Nurse BSc

About the course

This is an eight-semester (240 ECTS) nursing degree taught in English in Szeged, covering the theory and practice of nursing science. Clinical practice begins after the first year, and the last two semesters are mainly practical placements in clinics.

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. The general rules are: a secondary school leaving certificate, no failed subjects in your final school year, and age 18 by 31 December of the year you apply.
• Entrance exam: if you apply only for Nursing, the exam assesses just your English plus a motivational conversation, held online via Coospace and Zoom. If you also apply for Medicine, Dentistry or Pharmacy, you must sit the full Biology, Chemistry and English exam. You can sit a maximum of two exams in one application period.
• English requirement: B2 level or equivalent (for example Cambridge English, IELTS or TOEFL).

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. Apply on DreamApplyCreate an application on apply.u-szeged.hu. Upload your passport or ID, certified school results, CV, motivation letter and statement of representation. A reference is optional. Pay the EUR 300 fee within 14 days of receiving the invoice.
2. Book an exam dateSubmit your application at least 10 days before the registration deadline of your chosen exam date, then register for that slot. In 2026 the slots ran from late February to early July.
3. Sit the online examTake the online English assessment and motivational conversation. You can make a maximum of two attempts in one application period.
4. Accept and enrolIf you get an offer, pay the tuition (EUR 3,500 per semester in 2026/27) and plan to start in Szeged in September 2027.

Costs

• EUR 3,500 per semester (EUR 7,000 per year). EU students pay this too, because this is a fee-paying English-language programme. The university says the tuition fee includes general health insurance valid for Hungary, but not textbooks, accommodation or living costs. There is also a one-off, non-refundable application and entrance exam fee of EUR 300. It covers up to two exam attempts and applications to up to three health science programmes. These are the fees listed for 2026 entry, so check the 2027/28 fee when applications open.

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