Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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Budapest University of Technology and Economics
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A BME kapcsolata nemzetközi vállalatokkal

• Knorr-Bremse
• Nabi, USA
• Nokia
• PanTel
• Philips
• Siemens
• Visteon
• Magyar Telekom
• Toshiba

• Alcoa
• Accenture
• Audi
• Ericsson
• Flextronics
• General Electric
• Hewlett-Packard
• IBM

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Facts and Strategies 2008
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
(BME)
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BME in Figures

• 1782 Institutum Geometricum -Hydrotechnicum
• 2000- Budapest University of Technology and
  Economics
• 8 Faculties, 83 Departments
• 30 000 Students, incl. 1000 PhD students
• BSc (20) and Master (cca. 50) Programs, 15 Doct.
  Schools
• Academic Staff 1500, with scientific
  qualification 500

• Faculties
• Civil Engineering (1782)
• Mechanical Engineering (1871)
• Architecture (1873)
• Chemical Bioengineering (1873)
• Electrical Engineering and Informatics (1949)
• Transportation Engineering (1951)
• Natural Sciences
  (1998)
• Economic and Social Sciences (1998)

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Nobel laureates of BME

• Dénes GÁBOR (1900 - 1979) holography, in 1971
• Jeno WIGNER (1902 - 1995)
• theoretical physics, in 1963
• György OLÁH (b1927)
• carbonic chemistry, in 1994

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Former students of BME
Tódor (Theodore) von KÁRMÁN Aeronautical Engineer
Mathematician (1881-1963)
Leo SZILÁRD Physicist (1898-1964)
Ede TELLER Physicist  (1908- 2004)
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Former graduates of BME
Donát BÁNKI inventor of carburator(1859 -
1922)
Károly ZIPERNOWSKY inventor of transformer(1853-1
942)
Erno RUBIKinventor of Rubiks cube (1944-)
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Academic Staff (2006)
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Students attending the BME (2006)
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Education at the University

• Traditional Dipl. Eng. Programs (MSc, 5 years)
  in Hungarian
• From 2005/2006 two-cycle linear higher education
  system in Hungary (Bologna process). Engineering
  education in general
• 7 semester BSc programs (210 credits)
• 4 semester MSc programs (120 credits)
• PhD Programs (3 years)
• BSc, MSc and PhD curricula in English, partly in
  German, French, Russian
• Further education, Tele-education, MBA, etc.
• Since 1994 European Credit Transfer Scheme
• Programs are qualified by the Hungarian
  Accreditation Committee

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BSc Programs at the BME

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Energy Engineering
• Industrial Design Engineering
• Mechatronics
• Architecture
• Chemical Engineering
• Bioengineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Transportation Engineering
• Management in Engineering
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Applied Economics
• Business and Management
• Technology Teacher Training

Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering Faculty of
Architecture Faculty of Chemical Techn.
Biotechnology Faculty of Electrical
Engineering and Informatics Faculty of
Transportation Engineering Faculty of Natural
Sciences Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences
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MSc (5 year) Programs

Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering Faculty of
Architecture Faculty of Chemical Techn.
Biotechnology Faculty of Electrical
Engineering and Informatics Faculty of
Transportation Engineering Faculty of Natural
Sciences Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences

• Civil Engineering
• Land Surveying and Geoinformatics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Production Engineering
• Power Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Bioengineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Technical Informatics
• Transportation Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Engineer-Physics
• Mathematics
• Engineering Manager
• Business Manager

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Doctorate Schools (PhD)

Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering Faculty of
Architecture Faculty of Chem.Techn
Biotechn. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and
Informatics Faculty of Transportation
Engineering Faculty of Natural Sciences
Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences

• Civil Engineering Sciences
• Earth Sciences
• Mechanical Engineering Sciences
• Science of Architecture (DLA)
• Building Sciences
• Chemistry and Chemical Bio Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Information Technology
• Transport Science
• Vehicles and Mobil Machines
• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Physics
• Management, Economy and Organisations
• History of Technology and Science
• Social Sciences, Psychology

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Budget (2006)
State budget 14,5 billion HUF (57,5 million
) RD and innovation 9,5 billion HUF (37,7
million ) Tuition fees, etc. 3,9 billion
HUF (15,5 million ) Other income 1,8 billion
HUF (7,2 million ) Total 29,7 billion HUF
(117,9million )
1 ? 252 HUF
incl. entrepreneurial activity
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Relations International companies

• Knorr-Bremse
• Nokia
• Oracle
• PanTel
• Philips
• SAP
• Siemens
• Visteon
• Toshiba

• Alcoa
• Accenture
• Audi
• Bosch
• Ericsson
• Flextronics
• General Electric
• Hewlett-Packard
• Hungarian Telekom
• IBM
• Intel

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Memberships in international organisations and
networks

• EUA (European University Association)
• CESAEER (Conference of European Schools of
  Advanced Engineering Education and Research)
• SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education)
• Conference of Rectors and Presidents of European
  Universities of Technology
• 4xTU League regional network and cooperation
  among BME Budapest, CTU in Prague, SUT in
  Bratislava, TUWien, and regular consultation
  meetings for Rectors (Initiation of Telc)
• IAUP (International Association of University
  Presidents)
• INU (International Network of Universities
  Australian, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian and
  European Universities)
• AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie)
• OECD-IMHE (Organisation for Economic Co-operation
  and Development-Institutional Management in
  Higher Education)
• DEAN (Deans and European Academics Network)
• WITEC (European Association for Women in Science
  Engineering and Technology)
• ENEN (European Nuclear Education Network)
• EDEN (European Distance Learning and E-Learning
  Network)
• ACA (Academic Cooperation Association)
• EU-ASEAN (Association of South East Asian
  Nations) University Network Program
• EAIE (European Association for International
  Education)

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Some of the major University Bilateral Agreements

• Technical University of Vienna, Technical
  University of Graz, Austria
• Technical University of Helsinki, Finland
• INSA de Rennes, ParisTech, France
• Imperial College, London, UK
• KUL Leuven, Belgium
• NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
• Zhejiang Univ. (Hangzhou), Northeastern Univ.
  (Shenyang), P. R. China
• TU Delft, The Netherlands
• University of Karlsruhe, Technical University of
  Munich,etc. Germany
• Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech
  Republic
• Technical University of Cracow, Poland
• ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava,
  Technical University of Košice
• University of New Hampshire, of Virginia, Florida
  Tech, etc, USA
• Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa,
  Israel
• Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbay, India
• University of Tokyo, Hokkaido University, Waseda
  Univ.,etc. Japan
• Seoul National University, Korea University,
  Republic of Korea
• Hanoi Open University, Vietnam

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The number of incoming and outgoing students
between the academic years 1998-2006 at the BME
in the frame of the ERASMUS programme
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Number of ERASMUS Agreements(2005-2006)
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The BME Strategic Objectives

• CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE CREATION AND TRANSFER
  OF TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE
• Strong basic education and differentiated, high
  quality master education, aiming at prestigious
  BSc and MSc degrees, resp.
• PhD education and scientific qualification in
  technical and natural sciences, partly in
  economic sciences
• High-level research, development and
  innovation in cooperation with academic and
  business partners, by contracts, agreements and
  participation in national and European
  projects
• Training flexibility corresponding to changing
  social and professional needs, the extension of
  curricula in English
• Perceptible contribution to the technical
  development of Hungary
• To be a valuable member of the European Research
  and Higher Education Area, harmonising theory
  and practice.

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