← Back to the rankingLycée français Gustave Eiffel de Budapest
Budapest, Hungary · est. 1962 · Private
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Lycée français Gustave Eiffel de Budapest (LFGEB, in Hungarian Gustave Eiffel Francia Óvoda, Általános Iskola és Gimnázium) is a private French school in Budapest's district II, an AEFE conventionné school accredited (homologated) by the French Ministry of Education. The school traces its history to 1962; until 1993 it was a small local lycée for French expatriates, in 1993 the lycée foundation was created, and the current building was built in 2002. The school is co-managed by the parents' association and the administration. Teaching is in French following the French curriculum from kindergarten (from age 3) to the baccalauréat; more than 750 children of more than 40 nationalities attend: about 32% French and Franco-Hungarian, 55% Hungarian, 13% others. There are 65 teachers. From kindergarten children learn French, Hungarian and English, with German or Spanish added from 5e; Hungarian as a mother tongue is taught at all levels. Children who do not speak French follow the FLSco programme.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $7 012–8 704 a year
2.3–2.8 million HUF
Programmes
French programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French
Languages taught
Hungarian, English, German, Spanish
Class size
22 students per class on average; supervised study groups of up to 15, groups for non-French speakers of up to 10 pupils
Registration fee
≈ $1 384
450 000 HUF
About the fees Tuition for 2026-2027 when paid by term or monthly: kindergarten 2280000 forints, primary 2390000 forints, collège and lycée 2830000 forints a year (monthly in 10 payments from September to June: 228000, 239000 and 283000 forints). Paying the whole year in one invoice before 15 September gives a 3% discount: 2211600, 2318300 and 2745100 forints. Families may also pay in euro: 6200, 6500 and 7700 euro a year (6014, 6305 and 7469 euro with annual payment). Compulsory brevet and baccalauréat exam fees are included. French families can apply for French government scholarships; there is also a solidarity fund.
Admissions Pre-registration is online through the Eduka platform (in 2026 from late January to early March) and is free. The file includes details of the child and parents, the family's motivation, a teaching report from the previous school and school reports. Selection gives priority to continuity for children from the French system and depends on available places; from GS the child may be invited to talk with a teacher. Answers are acceptance, waiting list or refusal; registration is confirmed by paying the first registration fee. The school admits children from age 3, including those who do not yet speak French: immersion in PS and MS, and the FLSco programme from GS to 5e. The school states directly that it welcomes French, Hungarian and other nationalities.
Stages and year groups Grades PS, MS, GS, CP-CM2, 6e-3e, 2nde-Terminale. French national curriculum: maternelle (PS, MS, GS, ages 3-6), école élémentaire (CP, CE1, CE2, CM1, CM2), collège (6e-3e, ages 11-14) with the diplôme national du brevet at the end of 3e, and lycée (2nde, 1re, Terminale) with the baccalauréat général. Lycée specialities: history, geography, geopolitics and political science; economics and social sciences; English language and literature; humanities, literature and philosophy; mathematics; life and earth sciences; physics and chemistry. Hungarian as a mother tongue is taught at all levels. The school offers no IB programmes.
Address 1029 Budapest, Máriaremetei út 193-199. (II. kerület)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
AEFE · accreditationThe Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) lists the school in its register as a partner school under agreement (conventionné). It follows the French curriculum from kindergarten to the baccalauréat.
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AEFEAgency for French Education Abroad
It runs the network of French schools worldwide, while the accreditation itself, the homologation, is granted by the French education ministry and inspected by French state inspectors. A leaver from a homologated school moves into a school in France without an entrance examination. Homologation is granted stage by stage, so it sometimes covers only part of the year groups.
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The state programme of France. A school is homologated by the French ministry of education, and a leaver may move into a school in France without entrance tests. Homologation is granted stage by stage, so it sometimes covers only part of the year groups.
What this means for this school. Which year groups of this school are covered by homologation - only the primary ones, or all the way to the final year - is not stated here. The difference matters: it decides whether the school takes a child through to the French baccalaureate or hands them on to another school halfway.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results According to the school, 100% of students pass their exams and 91% obtain the baccalauréat with honours (mention); the year of these figures is not stated.
Where leavers go: Sciences Po · Paris Dauphine University · Sorbonne University · Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Graduates go on to study in France and also in England, Scotland, the Netherlands, the US and Canada; in France, to literary and scientific preparatory classes for the grandes écoles, Sciences Po, Paris Dauphine and the Sorbonne. The school says all students obtain the orientation they wished for.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Campus: The current lycée building was built in 2002 in Máriaremete on the Buda hills. The kindergarten has its own classrooms, library, motor skills room, nap room for the youngest, dining room and a courtyard renovated in 2018. The secondary school has laboratories, the CENACLE digital language centre, a gym and sports fields, and the CDI documentation centre; the primary school has the BCD library. Lunches are cooked by the partner Delirest, with a vegetarian menu once a week. The school bus (door to door or on routes in Buda and Pest) is run by the partner Laster. There is no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Football · Ballet · GRS (rhythmic gymnastics) · Volley-Ball (volleyball) · Escalade (climbing) · Atelier manuel (crafts) · Theatre · Art du Cirque (circus arts) · Double dutch · Flamenco · Atelier Photo (photography studio) · Sculpture · Echecs (chess) · Multisports (multi-sport) · Tricotin (knitting) · Basket-ball (basketball) · Badminton · Handball · Tennis de table (table tennis) · Chorale (choir) · Orchestre du secondaire (secondary school orchestra) · Petit conservatoire de musique (school music conservatory)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers65
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The school has 65 teachers. Each kindergarten class has a teaching assistant (ASEM). Teachers attend about two training courses a year. In secondary, languages, technology, sciences and mathematics are taught in smaller groups. There are FLSco teachers and teachers of Hungarian as a mother tongue and as a foreign language.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has an infirmary with a health officer, a bilingual (French and Hungarian) school psychologist present two days a week, and a social worker responsible for child protection. A special educational needs team (pôle EBEP) draws up individual support plans. Discipline is handled under the internal rules, and decisions are notified to the family.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data85 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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