Enrolment (student registration)
Date: 26-29 August 2026
Documents to be presented at registration:
- passport/identity card,
- original High School Diploma /Secondary School Leaving Certificate and a copy of it or the validated English translation if applicable,
- in case of registering for an Master’s program, your Bachelor degree certificate,
- Childhood vaccination record, including MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and Hepatitis B vaccinations. If the vaccination record is missing, or it shows fewer than two Hepatitis B (Engerix B) doses, an official certificate confirming the vaccinations is required.
Documents to be handed in at registration:
- A copy of High School Diploma / Secondary School Leaving Certificate or of its English translation,
- a copy of passport/identity card,
- a copy of residence permit (if you already have one)
- Photo (2 passport size photos)
- Personal Details Form filled and signed (you are going to receive it on site),
- Declaration signed (you are going to receive it on site).
Please note that registration is possible only if the registration and tution fees are paid.
After the registration, the administration of the following will take place:
A special insurance is provided for our students, and its fee is included in the tuition fee. The service includes an English-speaking call centre, GP-service and treatment at the Polyclinics and Clinics of Semmelweis University. As long as you pay your tuition fee each semester and you are a registered active student, this insurance is automatically renewed until the end of your studies. The Hungarian health insurance provided by the University is only valid from the date of enrolling at the University. The health insurance is automatically suspended if the student registers for a passive semester. Please note that the health insurance and the card will be available in mid-September, the earliest after the activation of your Neptun account.
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- Students need to activate their current semesters in Neptun. Without the semester activation, the student card application cannot be started.
- After the activation, students need to go to the Government’s Office that Issues Documents (in Hungarian: Kormányablak) and apply for a ‘NEK’ document for student card. Passport is required. They will take a photo of you and have your main data registered. Please return the ‘NEK’ document to the Foreign Students Secretariat and the Office will finish the application.
- The Secretariat will inform the students if the plastic student card has arrived. It may take 6 months to go through the process.
- Students can have a temporary student card. A temporary Student Card (an A4-format certificate valid for two months) will be given by the Foreign Students’ Secretariat in mid-September the earliest. You can use the temporary card until the issuance of a permanent one. Please bear in mind that student discounts (e.g. at public transport) can be only claimed in the possession of a temporary or permanent card, so you will need to use regular fare tickets in the first month. With the temporary student card, students are entitled to buy students’ monthly tickets for the public transport (metro, bus, tram, trolley, HÉV). Ask for a DIÁKBÉRLET, buy railways or long-distance bus tickets at a reduced price, access a number of services and discounts (e.g.
library services, sport facilities, various travel, cultural and commercial discounts, etc.).
Opening Ceremony and the Freshmen’s Oath
The Opening Ceremony and the Freshmen’s Oath will take place on 06 September 2026. Freshmen are obliged to participate. Invitation cards are sent in Neptun Educational System.
Introduction to Higher Education course
It is compulsory for every full-time student to attend the ‘Introduction to Higher Education Studies’ course on 16 September. The course is a prerequisite subject with no credit value, and it is necessary to complete it in order to obtain the absolutorium (pre-degree certificate).
Subject registration
Subject registration opens for the English-languge programs on 26 August 2026, 8pm.
Medical examination
Students are required to take part in an aptitude test. The Aptitude test is carried out by Semmelweis University Clinical Center’s Occupational Health Service and under its supervision by the Doctor’s Office of the Faculty of Health Sciences, at the same time as enrolment. Medical examinations can be carried out by Semmelweis University via the Aptitude system where students can register with their NEPTUN code.
Futher information about the aptitude (medical) examinations→
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