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BME Graduates’ YearbookAcademic Year 2015-2016 · Volume 1

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

BME Graduates’ YearbookAcademic Year 2015-2016

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Managing Editor: Valéria Balogh

Design and Layout: György Ádám Horváth

Photo Credit: György Ádám Horváth (student portraits, university stills and trips), János Philip (stills, portraits and miscellaneous) The manuscript was closed on 31 January 2016.

© Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2016,except photographs © their respective authors.

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The direct predecessor of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics was established in 1782 by Emperor Joseph II. This institution, known as the Institutum Geometricum, was part of the Faculty of Liberal Arts at the University of Buda. During the past 234 years, the professors of the university have striv-en to provide an outstanding quality of education. This has earned the university an international repu-tation, attracting students and also professors from all over the world.

Our university has eight faculties. They are, in order of foundation: Civil Engineering, Me-chanical Engineering, Architecture, Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Natural Sciences, Economic and Social Sciences.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This is the quotation from Nelson Mandela. It is unquestionably true and es-pecially applicable for engineers who have the power to make a better world: Sustainable energy, clean water, safe transport on roads and bridges producing less pol-lution, buildings for comfortable living and working, machines and robots for work and for amusement, fast and reliable communications, medical equipment that assure a good quality of life for the individual and can be financed by society, and healthy food for us all. All of these goals need engineering solutions to make the world a safer, better and more exciting place to be. This is also your responsibility. You have acquired the necessary knowledge and skills to make your own contribution. As a graduate you will certainly do your best for your colleagues, company and society.

Two components are decisive for a good diploma: good teachers and a good student. I can say our university has provided you with excellent teachers – and being good students was up to you. Your diploma certificates attest that you have been just that.

Undoubtedly, the university years will be your best memory, the engineering profession will provide you the joy of creation. Wherever you may end up, you will take BME, Buda-pest and Hungary with you: its culture, customs and traditions will remain in your heart.

Viszontlátásra!

Dr. Károly VeszprémiVice-Rector for Education

A Message from the Vice-Rector for Education

Dr. Károly Veszprémi

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Dear Students, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,

On behalf of Budapest University of Technology and Economics I warmly welcome you at this opening ceremony. A new semester is a new possibility to ac-quire new competencies, to develop new skills. We try to make our best to enrich your minds with in-valuable knowledge.

Today higher education is available for many. The number of students awarded first de-grees increased twenty-fold, those awarded higher degrees increased seventy-six-fold be-tween 1950 and 2010 at UK universities. The change is similar all over the world. This resulted in substantial changes in the labor market, too. Surveys show that graduates do not expect to enter graduate level work straight away. They understand that they have to progress through stepping stones to develop the necessary skills for a graduate level occu-pation. You are in the lucky group. Finding an appropriate job is easier with an engineering diploma. But you also have to realize that you are responsible for yourselves!

As a Chinese proverb says, ‘Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.’ Take this ad-vice. Devote enough time for your studies.

You’ll need to work hard: learn for tests and examinations, make your homework and pro-ject works, write your theses and defend it on the final exam.

It is worth to be diligent! Budapest University of Technology and Economics is among the most reputable universities in Central Europe. Furthermore, its diploma is recognized all over the world! With it you can get a prestigious job or continue your studies. You are of course welcome to continue your studies at master level at our university, and later become a PhD student. Our professors, staff members are involved in a great number of research and development projects. Especially during master and PhD courses you have the pos-sibility to join a research group, to accomplish individual work or thesis work as a member of a team. The experiences you can gain will greatly help you find an excellent job. One of the highest priority expectations from the employers’ side is the ability to teamwork.

The engineering diploma is a treasure for the professional career. Believe me, it is more than that! Designing a green house, a new biomedical instrument or supervising the pro-duction line composed of robots assembling hybrid cars is an intellectual challenge.

Welcome speech by the Vice-Rector Emeritus

for EducationDr. Ákos Jobbágy

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Don’t forget the responsibility you will have as an engineer for your team. To help you we will try to develop your management and organizational skills, too.

You will also play an important role to keep the world safe, to protect the environment, to assure sustainable progress and to help the fair distribution of resources among people. You must be aware that there are hundreds of millions illiterate around the world!

In your spare time enjoy Budapest and Hungary. It is good to make new friends; it is worth to get acquainted with Hungarian customs, culture and food. You can also use the new sport and fitness centre of the University in building EL.

Let me finish my talk with a quotation from Maxim Gorky: ”When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.”

I wish you pleasant and successful stay in Budapest. Thank you for your attention!

Dr. Ákos JobbágyVice-Rector Emeritus for Education

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“Good morning everybody!

On behalf of the staff of the Centre of Modern Lan-guages, the language teaching unit of our university let me welcome you to the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

The aim of the intensive language course is to brush up your English with special regard to the study and academic skills you need to be equipped with to be

able to conduct your studies in the English medium instruction BSc training.

Along with your English studies you will get lessons in Hungarian culture and Hungarian language to help you function in our country while you are staying here. The social pro-grammes, trips we are planning for you are aimed to fulfil this objective.

Finally let me wish you good luck with your studies and a nice stay in our capital, in our country.

When students begin their studies at our University, it is customary that they make a Sol-emn Declaration. As a student at BME, it is now your turn to make this Declaration.

Text of the Solemn Declaration

‘I, [...], a student of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, a foreign citi-zen residing in Hungary solemnly declare that I shall observe the statutory provisions ob-ligatory for foreign citizens in Hungary and the relevant statutes of this University. I shall always display respect for the University. I shall refrain from participating in or organizing any activity, which would disturb normal functioning and the academic atmosphere of the University. I shall do my best to complete my studies to the best of my ability, to deepen my knowledge of the achievements of progressive science and to become an expert in my profession’.”

Welcome address by the Head of the Centre of Modern Languages

Dr. Judit Sárvári

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Dear Students, Rector, Vice-Rectors, Deans and Profes-sors, Ladies and Gentlemen!

I am delighted to be here with you and to have the op-portunity to welcome all our new students on behalf of the Student Union of BME. You should all bear in mind that our university besides its educational and scientific significance, provides its students with several additional opportunities, a great part of which is organized by the Student Union. Our university has a long past as the leading technical university of Hungary. Moreover, it is one of the best ones in Central Europe so you can be

convinced that your education is in good hands. However, it depends on you whether you par-ticipate in BME’s student life which I highly recommend. Because we, the students of BME are endeavoured not only to be excellent students but to have an active role in the student life which sometimes takes some of our free time but this will turn out to be useful later on.

As I recall my memories of the time I have spent here, I can say that it was really worth coming to BME. While I took the first steps up on the entry stairs of the Central Building (this building) as a freshman, I was really excited. I knew that a new period has started for me which is full of chances. I was happy to be a student of a university that is so well-known for its acknowledged formations and can be proud not only of its academic primacy but its role in Hungary’s history or of its colourful student life, as well. I was awaiting my first classes and I couldn’t wait to start my preparation for my future profession and start a new page in the book of my life. Since my first days here I have been the member of a community that organizes its own life and provides opportunities to its (own) members for entertainment, sports, leisure activities, parties and almost everything they need. All these years have given several memories to me that I will be pleased to recall, I have got so many friends who I will be happy to see again later in my life. This institution offers a lot more than simple education, it offers us relations, skills, friends and furthermore it becomes a part of our lives and we have to seize the day to enjoy these opportunities.

We, the Student Union, make it possible for our students to organize their own activity within groups of similar interests, we have dormitory clubs which provide entertainment for our students and we organize several events like the BME Festival or the Faculty Days of the different facul-ties. Besides all these, we are responsible for the representation of more than 20 000 students, so yours as well, within the decision-making bodies of the university.

For these reasons I encourage you to participate in the student life, try to integrate yourself, get to know your fellow Hungarian friends and we will do our best to help your integration.

And for closing my speech I would like to wish you successful studies at BME and I wish that you spend at least as beautiful years here, as I have!

Ladies and Gentlemen, my fellow students, thank you for attention!

Welcome speech on behalf of the Student Union of BME

Dávid Hoffer

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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen,

Before I begin, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rudolf Bárdos and I’m here today on behalf of the fresh-men student body. I was given the honors of giving this speech so I’m here to do so.

Fear not I’m not here to preach like a politician, even though I’m wearing a suit, but I’m here to thank all those who made it possible for us to be here and will make it possible for us to stay here.

But before I do that let me try and demonstrate what support means through a little story. You better listen, because this question will be on your up-coming midterm test…. I’m just kidding. All jokes set aside; transitioning is never easy in all areas of life. Whether it is governments that are trying to implement new policies, or companies trying to relocate their facilities, or you as an individual moving from one place to another, in this case from secondary school to university, obstacles will be met!

Just as it was hard to make the move from kindergarten to primary school, from primary school to secondary school, it will be hard to make the transition from secondary school to university. And we are in this transition at the moment! University is about trying to become more independent so that once you acquire your degree you can overcome these obstacles much more easily.

The road to acquiring your university degree will not be easy and no one said it would. Without support, from our fellow teachers and administrators, this will not be possible. So please give them a round of applause to them. With accepting the honorary oath, we as students will fully follow it and we have hope that our teachers and administrators will guide us through our years here at the University of Technology and Economics, because after all we are one big family.

On a final thought I would like to end my speech with a quote from Steve Jobs: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” I hope this quote will make you think about life and I wish everyone a prosperous future!

Thank you.

Welcome address on behalf of the freshmen at BME

Rudolf Bárdos

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Opening Ceremonies

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Dear Graduating Students,

Steven Spielberg once said:

“You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can’t even imagine dreaming”

Why do I quote it to you? Just look around! The after-math of the global economic crisis is challenging the whole World; environmental problems are threaten-ing the life on the Globe; and so on…

So we need you. We need the dreams, expertise and activity of your generation, to solve those problems and prevent new ones! What seems to be impossible today, will be “the present of the future”. Flying together with birds, swimming among the fish was impossible for centuries. These are everyday activities today.

You worked hard during your years at BME, and you have to continue to do that wherever life may take you. You will see that your knowledge and your special experiences in a for-eign country, like Hungary, have a very good value on the job market. You moved to Hun-gary and spent – I hope – one of the most important and interesting periods of your lives here. That move was not just a challenge, risk and hard work, but – I am also convinced – it was a fantastic feeling, a lot of fun also. Remember us please, and come back as MSc or PhD students, or as a scientific partner later.

Finally, let me share with you an important message of Jack Welch, the chairman of the General Electric, who once said:

“Control your own destiny, or someone else will!”

László DvorszkiInternational and Scientific Director

Farewell address by the Interna-tional and Scientific Director

László Dvorszki

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Dear vice-rector, vice-deans, directors, Distinguished pro-fessors, Beloved parents, guests, Ladies and gentlemen.

I am deeply honoured to stand before you today to speak on behalf of my fellow graduates, the class of 2016.

Ladies and gentlemen, this group of graduating students have come from very far places. We have come from dif-ferent countries, different cultures and backgrounds, but we all have a few things in common: we all wanted to learn; we wanted to become great engineers in the future.

Easier said than done. As we arrived in BME, we were subjected to very difficult chal-lenges. It was tough, it was very demanding. Sometimes we felt like quitting, sometimes we felt like it was impossible. But we remained patient, we were nervous about the next test and exam but we prepared ourselves for what was going to come. We made the necessary sacrifices and worked very hard. We got a relief every time we passed an exam, but sud-denly another one was coming and again and again and again! Every semester seemed like it was the one that was going to break us, but not at all.

By then, we were stronger, and this one passes too. And then came the final exam.

But Ladies and gentlemen by this time we have got it, we have got the message of the pro-fessors, we were still scared but we were courageous! We knew whatever was coming in this exam; we have seen something like it in the past. And nothing was going to stop us.

Here we are today, we are finally graduating from BME. What a great relief.

Now, I wish to congratulate our dear parents; this was made possible only by their sacrific-es. They have worked so hard to give us a great education, to give us a better opportunity than they had. Words cannot express our appreciation. Thank you very much Mum and thank you very much Dad. We forever remain indebted to you.

Dear parents: while you sent us abroad to study, we fell into the hands of another group of people who offered us a different kind of support. Our professors, they were generous enough to share their expertise with us, to put us on the right path and they were stern enough to build us into young engineers, all they demanded was for us to be diligent with our course work. Thank you very much, professors, thank you very much for your support through our degree program.

Farewell speech on behalf of the graduating students

Sadiq Abbas Tafida

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And finally, to my fellow graduates: BME has taught us that with hard work, patience and perseverance, we can become whatever we want to become, no matter where we come from. From the moment the exam committee awarded us our bachelors degrees, we got a feeling of accomplishment, we could hear ourselves saying, I have finally made it, and I can do whatever I want to do in the future as long as I put in the work that is needed to accomplish my goal.

My friends, this is a challenge for us all, a challenge to do more than we have ever thought was possible. A challenge to dream bigger, to achieve greater success and be the change we want to see in the world. Once again congratulations the class of 2016, congratulations dear parents.

Thank you very much.

Tisztelt Professzor Urak! Kedves Szülok és diáktársaim!

Szüleink Magyarországra küldtek minket, hogy a Budapesti Muszaki és Gazdaságtu-dományi Egyetemen tanuljunk. Nagy változás és hatalmas kihívás volt számunkra min-den nap. Keményen dolgoztunk, hogy ma átvehessük a diplománkat. Sokat tanultunk és néhány év múlva talán úgy érezzük majd, hogy mérnökök lettünk.

Köszönjük oktatóinknak a tudást és a kitartást, amit átadtak nekünk. Szüleinktol távollé-tükben is támogatást és erot kaptunk. Ezekbol építettük fel a diplomát.

Magyarország és a Muegyetem mindig második otthonunk lesz.

Viszontlátásra!

Sadiq Abbas Tafida

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Dear vice rector, vice deans, director, parents, guests and most importantly todays graduates of the year 2016!

It is a great honour for me to direct some words to you. A new chapter begins in your lives this day, on which you receive your diplomas handed out in this festively decorated hall on this very official ceremony. Your near future just begins and after reaching this big milestone in your lives, it is worth to take a look back on the path which lead you here.

Films are showing up to our inner eye, pictures, mo-ments, challenges and also defeats you faced on your ways here. It was an exciting time but the price had to be paid. I´m thinking of the efforts you had to bring up, the perseverance in end-less learning sessions and maybe the tears you shed when being confronted to sudden barriers. Furthermore many sleepless nights and some severe headaches the next day from the party the night before. It was a high price you paid, i know, but what cost you so much will pay off not only today but also tomorrow. The logo/picture of this famous university adorns your diplomas which will be recognized not only nationally but internationally because of this university s excellent reputation previous generations of graduates carried into the world.

Before I came to BME I graduated in Germany where I did my bachelor’s degree not long ago. It was my wish to study abroad so I took the chance here in Hungary. Like some of you I was attracted by this outstanding city and wished to attend classes in the impressing old buildings at the renowned Budapest University of Technology and Economics, I already heard from before. Someday I will sit there where you sit and listen to these endless speeches like you now. Seems you have to take one more last horrible lecture, but I can assure you - it looks like you made it after all!

It is now time for you to say goodbye, maybe to shed a few tears of joy, as well as it is for us, the students, colleges and friends you are leaving behind. It was a great time for all of us, and on behalf of all students I wish you all the best for your future career and training decision and a successful start to your professional life. Have a great journey of life!

Viszontlátásra Magyarországon!

Farewell speech on behalf of the future graduates

Georg Jürgen Tepfenhart

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Dear Vice rectors, teachers, students,

Let me start by saying that I am very proud to be address-ing you today as the students of Budapest University of Technology and Economics for the last time. In some mo-ments we shall receive the diplomas and become gradu-ates. I guess that after the strain of final tests, credits and exams, not to mention the time consuming graduation theses (and its nerve-wrecking presentation), most of us were looking forward to this moment, when the studying is over, the diploma is in your pocket and you are free to

do what you like. But I want you to look around you and remember this moment. Recall the best moments of studying that you all shared with your teachers, groupmates, and family.

Remember all the good and also some bad times that you have spent here at the University, that made you get to this point where you are standing now. Remember your first lectures and recall your student friends with whom you shared every moment here. Remember your teachers who made you feel a tiny spark of interest glowing inside you and managed to supportit possible for you to be here today. Remember everything and carve this moment in your memory, as a mo-ment, when you should truly be proud of yourselves. When university studies are over, it is time to create your own lives, and for this you have the whole world. My first piece of advice is not to hesitate to step over the doorway that is already open for you. With the knowledge, this Univer-sity gave you and the friends you gained, you will win out the difficulties that come in your way. The main thing is to search hard for the job that you really like, and have persistence and faith. A job you like is not found lying in the street, it should be looked after. But in the end it will be there for you, and you’ll feel that this is what you want, as soon as you start it. Don’t settle and keep looking.

But however winding and different your life paths will be, you are all the graduates of one uni-versity. It gave everyone an opportunity to get good academic training, balance your personal priorities and feel free to choose whatever path you like.

Please allow me to finish my speech with a qoute by Michelle Obama: “I want you all to stay true to the most real, most sincere, most authentic parts of yourselves. I want you to ask those basic questions: Who do you want to be? What inspires you? How do you want to give back? And then I want you to take a deep breath and trust yourselves to chart your own course and make your mark on the world.“

On the behalf of the Mentor Team, I would like to wish you good luck, and I wish that all your dreams would come true! Thank you!

Farewell speech on behalf of the Mentor Team

Annabella Varga

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The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) is proud of its more than two-hundred-year tradition of excellence in engineering education. It has developed into the largest institutions of higher education in Hungary and is one of Central Europe’s most important research centres. The university considers scientific research and development of equal importance not only to its educational activities, but also to economic and social development.

The university takes special pride in the contributions made to science, engineering and culture by its faculty, graduates and researchers. The “elite-research university” status and award was given to the BME by the Ministry of Education and Culture, on 16th April, 2010.

Several Nobel Prize laureates have been associated with the BME:

Dennis GÁBOR (physics),

Eugene WIGNER (physics),

György OLÁH (chemistry)

Notable personalities have also studied or taught at the BME:

John von Neumann inventor of the computer,

Edward Teller nuclear physicist,

Leo Szilárd known for his work on nuclear chain reactions,

Marcell Breuer architect,

Theodor von Kármán aerodynamic scientist,

Erno Rubik inventor of the famous “magic cube”

Donát Bánki co-inventor of the carburetor

Károly Zipernowszky one of the inventors of the transformer

Dénes Mihály one of the inventors of television

Today, 77 departments and institutes operate within the structure of eight faculties. Seven knowledge centres have been established. About 1.100 lecturers, 400 researchers, other degree holders and numerous invited lecturers and practicing specialist experts participate in the education and research at the BME.

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About the Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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Approximately 800 of the university’s 24 000 students are from 50 different countries. The BME issues about 70% of Hungary’s engineering degrees.

The Goal of the BME is to graduate professionals who are capable of high-level creative work, who can organize and supervise production and infrastructure, and who are quali-fied to perform scientific research, participate in technical development, solve engineering problems and implement solutions. In additions to educating engineers and economists the university provides continuing training through:

•undergraduate programs in engineering and in business and management

•graduate programs in engineering specialization and in business administration and management

• refresher courses to inform practicing professionals about new scientific developments which affect their works

•Ph.D programs, guidance and instruction for scientific research fellows.

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The Faculty of Civil Engineering is the oldest Faculty of the Budapest University of Tech-nology and Economics and can trace its history back to the University’s predecessor, the Institutum Geometricum, founded by Emperor Joseph II in 1782. In the past 232 years, thousands of engineers have graduated from this Faculty to work worldwide as educators, international researchers and engineering project managers. The most essential service of the faculty - education linked closely to research and engineering work - is reflected in the scientific activities of nearly 140 engineers in 10 departments. They have contributed significantly to the scientific solution of diverse engineering problems. Out of the approxi-mately 2300 students, who study at this Faculty, yearly 50-100 students from abroad par-ticipate in the English language program.

The BSc engineering program in English leads to a BSc degree in four years, in the Branch of Structural Engineering. The branch offers specific educational objectives: Graduates from the Branch of Structural Engineering create engineering structures by utilizing and design-ing structural materials. They are expected to design, construct and organize the invest-ments of mechanically, structurally and technologically complex structures in cooperation with architects and transport and hydraulics specialists. Future structural engineers who graduate from this branch will be able to design and construct, among other things, flyo-vers and underground passages for traffic networks; power stations, cooling towers, crane ways, transmission line structures and TV towers; halls, storehouses, industrial plants, and multistory buildings as well as hydraulic engineering and water supply structures.

A new MSc course in Computational Structural Engineering was launched in September 2012. This MSc course provides advanced knowledge of structural analysis using modern computer techniques, including the theoretical background of the methods. This course might be useful not only for those who are interested in research and consider continuing doctoral studies, but for leading engineers of the future: practicing engineers facing special structural problems.

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Faculty of Mechanical EngineeringThe Mechanical Engineering Programme at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics began in 1863, and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was established soon afterward, beginning official operations in the academic year 1871-1872. The Faculty is justly proud of its continuous, progressive and more than 140-year history and now of-fers undergraduate and graduate programs in both Hungarian and English.

For more than five years, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has offered a 7 semester undergraduate BSc degree program in English. The new two-year graduate program in Eng-lish, leading to an MSc degree started in February 2009, and students can start their study

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either in the fall and in the spring semester. Individual postgraduate academic and research programs, which are usually completed in three to our years, are available for those who already have an MSc degree and wish to pursue a PhD degree.

The undergraduate BSc program of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is designed to continue a tradition of excellence by:

•providingwell-groundedandbroadknowledgethatgraduatesofthisFacultycanapplyimmediately in their work and also use as the basis for further studies; and

•graduatingcompetentengineerswhoarenotonlymastersoftheirprofession,butalsopossess an ethical philosophy of engineering based on accuracy, punctuality and reli-ability as well as a respect for the human element.

The goals of our MSc and PhD Programmes are as follows:

•totraincreative,inventivemechanicalengineerswhocanapplytheengineeringskillsand the knowledge they have gained from the natural sciences on a state-of-the-art level; and

•tofosterthedevelopmentofleadersinengineeringresearchanddevelopment.

The courses in the Mechanical Engineering Modelling MSc-programme deal with those time-dependent problems of mechanical engineering, which typically require the efficient modelling of tasks in order to access the continuously developing methods of computa-tional engineering. As the joke says: ‘One designed by a civil engineer starts moving that is bad, one designed by a mechanical engineer does NOT move that is bad, too.’ Modern computational methods are very popular since they show their easy-to-use interface for engineers. This often causes misunderstanding and disappointment during the naive ap-plications of engineering software. Computational methods are reliable if they are properly tested and the principles of their applied algorithms and procedures are understood. This is analogous to the modern cartoon industry: the 25 pictures of one second of a cartoon can be drawn by computers if the first and the last picture of that second are designed for them by the artist but the computers will totally fail if they have to draw the cartoon without any reference picture, or based on the first (or last) picture only.

The tasks of mechanical engineers that typically require the modelling of machines in mo-tion and that of time-varying processes are based on solid and fluid mechanics, thermody-namics and electronics. Modelling means the understanding and active application of the related theories, which are supported by differential equations and numerical methods in mathematics. Modelling needs also experimental work during the research-development-innovation process in case engineers do not have enough information about the motions and processes they want to capture by a model. Finally, modelling is also affected by the engineers knowledge in design, technology, and informatics, since the model should not be so complex that the available software is unable to solve them within reasonable time and for reasonable cost.

The above principles affected the formation of this master course. After the brief summary

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Faculty of Architecture

of the required fundamental courses (mathematics, mechanics, thermodynamics, electron-ics, control and informatics), the students have to choose a major and a minor specializa-tion from the following list of modules:

1. Solid Mechanics 2. Fluid Mechanics 3. Thermal Engineering 4. Design and Technology

The possible combinations provide flexibility among more research oriented knowledge (combinations of the first 3 modules), and the development oriented one (major from mod-ules 1-3 and module 4 as minor or vice versa).

This course is running in English only. It is based on the foundations provided by the long-standing positive traditions of some former successful courses of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at BME.

This course is also compatible to many master courses in mechanical engineering in the European Union (see, for example, U Bristol, U Bath, ENS Cachan, TU Karlsruhe, U Han-nover, TU Munich).

Our Faculty offers its engineering education excellence rooted in, and being fully aware of its unique position of training decision makers, and technological leaders of tomorrow. Our aim in the course of the training is to qualify our graduates to perform as competent problem solvers, good communicators, excellent team workers, successful project leaders, and - above all - ethical participants of the world around them – both locally and globally.

The Faculty of Architecture at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics focuses on training highly professional experts in architectural engineering who are aware of the social and cultural implications of their profession. Versatility is emphasised so that students will gain fundamental knowledge and abilities in every possible field of architec-ture and be able to find work in a highly competitive job market, and in any building- or design-related area of consulting, construction, and management. The 5-year programme in English leads directly to an MSc degree in Architecture and Architectural Engineering (Dipl. Ing. Arch.), but it is also possible to graduate as a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.

Graduates of the Faculty of Architecture are qualified for a broad spectrum of architectural occupations:

•Design,constructionandmaintenanceofresidential,public,industrialandagriculturalbuildings;

•Reconstructionandthepreservationofhistoricalmonuments;

•Urbandesignandsettlementplanning;and

•Administrationofalltheseactivities.

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The curricula were organised on Swiss and German models. The Faculty has maintained these traditions for the last 40 years but provides additional European and international dimensions through guest lecturers from abroad, topical short courses, workshop seminars and exchange programmes.

The five year programme of the Faculty of Architecture taught in English is in full conform-ity with the five-year program provided in Hungarian, which after two years practice and experience is accepted for access to EUR-ING title.

Academic Program of the Faculty of Architecture: BSc/MSc Studies

The two-level B.Sc, M.Sc training in the English speaking section of the Faculty of Archi-tecture is realized in a split-up system, in full conformity with the Hungarian speaking sec-tion. For B.Sc degree students has to accumulate min 240 credit points, for M.Sc degree min 300 credit points by accomplishing the obligatory subjects and gathering the remain-ing credit points by accomplishing elective subjects too. B.Sc degree can be obtained in a minimum of four years, M.Sc degree in a minimum of five years of study.

Students, both international and Hungarian, who have a command of both languages can choose from either programme. The participation of Hungarian students in the programme given in English has obvious advantages. It eases the integration of international students into the society, which surrounds them during the years of their studies. It also attracts students from European, American and other universities world-wide to study in Budapest within the framework of the International Student Exchange Programme and other agree-ments.

Hungarian students likewise gain the opportunity to study at schools of architecture abroad. These exchanges will become a powerful factor in achieving real convertibility among ed-ucational systems world-wide and, eventually, mutual international recognition of degrees.

Master’s Programme

Students who have earned BSc degrees in other schools of architecture can join the Master’s Programme. Programmes will be tailored to their previous education and special needs. In general they are admitted to the last two years of the five years program, and they have to col-lect minimum 120 credits. These studies encompass a wide range of complex design topics and elective subjects grouped in three directions:

•StructuralDesign-buildingsandotherstructures.

•ArchitecturalDesign-buildingswithdifferentfunctions,theirinteriorsandsurround-ings; the preservation of historical buildings.

•TownPlanning-urbandesign,settlementplanningandmanagement.

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Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

The education of chemical engineers and chemists has a long-standing tradition in Hun-gary. Hungary’s earliest chemistry department was established in 1763 at the Selmecbánya Mining School, the first school to offer practical instruction in the chemical laboratory. In 1769, a common department for chemistry and botany was founded at the University of Nagyszombat, which was resettled to Buda in 1777, and later to Pest. In 1846, the Depart-ment of General and Technical Chemistry was founded at Joseph II Industrial School, one of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics’s predecessor institutions. Educa-tion of chemical engineers, separate from that of mechanical and civil engineers, reaches back to the academic year 1863-1864.

The Royal Joseph Polytechnic became a technical university in 1871. The academic free-dom granted by this university-level status allowed students to freely select the subjects they wished to study. However, the need for an interrelated, logical sequence of subjects soon became evident, so in 1892 a compulsory curriculum and timetable was introduced. From the foundation of the Faculty until 1948, only a four-year-term of studies, without specialisations, was offered. Following the educational reforms of 1948, the departments of Inorganic Chemical Technology, Organic Chemical Technology, and Agricultural and Food Chemistry were established. The Inorganic Chemical Technology Department is no longer a part of the Faculty because in 1952 its tasks were taken over by the University of Chemical Industry in Veszprém. Further reforms in the 1960s extended chemical engi-neering studies to the MSc level and introduced the range of specialised studies identified below. A PhD programme has also been established. Studies in English at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering began in the academic year 1985-1986.

Students in the BSc program receive a thorough introduction to areas basic to chemical engineering before they begin their specialisations in the fifth semester. Courses of the fol-lowing branches are available to students depending on the number of applicants (at least 3 applicants) both at the BSc (7 semesters) and MSc (4 semesters) levels:

•AnalyticalandStructuralChemistry

•ChemicalandProcessEngineering

•IndustrialPharmaceutics

•PolymerTechnology

•TextileTechnology

The Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology aims for its students to acquire a profound theoretical knowledge in mathematics, physics and physical chemistry. It also aims to have its students experience, during their studies, all the types of tasks that chemi-

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cal engineers encounter in their practical everyday work.

Students will acquire up-to-date laboratory skills, get acquainted with the machines and apparati used in the chemical industry, know the principles needed for their optimal op-eration, and develop expertise in a more specific technology within the chemical, food and light industries. Graduates of this Faculty will be versed in:

•Theoperationsandpersonnelinvolvedinchemicalprocessesonanindustrialscale,

•Thedevelopmentofthetechnologyandproductsofindustrialchemicalprocesses,

•Thedesignofindustrialchemicalprocesses,

•Howachemicalproductorapplicationisintroducedintothenationaleconomy,and

•Theelaborationofnewchemicalprocesses,operationsandtechnologies.

Faculty ofTransportation Engineering

and Vehicle EngineeringThe Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering (founded in 1951) has been training engineers in the fields of transportation, vehicle engineering and logistics. Actually, conforming to the linear, there are three basic specifications:

•BScinTransportationEngineering,

•BScinVehicleEngineering,

•BScinLogisticsEngineering,

As the second stage of the linear training courses (BSc), there are three master training courses (MSc) in the same fields, i.e:

•TransportationEngineeringmasterspecialty,

•VehicleEngineeringmasterspecialty,

•LogisticsEngineeringmasterspecialty.

With adequate BSc qualification certified engineering qualification (MSc) can be obtained in 2 years at these master training specialties. All the fundamental and complementary ed-ucations continued at the Faculty are carried out in accordance with the rules of the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System). The quantity of students’ labour necessary for attaining the knowledge material of an arbitrary subject is measured through credit-points. One credit-point means on average 30 hours of student’s labour, one study semester contains a study material with the quantity of 30 credit-points.

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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering founded in 1949 has been renowned for excellence in research and education throughout the years of changes in the scope of engineering. Over this period, the faculty has earned a wide-spread international reputation for its high academic standards and scientific achievements.

Spearheading the movement to establish a modern education system, it has offered a com-prehensive English curriculum since 1984. In 1992 the name of the faculty was changed to Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics in order to give recognition to the grow-ing importance of computer science. The education programmes in English include a 3.5-year BSc, a 2-year MSc and a 3-year PhD programme in the fields of electrical engineering and engineering information technology.

The undergraduate BSc Programme (7 semesters) aims at providing a comprehensive knowl-edge with sound theoretical foundations in two areas: (1) Electrical Engineering including more specific studies in electronics, computer engineering and power engineering; and (2) Engineering Information Technology dedicated to the major domains of computer science. The major specializations in Electrical Engineering are infocommunication systems, em-bedded and controller systems and power engineering. Studies in Engineering Information Technology include specialization in infocommunication and software technology. Each specialization contains three courses focusing on the field of interest followed by a labora-tory course and a project laboratory. In order to pursue studies in a given specialization the number of students must exceed a certain threshold, otherwise the interested students are kindly directed to another specialization.

The MSc Programme (4 semesters) advances the knowledge in the following fields: (1) Elec-trical Engineering, offering specializations in (i) embedded systems, (ii) infocommunication systems, and (iii) electrical machines and drives; (2) Engineering Information Technology, offering specializations in (i) applied computer science, and (ii) system development; and (3) Business Information Systems, offering specialization in (i) Analytical Business Intel-ligence.

The post-graduate PhD Programme is available in all domains offered in the MSc pro-gramme.

Since research and development requires innovative engineering expertise, one of the major concerns of the faculty is to endow students with high level mathematical skills in modeling complex engineering systems. This objective implies the use of system and al-gorithmic theory in addition to a thorough knowledge in physics. The search for optimal solutions in the highly complex architectures of electrical engineering and engineering information technology necessitates not only engineering but economical considerations,

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Faculty of Natural Sciences

as well. As a result, the scope of the programme must include design, research and man-agement expertise at the same time.

Several strategies have been designed to help students develop high level skills in math-ematics, physics, and computation. Besides theoretical knowledge they need to carry out design and development activities in the field of communication, instrumentation, and power industries to further perfect their practical skills. The curriculum also includes solv-ing tasks in the fields of production and operation.

Scientific groups are formed to encourage the students to do independent but supervised laboratory work. Project laboratory is one of the core parts of the studies which are dedi-cated to independent problem solving with the armoury of modern work stations and software packages. The expertise of handling these tools are inevitable in pursuing an engineering career.

In order to strengthen the transfer of knowledge and know-how between the university and industry, the faculty maintains close contact with well known multinational companies in the field of communication and computer industry. As a result, many industrial experts offer their experience and knowledge as part-time lecturers, project supervisors, members of examination committees.

The Faculty of Natural Sciences, one of the newest faculties at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, was established in 1998 and now employs 196 full and part time faculty members. The Faculty provides classes in Physics, Mathematics and Cognitive Science and is designed to meet the needs of its own and other faculties.

Courses are offered on BSc and MSc degree levels. The Faculty provides post-graduate scientific training as well. Currently more than 65 PhD students are pursuing personal programs in different areas of sciences. The Faculty also offers short courses on specific topics of current interest. The Faculty of Natural Sciences administers its own BSc and MSc/MA programs in Physics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Cognitive Science. A continuing educational program is also offered in Reactor Physics and Reactor Technol-ogy. For many years the “Eugene Wigner International Training Course for Reactor Physics Experiments” has also been organized on a yearly basis.

The BSc in Physics Programme, a traditional curriculum, leads to a BSc degree in 6 semes-ters (currently available only in Hungarian). The facilities and scientific-tutorial background of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Nuclear Techniques offer unique opportuni-ties in areas like low temperature physics, acousto-optics, holography or the nuclear train-ing reactor. A further advantage of our Physics BSc Program is the engineering background provided by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Two specializations can be chosen: “Physicist” and “Applied Physics”.

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In another 4 semesters an MSc in Physics degree can be earned; courses are given also in English. This program provides comprehensive knowledge, built upon strong theoretical and experimental bases in four areas of specialization. Students who choose the speciali-zation “Research Physicist” get acquainted with theoretical tools of modern physics and with state of the art experimental methods. Students in specialization “Applied Physics” study material testing techniques, material science, optics and R&D skills. Graduates from the specialization “Nuclear Techniques” may become professionals in energetics, radiation and environment protection. The specialization “Medical Physics” transfers knowledge of creative use and development of modern medical instruments. A post-graduate PhD pro-gramme in Physics is available in all domains offered in the MSc programme. The BSc in Mathematics Programme, a traditional curriculum, leads to a BSc degree in 6 semesters (currently available only in Hungarian). In the fourth semester students are offered two op-tions: specialization “A” Theoretical Mathematics is recommended to those who are inter-ested in a deeper understanding of some branches of mathematics and in doing theoretical research and are probably going to continue their studies in a Mathematics MSc Program. Specialization “B” Applied Mathematics is recommended to students who are eager to ap-ply their knowledge in industry or finance. Therefore, we have prepared courses related to information technology, economical and financial mathematics, or technology. Gradu-ated students from either specialization are allowed to continue their studies in one of our Mathematics Master programs.

In another 4 semesters an MSc in Mathematics or MSc in Applied Mathematics degree can be earned. A large variety of subjects are offered in the MSc in Mathematics Programme, covering the topics algebra and number theory, analysis, geometry, probability theory and statistics, discrete mathematics, operations research. There is a large flexibility in choosing subjects according to the personal interests of the student.

From the available subjects we also offer two specializations called Analysis and Optimiza-tion. Students of the MSc in Applied Mathematics Programme choosing the “Applied Anal-ysis” specialization will meet applications of mathematical analysis in natural sciences, finance and industry. Graduates from the “Operations Research” specialization are able to create models for problems in controlling systems or optimization. Students who special-ized in “Financial Mathematics” can analyse financial processes or insurance problems and are able to interpret the results. Graduates from the “Stochastics” specialization can recognize and study random laws in various phenomena. The language of courses of the specializations “Financial Mathematics” and “Stochastics” is English.

MSc in Cognitive Science aims to train researchers skilled in complex analysis of hu-man cognition and knowledge relying on the methods of science. Students may complete courses in all major domains of cognitive science including cognitive psychology, neuro-science, linguistics and the philosophy of science. Students will be equipped with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills such as statistical analysis and research ethics. Graduates will be able to carry out research in various areas of cognitive science combin-ing theoretical insights and methods of biological (neuroscience, experimental psychology, developmental studies), and formal (mathematics, logic, philosophy of science, linguistics)disciplines. Graduates’ competences allow them to undertake doctoral studies, and to work in a variety of applied domains including medicine, biotechnology and education.

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Faculty of Economic andSocial Sciences

Continuing Educational Programme in reactor physics and technology is a four semester program offered to professionals working in the nuclear industry. The subjects include re-actor physics, thermohydraulics, radiation protection, radiochemistry, reactor technology, nuclear safety and laboratory experiments.

The Institute of Nuclear Techniques organises - or participates actively in the organisation of - several international courses as well. Worth mentioning are the HUVINETT (HUngar-ian VIetnamese Nuclear Engineering Train the Trainers) courses, where more than 150 Vi-etnamese educational professionals attended in 2013. Also the participants of the training courses offered by the international EERRI consortium (Eastern European Research Reactor Initiative) perform experiments in the Training Reactor of the BME INT. In this consortium institutes of 5 Eastern European countries cooperate, with the organisatory and financial aid of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Postgraduate programme in Operations Research in four semesters is recommended to professionals - with MSc - who often meet problems related to optimization (economists, engineers, etc.). The program includes theoretical classes (bases of discrete, continuous and stochastic optimization) and practice oriented classes as well (modelling, software packages, algorithm implementation, etc.). In the second and third semester students carry out individual projects which help them to obtain the required knowledge and practice for the future.

Based on the long tradition of providing education in the fields of economics, management and social sciences, in 1998 the Budapest University of Technology and Economics estab-lished a new faculty, the ‘Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences’ employing 300 in-structors and researchers. Parallel to the traditional five-year university training, according to the Bologna model the two-cycle system (for BSc and MSc degrees) was introduced in 2006. The accredited full time degree programs in Economics, Engineering Management, Communication and Media Studies, Teachers Training in Vocational Fields are carried out according to the latest European standards. Besides its own training programs the Faculty co-operates closely with all the engineering faculties of the University providing courses in management, economics, social sciences, languages and physical education.

Additionally the Faculty offers different kinds of post-graduate programs and short-term courses of various types. Currently more than 100 PhD students are participating in differ-ent individual research programs in different areas of economic and social sciences.

The Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences pays special attention to the integration of theoretical and practical knowledge in its curricula and Faculty has established strong professional relationships with the participants of various economic fields (profit and non profit oriented institutions, banks etc).

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Education and Research Activities

The total number of participants of different graduate-, postgraduate and distance learning forms of training launched by the faculty is about 6000. The number of full-time students of basic training of the faculty itself has been increasing. Research is conducted in 2 doc-torate (PhD) schools.

Languages and International Studies

Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Hungarian as a foreign lan-guage are taught at levels from A1 to C1 by 80 lecturers and language instructors at BME Centre of Modern Languages. Language instruction for Specific Purposes (LSP) as well as translator and interpreter training are also offered by the Centre. Students can sit for nation-ally and internationally accredited general and specific (LSP for Economics or Engineering) language exams at 3 different levels (B1, B2 and C1) at the BME Language Examination Centre.

The teaching staff of the Centre is actively involved in the Hungarian and Central European Studies programme (for detailed description see the section of Hungarian and Central Eu-ropean Studies).

Physical Education

The University offers a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular forms of physical edu-cation. The Department of Physical Education co-operates with the University Sports Club and other student sports organisations.

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Graduates of the Budapest University of

Technology and Economics

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Razaghi FaridFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

Omer Mohamed Elhassan OsmanFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

Sarhan MohamedFaculty of Civil Engineering

Vianney du TertreFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

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Ali ParhizkarFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

Marios ZachariouFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

Olivier KeseruFaculty of Architecture

Shervin FallahFaculty of Architecture

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Hyeon-ji JoFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Mohab Mohsen Ahmed Hasan SalehFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Amirhossein HaghpanahFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Youssef HalalFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

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Kamdin ShafiepourFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

David Matthew SmithFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Nima Ghafoori TabriziFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Sadiq Abbas TafidaFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

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BME – Kyungpook National University Double Degree Programme graduates

Gwangho BaekFaculty of Electrical Engineering and

Informatics

Chan Song ByunFaculty of Electrical Engineering and

Informatics

Hyeonjeong JangFaculty of Electrical Engineering and

Informatics

Jinyub KwakFaculty of Electrical Engineering and

Informatics

Chih Wan KimFaculty of Electrical Engineering and

Informatics

Yoohan KoFaculty of Electrical Engineering and

Informatics

Wonjea KimFaculty of Electrical Engineering and

Informatics

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Quotes to guide your futureSome food for thought for the years ahead of you

“The scientist describes what is; the engineer creates what never was.” — Theodore von Kármán

“The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday.”

— Dennis Gábor

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great makes you feel that you, too, can become great.”

— Mark Twain

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” — Joshua J. Marine

“Some men see things as they are and say why – I dream things that never were and say why not.” — George Bernard Shaw

“Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” — Jack Canfield

“Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed. In the second, it is opposed. In the third, it is regarded as self evident.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the the universe.” — Albert Einstein

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“We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it” — Dennis Gábor

“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.” — Albert Einstein

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.” — Stephen Hawking

“You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can’t even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.” — Steven Spielberg

“You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.” — Albert Einstein

“The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will.” — Vince Lombardi

“The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, can see in the service to the community their highest life achievement.” — Albert Einstein

“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” — Dennis P. Kimbro

“The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.” — Zig Ziglar

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.” — Erma Bombeck


Throughout its 234 year existence, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics has been an influential force in Cen-tral European higher education. Since its foundation as the Insti-tutum Geometricum in 1782, the university has welcomed do-mestic and foreign students alike. It is one of the most prestigious institutions of engineering education in the region, and the flag-ship university for the training of engineers and social scientists in Hungary. Several world famous scientists, including Nobel Prize laureates and many household names, call the Budapest University of Technology and Economics their alma mater. The diploma certificates issued by the university are well known and respected across the globe.

Presently, the university consists of eight faculties, covering six fields of engineering sciences, as well as natural sciences and social sciences. As always, the aim of the university remains to provide excellent standards of education to train the experts of the future.

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