MSc in International Economy and Business (Online) University of Pécs

General requirements

(1) This admission procedure applies to all applicants who do not have Hungarian citizenship or Hun-garian dual citizenship, regardless of whether they have applied for a scholarship programme or a pri-vate placement at the School.

(2) Documents to be submitted with the application are:

a) a valid passport;

b) a BA/BSc certificate and a certified translation into English, which entitles the applicant to enter into a master's program in the applicant's home country;

c) an official transcript of the results document and a certified English translation thereof;

d) a certificate of proficiency in English if no older than two years, and at least a CEFR level B2, obtained at an internationally recognised (accredited) language examination institution. More information about the acceptable certificates here.

e) letter of motivation,

f) other certificates (CEFR C1 level English language exam, disadvantaged situation, professional experience, volunteering)

(3) Applications are ranked in a 100-point system according to the following criteria:

a) Learning outcomes: maximum 30 points

b) Mathematics test performance: maximum 20 points

c) Motivational interview: maximum 50 points

d) Extra points: maximum 16 points

Criteria Results breakdown Max points

CriteriaResults breakdownMax points1. Learning outcomes: GPA of the applicant's BA/BSc training

0 points: If the applicant's GPA is below 50%

12 points: If the applicant's GPA is 50% or above

21 points: If the applicant's GPA is 70% or above

30 points: If the applicant's GPA is 85% or above

302. Mathematics test performance:

0 points: The applicant's performance is below 50%

10 points: The applicant's performance is 50% or above, but less than 70%

15 points: The applicant's performance is 70% or above, but less than 85%

20 points: The applicant's performance is 85% or above

203. Motivational interview

0 points: the applicant cannot communicate with the interviewer, not even the most basic communication acts (greeting, identity issues);

15 points: the interview is lagging, the applicant only communicates in short answers, mostly answering yes or no to the questions;

25 points: the applicant is fluent in general topics, his or her professional motivations are not fully elaborated;

35 points: the applicant is fluent in both general and basic professional topics;

50 points the applicant has determined professional goals and can express his or her professional motivation.

50Total100Extra points*Specialisation in business and/or economics during bachelor studies

0 points: the applicant has not completed any courses in economics and/or business;

4 points: the applicant has completed business- and/or economics courses during their bachelor studies with a non-business or non-economics major;

8 points: the applicant has a bachelor’s degree in business and/or economics.

8CEFR level C1 language exam certificate in the instruction language0 points: the applicant has only a level B2 language exam certificate in the instruction language;22 points: the applicant has an internationally recognized CEFR level C1 language exam certificate obtained no earlier than 2 years in the instruction languageVolunteering0 points: the applicant either did not take part in voluntary activities or submitted a certificate for a period of fewer than 3 months;33 points: Applicant has been volunteering for at least 3 months at charity or NGO, and this is certified by the organization.Applicants with fewer opportunities0 points: the applicant does not have any disability, or it cannot be creditably certified33 points: the applicant has creditably certified his/her disability by attaching the official documentsTotal16

* Applicants will be awarded a maximum of 16 extra points in total, according to the criteria listed, but the total number of admission points, including the extra points, must not exceed 100.

(4) Minimum eligibility criteria for admissions requires that the applicant

a) obtains more than zero points for each of the two main criteria [(3) a), b)] and

b) their total score exceeds 50 points without extra points.