Degree requirements at leading Hungarian university to be abolished

This year, the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) will no longer require language exams for those wishing to graduate. Professional organisations are concerned about the decision.

No language exam required to graduate university

From now on, it is recommended, but not compulsory, to take a language exam to obtain a diploma at ELTE. The decision was announced by the university a few months after Parliament gave higher education institutions the power to decide on the matter, RTL Híradó reports. “Students who are graduating now, in the autumn or in the summer, will no longer have to have a language exam certificate,” Lénárd Darázsi, the university’s vice-rector, told the channel.

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Is this really a good idea?

Tamás Légrádi, President of the Professional Association of Language Schools (Nyelviskolák Szakmai Egyesülete), said that it is almost inconceivable to get a job without a language exam. Moreover, he said, a diploma could become worthless on the labour market without a language certificate. The news report also mentions an earlier Eurostat survey which showed that Hungarians are the least willing to learn foreign languages among the young people surveyed in the EU.

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