Dear Graduating Student,
According to the decision of the Dean of ELTE Faculty of Humanities, the Graduation Ceremony of the autumn semester of AY 2025/2026 is being organised at the time and place below:
BTK campus (1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 4., 6–8.)
Gólyavár, Mária Terézia Hall (upstairs)
(We will inform you about the exact details (detailed schedule, time, arrival…etc.) after 28th January 2026.)
(The link to the live streaming will appear here later.)
Participation
You must indicate your intention to participate from 10:00 on 20th January 2026 (Tuesday) until 23:59 on 28th January 2026 (Wednesday) by filling in the Neptun request 'BTK Registration for the Graduation Ceremony - 5 February 2026’ under Menu --> Administration -> Requests --> Request fill.
If you do not fill in the request by the deadline, or you indicate in the request that you are not participating, there will be no more opportunities for registering for the Graduation Ceremony. In this case, your diploma may only be collected in person, on a different day following the ceremony.
Important!
In case you wish to participate in the ceremony, submit your registration even if you have not taken a successful final exam yet.
You can cancel your registration later, if necessary.
Graduating students may invite maximum of three guests to the venue of the Ceremony, which means that maximum three guests can enter Gólyavár and take their seats there. For tracking the number of entering persons, guests will receive entrance armbands at the registration desk. Therefore, we kindly ask graduating students to arrive at the registration desk with their guests together. Gólyavár has two halls: Mária Terézia hall (upstairs), where the Ceremony will be held, and Pázmány Péter hall (downstairs) where guests can watch the ceremony live on a screen.
In case you invite more than three guests to the Ceremony, the rest of your guests can take their seats in Pázmány Péter hall.
Picking up your degree certificate after the Ceremony
If you cannot participate in the Graduation Ceremony, you can pick up your degree certificate after the Ceremony, in-person or by an authorized representative (find the authorization form here) in the following times:
From 9th February 2026: in the office hours (Mon.: 13:00 - 16:00, Wed.: 9:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 16:00)
International students can pick up their degree certificate in Office 24 of building A (ground floor) (1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 4/A).
How to authorize someone to pick up your diploma, in case you can't stay in the country until the Graduation Ceremony?
Please note that an authorized representative can pick up the degree certificate only by handing in an official authorization form.
Find the authorization form here (section: 'Graduation Affairs'; document: 'Letter of Authorization').
The authorization form must be prepared before you leave the country and signed with original signatures by four people: the student (you); the authorized person (indicated as 'commissioner' at the document); and two witnesses.
Do not forget to mention in the form what you give authorization for (that the person picks up your diploma on your behalf.)
You don't have to send the signed authorization form beforehand; the authorized person has to submit this form when they pick up your diploma.
Please, note that the person picking up the degree certificate must present their ID before receiving the document.
If you would like to use the diploma outside of Hungary, you might want to have it apostilled. You can authorize someone for this process, too. In this case, you have to prepare at least two copies of the authorization form (and do not forget to mention in the form that you give authorization to the apostille process, too). For more information, please scroll down to section 'How to make your diploma Apostilled?'.
Pictures taken at the Ceremony
At the Graduation Ceremony, pictures and a video will be taken by the photographer of the Faculty of Humanities. The pictures can be ordered at foto-video@btk.elte.hu. More information (in Hungarian): http://foto-video.elte.hu/.
Please be informed, that if you do not consent to the creation of media recordings of you during the prior registration for personal attendance at the Graduation Ceremony, you will not appear in the live-streamed broadcast. As a result, your family members will not be able to view or follow your participation in the Graduation Ceremony via live stream.
Furthermore, in the absence of such consent, the professional photographer present at the event will not take photographs of you.
Extension of residence permit, plane tickets, validation of diploma
If you would like to use your Hungarian diploma in your home country or any other country, you have to go through an administrational process in order to validate your degree. You will get the details after your Final Examination.
It is important to plan ahead the extension of your residence permit. The validation process may take 2-3 weeks, so calculate your travel date and extension date like this. Regarding the extension process, please read this guide.
How to make your diploma Apostilled?
Please read all detailed information here.
Stay with ELTE, and register for our international Alumni Chapter
The ELTE International Alumni Chapter is an alumni association of all international students graduated at ELTE and those who had student status at least during one semester at ELTE but graduated at other university.
We hope that after returning home, you will maintain contact with your Alma Mater, friends and professional colleagues from Hungary. With us you can maintain your worldwide friendships and reach further learning opportunities.
Become a member of our International Alumni chapter and be part of a valuable international community. Join us and stay in touch!
Thank you for your kind cooperation!
BTK Office of Educational Affairs
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