Tuition fee from the 2nd semester

All continuing students will remain on the same fee rate as when they first enrolled in the program. Students who take a semester off, failed a year, or transferred from another university has to pay the tuition fee of that specific year they rejoin the program. This rule is valid from 2019.

The tuition fee is determined by the year of enrollment to the Program. Students who complete their studies continually (without failing a year) pay the same tuition fee every year (see the table below). Students who repeat a year due to failure or a passive semester, and students transferred from another university have to pay the tuition fee according to the year of enrollment at the course they are joining. Eg. a student enrolled in 2015/2016 academic year and failed a semester has to pay the tuition fee of those enrolled in 2016/2017.

Students taking just one normal, exempted “FM” or one exam course “CV” in a semester pay ~50% of their semester tuition fee.
Please note: The permission can be granted upon the student’s written request that has to be handed in at the Directorate of International Studies, Division of the English Language Programs before starting the semester!

Generally:
Fall semesters: 31st of August
Spring semesters: 31st of January

The current deadlines of payment are announced by the registrars before the beginning of every semester.

Rules regarding tuition fee payment and penalty.

• Students have one month (counted from the first day of the semester) for paying the tuition fee of the given semester without penalty. (Please note that students cannot get a student certificate, a valid insurance or validation of their student card until their tuition fee is completely settled.)

• After the semester’s first month has passed, the tuition fee can be paid with a default penalty of 500 USD.

• The latest deadline for paying the tuition fee and penalty is the last day of the study period. (Please note that students cannot register for any exam until their tuition fee plus penalty are completely settled.)

• If the above final deadline is missed, i.e. the tuition fee plus penalty are not settled by the end of the study period, the tuition fee for the current semester can no longer be paid, student’s status will remain active, but every signature acquired and every grade earned by the student during the semester will be deleted. The student’s status remains active means that the debt remains to be made up before the registration to any other active semesters. The status cannot be changed to passive after the end of the teaching term, and the tuition fee of an active semester cannot be remitted.

• The student is unable to register for a new active semester until the debt has been settled in full.

Please take the above rules and deadlines seriously as they will be strictly enforced.

To ensure full payment, please consider that a transfer fee is usually applied when sending money by bank transfer. When transferring the exact amount for the tuition fee, a transfer fee might be deducted from that amount, rendering your tuition fee deficient. Therefore, please contact your home bank prior to transferring the tuition fee and find out whether the bank deducts a transfer fee from the transferred amount. If yes, please pay the transfer fee in addition to the tuition fee.

It is your responsibility to ensure timely and full payment of your tuition fee. It is important for you to keep in mind that checking whether the tuition fee has been paid properly is your responsibility. You are recommended to contact your registrar each term before the payment deadline to find out whether the tuition fee has arrived without any problem.

Please fill out the ‘Invoice claimant‘ form and send it to the following e-mail address: neptun.penzugyiosztaly@semmelweis.hu.

• The amount transferred will appear in Neptun on the next working day, which will be entered into Neptun as a free balance according to the student’s Neptun code, as long as it is not linked to a payment item, the student can withdraw the amount back to his/her own account number or keep a free balance in the collective invoice for the expenses incurred.
• To be identified, the student’s Neptun ID (code) must be entered in the comment field when making the transfer: e.g. NK-123ABC (NK = Neptun Kód)
• There is further action to be done with the amount transferred to the collective invoice: the payment item must be linked to the available balance.
• The linking can be done in the same way as a regular Neptun payment, except that the student can also choose to pay by the collective invoice payment method in the options available after selecting the pay function. If you choose the collective invoice payment method, you can pay the amount of the payment item from the available balance.

If you are a student already and you have your Neptun ID you may use the following collective account to pay your tuition fee (in USD):

Account holder: Semmelweis University
Account Number (IBAN): HU69 11763842 00883018 00000000
Bank name: OTP Bank
Bank address: Nádor utca 6., 1051 Budapest, Hungary
SWIFT code (BIC): OTPVHUHB

For automatic identification, the student’s Neptun ID (code) must be entered in the comment field when making the transfer: e.g. NK-123ABC (NK = Neptun Kód)

Please keep in mind that the USD collective account can only settle USD payment items.

Tuition fee can be reduced/allowance can be given in the following cases:

1. Excellent study record

An application for a one-time stipend may be submitted by a student who:

• • at least one completed semester in his/her current faculty,
  • continuously achieved a weighted average of above 4.50 without interruption since no later than his/her second semester in Year 1,
  • obtained at least 20 credits at the University in the given semester,
  • completed the compulsory subjects required by the model curriculum for the given semester,
  • not been exempted from any subjects in the given semester,

• at least one completed semester in his/her current faculty,
• continuously achieved a weighted average of above 4.50 without interruption since no later than his/her second semester in Year 1,
• obtained at least 20 credits at the University in the given semester,
• completed the compulsory subjects required by the model curriculum for the given semester,
• not been exempted from any subjects in the given semester,
• not been condemned in any ethical, disciplinary or criminal proceeding by the time of the application and
• no outstanding tuition fee debt for the semester, in which the application is submitted.

The one-time stipend applies to one semester, and its extent shall be determined by the weighted average of the semester:

• between 4.51 and 4.99, the stipend is 10% of the base tuition fee,
• in case of 5.00, the stipend is 15% of the base tuition fee.

2. Registered subjects

• A student who registered for a maximum of one normal or FM (exempted) course in a given semester may receive a 50% reduction in the tuition fee – regardless of the number of CV (exam only) exam courses registered.
• A 3rd, 4th or 5th year student of Dentistry are exempted upon request from paying the material fee, which is paid beyond the tuition fee, if he/she does not register for any of the specialization subjects defined by the Faculty in the given semester as a normal (i.e., not CV or FM) course.

3. Clinical practice (Faculty of Medicine only)

Medical students may receive a 20% discount on their annual tuition fee if they spend the entire permitted period of the 6th year’s clinical practice abroad (except for the obligatory internships at the University – if any). The acceptance declarations of the foreign training institutes must be attached to the application.

4. Teaching Assistant (TA) activity

Students whose application for teaching assistant work has been accepted by the department and the Dean of the Faculty may be eligible for an allowance of 300 USD if the below criteria are met:

• The student applies for teaching assistance work starting from the first semester of the academic year and
• the contract of their assignment is written out for 10 months.

You can find more information about Teaching Assistant work application below: T.A. (TEACHING ASSISTANT) application opportunities – Medicine T.A. (TEACHING ASSISTANT) application opportunities – Dentistry T.A. (TEACHING ASSISTANT) application opportunities – Pharmaceutical Sciences

5. Community work

Regarding community work you may contact ISSA (International Semmelweis Students Association).