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The Student Exchange Officer in Hungary : Bálint Tóth
The name and abbreviation of the association : Hungarian Pharmaceutical Students\\\\\\\' Association (HUPSA)
Total number of places per year? (approximately) : Approximately 42-45 students a year, that breaks down in the following manner: - ~20 students in each July&August(=40 students) -1-3 places throughout the year (February to May)
Area possibilities?
- Community/ hospital/ industry/ research in a university/ other?
- Can you describe the work in more detail? : 		1. Community pharmacies -students applying for a community pharm. practice will see every aspect of compounding, they will be introduced to the materials and tools we use in pharmacies 2. Hospital pharmacies -in 2008 we had only a few places unfortunately due to some changes that have been implemented in Hungarian pharmaceutical system. However upon specific and reasonable request, we will try to make it happen for you. 3. Industry -this specifically means the pharmacy of the university: a semi-industrial place where students are working with our professors
Length of training periods? (usually 1-3 months) : 1-3 months, but we place students only for 1 month in the summer period (July, August).
Available months and cities ?
- Specify whether or not full month is required
- Comments? : 		Summer period is the most popular time to go for exchange: July, August But we place students for different periods if possible. Available cities: Budapest, our capitol.
The type of accommodation?
- Student residence/ family/ hostel/ other?
- Paid by: the student/ the host association/ employer/ others? If paid by the student how much is it approximately : 		Budapest: students\\\\\\\' residence, payment is not clear yet, so far it has always been paid by the host association. If payment will be required by student, it will be highly subsidized by the association (less than 80¤ for sure from you!)
Board, pocket money or other financial benefits/ remuneration?
- Board paid by: the student/ the host association/ employer/ others?
- Pocket money provided (Yes / No)?
- Other po : 		Board: we arrange it if possible, paid by student No pocket money, but we will provide free travel pass for the public transport system of Budapest.
Social events? Possible presence of other exchange student at the same time in the same city (students of pharmacy or other fields)? : ALL exchange students are accommodated in the same hostel in Budapest. Budapest students are accommodated where the medical exchange students on IFMSA SCOPE are staying at too. This means that a usual crowd of about 110-120 exchange students gathers at parties and social events. We organize welcome/international party, trips to different parts of the country; we take students to clubs, celebrate birthdays etc., everything together with the meds, except the practice itself
Language requirements : English is required, German or Russian could be useful in some cases, but not mandatory.
Other requirements for the student?
- Minimum year of study?
- Graduated? : 		2nd year we place graduated students too
Information on Work Permits and Visa : Info: http://www.kulugyminiszterium.hu/kum/en/bal/ or/and ask about it at the Hungarian Embassy in your own country
Selection Procedures?
- Deadline to apply?
- % Bilateral exchanges usually done?
- Choice of the Exchange Student by: the SEO / the host (employer)? : 		-no deadline, the first one to apply is the first to be placed -we are intending to do bilateral -by the SEO, sometimes by the employer
Special remarks : Read the evaluations :)
: contact the SEO for more information at seo dot hungary at gmail dot com .
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This information has been updated the last time on 2008-12-04

answers from the evaluation of student that that went to Hungary .

Question Score from 1 to 5 of the answers
How was the application procedure?Too complicated0 %5 %14 %40 %42 %Easy and clear
Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?No0 %5 %12 %37 %47 %yes
What do you think of the IPSF Web Site?Very unclear0 %2 %42 %35 %21 %Very clear
How was the assistance provided by your SEO? Was it easy to get in contact with the SEO?Bad0 %0 %0 %0 %0 %very good!
Did those activities fulfil your expectations?No7 %7 %9 %37 %40 %Very much
Was it easy to reach the place where you stayed?No , very difficult0 %0 %5 %26 %70 %Yes , no transport problems
Did you feel at home at the place where you stayed?Not at all0 %9 %9 %42 %40 %Very much
Was your employer interested in teaching you?Not at all0 %2 %0 %16 %81 %Very interested
Do you think the work you did was interesting?Not at all0 %0 %9 %30 %60 %Very interesting
Do you think you learned enough during your traineeship?Not at all0 %5 %12 %23 %60 %Yes I do
Did the work correspond to the information that you received before the traineeship?Not at all5 %5 %7 %35 %49 %Yes
Did you experience any communication problems during your traineeship?Not at all51 %30 %14 %5 %0 %Yes , many
Was this too much?Not at all67 %16 %14 %2 %0 %Yes far too much
Did you get the opportunity to visit the country?Not at all0 %2 %5 %37 %56 %Yes more than enough
Were the traineeship and visit as you expected?Not at all0 %0 %12 %30 %58 %Yes I am very
Would you advise other students to apply for this association's SEP?Not at all0 %0 %7 %5 %88 %Yes definitely

Evaluations of students that went to Hungary

  • 01/06/2007 - 00/00/0000 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2005 - 31/07/2005 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2005 - 31/07/2005 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2005 - 31/07/2005 : very positive evaluation
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  • 19/01/2006 - 21/02/2006 : AU/05/00012: very positive evaluation
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  • 04/07/2006 - 29/07/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 04/07/2006 - 29/07/2006 : neutral evaluation
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  • 01/07/2006 - 29/07/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2006 - 29/07/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 04/07/2006 - 29/07/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 04/07/2006 - 29/07/2006 : ES1/05/00083: very positive evaluation
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  • 04/07/2006 - 31/07/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 04/07/2006 - 31/07/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2006 - 30/08/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2006 - 30/08/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/03/2007 - 01/06/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 : positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2007 - 14/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2007 - 15/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2007 - 17/08/2007 : positive evaluation
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  • 06/08/2007 - 27/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2007 - 31/08/2007 : neutral evaluation
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  • 01/08/2007 - 31/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2007 - 31/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2007 - 31/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2008 - 31/07/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2008 - 31/07/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2008 - 31/07/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2008 - 31/07/2008 : neutral evaluation
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  • 01/07/2008 - 31/07/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2008 - 31/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2008 - 31/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2008 - 31/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2008 - 31/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2008 - 31/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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