University of Szeged Admissions Guide
Everything you need to apply to University of Szeged: entrance requirements, application deadlines, tuition and cost of living, and the Szeged Entrance Exam.
At a glance
University of Szeged in brief
- Entrance exam
- Szeged Entrance Exam
- Language of instruction
- English
- Interview required
- Yes
- Tuition
- €15,500–€15,800 / year
- Cost of living
- Around €450 / month for a single-person budget; a city-centre 1-bedroom apartment runs roughly €350 / month
- Application deadline
- 2027/28: applications open 1 December 2026; General Medicine deadline 1 June 2027 (23:59 CET), transfer applicants by 15 May 2027. Rolling admission, places offered first come, first served.
- Subjects tested
- Biology, Chemistry, General and Medical English
Source: University of Szeged Admissions · Verified 28 Sep 2026
Admission test
Szeged Entrance Exam
University of Szeged requires the Szeged Entrance Exam for admission. Here are the essential figures.
- Total Questions
- 60
- Test Duration
- 60 min
- Main Sections
- 3
- Maximum Score
- 60
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What the exam tests
- Biology
- Chemistry
- General and Medical English
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Application
Application requirements
- Entrance exam
- Required
- Biology, Chemistry, General and Medical English, Physics
- Online · Coospace, Zoom-invigilated
- Interview
- Required
- Scholarship
- Separate application required
- Application fee
- €300
Fees
University of Szeged medicine fees for 2027
Tuition for students starting in 2027/28 is set in euros by the Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School and includes health insurance valid in Hungary; books, accommodation and living costs are not included.
General Medicine (English programme), students starting in 2027/28
| Item | Amount | When |
|---|---|---|
| Application fee (application and entrance exam) | €300, non-refundable | Within 14 days of the invoice in DreamApply; covers up to 3 programmes and up to two exam chances |
| Year 1 tuition | €15,800 (€7,900 a semester) | First semester in one amount within 14 days of the Admission Letter; it includes a €1,600 deposit |
| Years 2 to 5 | €15,800 a year (€7,900 a semester) | By the deadlines in the academic system, in up to three instalments |
| Year 6 | €7,900 | Half of the final-year practice at the University's hospitals; more is charged pro rata |
| Summer practices in Szeged | €500 (nursing, after year 1); €1,000 each (internal medicine after year 3, surgery after year 4) | If spent in Szeged |
| Six years of tuition | €86,900 | At the 2027/28 rates |
Discounts of €300 each: the early-bird discount for students admitted by 1 April (first semester only), and sibling and alumni discounts each semester. The €1,600 deposit is not refunded if you cancel before the end of the first semester's course registration. The fee table prints the first semester as '79000'; the row's total of €15,800 shows it means €7,900.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements for international students
The Medical Programme page and the FAQs set these requirements for General Medicine:
- You must be 18 by 31 December of the year you apply.
- A school-leaving certificate from an accredited school; final-year students may apply with proof that they attend school. Failing Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics or English in your final year rules you out.
- The entrance examination, unless you are exempt: three A2 levels with an A in two sciences (Biology, Chemistry or Physics), the IB Diploma with grade 5 in two Higher Level sciences, or a First Class Honours BSc in a natural or biomedical science.
- GED holders: the Foreign Students' Secretariat's FAQ asks for at least 165 in each subject for General Medicine; the faculty's English FAQ (read on 16 October 2026) says 145. Ask the Admissions Office which applies, and expect to sit the entrance exam either way.
- Competence in written and spoken English is part of the requirement; the entrance exam's English section and oral test it.
How to apply
How to apply to medicine at the University of Szeged
Applications for 2027/28 open on 1 December 2026 on DreamApply (apply.u-szeged.hu) and close on 1 June 2027 at 23:59 CET for General Medicine (transfers by 15 May 2027). Admission is rolling and places go first come, first served, so an early application and an early exam session matter.
- Create a DreamApply account, fill in the application and upload your documents; the University asks for 2 to 3 weeks to process them.
- Pay the €300 application fee by Simple Pay within 14 days of its invoice: an unpaid invoice blocks the submission.
- Register for an entrance-exam session. In 2027 there are nine, from 26-28 January to 22-24 June, each with a registration deadline a week before; you may sit at most two exams, and choosing the last session first rules out a repeat.
- Sit the written test on Coospace (60 questions in 60 minutes, no going back) on the first day, and the 20-minute Zoom oral with a professor on the second or third.
- If you are admitted, pay the first semester within 14 days of the Admission Letter to keep your place; admission by 1 April earns €300 off.
Study plan
The Szeged medicine curriculum and study plan
General Medicine takes 12 semesters and leads to the title Doctor of Medicine; the faculty admits close to 250 students a year to its English programme. The first two years (the Basic Module) lay the foundations, clinical practice starts in year 3, and the final year is 40 weeks of clinical rotations.
The suggested study plan for year 1, autumn, in the 2026/2027 curriculum: Basic Life Support; Anatomy, Histology and Embryology I with dissection and histology practice; Introduction to Medicine; Medical Physics I; Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics I; and Hungarian Language I, with Basics of Medical Chemistry strongly recommended. Latin medical terminology is completed in the Basic Module, and a four-week nursing practice follows year 1.
In 2026/27 the autumn semester's teaching runs from 7 September to 12 December 2026 and the spring semester's from 8 February to 15 May 2027, with spring exams from 18 May to 26 June 2027.
Rankings
University of Szeged in the rankings
Read on the rankings' own sites on 12 October 2026: in the QS World University Rankings the University of Szeged was the top Hungarian university in every edition from 2020 to 2024, but not in 2025 (=570, behind Eötvös Loránd at 564) or 2026 (=597, behind Debrecen and Eötvös Loránd). In Times Higher Education's World University Rankings it has been in the 1001-1200 band since 2023. The faculty's own page still says QS has ranked Szeged Hungary's best for more than a decade, which the 2025 and 2026 tables no longer show.
The medical school is named after Albert Szent-Györgyi, who received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 'for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid', while at Szeged University.
Admissions office
Contacting the University of Szeged admission office
The Admissions Office of the Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School is in the Health Sciences Education Center, Szőkefalvi-Nagy Béla u. 6., 6720 Szeged, Hungary (mezzanine floor, office block 34). Have your DreamApply Applicant ID ready when you write or call.
Admissions Office contacts, read on 16 October 2026
| For | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Applications | apply.fs@med.u-szeged.hu | +36 62 342-124 |
| The entrance examination | entrance.fs@med.u-szeged.hu | +36 62 545-969 |
| After admission and finances | admission.fs@med.u-szeged.hu | +36 62 342-059 |
Community
University of Szeged medicine on Reddit
r/SzegedMedicine is a Reddit community for applicants and students of the University of Szeged's medical school. IvyTest runs it: a place to ask about the entrance exam, the oral, fees, housing and life in Szeged. The University's own pages remain the source for dates and fees.
Sources, read on 16 October 2026 (rankings on 12 October): Tuition fees · Online Application / Dream Apply · Medical Programme (MD) · Entrance / Evaluation Examination · Entrance Examination Calendar · FAQs (faculty) · FAQs (Foreign Students' Secretariat) · Curriculum 2026/2027 (PDF) · Contact Information · QS World University Rankings 2026, QS data file · THE World University Rankings 2027 · The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937: Albert Szent-Györgyi, facts
Student life
Living in Szeged as a medical student
Szeged's medical school carries the name of Albert Szent-Györgyi, the city's Nobel laureate. Around 1,045 international students are enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine specifically, part of a wider international community of roughly 4,500 students from about 130 countries university-wide.
FAQ
University of Szeged admissions FAQ
Yes. University of Szeged 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 Szeged has published. Where a 2027 date or detail isn't published yet, confirm it with the university before you rely on it.
Yes. University of Szeged-format practice sessions are available inside the simulator and align with the guide section by section.
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