Snapshot on Hungarian Higher Education in 2011

Paszkál Kiss

Eötvös Loránd University

Outline

• A general view on Hungarian HE

• HE and labour market in Hungary

• A case: Eötvös Loránd University

A GENERAL VIEW ON HUNGARIAN HE

Ratio of secondary school graduates by county 2005

• Decreasing number of cohorts to enter HE

• Central and Western regions have more secondary school graduates

Structure of HE in Hungary

• BA programs generally started in 2006

• Radical measures to introduce multiple levels

HE institutions in Hungary

• 69 institutions– 25 univ.

– 44 appl. univ.

• Budapest leads

• Regional university centers

HE institutions by maintainer

• Diversified ownership

• State maintains most of universities and bigger applied universities (college)

Planned changes in national regulation• Change in entrance conditions

– foreign language as a requirement

– re-introducing entrance exams

• Change in financing– decreasing financing in absolute numbers

– less weight of student numbers

• Change in study programs– increased role of one cycle study programs

– differentiate study programs offered by research universities or universities of applied sciences

HE AND LABOUR MARKET IN HUNGARY

Ratio of graduates in different age groups 2008

• Still not very high proportions of graduates

• Good opportunities in the job market

• Added value of graduation in salaries

Graduates in the labour market• Graduates’ career opportunities have worsened,

especially among freshly graduated:– longer term of the job-seeking,

– unemployment rate of freshly graduated increases,

– oversupply in certain fields: e.g. law, business, communication.

• But:– higher needs for labour in other fields: e.g. engineering,

– salaries are significantly higher for graduates (highest diff. in EU),

– varying needs of the labour market: some skills become more important (communication, foreign language knowledge).

• Unemployment rate among graduates is lower, approx. 3-5%, (average 10%)

Perceptions of employment among graduates• Will you find a proper job in your profession in 1-2 years?

Source: GCTS - Student Survey 2009, N=7800

absolutely yes29%

yes, likely54%

don't know3%

absolutely no2%

not likely12%

HE and labour market at two levels• Government actions / provisions

– introducing the Bologna system,

– compulsory professional internship in some fields,

– establishing ‘Financial Boards’ (FB) supervising HEIs.

• Institutional actions– formalising labour market relations (FB, Magistrate),

– joint degrees (internship, sandwich training, integrated industrial training),

– joint development projects (R&D),

– Career Offices: career counselling, employment agency, alumni

– Graduate Career Tracking Program

A CASE: EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY

Hungarian leading universities in numbers

N of PhD students

N Students

N staff

Eötvös Loránd University 1.453 30.378 2.114

Univeristy of Debrecen 854 30.418 1.685

University of Szeged 617 28.777 2.131Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)

626 23.068 1.219

University of Pécs 892 30.620 1.874

Corvinus University of Budapest 284 18.031 848

University of Miskolc 207 13.602 720

Pannon University 185 10.478 422

Szent István University 257 13.980 667

Total of above 5.709 209.954 12.823

National total 6.911 381.033 22.475

Proportions to national total 82.6 % 55.1 % 57.0 %

Budgetary comparison of CEU universities

million € N Students

Charles University, Prague 202 42.400

Warsaw University 132 $ 56.858

Eötvös Loránd University 93 30.378

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg 243 21.022

Humboldt-Universität Berlin 259 34.072

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 283 27.602

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen 385 23.000

Freie Universität Berlin 380 31.000Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

380 44.405

Universität Wien 451 74.214J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main

476 34.000

Technische Universität München 503 23.338

ELTE in a nutshell• One of the most attractive universities for students:

– 15.109 applicants in first place (10,7% of total)

– 9700 first year students (9,8% of total)

• Primary research potential:– 1098 persons with PhD or higher scientific ranks

• Widespread offer in study programs– 8 faculties

– 69 BA study programs

– 91 MA study programs

– 29 study programs in foreign languages

– 17 doctoral school (95 PhD programs)

– 32 238 courses offered simultaneously

Graduates’ perception: best institutions in their study field  1. 

institution2. 

institution3. 

institution

ELTE 87,3 13,4 6,1SZTE 3,2 31,9 23,0PTE 1,0 12,0 21,9BME 2,7 11,9 4,1PPKE - 9,6 10,0DE - 7,8 19,4BCE 1,5 5,2 4,2KGRE 1,2 2,3 3,0SE - 2,1 1,4ME - 1,6 2,6EKF - - 1,2

Horizontal match between studies and job

• Majority of graduates find a good horizontal fit between studies and current job.

Employer type

• Most of graduates are employed by the public sector.

Thank you!

kiss.paszkal@ppk.elte.hu