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  • Support the activities of the Hungary Helps Program

APPLY TO THE PROGRAMME

THIS PAGE WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WILL PROVIDE YOU ALL THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR THE APPLICATION.

APPLY TO THE PROGRAMME

THIS PAGE WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WILL PROVIDE YOU ALL THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR THE APPLICATION.

APPLY TO THE PROGRAMME

THIS PAGE WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WILL PROVIDE YOU ALL THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR THE APPLICATION.

APPLY TO THE PROGRAMME

THIS PAGE WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WILL PROVIDE YOU ALL THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR THE APPLICATION.

At the moment the application for the Scholarship Programme is closed.

At the moment the application for the Scholarship Programme for Christian Young People scholarship programme is closed. The next application period will start for the academic year of 2025/2026 in Autumn 2024. We would like to recommend you to visit our website later for new updates around October 2024.

OPERATIONAL REGULATIONS IN A BRIEF

Application Process

Each year from October the Call for Applications is published on our website. Till November applicants have to prepare all application documents and get in touch with the local churches about their Letter of Recommendation.

The deadline for submitting the online application is January 10.

Till the end of February the Hungary Helps Agency reviews the submitted application and the church recommendation, and on the basis of the criteria presented in the Call for Applications, preselects those applications that fulfill the criteria, and are retained for further processing. The applicants are informed on the status of their application.

At the beginning of March, the host institutions start to review the preselected applications.

At the end of April, those applicants will be selected who meet the minimum entry requirements and selected for examination. Those applicants will be informed about the details (date and method) of the examination.

Till the end of June decision will be made by the Minister responsible for Higher Education, in Hungary.

From the beginning of July the applicants will be informed about the final results/selection.

Till 31st July successful applicants are required to accept their scholarship in the online system (if relevant, any missing documents have to be also uploaded) and start the visa application process.

From 1st September the students have to arrive to Hungary.

How to apply?

All applications shall be submitted through the online application system of Hungary Helps Agency. After registration, the applicants are able to access the application system and upload the required documents.

It is important to submit the applications by clicking the link “Submit”; only saved applications will not be considered. Please note that only the applications submitted online and before the deadline will be accepted. No hard copies are required.

The deadline for submitting the complete application package for the 2024/2025 scholarship cycle is: 10th January 2024 (until 23:59 Central European Time).

The online application system can be reached here: https://apply.scyp.hu/

Application timeline

october 2023

Call for Applications 2024/2025 announced

  • Please make sure to read carefully all details of the Call for Applications 2024/2025 before starting to prepare all application documents.

November – January 2024

Register and upload your documents

  • You can start an application in the DreamApply system where your application will be processed and select the relevant study programme. Please check the eligible study fields. You can browse only one study programme, 1 choice is allowed. Make sure that your chosen programme is relevant to the field of your studies. Required documents may vary according to your level of study. You can find these documents in the Call for Applications 2024/2025. It is also time to get in touch with your Local Church to obtain your Letter of Recommendation.
10 January 2024

Application deadline

  • Your application must be submitted by the deadline. Please make sure that all required documents are attached and all the required fields are filled out properly before submitting your application. Please read the Call for Applications 2024/2025 for the details. Once your application is completed, you must press the “Submit” icon in order to submit it.

10 January – 29 February 2024

Technical Check, approval of church recommendations and ranking process

  • The Hungary Helps Agency performs a formal check of the submitted applications. After the technical check, the Letters of Recommendations will be approved by the State Secretariat for the Aid of Persecuted Christians of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade responsible for the Scholarship Programme. Those applicants whose application has passed the technical check and whose Letter of Recommendation has been approved will be forwarded to the chosen Hungarian higher education institutions. Applicants will be informed about the status of the application.
March – April 2024

Entrance exams at Hungarian universities

  • The universities will get in touch with the applicants directly to set a date and conduct the entrance exams from the middle of March until the middle of May. Your exam scores must be a minimum of 56 out of 100 points for your application to be considered for the final list of scholarship awardees.
After 1 July 2024

Hungary Helps Agency releases the final results

  • After evaluating the applications and the results of the exams, Hungary Helps Agency will inform the applicants of the official results of the applications.

UNTIL 31 July 2024
  • Successful applicants are required to accept their scholarship in the online system (if relevant, any missing documents have to be also uploaded) and start the visa application process.The students have to arrive to Hungary no later than 30th of September