Hungarian scholarships

The Hungarian Minister of Education and Culture offers scholarships for foreign students and professors of higher education institutions as well as research fellows who intend to gain further professional experience in Hungarian institutions of higher education or research. Scholarships can be applied for under two systems

In 2005 the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Hungary established a "scholarship pool", a scholarship system of various types of scholarships, allowing for applications from the following countries:
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korean Republic, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Russia, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom.

The following scholarships are available for in the Academic Year 2009/2010:
A - semester / partial studies (3-10 months) Can be applied for by: undergraduate (BA/BSc) and graduate (MA/MSc) students majoring in Hungarian Language and Literature, as well as graduating students working on their theses, and students enrolled in "single track" university programmes (in General Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacology, Veterinary Studies, Architecture and Jurisprudence).

B - postgraduate studies (3-21 days or 1-10 months) Can be applied for by: students holding a Master's degree or an equivalent university degree.

C/1 - doctoral studies: full PhD programme (36 months) Only students proficient in Hungarian can apply, the scholarship is conditional upon successful entrance exam / admission to the respective doctoral school.Applicants are exempt who gained admission to a tuition-free program at an institution of higher education (state university, full-time program), where the working language is different from Hungarian.

C/2 - doctoral studies: partial PhD studies or studies for the purpose of writing a dissertation (12 months) Applicants must submit a letter of invitation issued by an accredited doctoral school in Hungary and must be enrolled in a PhD programme at an accredited institution of higher education.

D - postdoctoral studies / research (1-10 months)Applicants must have a PhD or an equivalent degree.

E - research stay (3-21 days or 1-10 months) for associate or higher ranking professors or for researchers with a PhD or an equivalent degree

F - summer courses in the summer of 2009 (2-4 weeks)

Application deadline of HSB is: 15th April 2009

For more information please click on here
http://www.scholarship.hu/static/angol/general

Source: The Hungarian Minister of Education and Culture