MAARIF HUNGARIAN–ENGLISH BILINGUAL PRIMARY AND HIGH SCHOOL
ADMISSION INFORMATION
Application for the 2026/2027 Academic Year
The Maarif Hungarian–English Bilingual Primary and High School, maintained by the Turkish Maarif Foundation, is an international institution located in Budapest. Since 2025, education has been taking place in our beautifully renovated, 120-year-old school building, offering a modern and inspiring learning environment.
Our goal is to equip students with high-level linguistic, scientific and digital competences, as well as 21st-century skills. We emphasize value-based education, intercultural understanding, cooperation and open-mindedness. The school promotes Turkish–Hungarian cultural relations and the knowledge of Turkish language and culture. Learning Turkish is compulsory: in primary school it is taught in a playful club format, and in secondary school as a second foreign language. Spanish can be chosen as a third foreign language.
Experience-based learning is supported by three science laboratories, a robotics and STEM classroom and modern digital facilities.
Language assessment in high school:
- Students intending to take the final exam (matura) in Turkish study Turkish as a graded subject.
- For other students, Turkish is assessed descriptively, while they must obtain a grade in Spanish.
The admission process follows Government Decrees 20/2012 (VIII.31) EMMI and 27/2025 (VIII.8) BM.
School code (OM): 203397.
Program codes:
0001 – English preparatory class, 0002 – Bilingual (Hungarian–English) class.
The entrance examination consists of a written and an oral part.
Application deadline for the written exam: December 1, 2025.
Written exam: January 24, 2026 (Saturday) 10:00.
Make-up written exam: February 3, 2026 (Tuesday) 14:00.
Oral interview: March 3–19, 2026.
Application deadline: February 19, 2026.
The exam includes Hungarian language and Mathematics. The oral interview assesses English communication, logic, and motivation.
Scoring system:
Hungarian – 50 points
Mathematics – 50 points
Previous grades – 50 points
Oral interview – 50 points
Total: 200 points.
In case of equal scores, preference is given to students living nearby or children of staff members/siblings.
The school's founding document does not allow the admission of students with special educational needs (SEN). Therefore, applications from SEN students cannot be accepted.
Maarif Hungarian–English Bilingual Primary and Secondary School
1078 Budapest, Hernád utca 52.
Phone: (+36) 1 343 0005
Email: info@maarif.hu
Web: www.maarif.hu
Maintainer: Turkish Maarif Foundation
Budapest, October 18, 2025
Károly Kiss, Principal
