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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
   

Equivalence and credit recognition

If you have previously completed, as part of another programme, a course that is included in your current study programme’s curriculum (or if your current study programme’s curriculum includes a similar course to this), you can apply for credit recognition. If your application is successful, you will have fewer credits to complete in the model curriculum.

The procedure has two parts:

1. equivalence assessment
2. credit transfer.

During equivalence assessment, the University examines how closely the knowledge you have previously acquired corresponds to the knowledge required for the corresponding subject in your current curriculum. We do this by comparing the syllabuses. The result of the assessment is entered into Neptun’s equivalence database, which means that these two syllabuses will no longer need to be compared again in the future.

Credit transfer very simply means whether you wish to utilise an existing equivalence (recorded in Neptun) for your purposes. You may have previously earned credits in a subject, but the result is poor and, for this reason, you do not want to spoil the future grade of your degree, so you do not request credit transfer but instead you would prefer to retake the subject.

The steps for recognition are as follows:

Check whether there is an accepted equivalence for the course(s) you have completed (i.e. for those course(s) you want recognised) and the course in your curriculum you wish to complete through credit recognition. You can seek information on this by logging into Neptun and navigating to the menu Courses / Course Recognition. It is important to check potential equivalence by course codes – the identity or similarity of course names does not necessarily mean equivalence.

Equivalence may be established with courses

a)    within the institution

b)    outside the institution

In the case of equivalence within the institution, equivalence is recognised between different subjects in BUEB’s model curricula, and in the case of equivalence outside the institution, equivalence is recognised between (a) subject(s) in BUEB’s model curriculum and (a) subject(s) completed at another institution.

Among the already accepted equivalencies, you can search for equivalencies within the University by entering the course name and course code; and concerning equivalencies outside the institution, you can search for equivalencies by entering the course name, course code and the name of institution.

External equivalence assessment

In the case of an external equivalence check, if you cannot find an equivalence decision for the subject you wish to have recognised, you must submit a request for an equivalence check for external subjects. You can submit your request under the Subjects/Subject-related requests menu item. In the row of the subject you wish to substitute, click on the Continue button and then click on External Subject Equivalence Rules. Here, select the "New subject equivalence assessment" option, then click on the Request for equivalence assessment for subjects outside the institution. This request is not open continuously; you can find information about its availability on the Neptun home page.

Since you did not complete the course to be recognised at the University, you must attach a CERTIFIED copy of your transcript, credit certificate or transcript of records attesting to your course completion, as well as the CERTIFIED course syllabus to your application.

If your application is approved, you can submit your credit transfer application. To do so, open the Courses/Course-related requests menu item, select the appropriate course, then click on the "Continue" option in the row of the course you wish to have accepted, and then on the "Fill in request" link. Here, select the "Credit transfer request (based on equivalence)" option.

On the form, you must indicate the subjects you have previously completed, the name and subject code of the subjects to be recognised, and the number of the ACCEPTED credit transfer decision.

Intra-institutional equivalence assessment

In the case of internal equivalence, you must first check whether there is a corresponding equivalence decision for the subject you wish to have recognised. If so, click on the “Continue” button in the row of the subject you wish to have recognised, select the “Fill in application” option, and then select the option “Application for credit transfer (based on equivalence)”.

If there is no equivalence decision in the Neptun system for the subject(s) you wish to have recognised and the subject(s) you have previously completed (i.e. to be recognised) at the University, please contact the Student Customer Service.

If the code of the subject you wish to have recognised is the same as the code of the subject you have already completed, select the “Credit Transfer Request for Identical Subjects” option along the above navigation path.

Some additional information:

• This system of recognition is quite complicated and difficult to understand for many. Yet, this system is necessary for the University so that it can ensure the principle of equal treatment: once an equivalence is accepted, it applies to all students, not just the one who submitted the request.
• If an equivalence relationship is already listed in the database, you cannot submit another application for the same subject.
• In the equivalence application, you can specify up to five (already completed) subjects you wish to have recognised for any subject you wish to have credit transfer for (i.e. recognised through credit transfer). There is no rule on how many subjects one should specify – everything depends on the syllabus(syllabi). Often, even the title of the subject in your curriculum is telling: for example, in the case of the subject “Basics of Statistics and Probability”, it is quite obvious that two other subjects may be required for the acceptance of an application. However, if you list too many subjects, you may receive a decision stating that “some of the subjects listed are unnecessary for equivalence”, and therefore your application will be rejected. So consider carefully what subject(s) is/are worth listing on your application based on the syllabus(syllabi).
• More flexible rules than the general ones apply to the recognition of credits earned during partial studies abroad (e.g. during an Erasmus or Pannónia scholarship).

In certain cases, you will need to submit special application for recognition or credit transfer requests.

These cases are as follows:

Application for recognition of professional experience based on work experience

• You have work experience that meets the requirements for completing the professional internship required for your study programme. The application can be submitted via the Online Career Platform.

Application for recognition of voluntary work

• Voluntary work can be recognised as an optional subject under certain conditions.

Request for Credit Transfer (Physical Education)

• If you have completed physical education in another programme, you can have it recognised towards your current programme with the help of this application. No prior equivalence assessment is required for physical education subjects, regardless of whether they were completed within or outside the institution. The application can be submitted concerning a subject in question.

Request for Credit Transfer to Identical Subjects

• You can submit it with respect to a subject that has already been completed with the same subject code at the University. The application can be submitted concerning a subject in question.

Credit transfer request for optional subjects

• If you would like to have a subject completed in another programme accepted without content assessment, or if you would like to have credits completed as part of a student mobility programme accepted as optional credits, you can do so with the help of this application. The application is available in the menu “Administration/Applications” in Neptun.

Credit Transfer Request on the Basis of Qualifications

• If you have (a) qualification(s) whose serial number is listed in the Credit Transfer Committee’s table, you can apply for recognition through the menu item “Subject-related applications”. The table can be found in the “Downloadable documents” section on Neptun’s login page.

Request for credit transfer for a language subject in Master's program

• Those students accepted at a master’s programme as of the 1^st semester of the academic year 2024/2025 who have passed a minimum of B2 complex language exam may request the recognition of the subject “Foreign Language for Business and Social Sciences”. When submitting an application, you must attach your language exam certificate or any other equivalent document.

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 %
  below 6	55
  7-10	45
  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 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. The deadlines are 25^th August for the autumn semester and 25^th January for the spring semester. 

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.