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OFFICIAL: NEARLY 76,000 FRESHMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION FROM SEPTEMBER

 

Fully 101,881 young people, 11.1% more than last year, have applied for university or college education, state secretary Tamás Schanda told a press conference. Three-quarters of the applicants, 75,748 people have been admitted for the next academic year starting in September, Schanda said, adding that 81% of them will attend state-financed programmes. The largest number of applicants have been admitted by Budapest’s ELTE university, followed by Debrecen University and the Budapest Business School.