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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
Tuition fee waiver and other costs
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
- accommodation
- health
Description
While studying in Hungary, you can discover the thousand-year-old Hungarian history and culture, experience unique Hungarian traditions and also enhance your Hungarian language skills.
As a Diaspora Scholarship holder, you can receive an internationally recognised degree at a top-level Hungarian higher education institution and acquire highly competitive knowledge to advance both personally and academically.
You can choose from a wide range of programmes taught in English or Hungarian that cover all higher education fields at all degree levels.
At the University of Pécs you can choose between 280 study programs. The Diaspora Scholarship is also an excellent opportunity to build your professional network and discover everything about the country in a supporting and welcoming student environment!
Benefits
Tuition-free education:
Exemption from the payment of tuition fee.
Monthly stipend (upon request).
Accommodation: dormitory placement OR a monthly contribution of HUF 40,000 to accommodation costs for the whole duration of the scholarship period. (upon request).
Medical insurance.
Eligibility
- You may have the chance to become a Diaspora Scholarship holder, if you are living in a diaspora, or you are a foreign citizen with a foreign address, and you have been living abroad for at least 10 years in a row, and you have been doing your secondary education outside Hungray for the past 4 years.
- The programme is available for the members of a Hungarian diaspora living in any country outside of the European Union, the Republic of Serbia or the Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine.
- The prerequisite to submitting an application is acquiring a recommendation from the local diaspora organisation or the Hungarian delegation.
- Regarding the issuance of the recommendation, it is advised to contact the diaspora organisations and delegations 1 or 2 months prior to submitting the application.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
Hungary
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
02 Feb 2026
If you wish to apply to one of their study programmes with Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship, you need to apply through the online application system of Tempus Public Foundation and choose your selected study programme at the University of Pécs as your first priority.