Certain provisions of the Organizational and Operational Rules (SzMSz) concerning the John von Neumann Institute for Data Science, the Institute of Clinical Data Management, and the Employment Requirements System were amended.
In line with the concept of proportional distribution of credits, the board decided to allocate one credit each to the three summer internships at the Faculty of Dentistry (FOK), for a total of three credits. Furthermore, it was decided to introduce a compulsory but non-credit course in the ninth semester of the dentistry program on how to write a thesis. As a result of these amendments and an administrative correction to the model curriculum, the total number of credits will be 313 for the Hungarian-language dentist program and 314 for the English and German-language dentist programs. According to the decision of the board, a master’s program in midwifery is expected to be launched at the Faculty of Health Sciences (ETK) in 2026, offered both as a state-funded and self-funded program.
The Senators voted to amend the Healthcare and Fees Regulation (ETDSZ), based on which only Hungarian citizens whose insurance status is unresolved due to non-payment of the fee, i.e. whose social security card is labelled as ‘brown’, are charged with the fee for emergency care as defined by the National Health Insurance Fund of Hungary (NEAK), capped at HUF 750,000. In the case of Hungarians and non-nationals who are not covered by valid social insurance or who are not entitled to receive free healthcare on any other legal basis, the fees specified by the ETDSZ shall apply. A further amendment to the ETDSZ clarifies that treatment shall not be postponed due to non-payment.
The decision of March 7 to amend the Study and Examination Regulations (TVSZ) has been clarified. Accordingly, a written test examination can only be organized if the test questions and the corresponding answers have been made available in advance to all concerned. If this condition is not met (i.e. the test booklet and the corresponding answers are not available), the written test part must be followed by an oral test part, which must be taken on the day of the written test. The material for the oral part of the exam is identical to the written part. In this type of examination, a failing grade in the written test part does not constitute a failing grade for the entire exam, as the student automatically continues with the oral part of the examination. The final grade will be the weighted arithmetic average of the two parts of the examination, with a maximum weighting of 40 percent for the written part and 60 percent for the oral part. This provision does not apply to students who have obtained a grade “fair” (3) or higher in the written test, since in their case the written part of the test is not followed by an oral part, i.e. only the result of the written test determines the final grade. The amendment applies to both divided and undivided training programs.
The reports of the standing committees of the faculties (Examination and Studies Committee, Credit Transfer Committee, Ethical and Disciplinary Committee, Practical Training Committee, and Publishing and Library Committee) were adopted. The recipients of the Good Student, Good Athlete Award were approved, and current applications for management positions were also reviewed.
Anita Szepesi
Translation: Judit Szabados-Dőtsch
Illustration: Attila Kovács – Semmelweis University
