About Hungary

When Nobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi was asked if he believed in extraterrestrials, he replied: "They are among us, but they call themselves Hungarians".

 This small country is one of the oldest European countries, situated in the middle of the continent in Central Europe.

 Hungarians speak a language and form a culture unlike any other in the region: this distinctiveness has been both a source of pride and an obstacle for more than 1100 years.

 This is the country - which boasts one of the world's most beautiful cities: Budapest, the "Pearl of the Danube" - where 2000 year old Roman ruins and 400 year old Turkish monuments can be found side by side - where Central Europe's largest fresh water lake - Balaton - is located, providing natural paradise for its visitors - where hundreds of therapeutic mineral springs gush up from the depths And there is something else that keeps bringing visitors back to us - the legendary Hungarian hospitality.

 Hungary is a member of the European Union and a Schengen state.

 Higher education is conducted according to the Bologna System enabling students to transfer from one EU University to the other. Diplomas are accepted everywhere in the European Union. Higher education has strong traditions with institutions operating for hundreds of years in some cases.

 The oldest Hungarian university and most notable is the University of Pecs operating since 1367 but the City of Debrecen has the longest continuous history of higher education operating continuously since 1538.

 Hungary is a relatively safe country with a low rate of violent crime. Fees and living costs are relatively low compared to the rest of Europe.