19.05.2016.
Non-EEA students - Visa/residence permit
Updated: 04.06.2025.
If you are a student from the Savaria Campus (Szombathely), please contact your international coordinator as this information only applies to the students studying in Budapest!
It is important that you clearly understand how you can arrange the residence permit for the purpose of study (and the residence permit visa if required). Before submitting your application, please read carefully the relevant pages on the official site of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing. If you have any questions about the process, please contact one of the following:
the Hungarian Consulate in your home country
the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing in Budapest
the visa coordinator of ELTE at visa@elte.hu
For additional information on the residence and entry into Hungary for students of Stipendium Hungaricum Students at Risk sub-program, please click here.
Before you arrive in Hungary
You need to obtain a residence permit for the purpose of study if you are a student from the non-European Economic Area (non-EEA) and you wish
to study in a registered Hungarian secondary or higher educational institution or
to participate in a preparatory course for higher education organized by a higher educational institution, and it certifies that you have the knowledge of language necessary for your studies.
Do you need a visa to travel to Hungary?
Click here to find out!