The Pannónia Programme offers both short- and long-term mobility opportunities, supporting everything from study visits and research trips lasting a few days to several months of study abroad. Whether attending a biennale, taking a course overseas, or spending a semester at a partner university, students and staff can benefit from these experiences in different ways.  

Shorter trips allow participants to experience specific art events, engage with professional communities and explore new approaches, while longer stays enable more in-depth study and the development of professional skills. These experiences can also lead to professional opportunities, from placements and jobs to organising exhibitions of their own. 

“For MOME students and staff, both short- and long-term mobility play an important role in gaining international experience, bringing that knowledge back to the university, and incorporating it into everyday practice. Staff mobility gives lecturers the opportunity to put their expertise to the test on the international stage and present their work at international conferences. It also allows staff across the university to travel abroad for training, visit partner institutions, shadow colleagues at other universities, and exchange best practices. These experiences strengthen MOME’s international ties, while exposure to current trends and new approaches to teaching brings fresh perspectives to the university community”, explains Pannónia Programme coordinator of MOME’s International Office Zsófia Németh. 

International teaching also gives lecturers the chance to test their own methods in a different institutional and cultural setting. Visits to partner universities and training programmes provide insight into how other institutions operate, while attending professional fairs, biennales, and conferences can introduce new areas of interest, bring guest speakers to campus and open up opportunities for collaboration.

The Pannónia Programme offers students a range of options tailored to their academic needs and professional goals. Long-term study placements allow undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students to spend between two and twelve months studying abroad. Master’s and doctoral students can also apply for excellence mobility placements lasting one to six months at universities such as KU Leuven, Aalto University, and Politecnico di Milano. The programme also supports recent graduates undertaking professional traineeships, provided they apply before completing their studies. 

Short-term mobility is another option for students looking to gain experience by taking part in a specific professional programme. Study visits lasting between two and thirty days can include attending conferences and summer schools, or joining study trips organised by MOME’s degree programmes. Master’s and doctoral students can also undertake research visits of the same duration, while lecturers can use the Pannónia Programme to travel abroad to present at conferences.

MOME’s international partnerships show how a single visit can grow into a long-term collaboration. A visit to an Israeli partner institution under the Erasmus+ KA171 scheme led to a social design collaboration that eventually gave rise to the Social Design Network (SDN). The network now also has a working group within Cumulus, the international association of universities specialising in art and design. The partnership also brought Jonathan Ventura to MOME’s Doctoral School as an external supervisor. 

The collaboration with India’s The Design Village began with a mobility visit, which was followed by an invitation to join the institution’s annual Joint Studio course in New Delhi. In 2026, MOME students took part for the first time, spending a week in India working alongside students and lecturers from Politecnico di Milano and TU Delft. 

“Many of these visits give rise to project ideas and further collaborations, which often develop into strategic partnerships and joint programmes beyond the mobility scheme itself. For example, a visit to Seoul’s Chung-Ang University (CAU) sparked a wide-ranging collaboration, now in its third year, between MOME’s Media Design programme and CAU’s Virtual Convergence College. Each year, a group of 10–15 Korean students travels to Budapest to take part in a hackathon with MOME students, developing immersive 360-degree media content to be presented at the House of Music Hungary’s Sound Dome or CODE in Veszprém. The programme also features professional symposia and guest lectures by visiting academics, and gives Hungarian students a chance to compete in Seoul, with further support from the Pannónia Programme”, adds Zsófia Németh. 

The growing popularity of mobility opportunities among MOME staff is reflected in the rising number of participants each year. At MOME’s International Thursdays events, staff share their professional experiences abroad through engaging, personal presentations that encourage colleagues to explore mobility opportunities themselves.  

International mobility also plays a key role in strengthening MOME’s standing on the global stage, with every mobility experience helping increase the university’s visibility abroad. As Zsófia Németh underlines, MOME is increasingly attracting invitations to join major research projects and strategic partnerships, and to become a partner in applications for major grants. Some visits even inspire people to study at MOME, with some choosing to stay on for a master’s degree. The international experience and connections built through the Pannónia Programme in recent years have also helped MOME secure a place in the 101–150 range of the QS subject rankings for Art and Design.