Wekerle International University

About Wekerle International University

A state-recognised private higher education institution in Budapest, Hungary, known in Hungarian as Wekerle Sándor Üzleti Főiskola, teaching business, finance and IT degrees in English. Bachelor tuition is EUR 4,920 a year and the foundation year is tuition-free. Hungarian OM identifier FI50782.

• Published tuition for 2026/2027 in euro: bachelor programmes EUR 4,920 a year for most subjects (listed at an 18% discount off EUR 6,000), or EUR 5,330 for the Business Informatics specialisations. Master's: EUR 8,400 a year for Marketing Strategy and Innovation over two semesters, EUR 5,880 a year for the MBA over four semesters. Post-graduate specialist diplomas run EUR 5,040 or EUR 5,880 a year.
• The foundation year is tuition-free across all three tracks — only the EUR 100 application fee and the EUR 300 registration fee apply. For a student who needs a year to build English and subject grounding before a degree, that removes the usual cost of the bridging year rather than discounting it.
• Six bachelor programmes are taught in English: Commerce and Marketing, Business Administration and Management, Business Informatics, International Business Economics, Human Resource Management, and Finance and Accounting. Two master's degrees and three post-graduate specialist diplomas are also offered in English.
• Legal standing, which matters more than any brochure line: this is a state-recognised Hungarian higher education institution with the OM identifier FI50782 and an operating permit dated 6 November 2006. Note that the two registration numbers shown in the site footer, E-001726/2018 and B/2021/000326, are adult-education (felnőttképzés) registrations and are NOT higher-education accreditation — do not read them as such.
• Ownership changed in November 2022: the institution now belongs to Hope Education Group, headquartered in Hong Kong, having previously been held by the Atalanta group. Hungarian Wikipedia puts enrolment at 676 students — a figure from that source, not from the university.
• Hungary is in the European Higher Education Area, so degrees carry across Europe, and the euro-denominated fees above sit well below comparable English-taught business degrees in Western Europe. Budapest living costs are correspondingly lower than in Vienna or Munich, though the university publishes no cost-of-living estimate of its own.
• VNIS has NO partnership agreement with this university. It approached VNIS in September 2026 to propose one; this listing exists so that families asking about Hungary can see verified facts, not because VNIS represents the school. Apply directly at international@wsne.hu or +36 70 463 4646.

Tuition & scholarships

Wekerle International University sits in the Budget-friendly tuition band. Tuition and scholarships change every year and by program, so VNIS provides the exact up-to-date figures for the program you choose during consultation. The university names four awards — 'Learn to Succeed', 'Enrol One, Empower Three', a Talent Scholarship and a Merit-Based Scholarship — but publishes no value, eligibility criteria or deadline for any of them. VNIS has not confirmed any of these terms with the university and does not hold an agreement with it, so treat the names as a starting point for a question to international@wsne.hu, not as an offer. The larger saving is structural rather than a scholarship: the foundation year carries no tuition, and bachelor fees are published at an 18% discount off the full rate..

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