Hungarian students from elite secondary schools continue their studies abroad

According to hvg.hu, 41 pc of the graduates in ELTE Radnóti Miklós Secondary School are going to continue their studies abroad. This rate was “only” 38 pc last year. Zsolt Erős-Honti, the director of Fazekas Mihály Secondary School also talked about increasing numbers in this regard. As we already reported, every eight university student comes from abroad in Hungary. However, the number of Hungarian students hit rock bottom in the 2017/2018 school year at the same time.

More go from public schools

Erős-Honti added that

37.9 pc of the graduate students

were enrolled at a university abroad last year. However, some of them lastly started their studies in Hungary. Furthermore, he highlighted that the final decision to depart highly depends on how strong the cohesion is between the school-leavers. They frequently encourage each other to go while in other cases friends may persuade each other to remain in the country – said the director.

In contrast, only 5 pc of the Lutheran High School of Deák Square are going to a foreign university. According to the relevant data, much fewer students choose to continue their studies abroad in church schools than in public ones.

10 pc near the Western border

This is because, in these institutions, many children are coming from large families, and they do not want to leave their accustomed environment.

However, near the Western border of Hungary

every tenth student says goodbye to Hungary at least for a while.

However, in case of those who leave their homeland right after their graduation from high school, this means mostly a final decision since there is good chance that after they finish their studies they will start to develop their career abroad, and will not return.