The organizers of the International Coaching Course would like to make your stay in Hungary as comfortable as possible. For your own benefit, please read the following information carefully!
Identification and the University Campus
We will arrange for the participants a registration card of the University. This card will allow you to use all facilities of the University and will be your identification card on-campus only. (The uni-card does not replace an official I.D. card, for that you will have to take your passport with you.)
Accommodation regulations
- The official heating period in Hungary is between October 15 and April 15.
- Cleaning of the apartments is to be done by the participants.
- Lights, gas, water and all electrical equipment are to be turned off, windows should be closed, doors should be locked upon leaving the apartment. (When you pay attention to closing, locking, etc, generally, to an economic life-style, this “extra debit” will not affect you.)
- Silence must be obeyed after 10 PM.
- For your own safety, please do not invite others to your apartments than your course mates.
- Washing machine is also provided. When you do not know how to operate it, please ask the staff to contact the landlord in order to learn its functioning.
- There might be regular check-up of your accommodation in every month.
- At the end of the course the accommodation place are to be returned in the same condition as they were occupied. All damages are to be paid by the participants! A deposit of 50 USD will be deducted for the final cleaning of the accommodation and 50 USD will be returned at the end of the course if no incidental expenses occur.
- It is not allowed to organize events (parties, celebrations, etc.) in your accommodation. Upon request the organizers can help you with finding a venue for the party.
- Pets are not allowed to bring/keep in the accomodation at any time.
- Take care of your valuables, do not leave them around the flat. (We offer you the Institute’s safe.)
- If you have any problem in the accommodation, please do not try to fix it by yourself but inform the course staff, and the problem will be solved as soon as possible. Please do not touch the main gas-tap!
- Only the participants officially living in the accommodation may stay for the overnight.
There is no telephone in the accommodation. It is forbidden to install any phone apparatus into the accommodation. If any phone bill arrives during your stay, it must be paid by you. If you want to arrange any phone calls it is possible from any phone boot by phone card or from any post office. It is not possible to phone or fax from the office. For further advice we suggest you to buy a prepaid telephone card (e.g. Neophone, Blabla, EZ-Phone), which is an economical way of calling home OR buy a used mobile and a SIM card to it. Ask for more advice from the staff!
Opportunity for cooking, eating, socializing, watching TV are provided in the accommodation.
The Way to Call Abroad
00 – country code – area code – phone number
Country codes:
- Albania: 355
- Antigua & Barbuda: 1-268
- Argentina: 54
- Aruba: 297
- Bangladesh: 880
- Barbados: 1-246
- Bhutan: 975
- Brasil: 55
- Brunei: 673
- Dominica: 1-767
- Ecuador: 593
- Egypt: 20
- Ethiopia: 251
- Gambia: 220
- Ghana: 233
- Guyana: 592
- India: 91
- Indonesia: 62
- Iran: 98
- Jordan: 962
- Kenya: 254
- Korea DPR: 850
- Liberia: 231
- Macedonia: 389
- Malaysia: 60
- Maldives: 960
- Malawi: 265
- Mauritius: 230
- Nigeria: 234
- Oman: 968
- Pakistan: 92
- Philippines: 63
- Portugal: 351
- Qatar: 974
- Seychelles: 248
- Sierra Leone: 232
- Singapore: 65
- Somalia: 252
- South Africa: 27
- Sri Lanka: 94
- St. Kitts: 1-869
- St. Lucia: 1-758
- Sudan: 249
- Swaziland: 268
- Syria: 963
- Taiwan: 886
- Tanzania: 255
- Tajikistan: 992
- UAE: 971
- Uganda: 256
- UK: 44
- USA: 1
- Zambia: 26
Meals and Pocket Money
Pocket money will be given for arranging your meals and/or buying food. There will be organized meals that will be announced. The International Olympic Committee Olympic Solidarity will provide only for its scholars pocket money in the value of USD 1.100 (as per 2010). The amount will be given for the scholars upon the bank transfer from Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mail, Phone and Fax
During your stay, you are welcome to send two faxes free wherever you wish. Please, contact the staff. Other faxes must be sent from post offices. If you are expecting a call, your friends can call one of the boots in your neighbourhood. All boots can be called back. The number is written on the boot. From abroad, Hungary can be called as follows: international exit code + 36 (for Hungary) + 1 (for Budapest) + 7 digit local number.
Receiving letters from your family and friends should be mailed to the address of the University
University of Physical Education
International Directorate
<Your name>
Alkotás u. 44.
H-1123 Budapest, Hungary
You will receive your mail from our administration. The prices of the post stamps abroad: postcard 250-300 HUF, letter 300-350 HUF.
Hungarian Currency
The name of the currency in Hungary is forint (abbreviation Ft, international: HUF). You can change your currency at many places in the city, in banks, hotels, travel agencies, specialized change offices and change automates. Remember, that the banks ask for the lowest commission fee (banks are open between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.), thus you will get more forints for your currency. Ask the staff for any advise. Please, do not change your money on the street. There are persons in the city who cheat the foreigners, giving them fake money for their currency.
Visa and Immigration Information
After your arrival, the Hungarian law obliges you to register in the immigration office (regardless the duration of your visa). All necessary administration work will be arranged by the office.
Shopping
If you would like to buy something of higher value, use an official shop. You will see many places, markets with cheap products. These products are of low quality with no guarantee. Always ask for an official receipt (in Hungarian: “készpénzfizetési számla” in Hungarian). Tax refund can only be requested when you buy products in value of 50.000 HUF at least on one invoice / shop.
Weather and Clothing
The weather conditions during the time of the course in Hungary are rather varying. All buildings in the campus have central heating; your apartments are also equipped with a heating system. It is important to wear warm clothes during the first few weeks, including: coat or warm jacket, socks, cap, gloves, scarf, sweaters or sweatshirts to avoid getting a cold or flu. The staff can assist you and lend you a warm jacket that must be returned when you finish the course.
Transportation
During the course, you will be given a free transportation pass. This pass allows you to use all kinds of transportation within the borders of city Budapest: bus, tram, trolley-bus and underground (we call it Metro). Most bus-, tram- and metro lines operate until 11 p.m. except for certain key lines that run all night. You will have to show your pass to the conductor upon request.
Emergencies
- Ambulance: 104
- Police:107
- Fire Department: 105
- General emergency number: 112
Insurance and Medical Services
The participants are provided with medical insurance. This insurance pays the actual cost of most medical services. (However, special medicines and pharmacy products must be covered by the participant). This insurance covers only illnesses and injuries contracted in Hungary only for those who meet the medical/health requirements. You are charged for the treatment by dentist, ophthalmologist and for your long-term illness. For this medical insurance you will have to go through a short medical test (blood test).
If you have any medical problems please, contact the office staff. The insurance does not cover any loss or damage of your property.
Social Programs
There will be social programs, trips organized to the countryside and visits to the nicest places of Budapest and Hungary. Please, do not forget to register for the announced trips. The meeting point is usually at the upper parking area.
Video, CD, DVD copies
Usually, at the end of the course there will be some materials that you would like to copy for your own benefit either on VHS or DVD. To have a copy, please make sure you request at least 2-3 weeks before the end of the course. The duplication prices are the following:
- Videocassette, PAL system 700 Ft/cassette
- Videocassette, NTSC system 1.500 Ft/cassette
- DVD copy: 1.000 Ft / each starting hour
(Besides this you will have to pay the expenses of the empty materials.)
Departure
At the beginning of the course the organizers will collect your flight ticket information. We will check for you your reservation and connections to make sure that you will safely return to your country. The staff will arrange your transportation to the airport and assist in your check-in.
Please, pay attention to the rules of the weight of your luggage. You can carry 20 kilograms of checked-in luggage plus some hand luggage. Above this, the airline charges you 30-50 USD (depending on the destination) after every extra kilogram. Be aware of the amount of books, handouts and gifts you will buy or receive in Hungary. You might have troubles with them on your way back. We do not keep or store any left luggage and cannot send it after you!
In case of any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We wish you a successful and fruitful stay in Hungary!
The International Coaching Course (ICC) is a 3 month non-degree full-time on-site course in English organized by the Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS), International Relations Center (IRC) in cooperation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and supported by the Olympic Solidarity (OS), a department of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
We, at HUSS, are glad to welcome you on-board the International Coaching Course (ICC) with high plans for the future of coaching, also to educate, raise and train generations of athletes to come.
With this Short Cycle Sport Program, we are opening up new opportunities to gain internationally recognized certificate level qualifications for coaches, instructors, experts active on the sport field.
From former to elite sportsmen, coaches and master coaches, HUSS can offer new and innovative methods of coaching with a balance of theory and practice.
(graduation ceremony R-L: dr Csaba Okros, vice rector of general affairs of HUSS, dr habil Judit Kadar, director of international relations, Prof dr h.c. Lajos Mocsai, president of HUSS foundation, Prof dr Tamas Sterbenz, rector of HUSS, H.E. Mrs Gjeneza Budima, Ambassador of Kosovo in Hungary, OS scholarship holders from Botswana, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Barbados, Kosovo, Bahrain, Tanzania; Silvia Lucciarini, project manager, Olympic Solidarity, Yassine Yousfi, head of entourage unit, Olympic Solidarity)
First held in 1971 the ICC looks back on a long history at the Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS) and its predeccedors. The COVID-19 pandemic brought us to a line to face new challenges, which we successfully managed to get through by reconstructing and restructuring this on-site program aligning with international standards and quality assurance expectations, always in hand with representatives of Olympic Solidarity.
This ongoing cooperation resulted in peak number of applicants chosen from over 50 countries all around the globe, from Argentina to Uganda and Grenada, or Albania to Kenya and Tajikistan just to name a few. All of them were supported by their respective National Olympic Committee (NOC).
Let us share a word from Olympic Solidarity:
NOCs interested in benefitting from an Olympic scholarship for coaches to cover the course fee should submit an application directly through the Relay Online platform and through the Programme of Olympic scholarships for coaches.
The OS scholarship holders, during this 10 weeks’ theoretical and practical study period in Budapest, capital of Hungary, and HUSS being the capital for sports science education, have the opportunity to learn 13 different theoretical subjects from the internationally recognized HUSS faculty and participate in practical classes in their field of sports specialization.
ICC offers training over 10 sports out of the 28 Olympic sports during a semester, which is organized twice a year, and receives students from wide range of countries all around the world. The programme includes 120 theoretical and 100 practical sport specification contact hours.
Theoretical classes:
- Biomechanics
- Ethics of Sports Coaching
- Exercise Physiology
- General Conditioning
- Human Biology
- Science in Sport
- Sport analytics
- Sport Injuries
- Sport Management
- Sport Pedagogy
- Sport Psychology
- Sport Sociology
- Sports Nutrition
- Training Theory
The Fall Course begins in mid-September, the Spring Course in mid-March, please see application form for further details.
The program is taught exclusively in English. Participants are expected to have an overall English language proficiency of B2 on the CEFR scale. It is the responsibility of the applicant to demonstrate their language proficiency in both verbal and written skills to be able to comprehend learning materials and actively participate in the classes and programs, which class material all ICC participants receive in advance to pro-actively participating in theory units.
CEFR B2 level equivalent scores of internationally accepted language exams:
- IELTS: 5.5-6.0
- TOEFL: 72-94
- Cambridge English Scale: 160-179
HUSS prides itself on its century old traditions and emphasizes innovation in the areas of sports and health sciences. HUSS and its faculty, athletes and alumni are known globally for their achievements in various areas of Olympic and non-Olympic sports and sports science. Our educators have supported our students as athletes in countless European and world games, even to become Olympic champions.
Competitive sports have a rich history in Hungary. Since 1896 Hungarian athletes have won 184 gold, 158 silver and 183 bronze medals – a total of 525 medals at the Olympics games - to which, since 1925, HUSS has greatly contributed with both athletes and coaches. Gaining more and more popularity in Europe, the Middle East among international students. HUSS has extended its international partnership network to 67 with increasing mobility numbers across the world. In 2022 it was among the 20 most popular universities in Hungary.
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NOCs interested in benefitting from an Olympic scholarship to cover the course fee should submit an application directly to Olympic Solidarity through the Relay Online platform and through the Programme of Olympic scholarships for coaches.
Upcoming English Language Programs
- Master’s in Human Kinesiology
- Master’s in Coaching
- Master’s in Sports Management
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Should you have any questions contact our colleauges by the addresses below:
- Bachelor & Master Programs: Mr Gábor Csele
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