Institute of Languages for Specific Purposes
Medical Hungarian Language Examination for the Residency Program
EXAM INFORMATION
Exam date: 29 November 2025
Application and payment deadline: 31 October/15 November 2025
Exam fee:?????…Ft (shared payment)
Candidates will receive information about the exact time and location of their examinations by email at least 10 days before the examination.
EXAM APPLICATION may be submitted online:
https://forms.office.com/e/NYeegmwb8G?origin=lprLink
PARTS OF THE EXAM
Written examination (the tasks must be completed on the computer with no internet access provided by the university, and the examination takes 90 minutes)
1. Reading Comprehension
Completing a reading comprehension task correctly, the candidate must demonstrate the ability to understand the content of a discharge paper / outpatient note and answer the related questions at the appropriate level without using a dictionary or any other source of help.
2. Written Communication
The candidate must write a summary (Epikrízis) on the basis of several bullet points. The criteria for assessing written communication are as follows: accuracy and vocabulary.
Oral Examination (the oral examination takes about 30 minutes in front of the language examination board of a doctor and two language instructors)
1. Listening Comprehension
Completing a listening comprehension task correctly, the candidate must ask for the new patient’s personal data and fill in a form. Afterwards the candidate must call the ambulance and tell them the recorded personal data and further information about the transportation.
2. Oral Communication
The candidate must take a focused medical history from the patient, instruct the patient for the needed physical examinations, establish a provisional diagnosis, determine the necessary further steps, and inform the patient about the required examinations. After the taking the patient history, the candidate must present the case of the patient to a specialist.
The complex examination (both written and oral) is successful if the candidate achieves a minimum of 40% in each part of the examination (reading comprehension, written communication, listening comprehension, and oral communication), and the average of the four parts of the examination is a minimum of 60%. A certificate is issued on the results of the successful complex examination.
EXAM EXEMPTION
Only students who have completed their studies in Hungarian are exempt from the Hungarian language residency exam. (A magyar nyelvi rezidens vizsga alól csak az a hallgató kaphat felmentést, aki magyar nyelvű képzésben végezte tanulmányait.)
SHARED PAYMENT
1. Semmelweis University
The amount to be paid is: … Ft
Proof of payment should be sent to the following e-mail address: szabo.angelika1@semmelweis.hu
Semmelweis University account number: 11784009-22236665
name: Semmelweis Egyetem
Write in the comment box: “name of candidate”, Szaknyelvi Intézet, Residency Exam
From abroad:
IBAN:
HUF: HU41117840092223666500000000
EUR: HU51117638420088088800000000
USD: HU57117638420088101600000000
SWIFT (BIC) kód: OTPVHUHB
tax number:
– for Hungarian natural persons, companies: 17784234-5-44
– for natural persons, companies out of Hungary: HU17784234
2. Szeged University
The amount to be paid is: xxx Ft