Dear Student,

As of February 1, 2025, a provision of Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education has entered into force, allowing married students with children under the age of 30 to continue their studies in a state-funded programme in eligible study programmes (excluding postgraduate specialist training courses and partial study programmes). Furthermore, semesters completed under this provision will not be counted towards the period of funding.

The relevant legal extract can be accessed HERE.

If you meet the conditions set out in the legislation, you may submit a request to modify your funding status via the Neptun web interface under the following menu: Administration / Requests / Submit Request, by selecting the request titled "Reclassification Request for Married Students with Children Under 30".
Application deadline: March 14, 2025.

You will be able to access the request form in the system if you meet all of the following criteria:

• Were born after January 31, 1995;
• Your level of study is:

• tertiary vocational programme
• bachelor’s programme
• master’s programme (divided or undivided form)
• doctoral programme

• Your current funding status is:

• state-funded or
• self-funded

You can verify your eligibility for the benefit available to students with children by attaching your marriage certificate and the birth certificate(s) of your child(ren). If these documents are not available for any reason, you may substitute them with an official certificate issued by the Government Office, obtained from the personal data and address registry, which includes the date of your marriage and the birth date of your child(ren).

The benefit will first be applicable in the second semester of the 2024/2025 academic year.
If you are currently studying in a state-funded programme, you must still submit the request to ensure that your scholarship-funded semester is not counted towards your total period of funding.

If you are currently studying in a self-funded programme and your request for reclassification to a state-funded programme is approved, you may apply for a refund of your tuition fees by submitting a refund request. Please wait until your funding status is updated before submitting this request.
The benefit is available until the semester in which you turn 30.

The benefit will cease if you fail to meet the academic requirements set for students in state-funded programmes.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact your Faculty’s Registrar’s Office or the Central Registrar’s Office.

Attila Lengvárszky
Director of Academic Affairs