HVG revealed the best Hungarian universities!

HVG Diploma 2025 shared the newest list of the best Hungarian universities based on students’ excellence. The three best Hungarian universities are the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and the Semmelweis University (SE).

According to 24.hu, the new list ranked universities based on the following criteria:

• the number of daytime applicants whose first choice was that university,
• the average number of points enrolled students had,
• the number of enrolled students having a language exam,
• the rate of students participating successfully in high school competitions.

ELTE summer university in Budapest. Photo: FB/ELTE

HVG Diploma 2025 ranked the following Hungarian universities in the country’s top 10:

1. Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
2. Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). We covered the possible ownership change of the BME and its consequences in THIS article.
3. Semmelweis University (SE)
4. Budapesti Corvinus University (CORVINUS)
5. University of Debrecen (DE) and the University of Szeged (SZTE) in tie
7. Péter Pázmány Catholic University (PPKE)
8. Budapest University of Economics (BGE)
9. The University of Óbuda (ÓE) and the University of Pécs (PTE) in tie.

ELTE has the highest number of applicants, and this university has the highest number of university students participating well in high school competitions. Concerning the average number of points of the enrolled students, however, ELTE is just fourth, and Corvinus is on the top with 460 out of the 500 maximum.

Photo: FB/BME

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