Welcome to our new students

Orientation and other useful information

2025.01.30.

Dear Students,

Here you will find all necessary information soon about the start of the spring semester 2024/25 and the Orientation Week.

Please check the given links and contents for learning more about the university and life in Hungary.

Orientation Week

The Orientation Week is organized for new international students at ELTE Faculty of Humanities at the beginning of each academic semester.

Our programme is designed to introduce you to the Faculty, staff, and organizations you will have contact with during your stay at ELTE in Budapest. It also provides information and advice that will assist you in adjusting to the learning environment of the University and to the life in Budapest and Hungary.

Date: 4-7 February 2025
Location: on campus
Orientation Week Programme

Online Pre-Orientation

The online pre-orientation is intended to help our new students prepare for the semester, course registration, and arrival at Hungary. You can 'meet' your coordinators, and there is also a Question&Answer session after the presentation.

For Erasmus and other exchange students - 09.01.2025. 10:30 AM (Budapest time-zone)
For full-time guest students (ZJCM) - 10.01.2025. 10:00 AM (Budapest time-zone)

Useful to read

Welcome message of the Vice-Rector for International Affairs

ELTE central Orientation Week

Visa & residence permit issues

Academic Calendar

Practical Matters

ELTE Accommodation service

Counselling Services

Student ID, student card

ELTE email, IIG, WI-FI support

Faculty of Humanities Information Booklet

ELTE Information Guide for International Students

ELTE university life

Guides for Neptun and studies

Neptun tutorial film

Faculty libraries

ELTE Disability Center

Medical assistance

Building and room maps of the Trefort garden campus

ELTE Sport Club (BEAC)

EENJOY ELTE

Introduction to the Hungarian Language and Culture – a Foundation Course

Contact us! Your coordinators at the Department of International Affairs

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact your international coordinator at the Department of International Affairs.

Please find our colleagues and office hours here.

Office hours:

Monday: 13.00-16.00
Tuesday: no office hours
Wednesday: 9.00-12.00, 13.00-16.00
Thursday: no office hours
Friday: no office hours

Students have to book an appointment for online office hours via Kronosz system: https://kronosz.elte.hu/

For Erasmus students

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

Do you need a student mentor?

ELTE BTK offers a targeted student mentor system to all incoming students who would like to have personal mentoring before arrival and/or during their stay in Budapest.

If you would like to have a mentor please choose one of our mentor networks and register for a mentor HERE.

How to pick up my residence permit?

All residence permits for the purpose of study are sent to the address of the university by post. You can receive your residence permit at the ELTE Quaestura Office, shortly after it arrives. Please wait for a notification from the Quaestura with the time and place to receive your card.

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