Hungarian government to encourage language exams with credit — Will it work?

Students in higher education who do not have the required number of language exam certificates in order to get their degree can get a student loan of €1538 in the name of a language learning student loan — the government decree about this was published in Magyar Közlöny.

The legislation providing this new opportunity will come into effect on October 1, reported napi.hu.

The government added the language learning student loan to their legislation about the student loan system, which they made in 2012. People with active and passive student statuses as well as people who have taken their final exam at their college or university but because of their lack of a language exam, they have not received their diplomas yet can apply for this credit. The loan has to be requested from the Diákhitel (student loan) organisation. It is not a problem if someone has turned 45 by the time of their request (as it does make one disqualified to request a regular student loan).