Federated Innovation and Knowledge Centre of BME EIT BME Dr. Kalman Kovacs director

Federated Innovation and Knowledge Centre EIT BME Contact person: Dr. Kalman Kovacs director, EIT BME Supervisory Body: Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) BME is the leader in Hungarian technical higher education. Nobel Prize: György Oláh (1994), Dénes Gábor (1971), Jenő Wigner (1963), Excellent engineers in space research and space technology: Zoltán Bay,Tódor (Theodor) Kármán, Ferenc Pavlics, Antal B ejczy. The number of students in 2013: 24,469 ( 20,642 full-time ). BME employed 2,793 persons, included 1,297 FTE for research and education. 969 full-time teachers qualified (73.7%). The annual budget of BME for 2012: 110 M EURO, of which subsidy amounted to 49 M EURO (45%). Webometrics 2012 ranks BME as the best Hungarian university, 277th globally. BME is the most successful Hungarian institution in EU FP6 and FP7 programs. 73 departments of 8 faculties encompass the research and education activities of the university CAMPUS: Total area of BME’s facilities 315,000 m 2.

BME EIT’s activity is focused on Promotion of the research-development activity of the Faculty and the University; Supporting the utilization of research accomplishments (e.g. research spin-off) Initiating cooperation with other tertiary institutions, industrial companies and other domestic and international organisations; Offering project preparation and project management services to Departments and Research Groups; Assisting the successful participation of Departments and Research Groups in domestic and international tenders, and joint projects with companies. Number of staff-members: (FTE 9) 10 (FTE 8) 13 (FTE 11) The average project management cost is 6%. Director: Dr. Kálmán Kovács, associate professor at BME VIK Member of the Hungarian Space Board (President , ), f ormer M inister of informatics and communications ( ). Federated Innovation and Knowledge Centre EIT BME EIT BME was c reated at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of BME in 2009  to stimulate the research and development activity  to coordinate the research and development activities at faculty and university level  to contribute in the utilization of results. EIT BME operates as a R&D service centre. Contact person: Dr. Kalman Kovacs director,

BME Rector Dept 1. Finacial & Operation Center Faculty ÉMK Faculty GPK Faculty GTK Faculty VIK Dept. 2 Other organi- sations Dept. 10 EIT Knowledge Centre 1 Knowledge Centre 9 MTMT Project Office Knowledge Transfer Office Student Innovation Centre Virtual Reality Laboratory... Knowledge Centre 2 EIT BME in structural context Federated Innovation and Knowledge Centre EIT BME

Healthcare Technologies Knowledge Centre Inter-University Cooperative Research Centre for Telecommunication and Informatics Integrated Energetics Knowledge Centre Innovation and Knowledge Centre of Information Technology Intelligent Transport and Logistic Knowledge Centre Material Sciences and Nanotechnology Knowledge Centre Mobile Innovation Centre Morgan Stanley - BME Financial Innovation Centre University Scientific Workshops and Talent Management Project Office University Technology and Knowledge Transfer Office – DEMOLA Budapest Student Innovation Centre Virtual Reality Laboratory Centres, Offices and Laboratories of EIT BME

Since 2010, BME-EIT managed 8 projects in the value of 18 M EURO. In the frame of this, it employed nearly 2,200 persons in over 5,000 contracts. The projects involved the creation of over 20 patents and nearly 1,200 articles and studies. * values in thousand EUR BME EIT projects budget Federated Innovation and Knowledge Centre EIT BME Contact person: Dr. Kalman Kovacs director,

BME Rector Faculty ÉMK Faculty GPK Other Faculty VIK EIT Dep G & S Dep P & G.... EIT in space activity coordination at BME Other Faculty Dep AM Dep MO&EI Dep ET Dep ED Dep NS&S Dep BIT-SRG other Dep other Deps other Dep other Deps other Dep Dep MIS-SRG Federated Innovation and Knowledge Centre EIT BME 2013: BME VIK set up a space activity coordination center at EIT BME The first draft of the common vision and ambitions created