Step-by-step application procedure for fee-paying applicants

1. The application form you can find here:
     https://applicationform.nye.hu/

Choose a degree or non-degree study programme in English

You can select 2 study programmes. Your first study programme (1st choice) must be chosen from the list available in the online application form. About your second study programme (in case you are not admitted to your 1st choice) you have to upload a declaration to „Other document 1”.

2. Documents required to apply:

  • Academic certificates (secondary school leaving certificate or university degree) and Transcript of Records (these documents have to be officially attested with English translation)
  • Copy of passport
  • CV
  • Motivation letter
  • Proof of language proficiency (not mandatory)
  • General Medical Certificate (Download form) – The certificate must be issued in 2024. 
  • Declaration about recruitment (if you apply via a student recruiting agent or an educational consultancy) - For the form please contact your agent.
  • Declaration about your 2nd study programme
  • Proof of application fee payment slip (100 EUR, non-refundable)

IMPORTANT: The full amount must arrive at the University bank account. We will accept the application only if the received amount is 100 EUR. If necessary, please make an allowance for transfer charges and bank fees.

3. Upload the filled online application form with the proof of payment of the application fee and the other documents.
4. You will receive an official email from the University about the receipt of the application form and if you have missing documents, we will contact you via email.
5. Start preparing for your entrance exam: https://english.nye.hu/en/node/73
6. After the evaluation of your application documents the university will send you an email about the exact date of the online entrance exam. Without the arrival of the 100 EUR application fee no entrance exam is possible. (Please find the bank account details below.)
8. Entrance exam: Short oral interview via internet (platform: Microsoft Teams) to check the English skills, professional orientation and motivation)
7. You will receive the Conditional Letter of Acceptance via email
9. Transfer the tuition fee and the dormitory reservation fee (if you requested accommodation in your application form) for to the bank account of the University.

IMPORTANT: The full amount must arrive at the University bank account. Before the transfer, please make an inquiry about the bank charges. You have to make an allowance for the bank charges if the bank deducts fees from the amount. 

10. You will be sent the Final Letter of Admission via email which is the official document about the fact that you are accepted and the fees have arrived. The Accommodation Certificate is included in your Final Letter of Admission if you asked for a dormitory place.
11. Visa procedure: With the Final Letter of Admission the student has to visit the nearest Hungarian Embassy and apply for the visa. (In case the visa is not granted, the University of Nyíregyháza will refund the tuition fee and the dormitory reservation fee on request if the student sends us the complete visa refusal letter.) Citizens of the European Union can enter Hungary with their ID card or passport, and need to have a European Health Insurance Card.
12. Please send the decision of the Hungarian Embassy and the date of your arrival via e-mail to the University of Nyíregyháza. (admission@nye.hu)
13. Subscribe to a health insurance in your home country for the duration of the first academic year at least. The health insurance must be valid for the Schengen area of the European Union. 
14. Before you leave for Hungary, please ask for a list of documents from the University which you need to bring along for the registration.
15. You will arrive at the University and move into the room at the dormitory. 
16. Visit the International Relations Office on the first workday (Building A, 2nd floor, office number: 249). As a part of the registration, the necessary forms need to be completed, and the Student Training Agreement has to be signed.
17. After your registration you can make an enquiry whether your residence permit card arrived at the University. If you come from a visa-free country, you need to apply online for a residence permit after your arrival. More information: https://english.nye.hu/en/node/24

Accommodation:
Would you like to stay in the dormitory of the University of Nyíregyháza located directly in the campus?
You have to pay the dormitory reservation fee as indicated in the Conditional Letter of Acceptance along with the tuition fee in advance.

Bank account details:
IBAN bank account number: HU49 1176 3440 4582 0883 0000 0000
Swift code (BIC): OTPVHUHB
Name of the account holder: Nyíregyházi Egyetem / University of Nyíregyháza
Name of receiving bank:  OTP Bank Nyrt.
Seat of receiving bank: Hungary, 1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 6.
Please write the following information in the message/remark section of the bank transfer sheet:

  • Your full name:
  • Your degree program:

You can pay for fees in 2 ways:
- by bank transfer (the money should be transfered to the above bank account details) OR
- by using our SimplePay online payment system (If you want to use SimplePay, please choose SimplePay online payment in the application form.)

Please note that we cannot accept incomplete applications – if any of the above listed documents are missing or the transferred tuition fee is not the required amount, we cannot proceed with your admission.

Refund process:

  • The tuition fee and the dormitory reservation fee are refundable in the following cases: The University shall refund the full tuition fee and dormitory reservation fee paid by the applicant if the program is cancelled.
  • The University shall refund the tuition fee and dormitory reservation fee paid by the applicant after deducting the transfer fees if the applicant attends the visa interview and submits all necessary documents and the Authority still rejects his/her visa request. In this case, the applicant is asked to provide the University with a copy of the complete visa refusal letter.

More information on the visa procedure:
https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu/en/how-apply-visa

 

Contact information

University of Nyíregyháza
Sóstói út 31/b.
HU-4400 Nyíregyháza
Hungary
Phone: 00 36 42 599-400 / 2511
E-mail: admission@nye.hu
More information: https://english.nye.hu/