Graduation information
UPDATE: Final Exam dates and boards are published

Final Exam dates and committees
Hereby you can find when and by which board you will take your Final Examination if you graduate this semester. Find your study programme first, click on it, then search for your Neptun code on the list. Good luck with your Final Exam!
BA programmes
- English and American Studies - American Specialization
- English and American Studies - English Specialization
- Germanic Studies - Specialized in German Studies
MA programmes
Deadline to submit the Thesis: 23:59 CET 23 November 2020
The submission is online ONLY, via Neptun system.
For the technical guide for uploading Thesis to Neptun click here.
Deadline to hand in the Thesis announcement for those who graduate in 2020/21/2:
16 October 2020
The request can be submitted between 1 October 2020 and 16 October 2020 in Neptun. The Office of Educational Affairs provided with further information about the process of Thesis title submission in a Neptun message. Please follow the instructions in your Neptun message.
Mr László Főgler, graduate programme coordinator: fogler.laszlo@btk.elte.hu
Thesis submission
Due to the pandemic situation, the submission of the Thesis in 2020/21/1 happens only electronically, via Neptun system. Printed Thesis works are NOT required this semester. Thesis can be uploaded to Neptun with the consent given in Neptun by the supervisor in the case of programmes that require the consent.* For the technical guide for uploading Thesis to Neptun click here.
Period to upload the Thesis to Neptun: from 2 November until 23:59 CET 23 November 2020
Please be aware of the followings when you submit your Thesis:
1. Check the departmental requirements of the content and formal requirements of the Thesis (scroll down to the bottom of the site, or contact your department of studies).
2. Submit the required number of pages in the required forms.
3. Do not forget to include the Certificate of research form in all copies, available HERE.
4. Sign the required pages in each copy the following way: e.g. Charlotte Appleton sgnd.
5. Do not forget to upload the Thesis to Neptun.
*For students of Film Studies (MA), it is necessary to request the Supervisor’s consent for the submission. For that, click on the button ‘Thesis admission request’ (under Studies > Degree thesis/Thesis application). You can already take this step, but we suggest that you click on the button until 16 November 2020 the latest, in order to provide your supervisor enough time to give their permission. Note that your supervisor has to see your Thesis first, only after that can they decide if they agree with uploading it.
Thesis evaluation
Final Exam period
Requirements for taking the Final Examination
Pre-degree certificate (absolutorium): all credits completed that are required in your curriculum. You have to complete all your exams, and check if you received all your grades in Neptun maximum 3 days before the Final Exam date. Please note that the Thesis writing seminar, Tutorial seminar, or Consultation regarding your Thesis is also included in the required credit amount if it is listed in your curriculum, therefore you should also receive a grade for it.
Please contact your coordinator at the Office of Educational Affairs via email on the first working day after receiving your last grade in Neptun, and no later than three working days before your Final Examination:
Ms Emese Kertész, undergraduate programme coordinator: kertesz.emese@btk.elte.hu
Mr László Főgler, graduate programme coordinator: fogler.laszlo@btk.elte.hu
Deregistration from the Final Exam is possible until 72 hours prior to the start of the examination. If you would like to deregister, contact your coordinator from your email address recorded in Neptun.
Financial obligations, credit exceeding fee
In case you have any pending payments towards the university, you have to settle the debt 3 days prior to your Final Exam the latest (Academic Regulations Section 81/7). Unless you complete the pending payments, you will not be allowed to take your Final Examination. For more information about finances, please visit: https://btk.elte.hu/fees-and-finances
Guide for Neptun payments: https://qter.elte.hu/Statikus.aspx/GyIK-Penzugy
Please note that the official administrative and service fees are issued mostly by the Office of Educational Affairs (except for dormitory fees, sport course payments, or scholarship paybacks).
Library books
You need to return all books that you have borrowed from the university library three days prior to your Final Exam the latest, otherwise you are not allowed to take the exam (Academic Regulations Section 137/A/2).
Personal data for the degree certificates (diplomas)
This semester there is no opportunity for checking your personal data in person at the offices. This way it is extremely important, and it is an obligation of students (Academic Reg. Section 36/2) to check in Neptun if your personal data is correct: full name, order of your names, birth name, place of birth, date of birth, and your specialisations connected to your study programme.
If there are changes in your personal data, please report it online (Quaestura website) since your diploma and diploma supplement are generated from Neptun.
Graduation ceremony
According to the epidemiological circumstances the ceremony will be held only for the graduates without any guests.
Extension of residence permit, plane tickets, validation of diploma
How to make your diploma Apostilled?
Please find detailed graduation information regarding all of our bachelor and master programmes in the "LIST OF STUDY UNITS" documents or in the list below.
School of English and American Studies (SEAS) -- Graduation information
Graduation 2020/21/1
Dear International Students,
If you’d like to do your final exam this semester (2020 Autumn), please
1) Register for final examination in Neptun until 2 October 2020. Repeated final exams must also be recorded.
- for BA students ONLY:
Record main topic of final exam until 16th November 2020 (found on the title submission form you submitted last semester or earlier) and chosen subsidiary topic by entering your data HERE.
2) Upload your thesis at SEAS website: http://seaswiki.elte.hu/studies/BA/major/graduation/thesis/submission
(seaswiki.elte.hu→ studies→ BA→ major→ graduation→ thesis→ submission)
3.) Write and submit your thesis until 16:00 CET 16 November 2020 via Neptun.
Observe the deadlines carefully as you will not be allocated into exam committees!
More information about thesis writing and final examinations:
BA Students: http://seaswiki.elte.hu/studies/BA/major/graduation
MA Students:
American studies: http://seaswiki.elte.hu/studies/MA/American/Graduation
English studies: http://seaswiki.elte.hu/studies/MA/English/graduation
Film Studies MA - Graduation information
Please find the Thesis requirements of Film Studies MA here:
Film Studies Thesis Requirements
Please find the Final Exam information of Film Studies MA here:
Institute of Romance Studies -- Graduation information
ROMANCE PHILOLOGY / NEO-LATIN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES, SPECIALIZED IN FRENCH STUDIES BA
FRENCH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE MA
ROMANCE PHILOLOGY / NEO-LATIN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES, SPECIALIZED IN PORTUGUESE STUDIES BA
ROMANCE PHILOLOGY / NEO-LATIN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES, SPECIALIZED IN ROMANIAN STUDIES BA
ROMANCE PHILOLOGY / NEO-LATIN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES, SPECIALIZED IN ROMANIAN STUDIES MA