Budapest university offers unique scholarship for thousands of students
At Corvinus University, tuition-free education is made possible not through state scholarships but via the unique Corvinus Scholarship, funded by the Maecenas Universitatis Corvini Foundation. The scholarship is performance-based, its regulations are more flexible than those of state scholarships, and more than three-quarters of the university’s students receive it. In the upcoming academic year, Corvinus expects to welcome approximately 1,500 tuition-free students once again.
Among foundation-maintained universities, Corvinus is the only institution that offers tuition-free places to students without relying on state funding. The Corvinus Scholarship, provided by the Maecenas Universitatis Corvini Foundation, covers the tuition fees, enabling recipients to study free of charge. Applicants from Hungary for this scholarship must select the “Supported Program” (“A” code) option when applying through felvi.hu.
The Corvinus Scholarship also differs from state scholarships in that self-funded students can reapply for the scholarship every academic year. Additionally, recipients are not required to undertake mandatory employment in Hungary after graduation to compensate for their years of tuition-free study.
Hundreds of tuition-free places at Budapest university
In the 2024/25 academic year, Corvinus University admitted a total of 1,871 students through the central admission procedure: 1,376 to bachelor’s programs, 439 to master’s programs, and 56 to single-cycled programs. Of those enrolled in full-time bachelor’s programs, 75% received the Corvinus Scholarship, as did 93% of those admitted to full-time master’s programs. In total, this means that over 1,500 first-year students were able to study free of charge at Corvinus.
The exact number of tuition-free places for the upcoming academic year will be determined based on admission results, but Corvinus plans to maintain at least the same number as last year, ensuring around 1,500 tuition-free opportunities for the 2025/26 academic year.
The claim made by the Academic Workers’ Forum from Hungary, as reported in the press, that Corvinus is reducing the number of tuition-free places, is not true. We covered that issue in THIS article.
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