Language Program - English language preparatory course University of Sopron

Applicants must complete an entrance exam with a scheduled appointment for online language testing.

In the application form applicants must indicate the University of Sopron programme in which they would like to enrol upon completing the English preparatory course.

The admission decision whether a one-semester or two-semester course is required depends on several factors. On one hand, from the selected university programme later on, and its intake semester. On the other hand, from the entry level of language knowledge:

In the case of a one-semester course, B1 level English language skills are needed, from which the student can expect to reach B2 level by the end of the semester.

In the case of a two-semester course, A2 level English language skills are needed, from which the student can expect to reach B2 level by the end of the 2nd semester.

The University of Sopron’s four faculties offer 58 courses in 8 fields of study. Sopron’s forestry and timber industry education and research activities are renowned in Europe. Sopron’s kindergarten, early childhood educator, and vocational teacher education programmes are among the most distinguished in Hungary, while the economics, IT, and applied arts education satisfy important regional labour market needs. Sopron’s offer students competitive knowledge and skills via a project-based and experience-based learning environment enhanced by the balanced development and support of scientific activity and innovativeness. Sopron’s adherence to the university’s core values of creativity, cooperation, value orientation, and environmental awareness are ensconced in the philosophy of the university’s tradition, which is still very much alive.
 Based on a government decision in the years 2015-17, the university was reorganised and the faculties outside of Sopron were amalgamated with other universities.
 Four faculties remained in Sopron: the Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy, the Faculty of Forestry, the Alexandre Lamfalussy Faculty of Economics and Simonyi Károly Faculty of Engineering, Wood Sciences and Applied Arts, all part of the renamed University of Sopron.
 The University of Sopron continues to concentrate on education and research, developing its strengths guided by its vision and the traditions characteristic of the University of West Hungary and its predecessor, the Academy of Selmecbánya.
 The main goals of the University of Sopron are to further increase its research capabilities and promote internationalization. The University intends to offer more study programmes through English language instruction.