Foundation Course for Studies in English

Last updated: 18. January 2026

Level of Programme
Preparatory programme
Field of Science
Technical
Length of program
2
 semesters
Number of Credits
60
Virtual Training Center
AGRI-FOOD
Institute responsible for training
Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy​​​​​​​

Gyöngyös

English
 language
Fall
 semester
self-financed
full time training

Overview

We offer the preparatory course to students whose professional skills and knowledge of English are not sufficient to be enrolled in the Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes in Engineering (Technology), or Agricultural Sciences, or Business and Management (Economics).
Students develop their English language skills, and study the subjects necessary for the entrance exam of their chosen discipline or to start the relevant academic programme.

Tuition Fees & Scholarships

Tuition fee

Full time training: €2,000


Available scholarships

Training information

You can find more information about the programme on the Education Directorate of Education website here.

Model curriculum of the programme 

You can find more information about the mandatory and optional subjects, lecturers and prerequisites for each subject here.

Application

 You can submit your application via our DreamApply application management platform here.

Contact

Programme Learning Outcomes

Description of the preparatory course:
We offer the preparatory course to students whose professional skills and knowledge of English are not sufficient to be enrolled in the Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes in Engineering (Technology), or Agricultural Sciences, or Business and Management (Economics).
Students develop their English language skills, and study the subjects necessary for the entrance exam of their chosen discipline or to start the relevant academic programme.

English language requirements for entry to the programme: level B1 (all applying students take an English written and oral entry test)

Duration:
•    1st semester: last week of September/first week of October – mid-December + examination period (December – January)
•    2nd semester: first week of February – mid-June (with the exams and exam preparation included)

Total length of the course: 800 hours (with the exams and exam preparation included)

•    Length of the first semester: 300 hours (10 weeks, 30 hours/week)
•    Length of the second semester: 500 hours (17 weeks, 30 hours/week)
(with the exams and exam preparation included)

Both Stipendium Hungaricum (SH) Scholarship holders and self-financed/ fee-paying students can apply to the foundation course.

Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship holders
Stipendium Hungaricum (SH) Scholarship holders should visit the following website for general information on the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship programme and registration: https://stipendiumhungaricum.hu/ 
The scholarship is awarded by Tempus Public Foundation.

Upon the recommendation of the relevant enrollment committee, and after the successful completion of the foundation course, the SH scholarship holder will automatically be accepted to the undergraduate (BSc / BA) or master's (MSc / MA) programme, and start his/her university studies in English at MATE.
SH scholarship holders will have to learn Hungarian as a Foreign Language (4 classes/week/each semester).

Self-financed students
Self-financed student must register on the following website: https://apply.uni-mate.hu/ 


Self-financed students must pay the full tuition fee before the start of the foundation course.  
To get the Letter of Acceptance, the full tuition fee payment must be transferred to the account of the university.
After having successfully completed the foundation course, self-financed students will have to take an entrance exam to the relevant degree programme of MATE.