ELTE Academic Regulations for Students, section 43
(1) The University shall approve that Students of another (Hungarian or foreign) higher education institution pursue studies at the University as visiting students.
(2) The visiting student is entered into the Electronic Registration System, and is subject to all applicable regulations of the University during his/her studies at the University.
(3) The visiting student shall finance the completion of the credits allocated to the subjects he/she registers for, which his/her sending institution may take over under a contract signed with the University or a declaration of liability

The deadline for submitting the Visiting student request is the end of the Ranking registration period. For the exact date, please check Quaestura's homepage. But to be on time we suggest submitting all documents by 31 January in case of Spring semester and 31 August in the Autumn semester.

Choosing a subject

Any subject of ELTE Faculty of Informatics can be chosen if the lecturer supports the registration for the subject. Registering for all the subjects of the curriculum in the semester is not supported.

Information for the timetable of the courses can be found here. In case there are multiple courses offered from the same subject, choose the one which fits your timetable best, and add the course code, and name of the lecturer on the form. For the e-mail address of the lecturer click on the search icon on our website and search for the name of the lecturer. 

What to do in case the chosen subject has a prerequisite:

Registering for a subject which has a prerequisite is only possible if the lecturer supports it. In this case, write on the request what kind of studies you have completed earlier, what knowledge you have that should be enough to register for the chosen course. The lecturer should write onto the request form that he/she supports the course-registration without the completion of the prerequisite.

Fee: 100 EUR/credit

Submitting the request

Add on Visiting student request the exact semester, chosen subject(s) with subject code (including the course code(s), and name(s) of the lecturer.

Attach to the request:

• the verification you received from the lecturer(s) supporting your registration for their subject(s) in the form of
  • either a signature of the lecturer on the request form
  • or a supporting e-mail from the lecturer
• a certificate of student status from your higher educational institute
• proof of payment (number of credits of the listed subjects in the request * 100 EUR) – IMPORTANT!!! Please transfer the amount only if the timetable is suitable and you have the support of the lecturer!!!
• and the Application form for visiting students.

Send these documents as a single pdf file (use a pdf merge program) via e-mail to the educational assistant, Ms Bernadett Benczekovits: bernadett@inf.elte.hu.

After the approval of the vice-dean of education, the personal data of the student will be registered in Neptun. By getting a Neptun ID, the student can register for the requested subjects(s).

Credit transfer

You can request the acceptance of the completed subjects at your university. It can be done after the completion of the subjects to be transferred, via credit transfer. In case you don’t need an acceptance, you do not have to submit a form. In case you gain admission to our university in the future, you can ask for an acceptance through a credit transfer process.

Bank transfer

Fee: 100 EUR/credit

Beneficiary’s bank account – for paying the fee: X credit * 100 EUR (in case of the chosen course is 6 credit than you need to transfer 6 x 100 EUR = 600 EUR)

Name of beneficiary: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem

Address of beneficiary: Egyetem tér 1–3., Budapest, H-1053, HUNGARY

Account number:
10032000-01426201-00000000 (Hungarian format)
HU03 1003 2000 0142 6201 0000 0000 (IBAN format)

Swift code: HUSTHUHB

Bank’s name and address:
Magyar Államkincstár (Hungarian State Treasury)
Váci út 71., Budapest, H-1139, HUNGARY

IMPORTANT!!! Please add the following Comment/note to the transfer:
In case of Computer Science BSc: VS, Your name, E10104/18
In case of Computer Science MSc: VS, Your name, E10204/18
In case of Computer Science for Autonomous Systems MSc: VS, Your name, E10207/18
In case of Data Science MSc: VS, Your name, E10211/24

Without the correct comment, your transfer will not arrive!

ARS section 129 (1) The amount of the tuition fee payable by students beginning their studies in the academic year in question for each programme, along with the tuition fee per credit in the case of visiting student programmes referred to in Section 43 shall be determined with the chancellor’s approval on a yearly basis by the Faculty Council.

New semester

In case you would like to join to our other course(s) next semester, you need to submit a new request.

For more details please check the Academic Regulations for Students. Please find visiting guest status from section 42. 

Most important sections regarding Visiting guest status:

Nftv. section 82
(4) Students with (partial) Hungarian state scholarship may participate in the studies under Section 81 (1) to (3), even in a visiting student status.

Nftv. section 108
Study in another higher education institution means the period when a student obtains credit in another higher education institution while enjoying a visiting student status.

ARS section 42
(1) The University allows its Students to follow partial studies at another (Hungarian or foreign) higher education institution with a visiting student status, provided that the host institution accepts the Student.
(2) The University does not cover tuition for partial studies at another higher education institution, unless otherwise specified in an interinstitutional agreement.
(3) The Student’s credits obtained at and attested by the host institution – in line with Section 34 (10) – with a visiting student status may be recognised in accordance with credit transfer regulations.
(4) In the case of Students pursuing partial studies in a foreign higher education institution – in accordance with the respective interinstitutional agreement and programme – the credits obtained at the foreign higher education institution will be fully recognized by the University, as long as they were included in the study contract signed prior to the start of the partial studies. In such cases, credit-equivalence must be established prior to the start of the partial studies and the finalization of the respective study contract.

ARS section 44
(1) Requests for pursuing partial studies at the University must be submitted to the Teacher Training Centre in the cases of the relevant courses or the Office of Educational Affairs of the Faculty where he/she wishes to follow partial studies until the end of the ranking course registration period. Foreign students may submit their request until the end of the fourth week of the study term. The student shall attach to the request a statement from the sending institution on its recognition of the credits obtained by the student while visiting at the University and – in case the institution chooses to finance the student’s studies – a statement on the financing of the student’s completed credits.
(2) The request for pursuing partial studies at the University must contain the approval of the individual authorised to handle the given course (e.g. the instructor(s) or head(s) of the educational unit(s) responsible for the credit(s) in question.
(3) The permission to pursue partial studies at the University is issued by the Vice-Dean for Education or the head of the Office of Educational Affairs of the Faculty, which also lays down the amount of tuition to be paid as well as the payment method and payment deadline. In the cases of visiting students admitted within the framework of an agreement signed between the University and the sending institution, the reimbursement of the tuition shall be covered by the interinstitutional agreement.
(4) The Office of Educational Affairs of the Teacher Training Centre will register the Student for all courses included in his/her permission to pursue partial studies, irrespective of his/her ranking in the course registration.
(5) The Office of Educational Affairs (Registrar) or the Teacher Training Centre provides the visiting student with a proof of completion of the semester.
(6) The provisions laid out in Sections 42-44 shall not apply in the case of training cooperation with other – foreign or domestic – higher education institutions if the rules laid out in the cooperation agreement or the special provisions concerning the faculty in question deviate from them