The University of Debrecen is one of the most prestigious higher educational institutions in Hungary, bearing the Research Excellence title. Its history goes back to the 16th century. Almost 30,000 students study here, and among them 7,300 are international from 130 countries. The University offers the highest number of English programs in Hungary, which increasing year by year, and counts more than 100 at the moment on all level of education including:
Medical degree programs
Undergraduate programs
Graduate programs
PhD programs
Foundation programs
Being a research university, and providing modern new facilities, the level of education is of first class, therefore the degrees of the University have high value on the job market. Students gain all the competencies needed for the chosen profession and enjoy the vivid student life in a small school town, Debrecen. In addition, the tuition fee and living costs are affordable and students may study in the fantastic nice surrounding of our campuses.
Half of the student body study medical related programs. The most popular ones are Medicine and Dentistry
These two programs were offered first to international students 30 years ago in English, in Debrecen.
Later there were introduced a series of other programs in English for international students in a number of fields, like
Agriculutre
Business
IT
Health Science
Engineering
Science
Music
Law
Humanities
All undergraduate, medical and health programs have September intake, certain MSc and foundation programs have January/February intake as well.
Of course, all programs for international students are taught completely in English.
WE ARE HIGHLY RANKED BY THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HIGHER EDUCATION RANKINGS:
574 in QS WUR 2025
222 in QS Europe 2025
351-400 in QS WUR by Subject Medicine 2024
251-300 in QS WUR by Subject Agriculture & Forestry 2024
601-800 in THE Word University Rankings 2024
327 in RUR World University Rankings 2024
101-200 in THE Impact Rankings Quality Education 2024
85 in THE Impact Rankings Decent Work and Economic Growth 2024
Scholarships are also available at the University
Application deadline:
for September intake:
PhD programs: 15th May 2025
all other programs: 15th June 2025
for January/February intake:
medical programs (only Basic Medicine Course II): 1st November 2024
other non-medical programs, PhD program: 15th November 2024
The main campus is the most beautiful one in Central Europe. Elegant historical buildings and new modern ones in splendid park areas provide a perfect place for study and live. Outside of academic life, a wide range of cultural and entertainment events welcome all students on the campuses of the University. Sport lovers will not regret choosing our university either as we provide an almost all-absorbing range of sporting facilities.
Learn more about the application and admission processes on our website:
https://edu.unideb.hu/p/application-and-admission
KEY STATISTICS
- 30,000+ students
- 24% international students 13 Faculties on 8 campuses
- 19:1 student/academic staff ratio
- 100+ lecture halls
- 500+ research labs
- 7 libraries
- 15 gyms
- 7,400+ international students from over 130 countries
- 1,524 academic staff
- 189 international academic staff
- 363 university buildings
- 530+ practice and seminar rooms
- 135 laboratories and language labs
- 6,000,000+ library documents
