Budapest Metropolitan University

Budapest Metropolitan University

In Budapest, Budapest Metropolitan University offers foundation and pre-master's routes as well as bachelor's and master's degrees, with English language courses alongside. Media and communication, design, animation and business form the core of its teaching.

Hungary

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BMU Budapest Main Campus

Budapest, Hungary

Programs at Budapest Metropolitan University

Explore academic programs available at Budapest Metropolitan University

Foundation

Two-semester-long Professional Foundation for Art Programs

Budapest Metropolitan University

Arts administration deals with the running of cultural organisations: budgets, fundraising, programming, marketing, audiences and staff. Students learn management and finance while also thinking about artistic value and public access. Graduates often work in theatres, galleries, museums, festivals, orchestras, cultural policy and creative agencies.

Arts Administration
1 year
Hungary
Foundation

Professional Foundation Semester for Business Programs

Budapest Metropolitan University

Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.

Business
6 months
Hungary
LANGUAGE

One-semester-long English Language Preparatory Program

Budapest Metropolitan University

English studies covers the literature written in English and the workings of the language itself — how texts are built, how meaning shifts, how writing responds to its moment. Close reading, argument and clear writing are the core skills. Graduates often enter publishing, teaching, media, communications, marketing and law.

English Studies
Hungary
MSc

MSc Tourism Management

Budapest Metropolitan University

Tourism management studies how destinations, hotels, tour operators and attractions are planned, marketed and run, and how visitor flows affect local economies, cultures and environments. Service operations sit alongside marketing, sustainability and destination planning. Graduates often work in hospitality groups, travel companies, tourism boards and event operations.

Tourism Management
2 years
Hungary
MSc

MSc Marketing

Budapest Metropolitan University

Marketing studies how organisations understand customers and bring products and services to them, spanning research, branding, pricing, distribution, advertising and digital channels. The work blends creative thinking with data about behaviour. Graduates often work in brand and product management, digital marketing, market research, advertising, and sales or communications.

Marketing
2 years
Hungary
MSc

MSc Management and Leadership

Budapest Metropolitan University

Business administration concentrates on running an organisation as a whole: coordinating people, budgets, operations and strategy so that separate departments work in step. Attention falls on decisions that cut across functions rather than on a narrow specialism. Graduates often move into general management, operations, consulting, and planning or administrative roles across sectors.

Business Administration
2 years
Hungary
Master of Business Administration

MBA Master of Business Administration

Budapest Metropolitan University

Business administration concentrates on running an organisation as a whole: coordinating people, budgets, operations and strategy so that separate departments work in step. Attention falls on decisions that cut across functions rather than on a narrow specialism. Graduates often move into general management, operations, consulting, and planning or administrative roles across sectors.

Business Administration
2 years
Hungary
Pre-Master's

MA Pre-Master for HR

Budapest Metropolitan University

Human resources focuses on how organisations recruit, develop, reward and retain people, and how workplace culture, employment law and wellbeing affect performance. The subject draws on psychology, employment relations and management practice. Graduates often work in recruitment, learning and development, employee relations, compensation and benefits, and wider people or operations roles.

Human Resources
6 months
Hungary
Pre-Master's

MA Pre-Master for Communication

Budapest Metropolitan University

Media studies and communication analyse how messages are produced, circulated and understood across journalism, broadcasting, advertising, film and digital platforms. Students examine audiences, institutions and the making of meaning, alongside practical production skills. Graduates frequently work in content creation, public relations, marketing communication, media planning, research and cultural organisations.

Media Studies And Communication
6 months
Hungary
Pre-Master's

MA Pre-Master for Business

Budapest Metropolitan University

Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.

Business
6 months
Hungary
Master of Arts

MA Media Design

Budapest Metropolitan University

Media studies and communication analyse how messages are produced, circulated and understood across journalism, broadcasting, advertising, film and digital platforms. Students examine audiences, institutions and the making of meaning, alongside practical production skills. Graduates frequently work in content creation, public relations, marketing communication, media planning, research and cultural organisations.

Media Studies And Communication
2 years
Hungary
Master of Arts

MA Graphic design

Budapest Metropolitan University

Graphic design shapes how information and ideas look and are understood, through typography, layout, colour, image and brand systems. Projects usually move from brief to research, concept, iteration and finished artwork, with critique along the way. Graduates often work in studios, in-house design teams, advertising, publishing and digital product design.

Graphic Design
2 years
Hungary
Master of Arts

MA Fashion and Textile Design

Budapest Metropolitan University

Fashion design covers the making of garments and collections: research and concept development, drawing, pattern cutting, fabric choice and construction. It is about moving an idea from sketch to finished piece while keeping the person who will wear it in mind. Graduates often work in design studios, product development, styling, buying and their own labels.

Fashion Design
2 years
Hungary
Master of Arts

MA Communication and Media Studies

Budapest Metropolitan University

Media studies and communication analyse how messages are produced, circulated and understood across journalism, broadcasting, advertising, film and digital platforms. Students examine audiences, institutions and the making of meaning, alongside practical production skills. Graduates frequently work in content creation, public relations, marketing communication, media planning, research and cultural organisations.

Media Studies And Communication
2 years
Hungary
Master of Arts

MA Business Development

Budapest Metropolitan University

Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.

Business
2 years
Hungary
Master of Arts

MA Art and Design Management

Budapest Metropolitan University

Design is about shaping objects, images, spaces and experiences so they work well for the people who use them. Studio practice, sketching, prototyping and critique sit alongside research into users, materials and context. Graduates often work in studios and agencies, in-house creative teams, or independently across many industries.

Design
2 years
Hungary
Master of Arts

MA Animation

Budapest Metropolitan University

Animation creates movement image by image, whether drawn by hand, modelled digitally or built from puppets and objects. It combines timing, weight and performance with storytelling, character design and the software pipelines used in production. Graduates often work in animation and visual effects studios, games, advertising and motion graphics.

Animation
2 years
Hungary
LANGUAGE

Intensive Two-semester-long English Language Preparatory Program

Budapest Metropolitan University

English studies covers the literature written in English and the workings of the language itself — how texts are built, how meaning shifts, how writing responds to its moment. Close reading, argument and clear writing are the core skills. Graduates often enter publishing, teaching, media, communications, marketing and law.

English Studies
Hungary
BSc

BSc Tourism and Catering

Budapest Metropolitan University

Tourism management studies how destinations, hotels, tour operators and attractions are planned, marketed and run, and how visitor flows affect local economies, cultures and environments. Service operations sit alongside marketing, sustainability and destination planning. Graduates often work in hospitality groups, travel companies, tourism boards and event operations.

Tourism Management
4 years
Hungary
BSc

BSc Finance and Accounting

Budapest Metropolitan University

Accounting deals with how financial information is recorded, verified and reported so that decisions can be made and organisations held to account. Study covers financial and management accounting, auditing, taxation and reporting rules. Graduates often work in accountancy practice, corporate finance teams, audit, tax, and financial management or analysis.

Accounting
3 years 6 months
Hungary
BSc

BSc Commerce and Marketing

Budapest Metropolitan University

Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.

Business
3 years 6 months
Hungary
BSc

BSc Business Administration and Management

Budapest Metropolitan University

Business administration concentrates on running an organisation as a whole: coordinating people, budgets, operations and strategy so that separate departments work in step. Attention falls on decisions that cut across functions rather than on a narrow specialism. Graduates often move into general management, operations, consulting, and planning or administrative roles across sectors.

Business Administration
3 years 6 months
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA Visual Representation

Budapest Metropolitan University

Visual communication is about conveying ideas through image, type, layout and motion. Students develop craft in composition, colour, illustration and moving image, and learn to build a message for a particular audience across print and screen. Graduates work in graphic design, branding, art direction, editorial and digital design, advertising and animation studios.

Visual Communication
3 years
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA Photography

Budapest Metropolitan University

Photography combines visual storytelling with the technical craft of light, lenses and post-production. Students develop a personal body of work while learning composition, editing workflows and how images carry meaning for different audiences. Graduates often work in commercial, editorial, documentary or fine-art photography, and in wider visual content roles.

Photography
3 years
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA Media Design

Budapest Metropolitan University

Media studies and communication analyse how messages are produced, circulated and understood across journalism, broadcasting, advertising, film and digital platforms. Students examine audiences, institutions and the making of meaning, alongside practical production skills. Graduates frequently work in content creation, public relations, marketing communication, media planning, research and cultural organisations.

Media Studies And Communication
3 years
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA International Relations

Budapest Metropolitan University

International relations studies how states, institutions and other actors interact: diplomacy, conflict and security, trade, development, and the rules and organisations shaping global politics. Theory and history are used to make sense of current events. Graduates often work in government and diplomacy, international organisations, humanitarian and development bodies, journalism, research and risk analysis.

International Relations
3 years
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA International Business Economics

Budapest Metropolitan University

Business examines how organisations are created, financed, run and grown, from managing people and money to reading markets and making decisions under uncertainty. Coursework blends analysis with practical judgement. Graduates often move into management, consulting and entrepreneurship, or into specialist roles across finance, operations and marketing.

Business
4 years
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA HR - Human Resource Management

Budapest Metropolitan University

Human resources focuses on how organisations recruit, develop, reward and retain people, and how workplace culture, employment law and wellbeing affect performance. The subject draws on psychology, employment relations and management practice. Graduates often work in recruitment, learning and development, employee relations, compensation and benefits, and wider people or operations roles.

Human Resources
3 years 6 months
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA Graphic Design

Budapest Metropolitan University

Graphic design shapes how information and ideas look and are understood, through typography, layout, colour, image and brand systems. Projects usually move from brief to research, concept, iteration and finished artwork, with critique along the way. Graduates often work in studios, in-house design teams, advertising, publishing and digital product design.

Graphic Design
3 years
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA Film and Media Studies

Budapest Metropolitan University

Media studies and communication analyse how messages are produced, circulated and understood across journalism, broadcasting, advertising, film and digital platforms. Students examine audiences, institutions and the making of meaning, alongside practical production skills. Graduates frequently work in content creation, public relations, marketing communication, media planning, research and cultural organisations.

Media Studies And Communication
3 years
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA Environmental Design

Budapest Metropolitan University

Design is about shaping objects, images, spaces and experiences so they work well for the people who use them. Studio practice, sketching, prototyping and critique sit alongside research into users, materials and context. Graduates often work in studios and agencies, in-house creative teams, or independently across many industries.

Design
3 years
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA Design Culture

Budapest Metropolitan University

Design is about shaping objects, images, spaces and experiences so they work well for the people who use them. Studio practice, sketching, prototyping and critique sit alongside research into users, materials and context. Graduates often work in studios and agencies, in-house creative teams, or independently across many industries.

Design
3 years
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA Communication and Media Studies

Budapest Metropolitan University

Media studies and communication analyse how messages are produced, circulated and understood across journalism, broadcasting, advertising, film and digital platforms. Students examine audiences, institutions and the making of meaning, alongside practical production skills. Graduates frequently work in content creation, public relations, marketing communication, media planning, research and cultural organisations.

Media Studies And Communication
3 years
Hungary
Bachelor of Arts

BA Animation

Budapest Metropolitan University

Animation creates movement image by image, whether drawn by hand, modelled digitally or built from puppets and objects. It combines timing, weight and performance with storytelling, character design and the software pipelines used in production. Graduates often work in animation and visual effects studios, games, advertising and motion graphics.

Animation
3 years
Hungary

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