Characteristics of alumni system operated by the Hungarian universities

Abstract

In the 20th century, the process of internationalization also began in the education. Higher education is definitely the most significant and most dynamically increasing sector of the 21st century information society. Nowadays approximately 130 million students study in higher education globally and 2.8 million of them are considered to have foreign status. Hungarian higher education institutions have launched training programs which meet the requirements of the labour force market and training programs in foreign languages, moreover they have entered the competition for students.