programs either 10 months or 2–4 weeks in duration can be attended by scholarship or payment of tuition. year-by-year, nearly 350 foreign students receive scholarships to participate in courses offered in budapest. students—who arrive from all around the globe—have the opportunity to experience life in hungary first-hand, benefit from intense language training in the classroom and forge lifelong friendships. our recently established balassi alumni program seeks to keep the network of former students alive.