Become a mentor in the Stipendium Hungaricum Mentor Program!

National Union of Students in Hungary (HÖOK) is seeking to appoint mentors for its Stipendium Hungaricum Mentor Network. Mentors take tasks on contemporary assistance and on the integration of foreign students coming to Hungary with Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme in semesters of 2025 and 2026. The application deadline is the 4^th of May.

The HÖOK is seeking to appoint mentors for its Stipendium Hungaricum Mentor Network for semesters of 2025 and 2026. They are looking for enthusiastic mentors for the 2025/2026 academic year who are ready to support international students arriving in Hungary within the framework of the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship program.

Application deadline: 11:59 PM on the 4^th of May

Mentors’ tasks

Mentors are sophomore or senior students who go to the same university and help with the institutional integration of their mentees. After the mentees’ arrival in Hungary, mentors help them with the integration into the student scene. It is the mentors’ responsibility to keep in touch with their mentees and to inform them about any current institutional competitions and scholarships, as well as about the institutional academic system.

Mentors may work in groups and help 7-15 mentees simultaneously, which they receive allowances for.

Mentors are responsible for their positions for one academic year – during which they are required to own students’ status.

Mentors are kindly asked to forward matters to the mentor network’s management of their mentees that cannot be solved within their responsibility.

Mentors are responsible for keeping in touch with the institution’s leading mentor, satisfying their administrative tasks and giving monthly written records of their tasks.

Mentors are required to do their utmost and be present at training and on country image-building programs organized by the management of the mentor network.

Criteria for application

Except for freshmen, each student can apply for mentorship, if they are involved in full-time training (BA, MA, undivided training, higher level vocational training) during the semesters of 2025 and 2026.

Since the common working language of the Stipendium Hungaricum Mentor Network is English, mentors are all required to be fluent in English.

In case of successful application, mentors are required to visit the Mentor Camp, organized by the managers of the mentor network, during which their accommodation, dining and training are provided.

Applicants must send fill out the given Google form with their personal information, CV and motivational letter in English.

If you meet the requirements and would like to get familiar with the many different cultures of the world, send your application by filling in this form before the 31^st of May.

Examination of applications

Each applicant will receive confirmation by the 4^th of May 2025. In case the application is successful, it is followed by an interview.

HÖOK will send such messages to those e-mail addresses mentioned on the application pages. They ask each applicant to provide a Gmail address.