Program Overview

International Foundation Year

Starting Date and Duration

• Starting date: September
• Duration: 10 months

Language and Academic Requirements

• Language requirements: Basic English language proficiency
• Academic requirements: High school certificate; or 12 years of education; or British curriculum (5 O' level + 3 AS' level/2 A' level exams)

Short Description

For those students who require additional instruction or review in sciences and in English language, we offer foundation year courses to prepare them to study in their chosen degree program. Students successfully finishing the International Foundation Year program with an average of 4.0 in one of the semesters, and 3.5 in the other, are guaranteed admission into any engineering, IT, agriculture, or business program. Others can take an entrance examination.

Program Overview

Offering a wide range of courses, including intensive English language study, which bridges the gap between the students' current qualifications, background, knowledge, and skills required for honors courses, the International Foundation Year provides students with the necessary skills to proceed to study their chosen discipline.

Education of basic science subjects - biology, physics, mathematics, and chemistry is quite demanding in Hungarian High Schools. The Foundation Year program is recommended for those applicants who do not have enough knowledge in biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, or in any of these subjects according to Hungarian standards, and need further studies and a period for acclimatization before entering an engineering, IT, or business program. In addition to these basic scientific subjects, courses in Academic English and Hungarian languages are also included in the program.

Subjects

• Basic science subjects – mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry
• IT skills
• General English
• Professional English
• Hungarian as a foreign language

In the frame of the International Foundation Year Program, students have to choose one of the following specializations, depending on which major they wish to apply for:

• Information Technology
• Physics-related Engineering, or Science
• Chemistry-related Engineering, or Science
• Business

Fees

• Tuition Fee: 6,000 USD
• One-time fees: application fee 150 USD, entrance procedure fee 350 USD