Official welcomes and general guides

• Welcome message of the Vice-Rector for International Affairs
• Faculty of Humanities Information Booklet
• ELTE Information Guide for International Students (The 2026/27 version is coming soon.)
• ELTE central Orientation Week

Administrative and legal essentials

• Visa and residence permit issues
• ELTE Accommodation service
• Student ID, student card
• Practical Matters
• Medical assistance

Academic matters

• Academic Calendar
• Guides for Neptun and studies
• Freshman Guide (The Faculty of Humanities' Neptun tutorial films); Neptun guide videos (Central ELTE)
• Absence policy (full-time and part-time BA/MA students)
• ELTE email, IIG, WI-FI support

Campus navigation and student services

• Building and room maps of the Trefort garden campus
• Faculty libraries
• ELTE Disability Center
• Counselling Services 

Student life

• ELTE university life
• ELTE Sport Club (BEAC)
• EENJOY ELTE (You can switch to English at the top right corner.)
• Introduction to the Hungarian Language and Culture – a Foundation Course

If you are going to have your Erasmus semester(s) with us, you can find further specific Erasmus info on the following page:

https://btk.elte.hu/en/incoming-mobility

All freshmen must go through the registration and enrolment process, this will be the first administrative step of your student life at ELTE. The registration and enrolment happens in person by showing all necessary documents.

For part-time / guest students, in-person registration consists only of registering at the Department of International Affairs, while full-time students must first register at the Department of International Affairs, then enrol at the Office of Educational Affairs, and schedule appointments at these two offices in this order.

Registration and enrolment in person consists of the following steps:

1. Electronic enrolment in the Neptun system (done by the student before arrival) - Guide on how to activate your semester

2. (All BA/MA students): Registration (in person) at your international coordinator at the Department of International Affairs (only with a booked appointment, see the next section) - Venue: Building A, Room 45 (map)

3. (Only full-time BA/MA students): Enrolment (in person) at the Office of Educational Affairs (only with an appointment booked at least half an hour after your appointment at the Department of International Affairs) - Building A (you'll receive the room number in the e-mail confirming your booking)

Please try to arrive before 31 August. 

Appointment booking

Enrolment documents:

• passport

• residence permit (if you already have one)

• accommodation reporting form (or some kind of document that shows your current address in Hungary: zip code, city, name of the street, floor, apartment number)

• language certificate (if the programme requires)
• 1 passport photo of yourself (3.5 x 4.5 cm approximately. Write your full name at the back with capital letters!)
• enrolment sheet printed and signed from Neptun study system (You can download it from Neptun/Information/General Forms. For more information, revise the second orientation letter/scroll down.)
• your mobile phone number in Hungary (optional, but get one as soon as possible)
• certificate of successful registration at the Department of International Affairs
• certificate of previous studies
  • if you are a BA student: high school diploma (certificate of matriculation/graduation certificate from high school studies): original + photocopy + translation if it is not in English. If you have not received the final certificate yet, you have to bring a temporary certificate which states that you completed your studies, and the document will be issued later.
  • if you are an MA student: BA degree certificate (diploma) and degree supplement (Transcript of Records): original + photocopy + translation if it is not in English. If you have not received the final diploma yet, you have to bring a temporary certificate which states that you completed your studies, and the document will be issued later.

Further documents for Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship holders:

• tax card (if you already have one)

• TAJ card (if you already have one)

• Hungarian bank account number (if you already have one)

You can also download the ENROLMENT CHECKLIST here.

Where can you print and copy?

At the University campus: Building R, ground floor (Mon - Thu: 7:30–8:30 am; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm; Fri: 7:30-8.30 am; 9:30 am - 3:30 pm)

Closest copy shops in the city:

• Minicopy (Location: 1086. Budapest, Baross utca 6.; 1088. Budapest, József körút 15.)

• Copyguru (Location: 1085. Budapest, József körút 17.)

How to print the Enrolment sheet from Neptun?

1. Log in to Neptun.

2. Entering the Neptun System, in the upper corner on the left side, please, click on “Training” and choose your programme from the list.

3. Click on “Administration”, then on “General forms”.

4. Next to the document called Enrolment sheet (Beiratkozási lap in Hungarian), click on the sign “+” and choose the option “Print”.

5. Sign the document.

6. Pack this document together with all other documents necessary for the registration (enrolment).

7. Please note, that part-time / guest students cannot download the enrolment sheet.

After the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing ('Immigration Office') sends out the positive decision, it takes 2-3 weeks for the permit to be manufactured. All residence permits for the purpose of study are sent to the address of the university by post. Shortly after the arrival of your card, you will receive a notification through Neptun. Please wait for this notification which includes the time and place to receive your card.

Info on visa and residence permit: https://www.elte.hu/en/visa-procedure

Please find below the Presentations of the Orientation Week 2025/26/2.

Sharing useful information on the semester, studies, etc. (grouped according to study programme):

The following Freshman Facebook groups are created and run by the Student Union (HÖK) of the Faculty of Humanities at Eötvös Loránd University.

Please note that there is not necessarily a separate group for every study programme.

• ELTE BTK Communication and Film MA
• ELTE BTK English and American Studies MA
• ELTE BTK Slavonic Studies MA