Russia, Hungary Sign Academic Recognition Agreement

Russian and Hungarian applicants and specialists do not have to verify their degrees and qualifications.

A Russian-Hungarian agreement on mutual recognition of education documents has come into effect. School certificates, bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees awarded in Hungary are henceforth recognised by host organisations without verification procedure. As for Russian universities degrees, Hungarian nationals with degrees from Russian state-accredited universities can pursue further studies or work in their profession upon returning to their homeland. They do not have to take examinations to verify their qualifications. More information on the recognition of international degrees on our website.

The signing of the academic degrees recognition agreement is a milestone in bilateral relations. Hungarian universities are interested in partnership with Russia. Some of them have already signed collaboration agreements with Russian higher education centres. For example, Kazan Federal University cooperates with Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Higher School of Economics with Corvinus University of Budapest. Short internships at Russian universities are popular with prospective Hungarian students. They often prefer humanities choosing international relations, linguistics and literature studies, economics and management, political and regional studies etc.