Welcome to our new 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

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

Registration & enrolment in person consists of 3 steps

1. Electronic enrolment in the Neptun system (done by the student before arrival) - Guide on how to activate your semester
2. Registration (in person) at your international coordinator at the Department of International Affairs (only with booked appointment, see the next section) - Venue: Room 45 
3. 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) - Venue: Room 24 

Map to room 24 and room 45

Please try to arrive before 2 September. The registration & enrolment will take place between 26 August - 5 September. If you arrive later, please contact your coordinator, and also book an appointment.

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)
• 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.
• 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.)
• For Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship holders also:
  • tax card (if you already have one)
  • TAJ card (if you already have one)
  • Hungarian bank account number (if you already have one)
• Your mobile phone number in Hungary (optional, but get one as soon as possible)
• Certificate of successful registration at the Department of International Affairs

You can also download the ENROLMENT CHECKLIST here.

IMPORTANT: The documents are all required in their ORIGINAL forms, but bring PHOTOCOPIES of them as well. It is not possible to enrol in case of even one of the documents listed below is missing. If you do not have any of the following documents, you must arrange them to be obtained or replaced before the date of the enrolment.

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?

• Log in to Neptun.
• Entering the Neptun System, in the upper corner on the left side, please, click on “Training” and choose your programme from the list.
• Click on “Information”, then on “General forms”.
• Next to the document called Enrolment sheet, click on the sign “+” and choose the option “Print”.
• Sign the document.
• Pack this document together with all other documents necessary for the registration (enrolment).

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