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Top Universities in Budapest (county)

What are the top universities in the Hungarian county of Budapest? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 Budapest University Ranking, which lists 23 higher-education institutions meeting uniRank's :

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Hungary.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top Budapest Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

2026 Budapest University Ranking


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List of 23 universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
1 Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Budapest
2 Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem Budapest
3 Közép-Európai Egyetem Budapest
7 Semmelweis Egyetem Budapest
9 Óbudai Egyetem Budapest
10 Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem Budapest
12 Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem Budapest
13 Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem Budapest
15 Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem Budapest
17 Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem Budapest
18 Budapesti Metropolitan Egyetem Budapest
20 Moholy-Nagy Művészeti Egyetem Budapest
21 Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem Budapest
23 Andrássy Universität Budapest Budapest
26 Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem Budapest
28 International Business School Budapest
30 Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem Budapest
32 Gábor Dénes Egyetem Budapest
33 Milton Friedman Egyetem Budapest
34 Magyar Táncművészeti Egyetem Budapest
37 Wekerle Sándor Nemzetközi Egyetem Budapest
38 Wesley János Lelkészképző Főiskola Budapest
39 Tomori Pál Főiskola Budapest
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How many universities are there in Budapest?

There are 23 officially chartered, licensed or accredited Budapest higher-education institutions that meet uniRank's selection criteria.

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