Political Science & Politics Study Abroad Programs in Budapest, Hungary

Spend a semester or academic year in Budapest, Hungary, with AIFS Abroad! Earn up to 12 credits per semester studying abroad at Corvinus University of Budapest, with an additional 3-credit course available for a supplemental fee. Courses are taught in English. While abroad in Budapest, make a positive impact on the local community through volunteer work! You’ll live in a single-room apartment in a private student residence hall with a shared kitchen, bathroom, and living area. Exciting cultural and social activities include: • Walking tours of the city • Visits to the Food Market and Christmas Market • Music concerts and ballet and contemporary dance performances • Boat trips along the Danube • A day trip to Szentendre • 3-day trip to Vienna, Austria • 2-day Lake Balaton and Wine Country tour A 3-day trip to Prague, Czech Republic, is also available as an optional excursion. The optional AIFS Abroad Flight Package includes a 2-night tour of London, England.

Spend your semester in three European capitals and analyze Europe’s complex challenges around war, peace, and democracy. Examine the war in Ukraine, mass migration, refugee crises, and the rise of far-right nationalism and populism. From your base in Vienna, explore Austria’s role in international mediation, Hungary’s democratic backsliding, and Serbia’s post-conflict transformation. Engage with policymakers, academics, and civil society actors across the region. MONEY MATTERS SIT has given an average of over $1.3 million in scholarships and grants to SIT Study Abroad students in recent years and is committed to ensuring you have the information necessary to apply for such funding. Our program costs include academics, excursions, accommodations, airport transfers, and health insurance. Meal arrangements vary by program. Be sure to discuss how study abroad costs are handled at your school with your study abroad advisor and read the website for more specific information.

Take this study abroad option in Budapest, Hungary, at the Corvinus University of Budapest. Students can specialize in international business courses such as marketing, finance, and economics or choose from various humanities courses such as law, political science, psychology, and more. All courses, except for Hungarian, are offered in English. Programs in Budapest can be taken in the fall or spring or as a complete academic year. API students in Budapest have the exciting opportunity to participate in the Tandem Partners Program. Corvinus University’s Tandem Partners Program facilitates intercultural exchange by matching full-time Hungarian students with recently arrived study-abroad students. It is a program with mutual benefits! The local Hungarian students are eager to share the Budapest they know so well with their API Tandem Partner and the API students are encouraged to integrate with local students and learn more about Hungarian life, both inside and outside the university setting.

CEA CAPA’s programs in Budapest will give you a chance to experience the world and see this multicultural city from a different perspective. We have two programs at this location: Business & Economics and Social Sciences. You will also get the chance to take a Hungarian language course or Budapest history course in either program. Our partner university, Corvinus University of Budapest, is Hungary’s leading institution for higher education in business and economics and the perfect environment for you to learn alongside local and other international students. You’ll also venture outside the classroom and the city with CEA CAPA’s excursions and cultural engagement opportunities, helping you get the full experience of living abroad and gain a deeper cultural understanding of the city and country. CEA CAPA makes sure your housing, health, safety, social engagement, and other needs are taken care of. Giving you the best possible study abroad experience is our top priority. Interested in going abroad with CEA CAPA? Contact us to get started!