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Hungarian educational
system

School system in Hungary

 Institutional structures and the structure of educational

programmes are not aligned with each other
 Similarities with Central European and ex-socialist
countries
 Secondary education: wide variety
 General education: until the age of 18

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Pre-primary education

 Age: 3-6
 Last year is compulsory
 86% of children
 The highest in Europe
 Improve abilities of
children

Primary education

 Minority education
 Age:
from 6 to 10 (basic first stage)
from 10 to 14 (basic second stage)
 Specialised classes
 At the end: Exam

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Academic Secondary
School
 Non-vocational
 Prepares for higher
education
 Length of programme:
4 years (regular)
5 years (bilingual
education)
6 years (from age 12 to
18)
8 years (from age 10 to
18)
 Certificate awarded:
secondary school leaving
certificate

Vocational and Vocational

Secondary Schools
 In vocational secondary
school:
secondary school
leaving certificate
 In vocational school:
lower level vocational
qualification
 Basic education: 4 years
 Professional practice:
about 2 years

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Matura

 Final exam of high school

 2 levels
 5 subjects
 Entry exam to universities
 Language exam required
 Secondary school leaving
certificate
 Oral and written exam

Jurisich Miklós
Gimnázium

 100 years old building

 Jesuit & Benedictine
 Famous professors
 Well-equipped
 Special classrooms
 St. Imre: youth’s
protection patron

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Traditions in JMG

 Gubanc Cup
 School leavers’ ball
 Band
 Reindeer initiation
 Pupils’ week
 „Last trip to the mountains”
 Graduation ceremony

Band

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Leavers’ ball

Reindeer initiation

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Pupils’ week

Last trip to the mountains

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Graduation ceremony

Higher education

 Bologna process
 Based on three consecutive cycles
 Bachelor, Master and Doctorate courses
 Institutions (universities and collages) may offer courses
in all three cycles
 Universities are eligible to provide Master courses in at
least two fields of study and to offer Doctorate courses
as well as to confer Doctorate degree
 Divided (two-tier) and undivided (one-tier) programmes
 Higher-level vocational training, postgraduate specialist
training and adult education (lifelong learning)
 A intermediate language exam is needed to get their
degree

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Integrated (one-tier)
programmes
 Undivided
 Length 10-12 semesters
 Result a Master degree
 Besides religious
education and some
programmes of arts, the
following programmes:
veterinary medicine,
architecture, dentistry,
pharmaceutics, law and
medicine

First/ Second Degree

Programmes
 Bachelor course
6-8 semesters
Bachelor degree
 Master course
Built on Bachelor course
2-4 semesters
Master degree
 Final examination:
Defence of degree thesis
and additional oral,
written and practical
examination

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Specialised Graduate
Studies

 Higher education institutions may offer a postgraduate

specialist training for Bachelor and Master degree
holders.
 Students complete their studies by passing a final
examination.
 Length of programme is 2-4 semesters.

Doctorate

 Built on Master degree

 6 semesters
 Scientific degree
Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD)
 Art education
Doctor of Liberal Arts
(DLA)

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Thank you for

your attention!

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