1Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsBudapest University of Technology and Economics

A BME kapcsolata nemzetközi vállalatokkal

• Alcoa

• Accenture

• Audi

• Ericsson

• Flextronics

• General Electric

• Hewlett-Packard

• IBM

• Knorr-Bremse

• Nabi, USA

• Nokia

• PanTel

• Philips

• Siemens

• Visteon

• Magyar Telekom

• Toshiba

Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsBudapest University of Technology and Economics

(BME)(BME)

Facts and Strategies 2008

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BME in Figures BME in Figures1782 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 BMENobel laureates of BME

Dénes GÁBOR (1900 - 1979)holography, in 1971

Jenő WIGNER (1902 - 1995)theoretical physics, in

1963

György OLÁH (b:1927)carbonic chemistry, in 1994

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Former students of BMEFormer 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 BMEFormer graduates of BME

Donát BÁNKI inventor of carburator

(1859 - 1922)

Károly ZIPERNOWSKY inventor of transformer

(1853-1942)

Ernő RUBIKinventor of Rubik’s cube

(1944-)

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Academic Staff (2006)Academic Staff (2006)

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Fac. of Nat. Sc.

Fac. of Eco. & Soc. Sc.

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graduates 2521 3157 2139 1562 5759 1495 509 6240

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Fac. of Mechanical Engineering

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Fac. of Electrical Eng.

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Fac. of Transport Eng.

Fac. of Natural Sciences

Fac. of Economic and

Social Sci.

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Education at the UniversityEducation 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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• 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

BSc Programs at the BMEBSc Programs at the BME

Faculty of Civil EngineeringFaculty of Mechanical

Engineering

Faculty of ArchitectureFaculty 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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Faculty of Civil Engineering

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of ArchitectureFaculty of Chemical Techn. &

Biotechnology

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Faculty of Transportation Engineering

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences

MSc (5 year) ProgramsMSc (5 year) Programs

• 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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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

Doctorate Schools (PhD)Doctorate Schools (PhD)

• 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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State budget:14,5 billion HUF(57,5 million €)

R&D 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 €)

Budget (2006)Budget (2006)

1€ 252 HUF

*incl. entrepreneurial activity

State budget49%

R&D and innovation

28%

Tuition fees, etc.:13%

Other income: 6%

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Relations – International companiesRelations – 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 networksMemberships 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 Telč)

• 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 AgreementsSome 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)

Number of ERASMUS Agreements(2005-2006)

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The BME Strategic ObjectivesThe 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 qualificationin technical and natural sciences, partly in economic

sciences

• High-level research, development and innovationin 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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