For the best results, you are advised to follow the procedures described in this section.

What should I do if I want to study courses at ELTE GTK? 

• Complete the data sheet called ELTE Faculty of Economics Incoming Application Form . This is important in order to facilitate communication with ELTE GTK’s International Office. By submitting your personal details (including your contact email address) and information on your educational background (e.g. the name of your ELTE host faculty), the International Office will be able to contact you and your host (ELTE) faculty coordinator if any queries arise. Your Neptun code is also essential to us, so if you already know it, please include it in the data sheet.
• Generate your institutional email address, otherwise called “IIG”. While some faculties at ELTE may not require their students to use their IIG, it is essential at the Faculty of Economics as it provides access to various platforms and sources of information, including the timetable, midterm schedule, informational documents on the start of the semester, course registration, exam registration, as well as WIFI on GTK’s and ELTE's premises, etc.  You can create your IIG once you have active student status at ELTE (enrolment is likely to be required). Detailed instructions are available on the university website/IT support. 
• Check the English-language course list on GTK’s website.
• Join ELTE GTK’s info sessions during the Orientation week / Enrolment period: The International Office uses these sessions to share vital faculty-specific details concerning courses, attendance, assessments, schedules, and other study-related matters with its new students. Events are announced on the GTK website, under “Enrolment” a short time before the start of the semester.
• Register for the courses offered to Erasmus students on the website by the Faculty of Economics during the first-come-first-served course registration period (dates are announced under “Time plan of studies at the university” on the Q-tér website). Find more information here.

How does the ELTE GTK International Office communicate with students from other ELTE faculties?
ELTE GTK International Office creates an International Students Moodle page for every semester. On this page, we share all the necessary information with our incoming students in English. In order to be added to this page, you need to fill in our Application Form and submit your Neptun code.

I have a question to ELTE GTK’s International Office. How can I reach them?
If any questions remain unanswered after attending the info session and carefully reading the website/the Moodle page, you can approach the Faculty of Economics International Office with specific questions by email at incoming@gtk.elte.hu. Other contact opportunities and directions are found on the website/Contact. 

Which additional pages should I check?
You can find comprehensive information on study-related matters on the Current Students and the Studies pages of the Faculty website.

Students from other ELTE faculties can register for most courses offered to Erasmus students on the website by the Faculty of Economics during the first-come-first-served course registration period (dates are announced under “Time plan of studies at the university” on the Q-tér website). The information below will assist you with registration but the detailed guidelines on the GTK registration process are available (with your IIG) here. 

Do I have to follow any guidelines?
Yes, our Information on Course Registration for International Bachelor Students document contains the detailed rules of course registration. You can follow the guidelines given to our International Business Economics or Finance and Accounting students.

Where can I find ELTE GTK’s course list?
GTK’s course list is accessible in two places: on the Faculty webpage and in Neptun, where you can double check the specifics of the courses (including weekly hours, credits, course content, etc.) offered in a given semester. However, we strongly advise you to check the course list on our faculty website (rather than the one in Neptun) as it is regularly updated by ELTE GTK’s International Office. 

Where can I register for courses?
Registration for the chosen courses takes place in Neptun (Subjects > Register for subjects). 

When can I register for courses offered by ELTE GTK?
You can register for courses in Neptun during the first-come-first-served registration period if there are free places on them. We recommend that you visit Neptun regularly as the course registration numbers are continuously monitored and, if possible, adjusted by the Faculty. 

What does it mean if a course code starts with “VK”? Can I register for it?
If a course code starts with “VK” it means that it is an exam-only course. These courses are for those students who have already taken them before but were unable to get at least a pass mark in them. All in all, first course registration is not allowed for an exam-only course.

Is it enough if I register for only a lecture or a seminar per course?
No, you have to register both for a lecture and a seminar per course.
Lectures and seminars are offered in pairs. By default, there is one lecture and one or more seminar groups offered in every course. However, in certain high-demand courses, GTK may offer two or even three lectures and their corresponding seminars, which may be held by the same or different instructors. In such cases, it is of utmost importance that you register for the lecture-seminar pair (indicated by the same last letter in the course code explained in Section  “How to read the course codes” in the document “Information on Course Registration for International Bachelor Students”) to avoid clashes in the timetable, the midterm schedule, and to be able to collect points in short in-person in-class quizzes and other activities, which will give you an opportunity to complete your course(s) with an offered grade. (The official document behind this link provides details on the assessment scheme and on how to earn a grade at the Faculty of Economics.)

What are the consequences of registering for only a lecture or a seminar?
If you are not fully registered for a course (1 lecture and 1 seminar), you will not be able to access the course materials and/or register for midterms/exams.

I changed my mind. Can I deregister from a course / register for a new course?
During the first-come-first-served course registration period, you can change your courses freely. After the end of the first-come-first-served course registration period, you have one more week to submit a request in Neptun (Administration  Requests) to change your course(s). To register for a new course, you must submit the “Request for being registered to a course after the course registration period”. To deregister from a course (drop it), you must submit the “Request for being deregistered from course after the course registration period”.

I registered for all my courses but some of them are clashing. What can I do?
For exchange students, there is a high chance that there will be clashes in the registered courses unless the courses belong to the same study level/year (e.g. all courses are Semester 5 courses). You can check the semesters in the Programme and Course Guide on the Faculty website. We recommend that you aim to attend the seminars rather than the lectures as 

• all the lectures are recorded and you can watch the recordings of the lectures by booking a slot at the GTK Video Library with your IIG here,
• you can earn extra points towards your offered grades by personally attending the seminars and doing some in-class quizzes there.

Am I guaranteed to have a place in my chosen course(s)?
No. Demand for GTK’s English-language courses is very high, therefore, students can only be guaranteed a place on a course if it is in their Standard Curriculum for the given semester. Regrettably, others, including students from other faculties, cannot be guaranteed a place. Should this happen, you can look for alternative courses with similar contents on the website and in the above-mentioned Programme and Course Guide. 

What is a prerequisite for certain courses?
Certain courses have prerequisite subjects, which are also shown in the course list on the website. Full degree students must complete these (earlier) courses before studying the course with the prerequisite. As far as Erasmus+/guest students are concerned, the expectation is to have some previous acquaintance with the knowledge area rather than the completion of a particular course at their home university. Prior familiarity with the field is preferred because it will enable you to understand and learn new information more effectively, and to perform better in the midterms and the exams. In Neptun, a red exclamation mark may appear next to the course which has a prerequisite subject. As an exchange student, you can ignore that.

I cannot find the timetable in Neptun. Where can I access it?
GTK’s timetable is not available in Neptun but is accessible with your IIG (institutional email address, see also above) via the website, under Current students/Timetable or on the inform.gtk.elte.hu platform.

Why is the timetable available in a different place than Neptun?
ELTE GTK’s timetable is not a weekly but a modular and dynamic one, which means that classes do not follow one another at regular intervals (e.g. weekly) and changes may occur during the teaching period as well. 

Why should I always check the online timetable?
You are advised not to download the timetable but to personalise and regularly check it for two reasons: 

1. if you personalise it (i.e. save your courses), you will only see your own course selection and so the list will be shorter and less confusing and 
2. if any changes occur in the timetable during the semester your list will be updated, and you will always see the most up-to-date version. This way, you will never miss your classes. 

Are there any places where I can check the timetable on campus?
Yes. The screen in the corridor leading to Building Q and further screens in Building P always display the daily schedule of classes.

How can I get a grade at ELTE GTK?
You can earn a grade either by collecting points during the study/teaching period (by writing midterms and taking short in-person in-class quizzes in your seminars) or by taking an exam during the exam period. More information on obtaining a grade is available on our Assessment faculty subpage under Studies.

If you have any questions in connection with your studies (e.g. classes, assessments) or the use of the various platforms (e.g. Neptun, Moodle, Inform, booking a slot at the Video Library, accessing the Timetable, etc.) you can contact ELTE GTK’s student organisations.

1. Student Union

The Representative for Foreign Students can be reached via email: kulfugyel@gtkhok.elte.hu

2. ESN

The head of the GTK subgroup of ESN ELTE can be reached via email: gtk@elte.esn.hu