Three of four applicants were accepted, Hankó said.
One in two of the new students enrolled in programs in the natural sciences, engineering, IT, agriculture, health sciences or teaching, he said. Close to 13,000 students will enter teaching programs, he added.
One in five students is now over the age of 30, showing more Hungarians are going back to school while holding down a job, he said.
He noted that 12 Hungarian universities were now ranked in the global top 5% of institutions of higher education.
He said HUF 10 billion earmarked in the government's Pannonia Program would allow 8,000 Hungarian students to study, teach or conduct research at universities abroad.
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