Number of students accepted to Hungarian universities up from 2017

Hungarian universities and colleges accepted 75,230 students this year, 2,500 more than in 2017, the human resources ministry’s deputy state secretary for higher education told public television on Thursday.

The higher education institutions announced their acceptance thresholds late on Wednesday.

The most popular faculties are technical and information technology courses.

Medical courses had the sixth place, while nurse and teacher training were among the 15 most popular, Zita Horváth said. The courses’ popularity mirrors the government’s strategy for higher education, she said.

As we wrote on June, without foreigner students, the Hungarian higher education system would not be able to function. Thus, not only the number of Hungarian students studying abroad is rising, but also more and more foreigners learn at Hungarian universities. They come from both Western-European and third world countries, but most of them study at only a few universities. In fact, their rate rose from 7 to 12% among the university students in Hungary in just 5 years. However, the number of Hungarian students hit rock bottom at the same time, read more HERE.

Jobbik

Koloman Brenner, MP of the opposition Jobbik party, called on the government to give up its “anti-intelligentsia” policies and increase higher education spending.

Speaking at a press conference, Brenner insisted that

Hungary’s ratio of university graduates was among the lowest in the European Union, while, as he said, the number of students in higher education was shrinking.

Jobbik demands that an independent education ministry should be set up, the government should ensure more places in state-financed higher education and more scholarships, Brenner said and also called for higher pay for lecturers in higher education.

As we wrote two weeks ago about the number of unfilled jobs in education, schools throughout the country are in great trouble. How will schools cope with this kind of difficulty, with more and more leaving teachers? The situation is even worse in small towns and the countryside, read more HERE.

Photo: MTI

Source: MTI