Entry requirements

For the International Business Economics BA programme, the application of those students is welcome who have completed their secondary school studies and can provide proof of this by presenting a Secondary or high school diploma. Admission decisions are made by the Admission Board/Committee. Students will receive written notification of the Committee’s decision within 2-3 weeks following the application deadline. It is only in exceptional cases that we admit students who have not passed their 18th birthday by the start of the program.

Language requirements

Minimum level of language proficiency (oral) (A1-C2): B2
Minimum level of language proficiency (written) (A1-C2):  B2

Applicants who do not speak English as their native language or did not study their high school subjects in English or have not completed at least 60 credits in English at a university level institution (please, submit your Transcript of Records document), must take one of the following language tests with the minimum score shown below:

• valid TOEFL Score of minimum 61 points (IBT) or TOEFL Score of minimum 500 points (PBT) or TOEFL Score of minimum 173 points (CBT)
• valid IELTS of a minimum overall band of 6.0
• Cambridge English: First (FCE)

Application starts in the online application system. Students need to register in the system, fill in the online application form, upload the required documents and follow the instructions during the application process.

Payment is to be made to:

Name: Eötvös Loránd University
Name of the bank: Hungarian State Treasury Ltd.
Postal Address of the bank: Váci str. 71., 1139 Budapest, Hungary
Bank account no: 10032000-01426201-00000000
IBAN no.: HU03 1003 2000 0142 6201 0000 0000
Swift code: HUSTHUHB
VAT-Nr.: HU 1530 8744

TRANSFER INFORMATION:

Please, enter the following details in the payment reference section of the transfer order:
I11101/22 GTI-NG8-NBEN your full name and the amount.
Note that the code to be written in the comment field begins with a capital “i”.

Entrance examination and selection process: 
The applications are examined by the Admission Committee within three weeks of the application deadline and applicants are notified of the outcome of the selection process via the online application system by 15th of July. Admission letters are sent out in the online application system before the end of July. There is no February intake.

Type of entrance examination: both oral and written 

Mode of entrance examination: online: applicant questionnaire in Canvas, MS Teams interview

Further details of the entrance exam: A two-part entrance examination (written test and oral interview) will take place online via Teams and Canvas. Applications are examined by the Admission Board, and the decision is based on a total evaluation of the academic excellence (based on the submitted documents) and the results of the entrance exam.

• The online written exam is designed to test your level of English proficiency and your mathematical / logical skills in the form of tests and essay writing tasks.
• The oral exam is in the form of a short (approximately 15-minute-long) interview on an online platform called MS Teams.

Further details of the selection and evaluation method:
Students are ranked according to their academic excellence. based on the submitted documents and the results of the entrance exam. The submission of the following documents/certificates is not required but they are taken into consideration in the admission process: Mathematics exams (SAT Mathematics Subject Test Level II.: min. 680 points or ACT Test: min. 22 points in the Mathematics part).