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Pre-arrival info

PRE-ARRIVAL INFORMATION
FOR INCOMING CEEPUS STUDENTS


HAVE YOU BEEN AWARDED THE CEEPUS SCHOLARSHIP BY THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL CEEPUS OFFICE?
Please check your status at the Ceepus portal (www.ceepus.info ). If it is AWARDED, then you have to accept the conditions of the programme electronically and your status will change to ACCEPTED. Please note that it is not enough to get the Letter of Award from the Hungarian Ceepus Office, you still need to go through the online acceptance  phase to get into ACCEPTED status. This is an important step, because this will make the host university be able to pay your Ceepus scholarship. Your application must be in the ACCEPTED status.

ARE YOU A SHORT-TERM STUDENT (less than 3 months’ stay for thesis or PhD dissertation)?
STATUS  ST:  Please contact the local network coordinator of the university for further discussion on the details of your Ceepus study programme and schedule  at least 2 weeks before your planned arrival.
Minimum requirements for a one-month scholarship:  min. 21 days spent at the host university.
For administrative or accommodation issues please contact the Institutional Ceepus Coordinator. (rekszoke@uni-miskolc.hu)

ARE YOU A SEMESTER  STUDENT ( 4-5 months to complete a full semester)?
STATUS  S:  All your study and accommodation matters will be treated together with incoming Erasmus+ students. All information and course lists can be found at
http://meph.uni-miskolc.hu/registration/subjects/

Steps to take:


ARE YOU A SHORT-TERM EXCURSION  STUDENT (3-4 days of professional excursion) ?
STATUS  STE:  Please contact the local  network  coordinator at the university for further discussion on the details of your Ceepus excursion. Administrative and accommodation issues will be arranged by the local network coordinator.  The amount of the Ceepus scholarship paid to you will be  25% of the total student scholarship.

ARE YOU A SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENT?
STATUS ST:  Please contact the  local network  coordinator for further discussion on the details of your Ceepus Summer School studies. Administrative and accommodation issues will be arranged by the local network coordinator.  The amount of the Ceepus scholarship paid to you will be communicated to you by the network coordinator. The amount depends on the approved budget of the Summer School.

ACCOMMMODATION
FOR ST STUDENTS: There are guest rooms in dormitory E/6 on campus.  If you choose this type of accommodation, the Inst. Ceepus Coordinator will make the reservation for you. Accommodation fee should be paid at the receptionist desk, in cash, in HUF. The actual price will be sent to you by the Inst. Ceepus Coordinator, as it may change from year to year.
If no rooms are available or if you prefer staying outside the university, accommodation can be reserved  on your own in the hotels or apartment houses in nearby Tapolca, the tourist district of Miskolc.
FOR STE AND SUMMER SCHOOL  STUDENTS: Accommodation will be arranged  by the local network coordinator either on campus or outside the campus depending on the possibilities.
FOR  S  STUDENTS: Your accommodation in one of the dorms on campus will be arranged by the Inst. Ceepus Coordinator.

SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS:
S AND ST  STUDENTS:   118.000 HUF/month
STE (excursion) STUDENTS:  29.500 HUF/month
SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS: it varies depending on the planned budget  of the Summer School.  A part of the 118.000 HUF  student scholarship will be paid to you, the rest will be kept back by the university to cover general expenses and/ or accommodation/boarding.  The proportion of the paid and unpaid parts will be decided by the local network coordinator according to the approved budget.

FULL-SEMESTER STUDENTS:  the Ceepus scholarship will be paid in 2 instalments:

PAYMENT OF THE CEEPUS SCHOLARSHIP:
Please note that there is no  in-cash payment at the University of Miskolc, only bank transfer is possible. You will get a declaration form by e-mail to fill in the details of your Ceepus stay and banking  data. You will bring the completed form with you and will give it to the Institutional Ceepus Coordinator after arrival. As soon as you submit this document and start your Ceepus studies, the Inst. Coordinator will start the transfer transaction. As it takes quite a long time, you should bring some money with you to support your stay and subsistence  in Miskolc in the first 2-3 weeks.

HEALTH INSURANCE:
Please make sure that you have full-scale health insurance coverage and the proper insurance policy during your stay in Hungary. EU citizens must have the EU health insurance card to get emergency medical care free of charge. Non-EU citizens can also have free-of-charge medical care based on the Social Policy Agreements between the governments.

IMMIGRATION RULES FOR FULL SEMESTER STUDENTS:
(duration of stay is longer that 90 days, but not exceeding 180 days)
EU citizens:
You need to have your address registered at the Immigration Office in Miskolc.
Required documents:

Non-EU citizens: