Nursing BSc

About the course

A four-year (8-semester), 240-credit full-time BSc taught in English at the Faculty of Health Sciences in Budapest. Training is practice-oriented, with clinical practice under tutor supervision, small classes and a mentor system.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The university assesses the Irish Leaving Certificate individually and does not publish a fixed Irish requirement. Contact admissions to confirm.
• Entrance exam: an online oral exam via Zoom, taken from home, assessing knowledge, skills, motivation and personality.
• English: upper intermediate (CEFR B2) level, shown by a certificate or equivalent document, e.g. IELTS 5.5, TOEFL 50+, Duolingo 85+, PTE 51+ or Cambridge 162+. No exemption for native speakers is stated, so confirm with admissions.

Working in Ireland afterwards

NMBI recognises EU/EEA nursing qualifications in a separate step before registration, and places each applicant in one of three groups. G1 is the EU automatic recognition pathway (Directive 2005/36/EC, Annex V), where NMBI only checks your paperwork. G2 is the general system, where NMBI also assesses your qualification, and you may have to complete a compensation measure. G3 covers qualifications outside the Directive. Under EU law, automatic recognition normally applies to general care (adult) nursing degrees listed in Annex V. Specialist qualifications such as psychiatric, children’s or intellectual disability nursing usually go through the general system, but NMBI does not publish a list. Its MyNMBI tool tells you which group you are in. English-language requirements also apply.

How to apply

1. Prepare documentsLeaving Certificate (original or attested copy), English certificate, GP-signed medical report, CV in English, passport copy and passport photo; recommendation letters optional.
2. Apply on SEMAPHORSubmit the online application and pay the EUR 340 admission procedure fee before 31 July 2027.
3. Sit the oral examTake one of the fortnightly online Zoom exams held from February to mid-August 2027.
4. Accept and enrolResults arrive within 3 weeks; pay the EUR 230 enrolment fee and first-semester tuition, then start in September 2027.

Costs

• EUR 4,050 per semester (about EUR 8,100 a year). One-off fees: EUR 340 admission procedure fee (paid when applying, covers the entrance exam) and EUR 230 enrolment fee, paid with first-semester tuition at the start of studies. Tuition is charged to all students on the English-language programme, including EU students. The university does not say which academic year this fee applies to, so confirm the 2027/28 fee with admissions.

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