How To Apply

Your first step towards admission at ICSB is to complete our short Inquiry Form. You can us questions about ICSB on this form. This will help us respond to you with the information you need and answer any questions you may have.

Inquiry Form

We recommend our Admission FAQ page to find answers to the most frequently asked questions about our school. 

Please feel free to connect with us by email (admissions@icsbudapest.org) or phone (+36 20 295 9991). 

We welcome prospective families to tour the campus and learn about our community. Campus visits include a walk-through of our buildings and outdoor areas, during which you can have many of your questions answered. The tour is led by Ms. Ibolya Sági, our Admission & Enrollment  Coordinator.

You may schedule a school visit by booking an appointment directly on our Inquiry Form, or by contacting our Admission Office by email (admissions@icsbudapest.org) or phone (+36 20 295 9991).

If you simply cannot wait or if you are too far away to take a campus tour in person, check out our interactive virtual tour.

EXPLORE OUR CAMPUS ONLINE

Apply for 2023-2024

You will be prompted to create an account on our Admission & Enrollment Portal to submit an application. If you already have an account, please log in and 'Add a new student'. 

The admission process (assessments, interviews, document reviews, admission decision) usually takes up to 4 weeks (if parent provides all required information in due time).

If you'd like to inquire about admissions for the current (2022-2023) school year, please contact the Admission Office.

You will be required to pay the Application Fee of 250 USD after you submit the Application Form. This fee covers the whole admission process, including assessments, and is non-refundable. You can pay online, by bank transfer, check (US), and cash.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You will be able to continue the application process (upload documents, schedule assessments, etc.) after we confirm the receipt of the Application Fee payment.

After submitting the Application Form and paying the Application Fee, you will be required to upload a LEGIBLE, high-quality photo or scanned copy of the following documents in English or Hungarian (or translated to English or Hungarian):

• Birth certificate
• All immunization/vaccination records - IMPORTANT! Any student who wishes to attend a school in Hungary must meet the Hungarian Immunization Requirements!
• Current photo of the applicant
• Passport, Residence Permit, or Hungarian ID card
• Previous school records (report cards, transcripts)*
• Individual educational plans or medical diagnosis (if applicable)

IMPORTANT NOTE: The application process will not be completed, and no admission decision will be made until ALL required documents are uploaded!

We ask that the applicant's current teacher and school administrator (principal/school director), and - if the family attends a Christian church - pastor submit a confidential online recommendation form. 

The parent will be responsible that the forms are submitted by these parties in due time. More information will be available on our Admission & Enrollment portal.

ASSESSMENTS

After you submit the online Application Form and pay the Application Fee, you will be able to sign up your child for an English Language Assessment (for non-native English speakers only) and an Academic Readiness Assessment session.

We highly recommend scheduling assessment appointments as soon as possible to help the application process progress.If you schedule the assessment appointments for a date after March 15^th, your application will not be considered completed 'on-time'! For mid-year applications, we highly recommend scheduling assessment appointments as soon as possible.

FAMILY INTERVIEW

If the applicant meets the overall admission criteria, we will invite you for a family interview, as the next step in the admission process. During the interview, you will meet with the respective Lower or Upper School Principal. The interview allows us to get to know your family better and offers an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have.

If all steps listed under 'Application' are completed by March 15^th, it is considered an 'on-time' application and will generally receive an admission decision by the end of April.

The admission decision will be communicated by email.

If the application process is completed after March 15^th, it is considered a late application and may not receive an admission decision before May. Late applications may only be considered after 'on-time' applicants' admission decisions are made. 

Mid-year applications will receive an admission decision within 4 weeks after the admission process is completed. 

If an applicant meets all admission requirement, but we can not offer a seat for the sole reason of lack of space, we will transfer the applicant to our wait pool. We will inform the applicant if a spot becomes available.

If the applicant is accepted for admission to ICSB:

• We will offer a seat to the applicant in our admission decision email.
• You will then be required to pay the Seat Reservation Fee  (500 USD) to confirm acceptance of the offered seat within 10 days after the admission decision email is sent out. (See our Additional Fees for more information.) 
• Should you fail to fulfill the payment request in due time, the offer will be withdrawn, and the applicant will be transferred to the wait pool.

After we receive the Seat Reservation Fee, you will be able to complete and sign the:

• Enrollment Contract, listing the Parent Contribution Fee and any Additional Fees (if applicable),
• Health Agreement,
• Photo & Image Consent,
• Field Trip Consent, and
• Athletics Agreement (for students entering into 6^th grade and up)

Applicants enrolling into 10-12th grades must submit official transcripts (évvégi bizonyítvány)!

The first installment of the Parent Contribution Fee and any Additional Fees (if applicable) is due by August 15^th. See the Payment Plans, Terms and Conditions on our Affording ICSB page for more information.

Immunization requirements in Hungary are strictly tied to MANDATORY VACCINATIONS. Antibody tests are not acceptable as proof of immunity.

ANY STUDENT WHO WISHES TO ATTEND A SCHOOL IN HUNGARY MUST PROVIDE LEGIBLE PROOF OF HAVING RECEIVED ALL MANDATORY VACCINATIONS!

See the Hungarian Immunization Requirements.

Applicants enrolling in 10-12th grades must submit a copy of the official transcripts (évvégi bizonyítvány) for all high school grade levels they completed!*

The submission deadline is August 15 (or no later than two weeks before the student's first day of attending our school.

We accept these documents in English or Hungarian languages (if that is the original language of the document) or an officially translated copy in English.

*If previous school years' official transcripts had been submitted during the application process, you will only need to submit the most recent one received at the end of the school year.