How can you apply for a Student Loan?
It is very easy. You can complete the required forms at Student Loan Direct, i.e. the loan administration interface of the website of Student Loan Centre, then print the completed forms and submit the documents at any of the major post offices, or at selected branches of our partner banks and savings cooperatives. Hard copy forms are also available at the above locations.
You can also conclude your loan contract through an authorised representative.
What you may need...
In order to complete the loan application form you will need the lists of alphabetical and numerical codes of tertiary and secondary institutions. You can find the most up-to-date information at our website.
Please sign every page!
Your loan contract will be valid only if you sign both copies of the loan application form as well the loan contract, which is on the other side of the application form, in the presence of the administrator. The administrator will check the loan contract and the loan application form for completeness.
The first disbursement day of the Student Loan is 14 October in the autumn semester and 14 March in the spring semester. If the disbursements day falls on a public holiday, the loans are transferred on the working day preceding the public holiday. If you would like your money to be transferred on the first disbursement day of the semester, please submit your loan application by 15 September in the autumn semester and 15 February in the spring semester.
Those applying for a Student Loan during a semester will receive their money on the next disbursement day retrospectively for the whole period from the start of the semester. The final deadline for submitting Student Loan applications is 15 December in the autumn semester and 16 May in the spring semester. Those applying for a loan after the above deadlines may only receive their money in the following semester.
The Student Loan can only be disbursed after the university or college has confirmed the student’s official status. The Student Loan can be disbursed only after the Student Loan Centre has received a student status confirmation from the student’s educational institution; applicants are therefore advised to enrol for their courses as soon as they can.
Students can submit a Student Loan application any time during the autumn semester of the 2011/2012 academic year with the following deadlines:
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Deadlines for submitting loan applications |
First disbursement day |
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15 February 2012 |
14 March 2012 |
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19 March 2012 |
13 April 2012 |
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16 April 2012 |
15 May 2012 |
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15 May 2012 |
15 June 2012 |
Different deadlines apply to those studying abroad. Read more about the topic here.
In order to submit a loan application you will need the following documents:
- One personal identity document, which may be either of the following: your old, booklet-format ID, your new, card-format ID, your passport, your driving licence, as long as it was issued after 1 January 2001, a document that proves your refugee status, a document that proves your permanent resident and immigrant status, a residence permit for EEA citizens;
- Your address card, except if you have an old, booklet-format ID that contains your address;
- Your tax card, or an official certificate issued by the tax authority that contains your tax number.
If you apply for a loan through an authorised representative, make sure that (s)he takes the following documents with him/her to the loan application office: a personal identification document, his/her official address card, and their power of attorney recorded in a notary document or a document of full probative value, which should at least include the following information:
- Details of the borrower
- Signature of the borrower and the authorised representative
- The authorised representative’s name, residential address (mailing address as well, if not the same), mother’s maiden name, identification data (number, code) of his/her personal identification document,
- As well as the Borrower’s explicit statement regarding the fact that the representative is authorised to complete the Loan Application Form for him/her and on his/her behalf and sign the Loan Contract and the Loan Application Form for him/her and on his/her behalf.
Student Loan Centre clients can manage their administrative tasks relating to their Student Loan online, through the company’s Student Loan Direct website. Student Loan recipients with a valid contract can easily and securely access the online administration interface at www.diakhiteldirekt.hu. Loan application forms completed online can be submitted at the dedicated branches of our partner banks, savings cooperatives and at selected higher education institutions.
However, students can also apply for a Student Loan and report any change in their details by submitting hard copy forms, which are available at larger post offices and at the branches of our partner banks and savings cooperatives, as well as at some higher education institutions.
BANKS:
Banks also offer special conditions to those who request their Student Loan to be transferred to an account managed by the specific bank. You can find a list of the branches offering Student Loan administration services and read more about the special conditions offered by financial institutions here:
Budapest Bank Nyrt.
List of branches
Special conditions
CIB Bank Zrt.
List of branches
Special conditions
Erste Bank Hungary Nyrt.
List of branches
Special conditions
FHB Kereskedelmi Bank Zrt.
List of branches
Special conditions
K&H Bank Zrt. - deals only with hard copy documents
List of branches
Special conditions
Magyarországi Volksbank Zrt.
List of branches
Special conditions
MKB Bank Zrt.
List of branches
Special conditions
Országos Takarékpénztár és Kereskedelmi Bank Nyrt.
List of branches
Special conditions
UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt.
List of branches
Special conditions
SAVINGS COOPERATIVES:
Click here to download a list of the savings cooperative branches:
Click here to review the special conditions offered by savings cooperatives (except those that have not yet sent us their list of special conditions for the current year):
Alsónémedi és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Bak és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Balaton-felvidéki Savings Cooperative
Balatonföldvár és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Biharkeresztesi Savings Cooperative
Bóly és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
BORSOD TAKARÉK Savings Cooperative
Drávamenti Savings Cooperative
DRB Dél-Dunántúli Regionális Bank Zrt.
Dunaföldvár és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Dunakanyar Savings Cooperative
Dunapataj és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Endrőd és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Érd és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Érsekvadkert és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Észak Tolna Megyei Savings Cooperative
Felsőzsolca és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
FÓKUSZ Savings Cooperative
FONTANA Credit Savings Cooperative
Forrás Savings Cooperative (official agent: Questor Zrt.)
Gyöngyös-Mátra Savings Cooperative
HAJDÚ TAKARÉK Savings Cooperative
Hajdúdorog és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Hatvan és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Hévíz és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Jászárokszállás és Vidéke Regional Savings Cooperative
Kaba és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Kéthely és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Kisdunamenti Savings Cooperative
Kiskunfélegyházi Savings Cooperative
Kis-Rába menti Savings Cooperative
Kiszombor és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Kunszentmárton és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Lakiteleki Savings Cooperative
Lébény-Kunsziget Savings Cooperative
Mohácsi Takarék Bank Zrt.
Nagyecsed és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Nagykáta és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Pilisvörösvári Savings Cooperative
Rajka és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Répcelak és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Rum és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Sajóvölgye Savings Cooperative
Solt és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Szarvas és Vidéke Regional Savings Cooperative
Szatymaz és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Szegvár és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Szentlőrinc-Ormánság Savings Cooperative
Szigetvári Savings Cooperative
Tiszafüred és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Újszász és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Veresegyház és Vidéke Savings Cooperative
Völgység-Hegyhát Savings Cooperative
Zalavölgye Savings Cooperative
Zemplén Savings Cooperative
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS:
The following higher education institutions offer administrative services relating to the Student Loan:
POST OFFICES:
The Hungarian Post Office sells loan application and data modification forms, and also accepts completed forms. You can find a list of the post offices that offer administrative services relating to the Student Loan here:
List of post offices that sell and accept loan application packages and data modification forms
List of post offices that only accept loan application documents and data modification forms
To complete your loan application form and some of the data change forms you will need the list of alphabetical and numerical codes of either the tertiary or the secondary institutions. These documents are included in the loan application package, but you can also review them by clicking on the following link:
If you apply for a Student Loan and you study at a higher education institution in the EEA, you should enter the numerical code 999 and the alphabetical code EEA!
In order to provide you with comprehensive information, we publish the loan application form and the loan contract on our website. If you would like to apply for a Student Loan, please visit any of the loan offices, where you can complete the required forms.
The document package, which include two copies of each document, is only available in Hungarian. The package includes a Loan Contract and a Loan Application Form. Please keep one copy of each document!
