Academics at BSM

ACADEMICS

  • BSM instructors are members of Eötvös University, the Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the three institutions known for having educated more than half of Hungary’s highly acclaimed mathematicians.

  • Fall and Spring semesters include 13 weeks of instruction and one week of final exams.

  • Fall and Spring classes meet two to three times per week (56 contact hours per semester, includes office hours).

  • The Summer Program is eight weeks long, meets two hours per day, four days a week with the expectation that students will take two full-credit courses.

  • Classes stress problem solving, foster student creativity, and support group learning.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Small classes, taught in English

  • Full-credit courses taught by instructors with experience teaching North American students

  • Credits transferable to North American colleges and universities

  • Community of mathematically motivated students

  • Research opportunities with professors

  • School centrally located in Budapest

  • Modest living costs

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

  • Average home school GPA of 3.7

  • Completed first theory course in analysis or abstract algebra

  • Eager for a deeper immersion into the study of mathematics

  • Excited to experience a different culture