Orientation Week for International Students 2025/2026 Autumn
ORIENTATION WEEK 2025/2026 AUTUMN (1 September - 5 September 2025)

Please note, that this page is being updated.
We warmly invite all our international students to the Orientation Week of the Autumn semester of 2025/26. We highly recommend attending the event where you can meet fellow new international students.
During the Orientation Week you will hear about:
- ELTE and ELTE faculties in general
- Administrative to-do’s to get settled in Budapest (registration in Budapest, insurance) and to start your studies at ELTE (registration at the University, student ID)
- Services provided by the University (e.g., library, language learning)
- Ways to spend free time at ELTE (ESN ELTE, sports, university choir and orchestra, and many more)
The date of the Orientation week: 1 September - 5 September 2025
Please note the some programmes are held a bit earlier or later.
Programmes for all students
Please check out our Program booklet timetable for incoming students (being updated) to see everything in one place. Please note, that this timetable only serves as visual guide.
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Welcome Ceremony
Time: 4 September 10:00 – 11:30
Location: Faculty of Law (Aula Magna), 1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3
Preliminary programme
Flyer (being updated)
REGISTRATION
Ready to join us for the Welcome Ceremony? Register here.
Please note that the venue has limited capability for the event. We can only reserve a seat for those who have successfully registered and received feedback. In case of cancellation, we can still welcome some people on site, after 9:50 a.m., on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please note that this is a continuous event, individual blocks CANNOT be visited separately, so please plan to attend the entire Welcome ceremony and stay for the full duration to avoid disruptions.
- Information Market
Time: 5 September 11:00 – 13:00
Location: Faculty of Law (Ground floor), 1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3
Preliminary programme
See the posts of the university services: Facebook event
ONLINE INFORMATION MARKET
If you will not be able to attend on the Information Market, you can read more about the university services here. (Please note that the page is being updated.)
Registration is not mandatory for the Information Market.
- Hungarian Crash Course and Hungaricum picnic
Time: 4 September 14:00 - 15:30
Location: TBD
During the program, participants will receive an interactive, introductory language taster: what kind of language is Hungarian, a survival language kit for the first few days, discover the culinary specialties of Hungary through a Hungaricum presentation combined with a tasting.
Please note that the event has a 35 person limitation. If you would like to attend in person, spots are distributed by order of registration. Please register here.
ESN ELTE programmes
See full programme here. (being updated)
Stipendium Hungaricum programme
(being updated)
Erasmus Life Budapest programmes for the welcome month (not ELTE related)
See full programme here. (being updated)