CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION LOCAL AUTHORITY SCHOLARSHIP 2027
The Bursa Hungarica Local Authority Higher Education Scholarship Scheme is designed to support young people who are currently studying in higher education or who wish to commence higher education studies.
The deadline for the electronic submission of applications to the local authority is 5 November 2026.
The detailed call for applications can be found at https://emet.gov.hu/kategoria/kiemelt-kategoriak/palyazatok/aktualis-palyazatok/ The information is available on the website, or you can request it from the local authority’s offices.
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BURSA HUNGARICA CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION LOCAL AUTHORITY SCHOLARSHIP 2027
Zalakaros Town Council is launching a call for applications for the 2027 Bursa Hungarica Local Authority Higher Education Scholarship Scheme for students in higher education. Applications are open to young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds who are resident within the local authority’s area and whose family’s monthly per capita income does not exceed 650 %– currently (185,250 HUF) – and, in the case of single parents or guardians, 700 % – currently (199,500 HUF).
To submit an application, applicants must register in the EPER-Bursa system. Once registered, applicants may upload their applications via the EPER-Bursa system.
(Access: https://bursa.emet.hu/paly/palybelep.aspx )
Once they have entered their personal application details, applicants must print out the application form, sign it and submit it to the local authority. The application is only valid if accompanied by the supporting documents specified in the call for applications.
The detailed call for applications can be found at https://emet.gov.hu/kategoria/kiemelt-kategoriak/palyazatok/aktualis-palyazatok/
The information is available on the website, or you can request it from the local authority’s offices.
Applicants who: … are not eligible for a scholarship.
– military officer cadets, officer cadets at law enforcement training institutions, professional and contract personnel of the Hungarian Defence Forces, as well as professional trainees from bodies carrying out law enforcement duties, and scholarship students undertaking law enforcement training
– is enrolled on a doctoral (PhD) programme
– is enrolled solely at a foreign institution and/or is participating in a visiting student programme.
Applications for Type „A” grants are open to students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds who are resident within the local authority’s area and who are enrolled in a full-time (full-time) in a bachelor’s programme leading to a bachelor’s degree and professional qualification, a master’s programme leading to a master’s degree and professional qualification, an integrated programme or a higher education vocational programme. Students commencing the final year of their higher education studies in September 2026 are also eligible to apply for the scholarship. If the scholarship holder’s student status no longer exists by the autumn of 2027, the scholarship for the first semester of the 2027/2028 academic year will not be paid. Students whose student status at the higher education institution is suspended at the time of application may also apply for the scholarship. A condition for the payment of the scholarship is that the enrolled student must have active student status for the second semester of the 2026/2027 academic year.
Applications for Category „B” are open to those residing within the local authority’s area who are from socially disadvantaged backgrounds – specifically, secondary school pupils in their final year in the 2026/2027 academic year, or secondary school pupils who have not yet taken their school-leaving examination, as well as applicants who have not yet obtained a higher education qualification and have not yet been admitted to a higher education institution, but have passed their school-leaving examination, provided that: wish to enrol, from the 2027/2028 academic year onwards, on a full-time (day-time) undergraduate programme, an undivided degree programme or a higher education vocational programme at a higher education institution. Of those applying under Category „B”, only those who are admitted to a higher education institution for the first time through the 2027 general admissions process, and who actually commence their studies in the 2027/2028 academic year.
Deadline for submitting applications: 5 November 2026.
Submission of applications
Applications must be completed and finalised via the EPER-Bursa electronic system. The application form, printed from the system and signed, must be submitted together with the required supporting documents to the Zalakaros Joint Municipal Office (Zalakaros, Gyógyfürdő tér 1).
Important: electronic submission alone is not sufficient. The paper-based application and its supporting documents must also be submitted by 5 November 2026, as set out above.