The University of Debrecen
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The University of Debrecen Entrance Examination and Interview is a written test of 40 questions with 5 options each, 20 in compulsory Biology and 20 in Chemistry or Physics, followed by a one-to-one oral exam on the same two subjects. This guide is built on Debrecen's own official sample tests and admission pages.
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The Debrecen Entrance Exam at a glance
Checked against University of Debrecen's own published rules. Where something isn't published yet, we say so rather than guess.
Before you apply
Dates, scoring and admissions
Key dates
- Applications open
- Not yet publishedNo opening date is published: the Application and admission page gives only the deadlines (1 November 2026 for a January/February 2027 start, 15 May 2027 for September 2027), and Debrecen admits on a rolling basis
- Application deadline
- 15 May 2027The final deadline for the September 2027 intake, per the Application and admission page. For September 2026, Medicine and Dentistry applications closed ahead of the standard deadline because of exceptionally high demand, so treat 15 May as the latest possible date, not a target
- Entrance examination sittings
- Not yet published2027/28 not yet published. Debrecen's official exam-date calendar listed sittings hosted by representatives abroad on 24 and 25 January, 24 April, 5 May and 5 June 2026; for everyone else the FAQ says the exam date is set by email with you or your representative
- Oral exam / interview
- Not yet publishedNo published date: the oral follows the written test and its date is arranged by email, like the written exam's
- Results published
- Not yet publishedNo calendar date: the FAQ says the decision is announced right after the oral exam
- Enrolment deadline
- Not yet publishedEnrolment deadline not yet announced
How it's scored
- Answer options
- 5 (A-E), exactly one correct, verified across all three official sample tests
- Correct answer
- Not yet publishedNot published. IvyTest practises against +1 as the neutral default; Debrecen states part-scores are internal
- Incorrect answer
- Not yet publishedNo negative-marking rule is published anywhere on unideb.hu. IvyTest practises against 0 rather than inventing a penalty
- Unanswered question
- Not yet publishedNot published; treated as 0 under the same neutral model
- Multiple-choice questions you sit
- 40 (Biology 20 plus your chosen second subject 20)
- Structured written sections
- Present on every official sample paper, labelled at 30 points per subject: naming, definitions, calculations, graph and table tasks
- Minimum eligible score
- Not yet publishedNo pass mark appears on any official page. A widely repeated '260 points for Medicine, 150 for the Basic Medicine Course' figure is unsourced against unideb.hu and is not adopted here
- Per-subject floors
- None published; Hungary has no counterpart to the Italian OFA subject floors
- What follows the written test
- A separate one-to-one oral exam on Biology and your chosen second subject
Admissions: University of Debrecen
- Degrees
- General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy (English-taught), plus the Basic Medicine Course as a preparatory route
- Language of instruction
- English
- Campus
- Debrecen, Hungary's second-largest city
- Tuition
- Around €15,500 / yearUSD 16,900 per year at the official rate, converted at approximately 0.92
- Application fee
- Around €460A USD 150 application fee plus a USD 350 entrance-procedure fee, converted at approximately 0.92
- Interview
- Yes: a separate one-to-one oral exam on Biology and your chosen second subject
- Admissions type
- RollingMedicine and Dentistry have filled to capacity ahead of the standard deadline in past cycles (a live, cycle-dependent status rather than a permanent fact)
- English certificate
- Required
- Motivation letter
- Not required
- Recommendation letters
- Not required
- Document requirements
- School-leaving certificate and transcripts in English or translated into EnglishThe official application page states no legalisation or apostille requirement
- Cost of living
- Roughly 24% below BudapestA small apartment outside the centre runs about €386 / month, against about €467 in Budapest
- International student body
- Around 7,800 international students from over 140 countries, university-wide
- Seats available
- Not yet publishedDebrecen publishes no seat count for the English-taught programmes
- Application process
- Apply directly to the university on a rolling basis, sit the written test in Biology plus your chosen second subject, then a separate one-to-one oral exam on the same two subjects
Checked against 11 official sources, most recently on 7 October 2026. Read the full Debrecen Entrance Exam guide →
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Built from official sources
Every section is developed directly from University of Debrecen's published syllabus and official exam criteria, cross-referenced against multiple years of past-paper data for accuracy.
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Each resource is reviewed by subject-matter specialists and validated against the latest published exam criteria before release.
Revised every cycle
When University of Debrecen updates its syllabus or exam structure, the guide is reviewed and revised to match before the next admissions cycle.
What's included
2 tested areas. Every topic Debrecen Entrance Exam can test.
10 mapped topics across the Debrecen Entrance Exam syllabus, aligned to the official University of Debrecen regulations.
Biology
5 topics- The Chemistry of Living Things
- The Cell as the Basis of Life
- Bioenergetics
- Reproduction and Inheritance
- Evolution, Anatomy, and Physiology
Chemistry or Physics
5 topics- Structure of Matter and the Periodic Table
- Chemical Bonding and Properties of Matter
- Stoichiometry and Chemical Reactions
- Equilibria, Acids-Bases, and Redox
- Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
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Yes. University of Debrecen delivers Medicine in English and runs its admission process in the same language.
Yes, at all four Hungarian schools in our catalogue. At Semmelweis, Debrecen and Szeged it re-tests science orally in English (at Debrecen, biology and the second subject you chose). At Pécs it is a 20 to 30 minute personal interview with a professor on motivation and medicine-related questions, which per Pécs's own FAQ includes two biology and two chemistry questions.
At three of the four Hungarian schools in our catalogue, yes. Semmelweis, Pécs and Szeged score English as a separate written subject, split into general and medical English. Debrecen doesn't: its written papers are biology plus chemistry or physics, although the whole exam and the oral are held in English.
Not a separate one. Hungary's final exam (záróvizsga) is built into the sixth year of the degree itself, and registration afterwards with the national healthcare register is automatic. A separate specialist exam (szakvizsga) applies only later, for those pursuing specialty practice.
Yes, it's the 2027 edition, built from the latest admission rules University of Debrecen has published. Where a 2027 date or detail isn't published yet, confirm it with the university before you rely on it.
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