For Hungarian and international students, we offer a full degree Cultural Mediation MA Programme, in which the language of instruction for the entire program is English. The programme can be started in the possession of a bachelor degree in any of the following areas: adult education, community coordination, cultural program coordinator, human resources coordinator; in the field of humanities; human resources from the field of economics; sociology, political science, information science librarian, and the bachelor’s degree program in cultural anthropology from the field of social sciences.

Degree: Cultural Mediation
Level of the study programme: MA/MSc full degree
Nominal duration: 4 semesters/2 years
Intake: Spring 2027
Language of instruction: English
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Curriculum: TBA

The classical theoretical training, which also prepares students for admission to a Ph.D. program, is complemented by intensive professional practice. The Cultural Mediation program offered by ELTE’s Faculty of Primary and Pre-School Education prepares students for managing public cultural institutions in Hungary. In addition to the balance between theory and practice, a key strength of the program is the social capital students can acquire within the university and during their professional internships in the (inter)cultural scene. The leadership of the Cultural Mediation program is also committed to facilitating students’ international experiences.

Those who have completed the training program may primarily assume senior positions at the institutions supervised by the National Institute of Culture (NMI). According to the relevant Hungarian laws, it is exclusively professionals who hold a Cultural Mediation degree that can head these institutions. These institutions offer such opportunities in the field of culture which, among others, aim to harmonize Hungarian folk culture, the different forms of arts or the organizational cultures of the institutions.

Job examples

Head of Institution at cultural institutions established for citizens living in Hungary or abroad in the Hungarian diaspora.

University Lecturer’s position in Hungary (after earning a Ph.D. degree) at the Cultural Mediation MA courses, including educational tasks in Hungarian and English.

For foreign citizens / Hungarian citizens with foreign high school certificates or double citizenship holder:

If you are a Hungarian citizen or hold a double citizenship and have obtained your high school diploma in an international school in Hungary or in any foreign school abroad, you can apply through the DreamApply system of ELTE as an international self-funded applicant. 

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• The deadline for submitting your application for entry in spring 2027 is: 30 November 2026.

Please read our step-by-step application guide below:

Application Guide
 

Admission fee:

For Hungarian citizens with Hungarian high school certificates:

• Felvi application platform: TBA
• The deadline for submitting your application is: TBA
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Scholarship opportunities
TBA

Mandatory application documents

• Bachelor-level degree;

• CV;

• Motivation letter*;

• Letter of recommendation**;

• Copy of the main pages of the passport scanned, in colour all personal details and expiry date must be shown, the passport must be valid;

• Proof of the Application fee and the Entrance exam fee transfer;

• Language certificate (if the applicant has one).
   

*The general guidelines and expectations for the letter are:

Please, explain why you would like to study in Hungary and how you are related to Central European culture. Specify your studies to date and to what extent the following fields have been included in your studies so far: communication, psychology, mediation, leadership studies, arts, minority groups and conflict management. The length of the motivation letter is between 1000 and 2000 words.

**Letter(s) of recommendation OR reference(s)

Number of recommendations to submit:  2
We will only accept references from university lecturers with a Ph.D. degree who have in-depth knowledge on cultural studies and have an understanding of Central European culture.
 

After the faculty accepted the required document uploaded to the application platform, the applicant will take a professional online entrance examination organised by the Admission Committee of the Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Primary and Pre-School Education.

The online exam should take about 30 minutes and contains the following three parts:

IMPORTANT 

The candidate needs to pass all four parts of the entrance exam to be eligible to admittance for the programme. 

Selection and evaluation: 

The ranking is based on a total evaluation of the academic excellence (based on the submitted documents) and the results of the entrance exam. Results and the official decision will be announced within a month after the aptitude exam date, in the application system.

Reservation fee

The reservation fee is part of the first semester's tuition fee if the student establishes legal status, in which case the fee paid does not require separate treatment and accounting. If the applicant's legal status as a student is not established for any reason, the reservation fee must be settled and accounted for from the amount of tuition paid, as follows.

The amount of reservation fee:

1. if the establishment of student status fails due to the refusal to issue a visa (i.e., through no fault of the applicant): 10% of the semester tuition fee for the given program;

2. if the establishment of student status fails for other reasons: the reservation fee is 100% of the semester tuition fee for the given program, which may be reduced by the dean of the faculty based on the applicant's individual request.

Scholarship holders

Scholarship holders are exempted from the payment of tuition fee.

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