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1. Department of International Education and Mobility
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
E: iro@elte.hu
T: 0036 1 411 6543
W: www.elte.hu/en
Facebook: www.facebook.com/elteinternational
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Introduction of the university
11 February 2015
Budapest, Hungary

3. Brief history of ELTE
1635
1777
1950
Founded by Péter Pázmány, the Archbishop of Esztergom
Moved from Nagyszombat (Trnava) to Buda, then to Pest
Adopted the name of Loránd Eötvös (1848-1919)
ELTE is among the 15 largest universities in the world
Turn of the
18th-19th century

4. Eight facultiesFaculties of Informatics / Science /
Social Sciences
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Humanities

5. Eight faculties
Faculty of Special Education
Faculty of Primary and Pre-School Education
Faculty of Education and Psychology

6. • Central University Library founded in 1561
• 8th century Beda fragment
• 185 codices, 1,150 incunabula, 2,600 old printed Hungarian books
• 2 million titles, over 200,000 journals, 600 online periodicals, and 100 online databases
• e-text archives, online copies of printed documents, electronic-only materials and CD-
ROMs
ELTE
University
Library Network
konyvtar.elte.hu

7. • First botanical garden in Hungary (founded in 1771)
• National nature reserve since 1960
• About 7,000 species and variations of plants
ELTE
Botanical Garden
www.fuveszkert.org

8. 8
• The first choir and university orchestra in higher education in Hungary
• Three amateur groups (Béla Bartók University Choir, University Orchestra, and ELTE Folk
Dance Group) on over forty international tours
• Repertoire includes works of Hungarian composers, folk dance traditions of Hungarians
and other cultures from the Carpathian Basin
• Director: László Kovács (internationally acknowledged conductor and pianist)
Eötvös Art Ensemble
W: www.zene.elte.hu

10. ELTE alumni and professors
László Lovász (1948-)‫‏‬
Wolf Prize, Kyoto Prize
John von Neumann
(1903-1957)‫‏‬
PhD at ELTE
Pál Erdős
(1913-1996)‫‏‬

11. Hungary’s largest selection of educational programs
8faculties
28,000students, 2,000international students
combined undergraduate-graduate
teaching programs
96master programs
60 degree programs in foreign languages (mainly in English)
118doctoral programs in 17doctoral schools
38bachelor programs, 98

12. Facts and figures - Students
Faculty of
Humanities 23%
Faculty of Science
17%
Faculty of Law
14%
Faculty of
Education and
Psychology 13%Faculty of
Informatics 9%
Faculty of Primary
and Pre-School
Education 9%
Faculty of Social
Sciences 8%
Bárczi Gusztáv
Faculty of Special
Education 7%

13. Number of first-year students: ab. 8,600
Total number of students: ab. 28,000
Facts and figures - Students
Bachelor level
training; 16,017
Master level
training; 4,298
Undivided degree
program; 2,598
PhD, DLA; 1,442
Vocational
training; 1,355
Higher-level
vocational training;
296

14. Ranking Higher Education Institution
Student
excellence
Academic
excellence
1. Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) 3. 1.
2. University of Szeged (SZTE) 5. 2.
3. Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE) 9. 3.
4. Semmelweis University (SE) 4. 10.
4. Károli Gáspár University (KRE) 11. 3.
6. University of Pécs (PTE) 10. 6.
7. Corvinus University (BCE) 2. 15.
8. University of Debrecen (DE) 6. 12.
9. Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) 1. 20.
10. University of West Hungary (NYME) 20. 3.
Higher education in Hungary: University ranking
Source: eduline.hu (2012 November)

15. International relations: Bilateral agreements
7
18
• Extensive relationships with universities all over the world
• Formal agreements with 200 universities in the world at an institutional
or a faculty level, and 355 Erasmus partner universities.
• Main areas of cooperation:
– Joint training and research projects
– Joint participation in international conferences and workshops
– Accreditation of courses
– Exchange of students and guest lecturers
125
4
55
665 Erasmus agreements with
355 universities

16. International relations: University networks
• AUDEM (Alliance of Universities for Democracy)
• AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie)
• CEI UniNet (Central European Initiative University Network)
• Coimbra Group
• Danube Rectors’ Conference
• EUA (European University Association)
• UNICA Network (Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe)
• Utrecht Network
• CENTRAL (Central European Network for Teaching and Research in
Academic Liaison)
CENTRAL

17. Degree programs in English:
Faculty of Education and Psychology
Psychology BA, MA, PhD ●
Intercultural Psychology and Pedagogy MA

18. Degree programs in English:
Faculty of Humanities
English and American Studies BA ● German BA, MA ● Italian BA, MA ●
Portuguese BA, MA ● Spanish BA, MA ● American studies MA ● English studies MA ●
History MA ● Logic and the theory of science MA ● French BA, MA ● Polish MA ● Romanian
BA, MA ● Russian MA ● Scandianvian Studies BA, MA
Doctoral schools:
Art history ● History ● Linguistics ● Literary Studies ● Philosophy

19. Degree programs in English:
Faculty of Informatics
Computer Science preparatory program, BSc, MSc, PhD

20. Degree programs in English:
Faculty of Law
European and International Business Law (LL.M)

21. Degree programs in English:
Faculty of Social Sciences
Ethnic and Minority Studies MA ●
Health Policy, Planning and Financing MSc (specialization in Health Economics)

22. Degree programs in English:
Faculty of Science
Biology BSc, MSc, PhD ● Chemistry BSc, MSc, PhD ● Physics BSc, MSc, PhD ● Mathematics
BSc, MSc, PhD ● Environmental Science BSc, MSc, PhD ● Earth Science BSc, MSc, PhD

23. Joint degree programs
Erasmus Mundus Programs
• TEMA: European Territories (Civilisation, nation, region, city): Identity
and Development, TEMA Erasmus Mundus Master Course mastertema.eu
• DCGC: Doctorate in Cultural and Global Criminology www.dcgc.eu
EIT ICT Labs MSc programs ictlabs.elte.hu
• Security and Privacy
• Service Design and Engineering

24. Contact us
Department of International Education and Mobility
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Facebook www.facebook.com/elteinternational
Web www.elte.hu/en
E-mail iro@elte.hu
Address Hungary, 1056 Budapest
Szerb utca 21-23
Phone +36 1 411 6543