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Your status in a semester can be active or passive. You can submit the following applications to change your status:

Application for enrollment

• During your studies, you must enrol once: this happens at the beginning of your studies. To do so, you must complete your application via Neptun.

Termination of student status

• This for a situation when you do not wish to continue your studies in the given programme.

Application for Approval of Establishing Guest Student Status in Another Institution of Higher Education

• You wish to establish a guest student status at another higher education institution for the purpose of participating in studies at that institution related to your studies.

Request for passive semester for special reason

• Due to changes in your circumstances, you may request to be granted a passive student status at the beginning of the semester but not later than the end of the semester.

Late registration for active semester

• If you are participating in a state-funded programme and have enrolled in (a) course(s) for the semester, but you have not registered for the course(s), you can do so retroactively by submitting this application.
• If you are participating in a self-funded programme, you can only submit this application only after you have enrolled in your course(s) and have paid the first instalment of the self-funded fee.

Request for a leave of absence (withdrawing active status)

• If you have registered for an active semester, you have the option to withdraw your active semester status within 30 days following your registration if your circumstances have changed in the meantime.

Leniency form for the extension of scholarship status

• Extension of Stipendium Hungaricum scholarships for Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship holders beyond their training period
  

Equal opportunities application for students with special needs

At our University, students with special needs can submit equal opportunities applications to request study and exam concessions and certain exemptions.

There are three types of equal opportunities applications:

• For students with disabilities,
• For students with integration, learning and behavioural difficulties (ILBD), and
• For students with chronic illnesses.

These applications are available through Neptun system, and can be submitted with the appropriate supporting documents attached:

• In the case of students with integration, learning and behavioural difficulties (ILBD), an expert opinion is to be submitted,
• in the case of students with chronic illnesses, a specialist medical opinion is to be submitted.

Equal opportunities applications are reviewed by the Students with Special Needs Support Board. Decision or resolutions are issued regarding applications, which the student can also find in and download from the Neptun system. Students must present decisions granting equal opportunities treatment in writing (by email) to their lecturers and the University’s examination centre in order to be granted those concessions and exemptions that are contained in the decisions. Previously issued equal opportunities decisions remain valid, but in all cases it is necessary to send such decisions to the lecturers concerned and the University’s Examination Centre by e-mail in order to take advantage of the concessions and exemptions granted.

Equal opportunities applications can be submitted throughout the academic year, submission is free of charge and applications can be submitted multiple times. Application documents are available in English.

Special rules concerning students with special needs and all available concessions and exemptions are described in detail in Chapter III of the University’s Requirement System for Students.

If you have any questions, please contact the University’s Equal Opportunities Expert at the following e-mail address: eselyegyenloseg@uni.bge.hu

The service “Request for a repeat opportunity after missing the pertaining deadline” can provide a solution in cases when the student has missed a deadline in relation to their study or examination obligations, and has also missed the pertaining extension period provided by the University.

In such cases, the University provides the student with an opportunity to fulfil their missed obligation(s) at a later date. It is important to note that the fee associated with using this service only applies if the request is accepted: in other words, the fee for repeat failure is payable only after the pertaining request has been granted. In the University’s Requirement System for Students, the associated fee is listed under “fee for repeated failure to meet deadlines”.

Another purpose of the service is to ensure that, in the event of missing a deadline, students do not have to seek a solution to this problem by submitting a request for the dean’s discretion, which is available only once during their studies, but can use this service several times if they should miss deadlines.

It is important to note that a request for the dean’s discretion cannot be submitted if the deadline was missed due to the student’s own fault.

A request for a repeat opportunity after missing the pertaining deadline can be submitted in the Neptun system under the menu item “Administration/Requests” with respect to the following issues.

• Request for an Additional Opportunity after Deadline - Status change
• Request for a repeat opportunity after missing the pertaining deadline: course registration
• Request for an Additional Opportunity after Deadline - Course withdrawal
• Request for an Additional Opportunity after Deadline - Thesis topic selection
• Request for an Additional Opportunity after Deadline - Specialisation selection
• Request for an Additional Opportunity after Deadline - Request for Special Delivery Mode
• Request for an Additional Opportunity after Deadline - Final examination registration

Reporting an Objection about E-Transcript

• An entry has been entered into Neptun using an incorrect grade or has not been entered at all.

Objection to Registration for a Subject in the Semester

• Based on the University’s Requirement System for Students, you may file an objection with the Vice Dean for Education within 5 days following the end of the course registration period against any data entered in the register.

Request for appeal

• You have the option to appeal against a decision or measure with which you disagree. The pertaining committee has 30 days to make a decision, and you will be notified of the decision. Please, note that the appeal review will essentially examine the legality of the first-instance decision. 

The basic rules governing special delivery modes are set out in Section 77 of the Requirement System for Students.

If a student is unable to meet their academic requirements according to the general rules during a given semester due to additional commitments or their special circumstances, they may apply for a special delivery mode.

Additional commitments may include the following:

• studying at a higher education institution abroad for the purpose of pursuing part-time professional studies in the scope of BUEB studies (participation in BUEB international mobility programmes);
• participation in study-related activities or study competitions related to university studies;
• pursuing parallel studies at another higher education institution;
• pursuing justified scientific or organisational activities pursued in the interest of the University, with the exception of student representation activities carried out in the scope of the Student Union or on its behalf;
• outstanding community activities (such as leadership activities in the Student Union), artistic activities or sports activities. IMPORTANT! In the case of elite sports activities, the condition for applying for a special delivery mode is the student’s prior admission to BUEB’s Elite Sports Programme.
• Special circumstances may arise from the following:
• a long-term illness that limits mobility;
• due to the serious illness of an immediate family member who requires the applicant’s care;
• a change in social and/or health-related circumstances that was not foreseeable at the start of the studies;
• participation in long-term professional internship (with appropriate certification), exclusively at the very end of the student’s training period (special delivery modes cannot be requested due to reasons of employment);
• the special delivery mode is justified by the student’s extraordinary circumstances.

Special delivery modes may be approved by the Study Committees of the individual faculties. Applications for special delivery modes may be submitted via the Neptun system.

Applications will only be submitted once per semester during the registration period of the semester concerned.

Detailed information on the submission periods concerning each application can be found on the Student Login page of the University’s Neptun system under “NEWS”.

The application may be submitted upon paying the fee specified in Section 126(13) of the University’s Requirement System for Students.

IMPORTANT! For students participating in international mobility:

In order to ensure progress in their studies at their home university, students participating in international mobility programmes are requested to do the following:

1. review the recommendations in the mobility window section of their programme’s syllabus
2. before submitting their application, review the course offerings of the host institution and consult the department(s) responsible for the courses concerned in order to ensure that the credits in question can actually be transferred;
3. if it is not possible to match the subjects to be taken abroad with subject at BUEB, the student may have the subjects completed abroad recognised as credits for optional subjects.

IMPORTANT! In the case of elite sport students:

1. Our primary goal is to help students – despite their significant sporting commitments – to successfully complete their university studies so that they can pursue full university education just like their fellow students. This is supported by the University’s elite sportsperson mentoring programme, which is part of the BUEB Elite Sports Programme. Within this framework, the University offers course registration with concessions, which allows the University to provide the students concerned with the opportunity to register for courses at times that suit their sporting schedules. We kindly ask all elite sport students to contact their faculty mentor if necessary in order to ensure that they enrol in the appropriate courses.
2. Based on the above, the special delivery mode is an ancillary solution if even mutual flexibility cannot resolve the issue of enrolling in courses during the appropriate period.
3. For all these reasons, the condition for applying for a special delivery mode is that the student must first be admitted to the BUEB Elite Sports Programme
   

Credit Recognition

If you have previously completed a course in another programme that is included in (or has a similar equivalent to) the curriculum of your current programme, you may apply to have the course recognised. If the recognition is successful, you will have fewer compulsory requirements to complete in your model curriculum. 

During the procedure, an equivalency assessment is first conducted to determine the extent to which the competencies (learning outcomes) you previously acquired correspond to those required by the course in your current curriculum (knowledge, application-related skills/sub-skills, and other competencies). This assessment is conducted by the Credit Transfer Committee (CTC) through a comparison of course syllabi.

If, based on the equivalency assessment, the previously completed course is deemed acceptable, the Credit Transfer Committee will recognise the corresponding course in your curriculum, and the course credits will be recorded accordingly.

It is important to consider the following before submitting a credit recognition request: if recognition is granted, the grade received for the previously completed course will be recorded and may count toward your final degree classification. Therefore, if you wish to achieve a higher grade, you may prefer not to submit the request and instead retake the course to obtain a better result. 

The following credit recognition requests may be submitted:

·       Recognition of a course previously completed at BUEB

·       Credit transfer request for courses completed outside the institution

·       Application for recognition of voluntary activity

·       Credit Transfer Request for Elective Subjects

·       Credit Transfer Request Based on Qualifications

·       Request for credit transfer for a language subject in a Master's programme

·       Exemption from a language course based on a language certificate

·       Request for recognition of professional internship based on work experience

·       Application for the modular recognition of subject completed under the Pannónia programme (ONLY applicable to students enrolled in the 8-semester International Business Economics or Tourism and Hospitality programmes)

The credit recognition procedure is subject to a fee, the amount of which is specified in the currently applicable Requirement System for Students.

Requests cannot be submitted on a continuous basis; information about opening and closing dates can be found on the Neptun homepage under the “News” section.

Recognition of a Course Previously Completed at BUEB

If you wish to have a course recognised that you previously completed within the university (BGE or one of its predecessor institutions), you can submit the request in Neptun by clicking the “Next” button in the row of the course you wish to substitute. Then select “Fill in Request,” and within that option, choose “Recognition of a Course Previously Completed at BUEB.” In the request form, indicate whether the course code matches that of the previously completed course or differs from it, and attach proof of completion (copy of the Academic Transcript, credit certificate, or an official academic record extract).

If the request is approved, the course will be credited in the special transcript entry with the previously obtained grade. If the request is rejected, no credits will be recorded.

Please note that courses completed in a bachelor’s programme cannot be recognised toward studies in a master’s programme.

The newly introduced “Recognition of a Course Previously Completed at BUEB” request has incorporated (and replaced) the following former request types:

·       Credit transfer request (based on equivalency)

·       Credit transfer request for an identical course

·       Credit transfer request (for physical education courses) (if completed within the institution).

Credit Transfer Request for Courses Completed Outside the Institution

If you wish to have a course recognised that you completed outside the institution (at another university and/or college), you can submit the request in Neptun by clicking the “Next” button in the row of the course you wish to substitute. Then select “Fill in Request,” and within that option choose “Credit Transfer Request for Courses Completed Outside the Institution.”

In the request, you must indicate the institution where you previously completed the course(s), the title and course code of the course(s) to be recognised, the semester of completion, the grade obtained, and the language in which the course was completed.

You must attach to the request:

·       Authenticated proof of course completion - credit certificate or official academic record extract – issued by the institution either electronically with a certified electronic signature or in paper form bearing an authorised signature and official stamp; and

·       An authenticated course description (syllabus). (A course description is considered authenticated if it bears the stamp and signature of the issuing institution and/or department.)

The newly introduced “Credit transfer request for courses completed outside the institution” request has incorporated (and replaced) the following former request types:

·       Request for an equivalency assessment for courses completed outside the institution

·       Credit transfer request (based on equivalency)

·       Credit transfer request (for physical education courses) (if completed outside the institution))

·       Credit transfer request (Pannónia Programme)

Regulations Related to Credit Recognition:

·       The Credit Transfer Committee (CTC) compares the competency objectives of the course previously completed by the student in another programme (hereinafter: course to be recognised) with those of the course included in the current curriculum that the student intends to substitute through recognition (hereinafter: equivalent course).
It is important to note that the emphasis is not on comparing topic titles or syllabus headings, but rather on whether the competency objectives of the course(s) to be recognised substantially contribute to the achievement of the programme’s educational objectives and can be accepted as an alternative to the equivalent course.

·       The training and learning outcome requirements of programmes, as well as programme competencies, differ by level of study (short-term vocational training, bachelor’s programmes, and master’s programmes).
Courses completed in a bachelor’s programme cannot be recognised within a master’s programme (except for elective courses).

·       Credits cannot be recognised if the course(s) to be credited were completed more than five years ago, except in the case of elective courses (RSS Section 75(19)(b)).
Example: For a request submitted in the 2025/26/2 semester, only courses completed no earlier than the 2020/21/2 semester may be accepted.

·       The University recognises studies as having been conducted in a foreign language only if at least 80% of the required credits are completed in the language of instruction of the programme (HKR Section 95(3)).
If you have previously had credits recognised that were completed in a language different from the programme’s language of instruction (for example, in Hungarian), and you now wish to have additional credits recognised that were completed in a different language, the credit recognition procedure will not be carried out beyond the permitted credit threshold. In such cases, the University cannot recognise your studies as having been completed in a foreign-language programme.

·       If a student continues their studies after completing a short-term vocational programme in a related field of study (for example, progressing to a bachelor’s programme), a specified proportion of the previously earned credits must be recognised. The number of credits that may be transferred into a bachelor’s programme within the same field of study must be at least 30 and no more than 90 credits (National Higher Education Act, Section 15(2)).
If the number of previously recognised credits has already reached 90, the credit recognition procedure cannot be continued due to statutory requirements

Additional Information: 

• For the course you wish to have recognised (i.e. substituted), you may list a maximum of five previously completed courses (i.e. courses to be recognised).

·       In the case of a course completed at a foreign higher education institution, the course description available on the institution’s official website — or a link to it — may be accepted as an authenticated course syllabus.

• Completion of the thesis and the final examination cannot be substituted through credit transfer.
• In the case of the course Foreign Language for Business and Social Sciences, there is no distinction between levels of study; therefore, a course completed at the bachelor level may also be accepted in a master’s programme.

In certain cases, special requests must be submitted.

These are as follows: 

·       Application for recognition of voluntary activity

Voluntary activity may be recognised as elective courses.

• Credit Transfer Request for Elective Subjects

If you wish to have a course completed in another programme, at another institution, or during a study-abroad programme recognised as an elective course, you may submit this request. The request form is available in the Administration/Requests menu.

• Credit Transfer Request Based on Qualifications

If you hold a qualification whose reference number is listed in the table of the Credit Transfer Committee (CTC), you may request recognition under the course-related requests. The table can be found on the Neptun login interface under “Downloadable Documents.”

For prospective students:

1. Request for transfer
2. Guest student status
3. Application for pursuing partial studies

1. Information on transfer from other higher education institutions

Students who are enrolled at a higher education institution may apply for transfer to Budapest University of Economics and Business to continue their studies in a programme of the same level and in the same field of study. Such students may also apply for transfer from a bachelor’s programme or from a one-cycle programme to a higher education vocational programme. In the case of undergraduate and one-cycle master’s programmes, the condition for transfer is for student to have actually earned at least 30 credits during their studies at their previous institution.

• Transfer is only possible between programmes in the same or related fields of study. (Related fields of study include, for example, in the case of social sciences: humanities; and in the case of information technology: natural sciences, engineering. There are no related fields of study in the case of teacher training and economics programmes.
• Transfer is only possible between programmes of the same level, except for transfer from a one-cycle programme to a bachelor-level programme.
• Transfer to specialised further training is not possible.
• Transfer to dual programmes is not possible due to special admission rules associated with such programmes.
• Transfer to guest student status, partial studies, or preparatory training is not possible due to the nature of such training.

The transfer application must be submitted by filling in a form. The application form is available HERE and is also available as a downloadable document at the bottom of the page.

The deadline for submitting applications is 25^th July for the autumn semester and 25^th January for the spring semester.

Applications must be submitted via e-mail to atvetel@uni-bge.hu. The subject of the email should be the name of the programme for which you are requesting transfer. For example: Commerce and Marketing BSc.

Student status is established upon enrolment following the University’s decision on transfer.

Pursuant to Section 52(3) of Government Decree 87/2015. (VI. 9.), during the transfer procedure, the student must have continuous legal status until enrolment or registration following the transfer decision, otherwise BUEB will revoke the transfer decision in accordance with Section 57 (6) of Act CCIV of 2011.

Documents to be attached to the application:

• certificate of student status issued within 30 days
• copy of documents:
• ID card
• address card
• school leaving certificate or higher education degree
• language exam certificate(s)
• credible proof of payment of the application fee
• certified copy of index booklet/student register/credit certificate
• preliminary credit transfer application
• certified syllabus(es) of subjects to be recognised (i.e. completed subjects)

The application fee is HUF 9,000, which must be transferred to the University’s bank account:

Name of beneficiary: Budapest University of Economics and Business

Beneficiary’s bank account number: 11784009-22236775-00000000

Please include the following information in the transfer details:

Transfer request – name of the programme to which you are requesting a transfer – name of the applicant – place of residence of the applicant (permanent address)

For example:

• Transfer request – Commerce and Marketing BSc – János Minta – 1051 Budapest, Markó utca 29.

2. Students may establish guest student status at another higher education institution for the purpose of pursuing studies related to their training programme.

Students receiving Hungarian state (partial) scholarships may also participate in education as guest students in accordance with the provisions of Sections 81 and 82(1)–(3) of Hungary’s Act on National Higher Education.

Visiting student status at the University may be established with the consent of the higher education institution with which the student has their student status.

Applicants wishing to establish guest student status at the University (i.e. students of other higher education institutions) must submit their application – if they intend to begin their studies at the University in the autumn semester, by 25^th July; and in the case of the spring semester, by 25^th January – using the form available on the University’s website. The dean of the host faculty shall decide on the application. The decision shall also include a decision on the costs of education.

The detailed rules for organising visiting students’ education at the University are set out in separate regulations.

The application form for establishing guest student status is found below.

Detailed information can be found HERE.

3. Students may establish a legal relationship in order to pursue partial studies in the scope of partial studies training related to their studies.

The University may admit persons who do not have a student status at the University to any of the University’s courses or modules for the purpose of pursuing partial studies: this happens without a separate admission procedure and on a self-financing basis.

Within the framework of partial studies training, student status may be established for a period of one semester.

The self-funded fee for partial studies training is HUF 5,000/credit for the subjects taken.

The application must be submitted to the Student Customer Service using the form available on the University’s website by 15^th August if the student intends to start their studies at the University in the autumn semester; and by 15^th January in the case of starting studies in the spring semester. The dean of the host faculty will decide on the application. A training contract must be signed with the student upon enrolment.

The application form for the conclusion of the legal relationship to be established within the framework of partial studies can be found HERE.

Request for Dean’s Equity

• With regard to your studies and examinations – with the exception of regulations concerning the assessment of academic requirements –, you may submit a Request for Dean’s Equity at the relevant faculty.
• You may request such equity only once during your studies. If your application is accepted, you will have exhausted your one-time opportunity during your studies. However, if your application is rejected, you may resubmit an application on a different topic later.
• Concerning academic matters, an application may only be submitted if the student has been unable to fulfil an academic or examination obligation through no fault of their own. The reason for failure to fulfil such obligations must be properly documented. An application for dean’s equity may not be submitted if the deadline impacted by the request is missed through the student’s own fault.
• IMPORTANT! Pertaining requests are submitted through the Neptun system. If you are unable to submit your request this way due to access issues concerning Neptun, please contact your faculty’s Student Customer Service for assistance.

If you wish to make changes to financial obligations pertaining to your studies, you can choose from the following requests:

Request for credit-based fee / self-financing contribution

• If you have already earned at least 75 per cent of the credits required to obtain your degree (excluding credits for professional practice), you can apply to the dean of your faculty to modify the amount of your tuition fee as follows:
• 

  Number of credits taken in a given semester	Available discount in %
  -7	55
  8-10	40
  11-14	25
  15 and above	0

  

Request for delayed payment of tuition fee (cost price)

• You may request an extension of the payment deadline for any established self-financing students’ tuition fee in justified cases.

Request to delete a financial item

• Request the deletion of an incorrectly established obligation.

Request to return a financial item

• Request the refund of an obligation that was incorrectly charged and consequently paid.

Request for invoice modification

• You can request this concerning any invoice already issued if you want the invoice to be made out in someone else’s name. 

Course extension request

• If all courses for a subject you wish to take are full, you can use this request to indicate to the department concerned that you would like to have an increase in the number of students allowed to take the subject in question.

Course start application

• If no course has been announced for the subject you wish to take, you can submit a request to the department announcing the subject in question to launch a course.

Request for enrolment in a course with a scheduling conflict

• Purpose of the request: If a student does not follow the model curriculum, they may experience scheduling conflicts when registering for courses that fall outside the model curriculum. Therefore, students who are close to completing their studies may submit a request via Neptun for permission to register for courses with scheduling conflicts. If approved, they may complete the permitted course under an exceptional study plan.
• Conditions and framework for submitting an application:
• Available only to full-time students

o   For undergraduate and master’s students

o   Only for (the seminars of) compulsory and programme-specific elective subjects according to the student's model curriculum

• Total number of credits completed by the student:
• in bachelor’s programmes, a minimum of 120 credits
• in master’s programmes, a minimum of 75 credits
• The request may be submitted twice per semester, i.e., it may be requested for two subjects per semester.
• The request can be submitted in the Neptun system via the 'Subjects/Requests related to subjects' menu item, starting from the subject for which the student has not registered, and which is causing the conflict.

Request for late enrolment to course

• If you wish to enrol in a course after the course enrolment period has ended, you may do so by the applicable deadline, provided that you meet the conditions specified.

Request for late enrolment to course (for optional subjects courses)

• If you wish to take a course after the course enrolment period has ended, you may do so by the applicable deadline, provided that you meet the conditions specified. 
  

Application to Change Programme/Special Programme/Specialisation/Delivery Mode/Language of Programme

• If you wish to change the above aspects of your training, you must submit a request to this end by the deadline specified in the University’s Requirement System for Students.

Request for the Retake examination for the improvement of results

• Students may request to improve their grade in up to two different subjects per semester, provided that the subject was successfully completed with a colloquium in a previous semester (excluding deferred examination courses in the current semester) and the original grade was “good,” “satisfactory,” or “pass.”

Request for justification of absence from an examination

• If you have registered for an exam and if you can provide evidence you will be absent from that exam, but you did not have the opportunity to deregister from it, you can use this request to be exempt from having to pay the related absence fee.