A. - semester/partial studies

Duration: 3-10 months

Can be applied for by: undergraduate (BA/BSc) and graduate (MA/MSc) students, especially those majoringin Hungarian Language and Literature, as well as graduating students working on their theses, and students enrolled in „single track” university programmes (such as General Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacology, Veterinary Studies, Architecture and Jurisprudence). Before application, students are required to have completed minimum two semesters at their home institutions. For Type A scholarship, an applicant may submit an application only on one occasion during his/her BA studies, and on another occasion during his/her MA studies.

Age limit: 30 years

Every application must contain two (2) copies of the documents listed below in one of the following languages: English, French or German^[1] in the order given. In addition, online application will also be required on the HSB website.

• Application form of the Hungarian Scholarship Board (that can be edited in the online application system

• Curriculum Vitae (there are no criteria for the printed version; in the online system you have to fill in the form under the menu point “Edit Your CV”)

• Transcript of the last two completed semesters at the home institution (Copy of BA/BSc degree – for those who have completed a BA/BSc programme)

• Letter of interest

• Certificate of proficiency in Hungarian – unless there is another agreed upon working language for the proposed course/programme (to be attached to the letter of invitation)

• Copy of enrolment at the applicant’s home institution

• Letter of invitation by the future host institution in Hungary (TheBA or MA programme at the host institution must be tuition-free.)

• Medical certificate of satisfactory health condition (it is issued by the family/district doctor)

Applicants for music/arts scholarships have to attach the following documents in addition:

• For painters, graphic artists and sculptors: photographs of three (3) works of art / sketches (with date)

• For performing artists (musicians) and conductors: high quality recordings of three (3) different styles of music, conductors have to submit three (3) original scores.

Applicants for graphic and fine arts as well as music may be required to take additional exams in the relevant Hungarian host institution before being granted a scholarship. 

Applicants who wish to study at the Liszt Academy of Music should contact the International Department of the Academy (e-mail: Hars.Borbala@lisztakademia.hu or Pandi.Zita@lisztakademia.hu, phone: +36 1 462 4615, +36 1 462 4616) for detailed information concerning the application process and they should ask for a letter of acceptance from the International Department of the Academy before preparing their applications for a HSB scholarship. 

The HSB Office cannot accept letters of acceptance issued by a professor of the Academy. Applicants should send their applications to the Liszt Academy of Music no later than 15 February 2011 because they will have to take an entrance examination (except for some researchers). In the application form that you send to the Academy, you should mention that you are simultaneously applying for a HSB scholarship. The final decision of the Hungarian Scholarship Board will be made after the applicant is admitted to the Liszt Academy of Music.

Financial provision 

HUF 40 460 stipend per month^[2], paid by the host institution, and student hostel accommodation in a university residence hall paid by the scholarship-holder ^[3]