General information
The following programs are offered by the HUFA:
MA Artist’s diploma (5 years)
Painting, sculpture, graphic art, graphic design, restoration (picture, sculpture and artifact restoration), intermedia, scenography. (In scenography, separate BA and MA tracks are offered, 3 and 2 years respectively)
MA Visual education - an additional teacher's diploma (5+1 years)
Students may start to specialize in teaching artistic drawing, art history and projective geometry in secondary schools at the beginning of the 4th term.
BA in Art Theory (3 years)
Guest students who do not wish to obtain a degree from the University, but wish to spend a semester or year studying there, are exempt from the entrance examination, but have to submit some application material (for details see below).
Please note that in order for you to become a guest student here, you must have at least a few years of previous college/university-level training or diploma in fine art.
Regular (degree earning) international students who wish to obtain a degree from the University have to take the same entrance examination as Hungarian speaking students and they have to take their examinations at the end of each semester in Hungarian in order to receive an MA degree.
Please note, that the MA Programs incorporate the BA level as well, thus the length of study at the HUFA is 5 min. years. (Exception is the 3-year BA program in Art Theory, and the separate BA and MA tracks of the Scenography Program, 3 and 2 years respectively.)
Fluency in Hungarian is a requirement (this also means that students must be able to take the entrance examination is Hungarian).
The language of teaching is Hungarian. Guest students are given the possibility to attend tutorials in English, German or French and can participate in studio work. There are also Hungarian lessons for foreign students free of charge. However non-Hungarian speaking students can receive only practical instruction, as at present there is no option of taking theoretical examinations in any language other than Hungarian.
The documents necessary for application are the following:
for both regular and guest students:
- a letter of intent with your personal data, the branch of study and status (i.e. regular or guest student) you apply for
- Curriculum vitae with passport photo attached
- portfolio, documentation of works (i.e. catalogues, photos, videos, drawings, paintings, etc.).
- application form (the latter can be obtained from the international office, foreign@mke.hu)
in case of regular (degree earning) international students:
- school-leaving certificate (which shows that the applicant has completed his/her secondary education and has graduated from secondary/high school)
in case of guest students:
- a letter from the art school that the student is attending, attesting to the fact that he or she is currently enrolled there, or, if the student has already graduated from an institution of higher education in art, a copy of the diploma certificate.
Tuition Fee:
- Citizens of European Union Member States applying to the five-year program (with no previous MA degree, and prepared to take examinations in Hungarian) are not required to pay tuition.
- For citizens of countries outside the EU applying to the five-year program (10 months in an academic year incl. exams), the yearly tuition is HUF 700,000
- for guest students (of both EU and non-EU citizenship) the tuition fee is HUF 240,000 per semester, HUF 480,000 per year. (For guest students, as they are not required to take examinations, one full academic year consists of only 6 months of teaching).
The fee covers the tuition, it does not cover accommodation and meals.
The telephone number of the International Office is +36 1 478 0980
University Management:
Frigyes Kőnig, Rector, Head of Anatomy Department
Eszter Radák, Vice-Rector
Szegedy-Maszák Zoltán, Vice-Rector
University Management:
Frigyes Kőnig, Rector, Head of Anatomy Department
Károly Hantos, Vice-Rector, Head of the Teachers' Training Dept.
Szegedy-Maszák Zoltán, Vice-Rector
Service Units:
Telephone +36 1 342 8556, 342 1738
Fax +36 1 342 1563
Rector's Office
Head of Office: Mrs János Welsch
Registrar's Office
Head of Office: Mrs István Pongó
International Office
International Coordinator: Zsófia Rudnay
Exhibition Contact: Eszter Lázár
Tel 478 09 80 Fax 478 09 81
Finance Office
Director of Finance: Ferenc Juhász
Library
Director of Library: Mrs Katalin Blaskó Majkó
HÖK (Students'Association)
Departments:
Painting Department
Telephone +36 1 353 0366, 353 0344
Fax +36 1 342 1563
Head of Department: Zsigmond Károlyi
Sculpture Department
Telephone +36 1 353 0366, 312 3848
Fax +36 1 312 3848
Head of Department: Zoltán Karmó
Graphics Department
Telephone +36 1 342 1738/25
Fax +36 1 342 1563
Head of Department: Tibor Somorjai Kiss
Graphic Design Department
Telephone +36 1 342 1738/13, 342 8556
Fax +36 1 342 1563
Head of Department: Tamás Felsmann
Intermedia Department (address: 1063 Kmety u. 27.)
Telephone +36 1 373 0069
Fax +36 1 373 0070
Head of Department: Miklós Peternák
Stage and Costume Design Department
Telephone +36 1 301 0181
Fax +36 1 342 1563
Head of Department: György Molnár
Restoration Department
Telephone +36 1 342 1738/17
Fax +36 1 342 1563
Head of Department: Péter Menráth
Anatomy and Projection Department
Telephone +36 1 342 1738/16
Fax +36 1 342 1563
Head of Department: Frigyes Kőnig
Visual Education Department
Telephone +36 1 322 3460
Fax +36 1 322 3460
Head of Department: Károly Hantos
Art History Department
Telephone +36 1 342 1738/27, 321 0700
Fax +36 1 321 0700
Head of Department: Sturcz János
Art Theory Department
Telephone +36 1 342 1738
Fax +36 1 342 1563
Head of Department: Sándor Sólymos
Foreign Languages Department
Telephone +36 1 342 1738
Fax +36 1 342 1563
Head of Department: Katalin Kecskés
BUILDINGS AND ADDRESSES
Hungarian University of Fine Arts
1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 69-71, Hungary
Telephone +36 1 342 8556, 342 1738
Fax +36 1 342 1563
Epreskert
1063 Budapest, Kmety Gy u. 26-28, Hungary
Telephone +36 1 353 0366, 353 0293, 353 0344
Feszty House
1063 Budapest, Kmety Gy u. 39, Hungary
Halls of Residence
Director: László Kácser
1087 Budapest, Stróbl Alajos u. 3/A, Hungary
Telephone +36 1 303 0020
Tihany Artists' Colony
Manager: Péter Bakos
8237 Tihany, Major u. 25, Hungary
Telephone +36 87 438 821