The Department of Armenian Studies invites prospective applicants to apply for the three-year BA and two-year MA programs in History with specialization in Armenian Studies. The language of instruction is English. The program offers robust interdisciplinary training in history with a strong emphasis on Global and Armenian perspectives that prepares students for a variety of career paths including but not limited to government, international relations, academic work, education, law, librarianship, and archival work. Under the tutelage of the international faculty team, the students master Modern Eastern, Western, and Classical standards of the Armenian language and gain expertise in the current debates around national and transnational historiography, as well as in social anthropology and the literature, visual, translation, and Diaspora studies. Engaged in the Global History courses, the students examine the history of humanity as a process of increasing economic, cultural, political, and technological interconnectedness and interdependence. With a strong emphasis on the interdisciplinary approach, the program facilitates the development of skills in research, analysis, and critical thinking that have proved indispensable for all the aforementioned career trajectories.

These Programs are for you if…

• You want to learn to discern the cause-and-effect connections in the world’s history and today’s political and geopolitical events;
• You want to acquire and/or ameliorate your critical thinking and learn to evaluate the reliability of sources, an invaluable skill for navigating today’s media-rich world;
• You want to become a confident and eloquent writer in English;

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for the BA or MA Programs, the applicants must send the following documents to the Admission Committee:

1. A Curriculum Vitae (CV) in English reflecting the academic background, extracurricular activities, awards and prizes, and linguistic skills, among other things.
2. A transcript of the high school diploma or of the last educational institution the applicant attended. The transcript can be either in English or in Armenian (Russian and Arabic are also admissible).
3. A two-page Cover Letter, or a Personal Statement, emphasizing why you believe you are a good fit for the Program. Among others, please evaluate your English skills. The letter must be written in English in 12pt Times New Roman, double-spaced.

The cover letter for MA applicants should include a brief statement of research interest identifying a potential research question and methodology.

Note! The letter must be written without AI’s assistance (ChatGPT or Grammarly.com, among others). If the Admission Committee detects traces of AI plagiarism, the application will be dismissed.  

4. A letter of recommendation from a teacher or a professor in English or Armenian should be sent by the recommender directly to us at armenian.studies@btk.ppke.hu. Please advise your recommender that the subject line should read “Letter of Recommendation for Your First and Last Name.”

Apart from the letter of recommendation, all the materials must be submitted as one PDF document appearing in the following order: CV, transcript, and cover letter. The PDF file should be titled:

• If applying for the BA program “LastName_BA_Application”
• If applying for the MA program “LastName_MA_Application”

For example, “Sargsyan_MA_Application”

All the materials must be emailed to our administrative coordinator, Ágnes Reviczky-Balogh at armenian.studies@btk.ppke.hu no later than December 20^th, 2025, at 11:59 pm Central European Time. Late submissions will not be accepted.

After the applications initially evaluated, the selected candidates will be invited to a Zoom interview with the faculty and administrative staff of the Department of Armenian Studies. If a candidate is recommended for admission, we will assist in applying for financial aid. 

FINANCIAL AID

The cost of education at the Department of Armenian Studies at Pazmany Peter Catholic University is HUF 885,000/semester (BA) and HUF 1,125,000/semester (MA), which roughly corresponds to EUR 2,150 (BA) and EUR 2,750 (MA).

However, the students can apply for two of the financial aid programs sponsored by the Hungarian Government:

1. Scholarship Programme for Young Christian People

The Scholarship Programme for Christian Young People (SCYP) was created by the Hungarian Government's Hungary Helps Agency.

 Eligibility criteria:

• Citizens of the following countries may apply: Lebanese Republic, Republic of Ghana, Republic of Niger, republic of Nicaragua, Republic of Chad, Republic of Iraq, State of Israel, Palestine, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic of Kenya, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Republic of Armenia, and Nigeria;
• The applicant must be a baptized member of a Christian Church (a letter from a bishop will be required to confirm the membership in the church);

Benefits provided by the Programme

1. The stipend covers the tuition fees.
2. Monthly stipend: HUF 166,600 (about EUR 450).*
3. Dormitory accommodation or HUF 40,000/month housing allowance (about EUR 110).
4. Free access to public health care services in Hungary (TAJ).
5. Yearly travel allowance.

* With all the major expenditures, such as accommodation, transportation cost, and health insurance, covered by the Programme, this stipend is sufficient to cover the students’ other living costs.

See SCYP online application system for further details.

2. Stipendium Hungaricum

Eligibility criteria:

• Citizens of the following countries may apply: Citizens of the following countries may apply: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kurdistan Regional Government/Iraq, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UAE, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen.

Benefits provided by the Programme

1. The stipend covers the tuition fees.
2. Monthly stipend: HUF 43,700 (EUR 107)
3. Dormitory accommodation or HUF 40,000/month housing allowance (about EUR 110).
4. Free access to public health care services in Hungary (TAJ)