Higher education and lifelong learning in Hungary Eszter Pál Bobákné Desk Officer for Higher Education Ministry Of National Resources

Higher education and lifelong learning during the Hungarian EU Presidency 2 main events during the Hungarian Presidency: – Meeting of the Directors General for Higher Education – Conference on the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)

Meeting of the EU Directors General for Higher Education th April, Budapest – organized in cooperation with the European Commission Participants: Directors General for Higher Education and Chairs of the National Rectors’ Conferences of the EU Member States, DGs for HE of the EFTA countries, representatives of the European Commission, representatives of European HE organisations Central topic: Governance and diversity

Meeting of the Directors General for Higher Education Meeting of the Directors General for Higher Education Main topics 1.The need for more diversity in the European higher education landscape – Main trends in Europe and outside Europe 2.Governing diversity in the HE system 3.Governance for innovation 4.Profiling HE institutions in changing landscapes

Meeting of the Directors General for Higher Education Meeting of the Directors General for Higher Education Main conclusions Diversity plays an important role in the promotion of excellence and high quality More diverse HE systems are more responsive to the changing social and economic needs and contribute to increasing the attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area Importance of specific governmental measures, as well as the capability of institutions to develop their institutional profile More innovative solutions are necessary at both system and institutional level Need for new transparency tools in order to make the increasing diversity in HE visible

Conference on the European Qualifications Framework ( Conference on the European Qualifications Framework (25-26 th May, Budapest) Organised in cooperation with the European Commission 200 participants from 40 countries Topic: implementation process of the EQF Recommendation Seminar for the pre-accession countries – in cooperation with the European Training Foundation

Conference on the European Qualifications Framework Aims Overview & stocktaking of the implementation, lessons learned Identifying further challenges, tasks, new incentives Enriching our vision regarding the way forward Discussing possible scenarios for valuing EQF at European and NQF at national level

Conference on the European Qualifications Framework Main topics Trust towards the national referencing process The impact of national qualifications frameworks and learning outcomes approach Qualifications Framework as a policy instrument for Lifelong Learning NQFs as communication tools. How qualifications frameworks can promote dialogue and cooperation External dimensions of the European Qualifications Framework and potential of policy co-operation with other regions

Contributions of Education to the objectives and headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy Major priority: contribution of education and training to the objectives and flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy (Youth on the Move, New Skills for New Jobs) Combatting early school leaving and promoting learning mobility Talent support: presidential conference was organised on 7-9 April 2011, in Budapest examining EU 2020 related education policies and sharing best practicies of talent support

The learning mobility for the purpose of acquiring new knowledge, new skills and competences is one of the fundamental way in which young people can develop their abilities, become well educated, informed, can further develop their creativity, enhance their development as active citizens and can strengthen their future employability.

Higher Education in Hungary History Peregrination: Hungarian students in Bologna, Prague and Paris First university established in 1367 in Pécs 1395: University of Óbuda

Today Basic Structure: 180 BA/BSc MA/MSc credits 150 credits for a teacher’s qualification (MA/MSc) Doctoral programme: 180 credits Law, medicine, theology, some courses in the field of technology and art: 300 or 360 one-tier courses Postgraduate specialist training courses: credits

University Eötvös Lóránd and University of Szeged: in the top 500 universities according to QS rankings Faculty of Arts of the Central European University among the best faculties of arts in the world

Erasmus Mundus in Hungary cc. 150 student begin their studies in Hungary every year 26 Hungarian student study abroad 5 participating universities offer 12 Erasmus Mundus Master Courses programmes Two of them are coorinated by Hungarian Universities (Eötvös Lóránd University and Central European University)

József László Bíró

János Neumann

Kálmán Kandó and Ábrahám Ganz