice versa). Please consult your host ELTE faculty/department if they can host you in the tendered period for hybrid mobility.
  • More information about the available exchange types: English
Categories of mobility grants

Students:

  • Tendered period: 1 September 2021 – 31 January 2022. Deadline to implement the mobility: 31 August 2021.
  • Whole semester or trimester at the host university (3-5 months)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: full months (last month at least 16 days). Minimum period for physical mobility: 3 months.
  • Full physical grant: 118 000 HUF / month (approx. 340 EUR). Reduced grant for the virtual period: 30 000 HUF/ month.
  • Obligation of attending lectures and seminars, obtaining credits
  • Learning Agreement is highly recommended
  • Available months: 40

Short term students:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 September 2021 – 31 January 2022
  • Students working on their thesis and PhD students
  • Minimum duration of mobility period:
    • 1 month: at least 21 days
    • 2 months: 1 whole month and at least 16 days
  • Full physical grant: 118 000 HUF / month (approx. 340 EUR). Reduced grant for the virtual period: 30 000 HUF/ month.
  • Full semester applications will be preferred, short term students may be accepted upon available months.

Teachers:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 September 2021 – 31 January 2022
  • 1-month scholarships
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5 working days with 6 hours teaching / supervising activity
  • Full physical grant: 130.000 HUF / month (approx. 370 EUR). Reduced grant for the virtual period: 6 000 HUF / teaching hour.
  • Detailed teaching plan is part of the application

If a grant holder does not stay in the host country for the full length of the period specified in his/her award, he/she may be required to pay back the amount of the physical scholarship. Months cannot be split. Full mobility grant can only be issued for the period spent in Hungary. Reduced grant is available for the virtual mobility period.

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to find and contact the host ELTE faculty / department themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document.

The online application form must be submitted through the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info. You can find the general application process here (IV. How to apply).

Documents to attach to the online application form:

Students:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance from the host ELTE faculty/department.
    • At ELTE, the faculty administration is responsible for signing the document. If you are unable to determine, which faculty you should write to, you can also write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
  • 2 CEEPUS Freemover Letters of Recommendation issued by lecturers of the home university

Teachers:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Teachers’ Letter from the host ELTE faculty/department. At ELTE, the departmental coordinators are responsible for signing the document. Please contact the faculty administration or write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Only the official CEEPUS forms are acceptable (downloadable after signing in to the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info, on your mobility desktop). Applications without the required official documents are not acceptable.
Application deadline: 30 November 2021.
Applicants are asked to submit the application at least 45 days before the planned mobility. Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival.

Further information


2020/21 Spring - Call for applications

Tempus Public Foundation / Hungarian National CEEPUS Office offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and teachers from CEEPUS member countries in the summer semester (1 February 2021 – 31 August 2021) of the Academic Year 2020/2021.

Applications are accepted only from the CEEPUS member countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. Applicants with Hungarian citizenship or Hungarian place of residence cannot be considered.

Prolonged application deadline: 31 May 2021. Attention! Applicants are asked to submit the application at least 2 months before the planned mobility. Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival .

The detailed call for applications can also be found here.

Attention! Before concluding the scholarship agreement and starting the physical mobility, it is the scholarship holder’s responsibility to learn about Hungary’s all-time effective entry and pandemic regulations, the guidelines of the sending and the receiving institution, as well as to check the readiness of the receiving institution. For ELTE's coronavirus regulations, please visit our website here. Regulations published by the Hungarian National Agency are available here.

Available scholarships

Before applying, please view the valid coronavirus regulations of ELTE.

Attention! Based on the latest regulations of the Hungarian National Agency in February 2021, in addition to physical exchange, virtual and hybrid (blended) incoming mobilities are also supported in the Spring Semester of 2020/21, until 31 August 2021.
  • Virtual: If physical mobility is not possible due to entry or institutional regulations, the exchange can be implemented in virtual form. In the case of virtual exchange, the scholarship holder can implement the professional program detailed in the application without physical mobility, that is, without travelling to the host country. For the virtual period the scholarship holder is entitled for a reduced amount of the physical grant. This type of exchange to available to both students and staff. It is subject to the prior declaration of the host ELTE faculty / department that the professional program can be completed in virtual form.
  • Hybrid: in the case of hybrid (blended) mobility, the mobility can be implemented partly in physical form and partly in virtual form (e.g. the mobility can be started in virtual form and then if the conditions allow it can be continued in physical form or vice versa). Currently, this type of exchange is only available to students (for studies - full semester), with the minimum period of 3 months for the physical form of the mobility. As the Spring semester has already started, this option only applies to those applicants who have already started their mobility in either physical or virtual form. Please consult your host ELTE faculty/department if they can host you in the tendered period for hybrid mobility.
  • More information about the new exchange types: English, Hungarian.
Categories of mobility grants

Students:

  • Tendered period: 1 February 2021 – 30 June 2021. Deadline to implement the mobility: 31 August 2021.
  • Whole semester or trimester at the host university (3-5 months)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: full months (last month at least 16 days). Minimum period for physical mobility: 3 months.
  • Full physical grant: 118 000 HUF / month (approx. 330 EUR). Reduced grant for the virtual period: 30 000 HUF/ month.
  • Obligation of attending lectures and seminars, obtaining credits
  • Learning Agreement is highly recommended

Short term students:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 February 2021 – 31 August 2021
  • Students working on their thesis and PhD students
  • Minimum duration of mobility period:
    • 1 month: at least 21 days
    • 2 months: 1 whole month and at least 16 days
  • Full physical grant: 118 000 HUF / month (approx. 330 EUR). Reduced grant for the virtual period: 30 000 HUF/ month.

Teachers:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 February 2021 – 31 August 2021
  • 1-month scholarships
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5 working days with 6 hours teaching / supervising activity
  • Full physical grant: 130.000 HUF / month (approx. 360 EUR). Reduced grant for the virtual period: 6 000 HUF / teaching hour.
  • Detailed teaching plan is part of the application

If a grant holder does not stay in the host country for the full length of the period specified in his/her award, he/she may be required to pay back the amount of the physical scholarship. Months cannot be split. Full mobility grant can only be issued for the period spent in Hungary. Reduced grant is available for the virtual mobility period.

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to find and contact the host ELTE faculty / department themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document.

The online application form must be submitted through the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info. You can find the general application process here (IV. How to apply).

Documents to attach to the online application form:

Students:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance from the host ELTE faculty/department.
    • At ELTE, the faculty administration is responsible for signing the document. If you are unable to determine, which faculty you should write to, you can also write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
  • 2 CEEPUS Freemover Letters of Recommendation issued by lecturers of the home university

Teachers:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Teachers’ Letter from the host ELTE faculty/department. At ELTE, the departmental coordinators are responsible for signing the document. Please contact the faculty administration or write an e-mail to erasmus@elte.hu, stating your name, your subject field, your home university and the planned mobility period.
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Only the official CEEPUS forms are acceptable (downloadable after signing in to the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info, on your mobility desktop). Applications without the required official documents are not acceptable.
Application deadline: 31 May 2021.
Applicants are asked to submit the application at least 2 months before the planned mobility. Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival.

Further information


2020/21 Autumn - Call for applications

Tempus Public Foundation / Hungarian National CEEPUS Office offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and teachers from CEEPUS member countries in the winter semester (1 September 2020 – 31 January 2021) of the Academic Year 2020/2021.

Applications are accepted only from the CEEPUS member countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.

Applicants with Hungarian citizenship or Hungarian place of residence cannot be considered.

The detailed call for applications can also be found here.

Attention! Before concluding the scholarship agreement and starting the mobility, it is the scholarship holder’s responsibility to learn about Hungary’s all-time effective entry and pandemic regulations, the guidelines of the sending and the receiving institution, as well as to check the readiness of the receiving institution.

Available scholarships

Students:

  • Tendered period: 1 September 2020 – 31 January 2021
  • Whole semester or trimester at the host university (3-5 months)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: full months (last month at least 16 days)
  • 118 000 HUF / month (approx. 340 EUR)
  • Obligation of attending lectures and seminars, obtaining credits
  • Learning Agreement is highly recommended
  • Available months: 40

Short term students:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 September 2020 – 31 January 2021
  • Students working on their thesis and PhD students
  • Minimum duration of mobility period:
  • 1 month: at least 21 days
  • 2 months: 1 whole month and at least 16 days
  • 118 000 HUF / month (approx. 340 EUR)
  • Full semester applications will be preferred, short term students may be accepted upon available months

Teachers:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 September 2020 – 31 January 2021
  • 1-month scholarships
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5 working days with 6 hours teaching / supervising activity
  • 130.000 HUF / month (approx. 370 EUR)
  • Detailed teaching plan is part of the application
  • Available months: 10

If a grant holder does not stay in the host country for the full length of the period specified in his/her award, he/she may be required to pay back the amount of the scholarship. Months cannot be split. Full mobility grant can only be issued for the period spent in Hungary. Virtual mobility period cannot be granted.

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to find and contact the Hungarian host university themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document from the host department.

We recommend choosing a host institution that already has CEEPUS activity in order to minimise administrative obstacles. A list of Hungarian institutions with CEEPUS activity can be found here.

The online application form must be submitted through the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info.

Documents to attach to the online application form:

Students:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance from the host institution - please contact the faculty administration
  • 2 CEEPUS Freemover Letters of Recommendation issued by lecturers of the home university

Teachers:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Teachers’ Letter from the host institution
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Only the official CEEPUS forms are acceptable (downloadable after signing in to the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info). Applications without the required official documents are not acceptable.
Application submission: continuously from 1 July 2020 to 30 November 2020.

Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival. There must be at least 45 days between the application's submission and the start of the tendered period.

Next application round for CEEPUS Freemovers for the summer semester (1nd February 2021 – 30th June 2021) with the deadline 30th November 2020.

Further information


2019/20 Autumn - Call for applications

Tempus Public Foundation / Hungarian National CEEPUS Office offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and teachers from CEEPUS member countries in the winter semester (1 September 2019 – 31 January 2020) of the Academic Year 2019/2020.

Applications are accepted only from the CEEPUS member countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
Applicants with Hungarian citizenship cannot be considered.

Available scholarships

Students:

  • Tendered period: 1 September 2019 – 31 January 2020
  • Whole semester or trimester at the host university (3-5 months)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: full months (last month at least 16 days)
  • 118 000 HUF / month (approx. 370 EUR)
  • Obligation of attending lectures and seminars, obtaining credits
  • Learning Agreement is highly recommended
  • Available months: 40

Short term students:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 September 2019 – 31 January 2020
  • Students working on their thesis and PhD students
  • Minimum duration of mobility period:
    • 1 month: at least 21 days
    • 2 months: 1 whole month and at least 16 days
  • 118 000 HUF / month (approx. 370 EUR)
  • Full semester applications will be preferred, short term students may be accepted upon available months

Teachers:

  • Tendered period: any between 1 September 2019 – 31 January 2020
  • 1-month scholarships
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5 working days with 6 hours teaching / supervising activity
  • 130.000 HUF / month (approx. 410 EUR)
  • Detailed teaching plan is part of the application
  • Available months: 10

If a grant holder does not stay in the host country for the full length of the period specified in his/her award, he/she may be required to pay back the amount of the scholarship. Months cannot be split.

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to find and contact the Hungarian host university themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document from the host university.

We recommend to choose a host institution that already has CEEPUS activity in order to minimise administrative obstacles. A list of Hungarian institutions with CEEPUS activity can be found here.

The online application form must be submitted through the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info.

Documents to attach to the online application form:

Students:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance from the host institution
  • 2 CEEPUS Freemover Letters of Recommendation issued by lecturers of the home university

Teachers:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Teachers’ Letter from the host institution
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Only the offical CEEPUS forms are acceptable (downloadable after signing in to the central CEEPUS website: www.ceepus.info). Applications without the reqired official documents are not acceptable.
Application submission: continuously from 1 July 2019 to 30 November 2019.

Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival. There must be at least 45 days between the applications submission and the start of the tendered period.

Next application round for CEEPUS Freemovers for the summer semester (1nd February 2020 – 30th June 2020) with the deadline 30th November 2019.

Further information


2018/19 Autumn - Call for applications

Tempus Public Foundation offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and lecturers from CEEPUS member countries in the autumn semester (1st September 2018 – 31 January 2019) of the academic year 2018/2019.

Applications are accepted only from the CEEPUS member countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. Applicants with Hungarian citizenship cannot be considered.

Available scholarships

Students:

  • 5-month long scholarship for 6 persons
  • tendered period: 1st September 2018 – 31 January 2019
  • full semester applications will be preferred, less months may be accepted upon availability

Lecturers:

  • 1-month long scholarship for 10 persons
  • tendered period: any between 1st September 2018 – 31 January 2019

Scholarship rates and obligations

Students:

  • 100.000 HUF / month (approx. 320 EUR)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: full months +16 days for the last month
  • Obligation of attending lectures/seminars, obtaining credits for full semester stays
  • Learning Agreement is highly recommended

Lecturers:

  • 125.000 HUF / month (approx. 400 EUR)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5-9 working days with a 6-hour teaching activity
  • Detailed teaching plan is part of the application

If a grant holder does not stay in the host country for the full length of the period specified in his/her award, he/she may be required to pay back the amount of the scholarship. Months cannot be split.

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to contact the Hungarian host university themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document from Eötvös Loránd University.

The online application form to be submitted through the central CEEPUS website.

Documents to attach to the online application form

Students:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance from the host institution
  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Recommendation from a teacher at the home institution

Lecturers:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Teachers’ Letter
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Only the offical CEEPUS forms are acceptable. Applications without the required official documents are not acceptable.

Application submission: continuously from 1st July 2018

Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival. There must be at least 45 days between the applications submission and the start of the tendered period.

Next application round for CEEPUS Freemovers for the summer semester (1nd February 2019 – 30th June 2019) with the deadline 30th November 2018.

Further information


2017/18 Autumn - Call for applications

Tempus Public Foundation offers CEEPUS Freemover mobility scholarships for incoming university students and lecturers from CEEPUS member countries in the autumn semester (1st September 2017 – 31 January 2018) of the academic year 2017/2018.

Applications are accepted only from the CEEPUS member countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. Applicants with Hungarian citizenship cannot be considered.

Available scholarships

Students:

  • 5-month long scholarship for 6 persons
  • tendered period: 1st September 2017 – 31 January 2018
  • full semester applications will be preferred, less months may be accepted upon availability

Lecturers:

  • 1-month long scholarship for 10 persons
  • tendered period: any between 1st September 2017 – 31 January 2018

Scholarship rates and obligations

Students:

  • 100.000 HUF / month (approx. 320 EUR)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: full months +16 days for the last month
  • Obligation of attending lectures/seminars, obtaining credits for full semester stays
  • Learning Agreement is highly recommended

Lecturers:

  • 125.000 HUF / month (approx. 400 EUR)
  • Minimum duration of mobility period: 5-9 working days with a 6-hour teaching activity
  • Detailed teaching plan is part of the application

If a grant holder does not stay in the host country for the full length of the period specified in his/her award, he/she may be required to pay back the amount of the scholarship. Months cannot be split.

Application process

CEEPUS Freemovers need to contact the Hungarian host university themselves and obtain the Letter of Acceptance document from Eötvös Loránd University.

The online application form to be submitted through the central CEEPUS website.

Documents to attach to the online application form

Students:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Acceptance from the host institution
  • CEEPUS Freemover Letter of Recommendation from a teacher at the home institution

Lecturers:

  • CEEPUS Freemover Teachers’ Letter
All documents have to be signed and stamped. Only the offical CEEPUS forms are acceptable. Applications without the required official documents are not acceptable.

Application submission: continuously from 1st July 2017

Applications will be proceeded in case of formal eligibility and in the order of arrival. There must be at least 45 days between the applications submission and the start of the tendered period.

Next application round for CEEPUS Freemovers for the summer semester (1nd February 2018 – 30th June 2018) with the deadline 30th November 2017.

Further information


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