Credit recognition procedure (for MSc programmes, only) | University of Pécs

If you have received your previous degree in the field of economics, you can expect the automatic recognition of the necessary credits when entering the master level training. We do recommend, however, that you get in touch with the Study Department of our Faculty before submitting your application for the admission procedure (see at Contacts!).

The list of college and university level trainings belonging to the category of economics programmes in the traditional (“undivided") training system can be downloaded from here.

If you have received your previous college/university certificate in a field other than economics, and have not completed specialised further trainings, either (e.g. MBA), you may have the opportunity in the so-called credit recognition procedure to justify your skills specified as prerequisites to start an MSc training. Presently the legal regulation on the recognition of credits is defined in Decree No. 18/2016 (5 August) of the Ministry of Human Resources.

The skills specified here can of course appear in the titles of different subjects in various training programmes, so it is your responsibility to specify subjects that you have successfully completed and that you wish to have recognised in the procedure. The decision on acceptance of the credits will be made by the competent committee of the University of Pécs, of which you will be notified in writing, keeping the deadlines set in the admission procedure.

How does credit recognition works in practice?

Business development

Admission to the Business development MSc programme requires previous courses completed with a minimum of 30 credit points, in the breakdown as follows:

basic methodology skills (mathematics, statistics) 8 credit points;
basic theoretical economics skills: (micro-economics, macro-economics, finances): 10 credit points;
fundamental business skills: (marketing, business law, business economics, accounting, business finances) 12 credit points

Full credit values will be recognised: business administration, international business management BSc programmes.

Priority recognition if the specified credit values have been obtained: applied economics, economic and financial analysis, public services, commerce and marketing, human resources, finances and accounting, tourism and catering, business trainer BSc programmes.

Potential recognition if the specified credit values have been obtained: those BSc and MSc programmes, and trainings specified in Act LXXX of 1993 on higher education that are accepted by the credit transfer committee during the comparison of the skills taken as the basis of the recognition of the credit points.

Management and Leadership

Admission to the Management and Leadership MSc programme requires previous courses completed with a minimum of 60 credit points, in the breakdown as follows:

basic methodology skills (mathematics, statistics, informatics); 15 credit points
economics theory skills: (micro- and macro-economics, international economics, environmental economics, economic theory, economic statistics, history of economic theories, business modelling, economic policy, sectoral and functional economics, public economics) 10 credit points
basic business skills: (business management, business law, marketing, finances, accounting, decisions theory and methodology, business ethics, business communication, taxation, business finances) 15 credit points
basic social sciences skills: (EU skills, public policy skills, economic history, sociology, philosophy, psychology) 10 credit points
specialised skills: (management of value-creating processes, leadership and organisational sciences, business planning, business management, strategic planning, controlling, human resources management, development of leadership skills, information systems) 10 credit points

You also have the opportunity to register for the admission procedure if you possess a minimum of 30 credit points from the skills specified above. In this case, however, following the successful admission examination you will be obliged to obtain the required 60 credit points until the end of the first year of MSc training, by successfully completing extra subjects in addition to the programme of the MSc training. The Faculty offers an organised framework for this; it must be your decision, however, to take the extra requirements. In case of a possible application later, the acquisition of the necessary extra credits in an organised form at the Faculty will be possible before starting the MSc programme, in the framework of so-called credit remedial tuitions.

Full credit values will be recognised: business administration BSc programmes.

Priority recognition if the specified credit values have been obtained: commerce and marketing, business administration, international business management, finances and accounting, tourism and catering, human resources, applied economics, economic analyses, business trainer, public services BSc programmes.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)

Admission to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) MSc programme requires previous courses completed with a minimum of 60 credit points, in the breakdown as follows:

from the area of basic methodology skills (mathematics, statistics, informatics) 15 credit points;
from the area of economic skills (micro- and macro-economics, international economics, environmental economics, economic theory, economic statistics, history of economic theories, business modelling, economic policy, sectoral and functional economics, public economics, economics of the world and Europe, public policy skills) 10 credit points;
from the area of business skills (business management, finances, business law, decisions theory and methodology, business ethics, business communication) 10 credit points;
from the area of social sciences skills (European Union, general and business law skills, economic history, sociology, psychology, philosophy) 10 credit points;
from the area of specialised skills (organisational behaviour, accounting, business finances, marketing, production management, leadership and organisational sciences, controlling strategic planning, human resources management) 15 credit points.

Full credit values will be recognised: BSc programmes of economic sciences trainings, furthermore, from the area of engineering sciences: technical manager; the area of agricultural sciences: rural development engineer; the area of informatics: business informatics engineer; the area of medical and health sciences: health care manager BSc programmes.