Budapest University of Technology and Economics, BME Budapest University of Technology and Economics, BME since 1782

Dr. Péter Moson Dean of Faculty of Natural Sciences Vice rector for international relations Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 3 BME in Figures 1782 Institutum Geometricum – Hydrotechnicum Technical University of Budapest Budapest University of Technology and Economics  8 Faculties, 77 Departments  Students  Academic Staff: 1300, with scientific qualification: 700  Golden Quality Prize in HE – (in Hungary, 2007)  Web Popularity Ranking: 81st in Europe (2007) Faculties:  Civil Engineering (1782)  Mechanical Engineering (1871)  Architecture (1873)  Chemical and Bioengineering (1873)  Electrical Engineering and Informatics (1949)  Transportation Engineering (1951)  Natural Sciences (1998)  Economic and Social Sciences (1998)

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 4 Nobel laureates of BME Dénes GÁBOR ( ) holography, in 1971 Jenő WIGNER ( ) theoretical physics, in 1963 György OLÁH (b:1927) organic chemistry, in 1994

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 5 Former students of BME Tódor (Theodore) von KÁRMÁN Aeronautical Engineer & Mathematician ( ) Leo SZILÁRD Physicist ( ) Ede TELLER Physicist ( )

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 6 Former graduates of BME Donát BÁNKI inventor of carburator ( ) Károly ZIPERNOWSKY inventor of transformer ( ) Ernő RUBIK inventor of Rubik’s cube (1944-)

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 7 Education at the BME  Engineering education in general: 7 semester BSc programs (210 credits) 4 semester MSc programs (120 credits)  PhD Programs (3 years)  BSc, MSc and PhD curricula in English  Since 1994 European Credit Transfer Scheme  Continuing Engineering Education, postgraduate courses, MBA, etc.

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 8 Students attending the BME (2007)

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 9 9 Academic Staff (2007)

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 10 Civil Engineering (8 semesters) Mechanical Engineering (7) Energy Engineering (7) Industrial Design Engineering (7) Mechatronics (7) Architecture (8) Chemical Engineering (7) Bioengineering (7) Environmental Engineering (7) Electrical Engineering (7) Computer Science and Engineering (7) Transportation Engineering (7) Mathematics (6) Physics (6+1) Management in Engineering (7) Business and Management BA (6+1) International Business BA (6+1) Applied Economics BA (6) Communication and Media Sciences BA (6) BSc/BA Programmes at the BME Faculty of Civil Engineering (EMK) Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (GPK) Faculty of Architecture (EPK) Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering (VBK) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (VIK) Faculty of Transportation Eng. (KSK) Faculty of Natural Sciences (TTK) Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (GTK)

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 11 2 year MSc/MA Programmes at the BME ENGINEERING MASTER PROGRAMMES EMK Structure civil engineer (1,5 years, 2009) EMK Infrastructure civil engineer (1,5 y, 2009) EMK Geodesy & geoinformatics (1,5 y, 2009) GPK Mechanical engineer GPK Mechatronics engineer GPK Mechanical modeling EPK Architecture (5 years) VBK Chemical engineer (2009) VBK Bioengineer (2009) VBK Environmental engineer VIK Electrical engineer VIK Computer engineer VIK Biomedical engineer (2009) KSK Transport engineer KSK Logistics engineer KSK Vehicle engineer OTHER MASTER PROGRAMMES TTK Applied Mathematics TTK Physics GTK Economics GTK International economy GTK Regional and environmental economy GTK Marketing GTK Master of Business Administration GTK Financial GTK Accounting GTK Management and Organisation GTK Cognitive sciences GTK Technical manager (2009) GTK Engineer- teacher

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 12 Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Architecture Fac. of Chemical and Bioengineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Faculty of Transportation Engineering Faculty of Natural Sciences Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences Doctorate Schools (PhD/DLA) ~900 PhD students/candidates Civil Engineering Sciences Earth Sciences Mechanical Engineering Sciences Architectural Art (DLA) Building Sciences Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Information Technology Transport Science Vehicle, Mobile Machines Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science Physics Economy, Management and Organizations Psychological Sciences History of Technology and Science

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 13 Postgraduate education in eng. specializationPostgraduate education in eng. specialization Organized by the Faculties for engineers 4 semesters with exams, diploma-work, certificate 63 curricula, e.g.: welding, pharmacochemistry, R&D in EE, manager in energetics, city-planning, color-dynamics, reactor-technology, financial IT Master in Business Administration (MBA)Master in Business Administration (MBA) Since 1992 with Heriot-Watt University, since 1996 gradually redesigned with the assistance of American institutions by Fac. Economic Sciences MBA executive, professional Annually in average: 500 MBA diplomas Further education courses:Further education courses: with certificate by Fac. Econ. Sci. E.g.: teachers of secondary schools, techn. experts in justice, educational manager, media designer, taxation expert, regional developer, environmental manager, etc. Other forms of Continuing Education at the BME

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 14 Total : 29,8 billion HUF (118,2 million €) Budget (2007) 1€  252 HUF State budget 53 % R&D& innovation 26 % Tuition fees 11 % Other income 10 %

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 15 BME as Research University  Competition and grants for basic and applied research  National (National Office for Research and Technology)  International (EU’s RTD Framework Programmes)  R&D for the industry and government  Bilateral strategic agreements, incl. e.g.: collaborative and sponsored research support of PhD education courses for updating knowledge of co’s engineers, managers involvement of co’s experts in the eng & mgmt education  Bilateral specification-based contracts, partly based on Contribution for Innovation by Act  Activity of the Scientific Workshops  Doctorate Schools (15), departmental research groups  Research groups (12) of Hungarian Academy of Sciences at the BME

P.Moson, BME, Hungary 16 bme.hu/bulletin This Catalogue provides information on the programs and services of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. It contains academic information, academic calendar, description of curricula and subjects of eight faculties PreEngineering Course, Hungarian and CE Studies, and list of Hungarian embassies, contacts and other relevant information.

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P.Moson, BME, Hungary 22 HUNGARY inhabitants live in the capital, BUDAPEST HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE, related to Finnish Member of the EUROPEAN UNION since 2004

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