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The Pannónia Scholarship Programme offers both short and long-term mobility opportunities for Hungarian higher education students and staff to study, research, teach, or do traineeships abroad in almost every country. 

The programme supports the internationalisation efforts of Hungarian higher education institutions as well as the implementation of high-quality mobilities, which opens up the world for students and staff, and strengthens the competitiveness of Hungarian institutions in the international higher education landscape.

The Hungarian Government’s higher education scholarship programme provides opportunities for beneficiaries (Hungarian higher education institutions) to establish meaningful international partnerships with other higher education institutions and their legal entities (training and research centres, public and private organizations, etc.) through bilateral agreements Students and staff can apply for outgoing mobilities in their own institutions. The programme is coordinated by the Tempus Public Foundation and its funding is provided by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation.

2024 marks the start of the Pannónia Scholarship Programme’s first phase, with a budget of HUF 10 billion, providing mobility opportunities for around 8,000 higher education students and staff. Around 200 students among them will have the opportunity to study at the world's top universities with the Excellence Programme.  

Mobility projects for higher education students:

Long-term student mobility: Bsc / Msc / PhD

• Study period (2-12 months)
• Traineeship (2-12 months)
• Research mobility (2-3 months) only at Master's, and Doctoral level

Scholarship rates (depending on destination country)

• In the case of long-term mobility: 2-12 month: 350.000/375.000/400.000 Ft/month 

Short-term student mobility:  Bsc / Msc / PhD

• Study period and research  (2-30 days), conferences, and summer universities.

Scholarship rates (depending on destination country):

• • Bsc and Msc level:
    • 1-10 days: 30.000/27.500/25.000 Ft/day
    • 11-20 days: 20.000/17.500/15.000 Ft/day
    • 21-30 days: 10.000/7.500/5.000 Ft/day
  • PhD level:
    • 1-10 days: 35.000/32.500/30.000 Ft/day
    • 11-20 days: 25.000/22.500/20.000 Ft/day
    • 21-30 days: 15.000/12.500/10.000 Ft/day
      

A chance to study at the world’s best institutions:

The Pannónia Scholarship Programme offers high-achieving students the opportunity to study at one of the top 250 higher education institutions (according to the Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds international higher education rankings). The Excellence Programme is open to students in specific fields of study (mainly STEM+) pursuing a masters, doctoral, or postgraduate degree. 

Excellence Programme

High-achieving students in specific fields of study can do their mobility at one of the top 250 universities in the world. In addition to a monthly grant, participants also receive financial support for their accommodation, travel, and tuition fees (1-6 months).

Scholarship rates (depending on destination country):

• 1-6 month: 450.000/475.000/500.000 Ft/month