Pre-school education

Nursery schools
(1-3 years, non-compulsory)
Kindergarten
(3-6 years, compulsory from 2014)

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Higher tertiary

University

College

Lower tertiary

Compulsory education

Post-secondary
education
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18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
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age

Adult
education
D
E

General secondary school

(gymnasium)

Secondary
vocational school

Technical school

Upper
secondary level
Lower
secondary level

General school, upper cycle

Primary level
General school, lower cycle

Kindergarten

A: secondary school leaving certificate

B: secondary school leaving certificate and vocational qualification
C: technician qualification

Pre-school
programmes

D: skilled worker qualification

E: lower-level trade school qualification

Elementary school

6-14 years, compulsory

lower grades (1-4 form)
senior class (5-8 form)

Secondary schools

Vocational schools
Secondary technical schools
Secondary grammar schools

Vocational schools

3 years
only professional subjects
they cant go to universities

Secondary technical schools

4 years
general and professional subjects
they have to take the rettsgi vizsga
and they get qualification too

Secondary grammar schools

4 years
general subjects
final exam: rettsgi vizsga
they can go to universities

Higher Education

training at universities and colleges

Bachelor degree: 3-5 years
Master degree: 4-5 years
Doctoral degree: 3 years

BGSZC Etvs Lornd

Secondary Technical School

Named after Lornd Etvs

BGSZC Etvs Lornd

Secondary Technical School

The Building
th

20 district of Budapest, called

Pesterzsbet
historical building
(modern laboratories)
interactive boards

BGSZC Etvs Lornd

Secondary Technical School

500 students
engineering
information technology
final exam

rettsgi vizsga
special subject

BGSZC Etvs Lornd

Secondary Technical School

Deaf and hard-of-hearing students