Erasmus Student Network Hungary | ESN Hungary

What Erasmus Student Network Hungary | ESN Hungary does

ESN Hungary is a non-profit international student organization that represents and supports international and Erasmus students in Hungary. It operates through local sections across Hungarian universities and provides cultural-integration and self-development activities, events, student guidance, advocacy, research, and publications under the “Students Helping Students” principle. The organization is governed as a non-profit association rather than a conventional investor-owned company.

Its principal membership product is the ESNcard, which gives students access to partner benefits covering transportation, housing, luggage shipping, and educational courses. Other disclosed offerings are the Europe-wide ESNsurvey research program, currently represented by its XVI edition, and a quarterly ERA newsletter. The ESNcard is distributed through Hungarian ESN local sections and a partner organization network; the input discloses no app, public API, technical architecture, or AI modalities.

ESN Hungary primarily targets individual students through university-based sections and ESNcard distribution. Although the ESNcard is described as sold through local sections, no public price, cardholder volume, revenue figure, funding history, or full revenue mix is available. The disclosed partner arrangements provide benefits to cardholders, but they do not quantify ESN Hungary's monetization or establish the relative contribution of memberships, events, partnerships, or other potential income sources.

Name

Erasmus Student Network Hungary | ESN Hungary

Legal name

Magyarországi Nemzetközi Hallgatókért Egyesület

Website

https://esn.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ESN Hungary is a non-profit student organization supporting international and Erasmus students in Hungary through university sections, cultural and self-development activities, events, guidance, advocacy, research, publications, and ESNcard partner benefits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Support Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Erasmus+ and Government-Sponsored Exchange Partnerships (EDAIABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Study Abroad Provider Networks, Consortia & Membership Organizations (EDAIAAAK)

Keywords

• Student support services
• International student network
• Cultural exchange programs
• Student membership cards
• Erasmus mobility programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Budapest

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

ESN Hungary is a non-profit student organization that supports international and Erasmus students in Hungary through cultural integration events, the ESNcard discount membership program, advocacy for Erasmus+ funding, and student mobility research. Its core offering is the ESNcard, a membership card granting access to discounts at partner organizations covering transportation, housing, luggage shipping, and educational courses.

Product overview

ESN Hungary operates as a non-profit international student organization focused on representing international students and providing cultural understanding opportunities. The organization offers the ESNcard as its primary product/service, which provides discounts and benefits for Erasmus students and international students in Hungary. The organization also publishes newsletters (ERA editions) and research reports (ESNsurvey). The core activities include organizing events, providing student guides, and advocating for properly funded Erasmus+ programs. The organization collaborates with partner organizations including Pepe Housing (student housing), FlixBus (transportation), GiLE Foundation (courses), and Eurosender (luggage shipping services).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ESNcard The ESNcard is a membership card for international students that provides access to discounts and benefits from partner organizations including transportation (FlixBus), housing (Pepe Housing), luggage shipping (Eurosender), and educational courses (GiLE Foundation). It is sold through Hungarian ESN local sections.
• ERA Newsletter The ERA Newsletter is a quarterly publication of ESN Hungary featuring news about Erasmus programs, student mobility, and organizational activities, released in seasonal editions (Autumn, Spring, Summer).
• ESNsurvey ESNsurvey is a Europe-wide research program covering different topics concerning student mobility and education, currently on its XVI edition.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Pepe HousingminorOthersPartner providing housing services for students in Hungary. ESNcard holders receive services/discounts from Pepe Housing.
• GiLE FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGiLE Foundation provides short, high-quality courses for Erasmus students in Budapest. ESNcard holders receive a 10% discount on GiLE Foundation courses. Courses develop skills, career goal-setting, and communication skills.
• FlixBuscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFlixBus is a mobility provider offering affordable long-distance bus travel across Europe. ESNcard holders receive a 20% voucher on trips. Network covers 250,000 daily connections to 1,700 destinations in 27 countries.
• EurosenderminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEurosender offers luggage and package shipping services for students moving abroad. ESN Hungary members receive promo codes: ESNHU (10% off packages) and HUNGARYVAN (15 EUR off pallets & van). Has helped more than 500,000 students organize moves when studying abroad.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• StudentUniverse: StudentUniverse is a travel-discount platform aimed at students and young travelers, offering deals on flights and accommodation. It overlaps with ESNcard's transportation and housing benefits (especially the FlixBus/Pepe Housing stack) but as a commercial, single-vertical provider rather than a non-profit network.

Direct peers

• Erasmus Student Network (ESN International): ESN International is the parent umbrella organization of which ESN Hungary is a national chapter. It directly coordinates the same Students Helping Students mission, ESNcard program, ESNsurvey research, and partner network across 40+ countries, making it the most structurally aligned comparable.
• AIESEC: AIESEC is a global youth-led organization that runs international student exchange and volunteer programs with a similar non-profit, student-run operating model. It serves a comparable demographic (university students seeking cross-border experiences) and competes for the same partner-sponsorship and student-mobility mindshare.
• ESN Germany: ESN Germany is one of the largest national chapters of the same Erasmus Student Network. It operates the same ESNcard, ESNsurvey, and local-section model in a different geography, making it a directly comparable peer for benchmarking scale, partner stack, and operating practices.
• AEGEE-Europe (European Students' Forum): AEGEE is a European student forum with local antennas across universities, running student-mobility and intercultural projects. It shares ESN Hungary's non-profit, volunteer-driven, Europe-wide student representation mandate and Erasmus-adjacent mission.
• BEST (Board of European Students of Technology): BEST is a non-profit student network focused on European STEM students, organizing events, courses, and competitions. It mirrors ESN's local-section structure, volunteer governance, and corporate partner engagement model across European universities.
• ELSA (European Law Students' Association): ELSA is one of the largest international student-run, non-political, non-profit associations in the world, with national and local groups across Europe. It operates a very similar membership-card/benefits model and partners with law firms and institutions, making its operating model directly comparable.
• IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience): IAESTE operates paid international traineeships for STEM students and is structured similarly to ESN as a non-profit, country-chapter network. It serves the same international student exchange population and relies on the same kind of national-association governance model.

Broad incumbents

• European Students' Union (ESU): ESU is the umbrella body representing national student unions at the European level and actively lobbies on Erasmus+ and EU education policy. It is comparable as a higher-level policy and advocacy peer that operates in the same student-mobility policy space as ESN Hungary.
• ISIC (International Student Identity Card): ISIC is the globally recognized student discount card backed by UNESCO and the EU, offering benefits across transport, software, and retail worldwide. It is the closest direct competitor to the ESNcard concept, though ISIC is broader in scope and older in brand.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ESNHungary
• Facebookfacebook.com/esn.hu
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/esn-hungary
• Instagraminstagram.com/esnhungary

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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