Please find some general information regarding the February 2025 intake.

Please click on your programme below to find enrolment details.  Please note that it is obligatory to attend the Orientation Day that will be held on 7 February (for BSc and Foundation students) and on 12-14 February (for MSc students) in person if you have received your visa by then or online if you are still waiting for your visa.

You may contact us at info@ibsbudapest.com if something is not clear. 

Please note that all buidlings of IBS are CLOSED between 19 December 2024 and 5 January 2025 due to winter holiday.

IBS will launch all programmes where the student numbers are sufficient with face-to-face classes and will normally also offer an online study mode option only for those whose visa is delayed and cannot arrive in Budapest in February 2025.

You will be informed about the study mode of your programme by the Centre for Student Services after enrolment.

If your programme is offered only online or you choose online study mode due to your delayed visa process, you can still travel to Hungary at any time after you have received your visa.

Please note that the tuition fees are the same in the online study mode.

Enrolment is an administrative event, conducted in person or online, where, after checking the original copy of all your key documents, a Contract of Education is signed, whereby you officially become an active student of IBS.

Please check the enrolment period on our website here.

A. In-person enrolment:
Students who do not need a visa or receive a study visa by 27^th January must enrol in person. To enrol, please come to the Centre for Student Services on the Campus during opening hours (9-12 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. every weekday except Friday afternoons).

When enrolling in person, please bring all original documents and certificates with you – you will not be able to enrol without presenting them on the spot.

B. Online enrolment:
Those non-EU students who do not receive their study visa by 27^th January must enrol online. To enrol online please email studentadmin@ibs-b.hu to get an appointment from the Centre for Student Services for your online enrolment.

Online enrolment is a video chat where you have to present your original documents and sign the contract of education in front of the camera.

Please do not forget to bring with you to enrolment the original copy of all required documents and certificates, including the ones that you uploaded to your online application profile – you will not be able to enrol without presenting them on the spot.

If your programme is offered with face-to-face classes but your visa is delayed, you will be required to study temporarily online. Upon arrival on campus you may switch to face-to-face classes, however, if you arrive later than 1 month after the starting date of the semester, you will have to complete the rest of the semester online.

Currently the Hungarian consulates are overcrowded due to a large demand for studies in Hungary. Because of this, several consulates may not be able to offer you an appointment for a visa interview in time for you to arrive in Hungary before the start of the semester.

To provide our students with as much flexibility as possible, we are offering all IBS applicants the following solution:

IBS applicants who do not receive their visas in time are allowed to start their studies online from February 2025 and complete the entire first semester online if necessary. They can submit their visa application whenever they receive an appointment from the Consulate, and they will be able to travel to Hungary any time after receiving their visa.

This allows you to have more options for interview appointments and travel dates. If your visa is denied, until the end of the semester (30 June 2025) you are entitled to a FULL REFUND (with the exception of EUR 400) on condition that you have participated in online classes, activities and assessments as required, to the best of your ability.

REFUND POLICY for the February 2025 intake:

• Once you have received the admission certificates of IBS for the visa application, you are entitled for a refund only if your visa is refused and you email the visa refusal document to IBS. No other excuse for claiming a refund is accepted.
• Once you have enrolled, participation in classes, activities and assessments as required to the best of your ability becomes a condition of getting a refund or a permission for deferral.
• In case your visa is granted, we CANNOT refund you the tuition fee and the registration fee in any circumstances.
• If your visa is rejected and you have not enrolled yet, EUR 400 from your payment is non-refundable, the rest will be refunded.
• If your visa is rejected and you have already enrolled, you may reclaim the full amount of your paid fees with the exception of EUR 400 up to 30 June 2025 on condition that you have attended classes and submitted all your assignments online as required by the programme regulations until the date of your visa refusal. Instead of a refund, you may request deferral to the next intake with the same conditions. EUR 400 will be charged for your first semester even if deferral is granted.
• If you have enrolled but do not receive the visa decision up to 30 June 2025, you can ask IBS to defer you to the next intake on condition that you have attended classes and submitted all your assignments online as required by the programme regulations, but EUR 400 will still be charged for your first semester

If you have arrived in Hungary but regularly fail to show up on your classes, your student status and your residence permit will be suspended. In this case you will be asked to leave the country within 8 days and your tuition fee and registration fee will NOT be refunded.

If you decide to leave Hungary or to transfer to another institution, the tuition fee and the registration fee will NOT be refunded.

Please note that no refunds are available after 30 June 2025.

Please note that we can refund the fee only to the same bank account that you transferred it from due to strict financial regulations!

Please buy health insurance in your home country that is valid for 30 days upon entering Hungary.

Your Type D visa is valid for ONE entry to Hungary and you will collect your residence permit card at IBS upon arrival: you will need to be enrolled to your programme at the Centre for Student Services, have your health insurance (that you can buy cash in HUF at IBS) and accommodation documents.

We do not have a pick-up service from the airport, you can use the Airport Mini-Bus or the official taxi company called Főtaxi to get to the city.

IBS is located in Graphisoft Park in the 3rd district of Budapest, the address is 7 Záhony utca, 1031 Budapest. Please check out our website how to get here. 

• BSc programmes: all students who are not exempt from English testing must take the IBS English test, the listening comprehension and oral part ONLINE.
• MSc programmes: all students who are not exempt from English testing must take the IBS English test ONLINE. 

Enrolment can ony be done after passing the IBS English testing.

If you are exempt from the English test, you can enrol directly at the Centre for Student Services or Online. 

Please note that if your tuition fee payment is not the full amount (because of bank charges or online transaction charges), you should pay the difference cash in euro before you enrol. 

Accommodation must be arranged and paid for by the student prior to arriving in Hungary!

The on-campus Residence Hall is about 200 m from the IBS Offices building, the address is 3rd district, 6 Reichl Kálmán utca. You can move to the Residence Hall on or after 1 February if you have paid the rental fee. With further RH questions please contact the RH contact person, Ms Maria Ortiz at osm@ibs-b.hu

If you still need accommodation in Budapest, please check out our website for options here or contact Etelka Dombora (edombora@ibs-b.hu), our International Student Advisor.

When you arrive in Budapest, it will take some days until you receive your temporary student card certificate at IBS which entitles you to a student pass. So please buy tickets or full-price passes until you receive this certificate. Find ticket options on the website of the Budapest Public Transportation System.

Non-EU citizens can buy their health insurance in the ground floor lobby of the IBS Offices Building from the appointed insurance agent, Mr Tamás Kocsis-Barna. Please contact the Centre for Student Services for the dates. 

The health insurance is valid for 12 months and costs HUF 120,000. The insurance fee must be paid in cash in Hungarian Forints, please note that you cannot change money at IBS, just in Auchan shopping mall which is very close to IBS. You will need your passport and address in Budapest.  

Please find details of the insurance and medical treatment on our website. 

EU students should bring their European Health Insurance Card.

Please check out our website for basic information. The official currency of Hungary is FORINT. It is better to change your money in the city and not at the airport. There is also an exchange office in the Auchan shopping mall next to the campus.

Please find some interesting and useful information on Hungary, follow the latest news in the student life section and watch our welcoming video.

IBS Contacts after you have enrolled on your programme

• Central helpline: studentadmin@ibs-b.hu
• Help on specific matters
  Forgotten passwords and other IT issues: computing@ibs-b.hu
  Payment issues: request@ibs-b.hu
  Academic issues (absences, deadlines, etc.): request@ibs-b.hu
  Personal issues or academic difficulties: wellbeing@ibs-b.hu
  Placement and job issues: careeroffice@ibs-b.hu
  Library: library@ibs-b.hu
  Matters related to studies or finances: studentadmin@ibs-b.hu
  Help with settling in Hungary: edombora@ibs-b.hu