Public university in Budapest, Hungary, founded 1769

Semmelweis University Admission Requirements 2027

Semmelweis University, founded in 1769, is Hungary's leading medical school and teaches medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and the health sciences in English in Budapest. General Medicine and Dentistry cost USD 10,450 a semester and Pharmaceutical Sciences USD 6,620, while the Faculty of Health Sciences prices in euros from EUR 4,050 a semester. Admission is by an entrance examination that tests English and Biomedical English alongside biology and chemistry.

Verified 12 Sep 2026 Sources Official site
Next deadline
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Tuition
$13,240 to $20,900
per year
English test
Not listed
waiver possible
Acceptance rate
Not published
Application fee
$400

Requirements

The university's own pages we could read do not state these requirements yet. Check the official admission page.

English test waiver

Semmelweis sets no IELTS or TOEFL minimum. It examines English directly instead, and more thoroughly than the other Hungarian medical schools: the entrance examination for General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences covers four subjects, biology, chemistry, English and Biomedical English, so an applicant is tested on medical and scientific vocabulary as well as general English. For Dentistry the science papers are titled Medical Biology and Medical Chemistry. The Nursing BSc and the other Faculty of Health Sciences programmes use an oral orientation entrance examination on the field of study rather than the written science and English papers. The university states that it looks for a strong background in biology and chemistry, a good command of English and clear motivation, and every document submitted has to be in English or accompanied by a certified English translation, including the CV and the personal statement. Note that the English-language programmes are for applicants without Hungarian citizenship; Hungarian citizens apply to the Hungarian-language programmes through FELVI instead.

Sources, checked 12 September 2026
  1. https://semmelweis.hu/admission/programs/medicine/
  2. https://semmelweis.hu/admission/programs/dentistry/
  3. https://semmelweis.hu/admission/programs/pharmaceutical-sciences/
  4. https://semmelweis.hu/admission/programs/nursing/
  5. https://semmelweis.hu/admission/