Márton BélikRector’s Office,

Department of International Education and Mobility

Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

General Data

Eötvös Loránd University, BudapestBudapestH-1053 Egyetem tér 1-3.HungaryTel.: +36-1-266-3119 Fax: +36-1-266-9786e-mail: rektor@ludens.elte.hu

rektit@ludens.elte.hu

Leadership

RECTORFull Professor Ferenc Hudecz, Ph.D.

VICE-RECTOR for General AffairsFull Professor Marianna Fazekas, Ph.D.

VICE-RECTOR for Research and International CooperationFull Professor Magdolna Orosz, Ph.D.

VICE-RECTOR for Academic AffairsFull Professor László Zentai, Ph.D.

Brief History of ELTE1635 founded by Péter Pázmány, the Archbishop of Esztergom

(Faculties of Arts and Theology)1667 Faculty of Law 1769 Faculty of Medicine1777 moved from Nagyszombat (Trnava) to Buda, then to PestTurn of the 18th-19 cc. one of the 15 largest universities

in the world1949 Faculty of Science 1950 adopted the name of Loránd Eötvös (1848-1919), 2001 Lágymányos Campus completed2000-2003 New faculties

Nagyszombat (Trnava),

12 May, 1635

The Deed of Foundation

Law

Humanities

Informatics/Sciences/Social Sciences

Faculty buildings 1

Elementary and Nursery School Teachers' Training Special

Education

Faculty buildings 2

ELTE University Library

oldest library in the country (1561) 2 million titles an 8th century Beda fragment 185 codices, 1150 incunabula and 2600 old Hungarian printed books

ELTE University Library

ELTE Botanical Gardenestablished in 1771

BEAC sections:

Athletics Badminton Basketball Chess Football Handball Hiking Karate Orienteering Students' Athletics Club Table Tennis Tennis Water Polo

Albert Szent-Györgyi1937 Medicine

Nobel Prize laureates

György Békésy1961 Medicine

János Harsányi 1994 Economics

Fülöp Lénárd 1905 Physics

György Hevesy1943 Chemistry

Pál Erdős(1913-1996)

Lipót Fejér (1880-1959

Student, professor

in mathematics

John von Neumann (1903-1957)László Lovász

(1948-)

8 facultiesFaculty of HumanitiesFaculty of LawFaculty of Science Faculty of InformaticsFaculty of Education and Psychology Faculty of Social Sciences Bárczi Gusztáv College of Special EducationFaculty of Primary and Nursery School Teachers' TrainingOther institutions

Facts and figures(2008/09)

• Number of first year students: 7 014• Total number of students: 29 031• Total number of academic staff: 1 415

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 10Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences 15Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 201Candidate of sciences 346Master DLA 6dr. univ. 59Dr. (Title)/Doctor of Sciences 44Doctor (PhD) 734

Distribution of students by faculties (2007/08)Law

(15.3%)

Humanities(26.8%)

Education and Psychology(8.5%)

Social Sciences(7.1%)

Special Education(6.3%)

Elementary andnursery school teachers

(9.3%)

Informatics(8.9%)

Science(17.8%)

BA/ BSc (33.9%)

MA/ MSc (51.5%)

PhD, DLA (5.1%)

Higher levelvocationaltraining (0.4%)Vocationaltraining (9.1%)

Distribution of students by level (2007/08)

National university ranking by applications 2008 (2007)

9,938BMGE7. (7.)10,049BCE6. (6.)12,331BGF5. (5.)13,674DE4. (4.)13,759PTE3. (2.)14,145SZTE2. (3.)16,962ELTE1. (1.)

Application and

admission

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5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 82001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Applicants (all)

Applicants (first)

Admitted

45 362

7 438 (14%)

710

357 (33%)

Students and degrees issued in Hungary (2007/08)

Σ: 53 000 degrees Σ: 1 067 PhD degrees

377 000

Σ: 409 000 studentsELTE 32 000 (7 %)

International Relations

Main areas:

International cooperation- networks- bilateral relations

International mobility (Teachers & Students)

Foreign language programmes/possibilities

University delegations

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNIVERSITY NETWORKS

• EUA (European University Association), • UNICA (Universities from Capitals of Europe),• the Coimbra Group, • the Utrecht Network • the Danube Rectors' Conference• CEI UniNet (Central European Initiative University Network)• IAUP (International Association of University Presidents)

Currently, ELTE gives the president of the DRC &Prof. László Boros is in the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group

International Relations

Bilateral agreements:

• extensive relationships with universities all over the world• formal agreements with 120 universities in Europe, Asia, Africa, North

and South America at an institutional or a faculty level, and 298 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

Erasmus programme Increasing number of partners and mobility:1998-99: 64 institutions(quota: 178 students and 72 teachers)2009-10: 298 institutions(quota: 985 students and 514 teachers)The number of Erasmus students:

outgoing incoming1998-99 : 116 192004-05: 265 99

2007-08: 422 + 44 (intern.) 150

2009-2010 (planned) 520 + 44 (intern.) 180

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