Call for applications for CEEPUS mobility of students from Ukraine for the academic year 2024/2025

Altough Ukraine is not a CEEPUS country, in the academic year 2024/2025, Hungarian institutions may also accept students and teachers who are students or teachers in Ukraine under the CEEPUS freemover scholarship.

Students and lecturers coming to Hungary from Ukraine may submit their individual mobility applications continuously, but no later than January 31, 2025, except for Students Mobility category S (long-term student mobility), for which the deadline is December 31, 2024. For incoming students, the CEEPUS mobility period may last no longer than August 31, 2025.

Eligibility:

  • has a student or teacher status at a Ukrainian higher education institution.

Documents to be attached:

  • Freemover Letter of Acceptance issued by the Hungarian host institution, which can be downloaded here.
  • Proof of status in the Ukrainian institution (any document with probative value is acceptable, e.g. proof of employment, proof of student status, student ID card)

Applicable period:

  • for students in category S (Student Mobility) 3-5 months
  • for ST (Short Term Student) mobility 1-2 months. In case of 1 month, the minimum period of stay is 21 days, in case of several months, the last month must be at least 16 days.
  • for Teachers, at least 5 working days and at most 12 months (see below in the Scholarship section)
  • The scholarship period can last until August 31, 2025.

Application process

The Applicant must submit a CEEPUS freemover application on the central application interface www.ceepus.info for the 2024/2025 academic year, to which the acceptance letter and the proof of employment/student status in the Ukrainian institution must be attached.

Scholarship amounts

  • for Students 180,000 HUF/month
  • for Teachers:
    • 200,000 HUF/month (in case of min 5 and up to 10 days of mobility, 6-11 hours of teaching activity or consultation is required within min. 5 working days),
    • 300,000 HUF/month (in case of more than 10 days of mobility, min. 12 hours of teaching activity or consultation is required within min. 10 working days),
    • 100,000 HUF/month in case of virtual teaching activity (min. 6 hours of online teaching or consultation within a month. This mobility type can be only after physical mobility, in connection with it, please enter the number of physical mobility in the Motivation section!)

The CEEPUS Hungarian Office will assess the application upon receipt and, if the form is compliant, will award the scholarship up to the amount of available free funds. Applications will be assessed in the order of receipt. Double funding is not permitted, i.e., a student or instructor can only be supported within the framework of one scholarship program. Students and Teachers can submit individual mobility applications until 30 November 2024. Applicants can designate any state-recognized Hungarian higher education institution as a host institution, which will issue them a letter of acceptance (including institutions that are not participating in the CEEPUS program in the current academic year or do not currently have a CEEPUS support relationship).

Information on submitting an application in English can be downloaded here.

For more information, please contact our CEEPUS coordinator Colleagues at their given contact details.