When should you activate your semester?

Within the registration period. The registration period always starts at the end of the previous semester and ends at the beggining of the current semester. You can change your status (passive/active) until the end of the registration period. For more details, please check the Academic Calendar.

What happens if you do not activate your semester until the deadline?

You won't be able to register for your courses in Neptun. 

Please be informed, that a residence permit for the purpose of studies requires an active student status. For more detailed information on it, please check the Visa FAQ.

Please also note, that according to the Academic Regulations for Students, you can have a maximum of two passive semesters consecutively. After your second passive semester, your student status will be terminated. In special cases, you may submit a request for the extended suspension of your student status.

Students have different health insurance options depending on their financial status (self-paying or scholarship holder) and nationality, all of which are linked to an active student status. Should you have a passive semester, these options won't be available for you. 

How to activate your semester?

You can access Neptun system with your Neptun code and password on: https://neptun.elte.hu. 

Please follow the steps below:

✓ Login to the Neptun Student Web Interface. More info about the login procedure here.
✓ Entering the Neptun System, in the upper corner on the right side, please, click on the downward arrow next to your name and choose "Switch training" from the list. Select the relevant study programme.
✓ Click on "Menu", then on “Administration”, then on “Term registration” and click on 'Enroll'/'Register' under your Next term. 
✓ Click on  “Active” in the pop up window and click on 'Select'.
✓ In order to accept the privacy policy regarding data processing, please click on 'Next page' in the top right corner and then on 'Submit a request' in the bottom right corner.
✓ More information about the registration procedure with a status change.
✓ Video guide for Term registration.

What if you don't find your exams any longer?

What should you do if you've activated your following semester on Neptun during the exam period and therefore you can no longer see your current semester’s exams, even though you still need to register for an exam?

✓ Go to "Menu" / "Exams" / "Take exam".
✓ Click on the "Filter" drop-down icon.
✓ Select the current semester and click on “Filter list”.
✓ You will see the current semester's exams. Follow the "Sign up for exams" video guide from this point.

What payment obligations do you have if you activate your semester as a self-paying student?

Based on the Academic Regulations for Students and your Study Agreement signed upon enrolment (see your ’Official notes’ in Neptun), you are required to pay your tuition fees for each active semester by the tuition fee payment deadline. Please find all tuition fee payment-related information here.

You can change your mind about your registration for a given semester until the end of the semester’s registration period. You can find the start and end dates of the registration period both in the central and in the Faculty academic calendars.

Should you have activated your semester as a self-paying student but withdraw it within the registration period, your payment obligation for that semester will be deleted.

Please note that if, for any reason, your active student status is terminated/suspended* after the registration period, your tuition fee debt to the university will remain. The proportion of your tuition fees that you owe to the university depends on the date of termination/suspension of your student status, as set out in Section 131 of Academic Regulations for Students.

The amount of the debt - increased by interest and procedural costs - will be enforced through a payment order process by our University's legal representatives.

*Cases of termination/suspension of student status:

• The student requests the termination of their student status to permanently end their studies.

• The university terminates the student status (expels the student) due to the student’s failure to fulfil any of their obligations. (E.g. academic or payment obligation)

• The student withdraws their active registration after the registration period due to some extraordinary, unexpected circumstance (e.g. serious illness, accident…etc.) as set out in Section 36. (3) of Academic Regulations for Students. The reason must be supported with official documentation.

In case you have already paid the full tuition fee by the time of the termination/suspension of the student status, you can request a refund in accordance with Section 131 of Academic Regulations for Students.