Eotvos Lorand UniversitySome of the departments are great, others not so much. There is a lot of old teachers, some of them are awesome and keep up with current trends but some are stuck in the '80s honestly. There are many filler subjects that don't give you anything new. Of course this is not generally applicable, there were some really nice and practical courses, too.
However, the facilities are not great at all. Most of the buildings don't have benches to sit on and desks to work at, the Wifi does NOT cover the entire campus and it is full of blind spots. In the libraries you cannot take your own bag, even if you have 4-5 books and tons of electronics with you, you have to pack them all in the tote bag they provide which is an annoyment and a waste of time.
The canteens are overpriced for a student budget, and the cheaper one is low quality as well.
The administration is horrible and you feel like you are in 2003, having to hand in everything on paper, photocopy, scan, reprint, sign, rescan, queue up for hours and repeat till you go insane...
The dormitories are very cheap but also in terrible condition, many would prefer a BIT more for a better place of living as affording a rented flat in this city is incredibly hard unless you work a lot on the side...
Overall whether I recommend this university (more precisely, the Faculty of Humanities of ELTE) would depend on the department you choose. Scandinavic studies - hell yea. Slavonic studies - hell no.
Only good thing is that you have a crazy wide variety of foreign languages+their philology you can study.
07-11-25 05:08 AM
Unicornshaman