Semmelweis University Organizational and Operational Regulations
– Part III. Student Standards –
Chapter III.2. Study and Examination Regulations
11. The Diploma
Article 48 [General Regulations Regarding the Diploma]
(1) The diploma is a legal document decorated with the coat of arms of Hungary containing the name and the identification number of the issuing higher educational institute, the number of the diploma, the name, name at birth, place and date of birth of the graduate, the level of the qualification, the name of the degree, program or vocation, the grading of the degree, the place, and year, month and day of issue, the classification of the professional qualification according to the Hungarian Qualification Framework and the European Qualification Framework, furthermore, the period of training as set in the program and outcome requirements of the training program. Additionally, it is also required to contain the original signature of the head of the institution – as well as of the head determined in the Organizational and Operational Regulation – and the imprint of the seal of the higher education institute.
(2) The prerequisite of issuing the diploma, which certifies the completion of higher educational studies, is a successful final examination in addition to a language certificate as set in program and outcome requirements. In order to issue the diploma, students shall present legal documentation which certifies that
- a general language examination including all written and oral components was passed at level B2 or C1, as set in the program and outcome requirements in a bachelor program,
- an accreditied or equivalent language examination was passed as set in the program and outcome requirements in a master program
(3) At the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, a further condition of issuing the diploma is a pass at the professional language examination in English or German language conducted by the University.
(4) At the Faculty of Medicine, a further condition of issuing the diploma is a pass at the professional language examination in English or German language conducted by the University.
(5) The diploma shall be issued and handed out within 30 days after the legal document of the language certificate defined in paragraph (2) was presented. If the certificate defined in paragraph (2) was presented at the time of the final examination, the diploma shall be issued within 30 days after a successful final examination was taken.
(6) If the diploma is not issued because the language certificate has not been presented, the University provides a certificate. This document does not certify qualification or specialization; it only certifies a successful final examination. The Registrar’s Office shall be responsible for issuing and registering this certificate.
(7) The diploma shall be issued in Hungarian and in English, or in Hungarian and in Latin, in Hungarian and in a nationality language in the case of a nationality training program, in Hungarian and in the language of the training program if it is not Hungarian.
(8) A diploma supplement shall be issued, as defined by the European Commission and the European Council, in Hungarian and in English, and in the case of a nationality training program, at the request of the graduate, in the language of the nationality concerned, in bachelor, master and tertiary vocational programs. The diploma supplement is a legal document. Issuing supplements and the master data sheet shall be done by the Registrar’s Office.
(9) A diploma issued in bachelor’s, master’s, long-cycle, postgraduate specialization programs or tertiary vocational programs entitles the holder to have a job or pursue an activity as defined by law.
(10) The program and outcome requirements of a tertiary vocational program may set a language examination certification as the condition of issuing the diploma.
(11) The level of the degree certified in the diplomas issued by the University in English and Latin are:
- “Bachelor” or “baccalaureus” (abbreviated: BA, BSc),
- “Master” or “magister” (abbreviated: MA, MSc).
(12) Graduates holding the “Master” title use the phrase “licensed” before the qualification certified by the diploma.
(13) Graduates of the Faculties of Medicine, Dentistry or Pharmaceutical Sciences are entitled to use the title of “doctor”. It is abbreviated as: dr. med., dr. med. dent., dr. pharm.
(14) Non-Hungarian graduates of the Faculty of Medicine and those who completed their training program and the training and research phase of the doctoral program in an individual schedule, during their legal status as a student at the Faculty of Medicine, and, in addition to the complex examination, fulfilled the special requirements set by the University for the preparation and defense of an associated thesis, shall be entitled to use the doctoral title referring to the field of training abroad. The abbreviation of the title is Dr. med.
(15) At the student’s request, the university shall issue an ornate diploma, which shall be signed by the Rector and the Dean of the relevant faculty.
(16) The diploma is signed by the Rector and the Dean.
(17) If the student does not possess the language certificate at the time of the final examination, and thus the diploma is issued after the final examination period, and the chairperson of the Final Examination Board is not employed by the university at the time of issue, instead of the chairperson of the Final Examination Board, the diploma may be signed
- by the Vice-Dean for Educational Affairs at the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Health and Public Administration, the Faculty of Dentistry, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Faculty of Health Sciences,
- by another member of the Final Examination Board at the András Pető Faculty.
(18) After a successful final examination, the diploma is handed over during a graduation ceremony. The date of the graduation ceremony is set by the Dean.