EÖTVÖS LOR ÁND
UNIVERSITY | ELTE
BRIEF HISTORY OF ELTE
1635
Cardinal Péter Pázmány signs the founding documents of the
1667
The Faculty of Law is
1769
The Medical Faculty is founded
University in Nagyszombat (today: Trnava, Slovakia). The first two founded. (becomes an independent institution in 1951).
faculties are the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Theology
(becomes an independent institution in 1950).
1872
Europe’s first teacher-training school,
1869
The State Teacher Training
1860 1777
Authorization of Hungarian The University moves to Buda.
(predecessor of ELTE Trefort Ágoston Institution (predecessor of the as a language of instruction
Teacher-Training School) is founded. Faculty of Primary and Pre- at the University.
School Education) is founded.
1898
The Budapest University
1900
The first Special Education Teacher
1948 1950
The ELTE Bartók Béla The University adopts
Athletics Club (BEAC) is Training Course in the world (predecessor of Choir is founded. the name of the world-
founded. the Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs renowned physicist Loránd
Education) is founded. Eötvös.
2010
ELTE is awarded the title
2006
ELTE is awarded the
2003
The Faculty of Informatics, the
2000
The Faculty of Primary and Pre-
“research university”. Erasmus E-Quality Label. Faculty of Education and Psychology, School Education and the Bárczi
and the Faculty of Social Sciences are Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs
founded. Education are integrated into
the University.
2012
ELTE receives the Quality
2013
The University is declared a
University of Excellence.
2017
Savaria University Centre is
2018
The Institute of Business
Award for International integrated into the University. Economics and the Berzsenyi
Cooperation. Dániel Teacher Training Center
are founded.
FACULTIES OF ELTE INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTES
Faculty of Education and Psychology Institute of Business Economics
Faculty of Humanities Berzsenyi Dániel Teacher Training Centre
Faculty of Informatics
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Primary and Pre-School Education
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education
Excellence in education
17,000+ 1,400+
bachelor’s degree students doctoral students
(12% international) (19% international)
9,500+ 2,100+
university master’s degree
postgraduate students
students (8.5% international)
ELTE HAS THE WIDEST
EDUCATIONAL PORTFOLIO 100+ 75+
master’s programmes bachelor’s programmes
IN HUNGARY WITH…
16 125+ 290+ 160+
doctoral schools doctoral programmes teacher-training programmes postgraduate courses
80+ DEGREE PROGRAMMES OFFERED IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
THE 4 ELTE TEACHER-TRAINING SCHOOLS ARE
THE TOP TEACHER-TRAINING SCHOOLS IN HUNGARY.
THERE ARE 3,000.000+ DOCUMENTS IN THE LIBR ARIES OF ELTE.
A YEARLY AVERAGE OF 250 PHD DEGREES AWARDED.
PRIZES AT INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITIONS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS
COMPETITION PRIZE YEAR
Telders International Law Moot 1 2019
International Francophone Eloquence Competition 1 (divided) 2019
29. Universiade (University Student Olympics) 1,2,4,5,7 2019
Jessup International Law Moot 1 2019
Jessup Friendly Europe Moot 3 2018
Inter-University Student Economics Tournament 1 2018
Global Legal Hackathon 1 2018
Hugo Sinzheimer Moot Court Competition 1,2 2017
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Imperial Barrel Awards 2 2017
International Korean Language Speaker Competition 1 2017
Excellence in university rankings
THE BEST UNIVERSITY IN HUNGARY
(HVG national ranking 2018).
AMONG THE TOP 300 UNIVERSITIES IN EUROPE
(CWTS Leiden ranking).
ELTE IS IN THE TOP 5% OF HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE.
ELTE IS THE MOST POPULAR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION
IN HUNGARY (2019) CHOSEN BY 30,000+ STUDENTS.
ARCHEOLOGY
ARCHA EOLOGY QS: 151
ARTS & HUMANITIES THE: 301; QS: 321
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE ARWU: 301
COMPUTER SCIENCE THE: 501
EARTH SCIENCES ARWU: 401
ECOLOGY ARWU: 301
LIFE SCIENCES THE: 301
LINGUISTICS QS: 151
MATHEMATICS ARWU: 151; QS: 251
NATURAL SCIENCES QS: 291
PHILOSOPHY QS: 151
PHYSICAL SCIENCES THE: 501
PHYSICS ARWU: 201; QS: 301
PSYCHOLOGY ARWU: 201; THE: 251
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ARWU: 151
SOCIAL SCIENCES QS: 451; THE: 601
Excellence in international cooperations
ELTE HAS A GLOBAL NETWORK
OF PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING
OVER 800 HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS. THESE INCLUDE...
BILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALMOST 300 HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS:
160+ 110+ 15+ 20+ 4
in Europe in Asia in North America in Latin America in Africa
AND WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ERASMUS PROGRAM
1000+ 30+ 600+
Erasmus International Credit
Erasmus+ agreements and Erasmus+ partner institutions
Mobility partnerships with
THE 3000+ INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
AT ELTE REPRESENT 100+ COUNTRIES.
LANGUAGES STUDIED AND TAUGHT AT THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
LANGUAGES OF SURROUNDING REGIONS:
Belarus, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Croatian, Hungarian as a foreign language, Hungarian Sign Language,
Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Yiddish.
EUROPEAN LANGUAGES:
Bask, Catalonian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Galego, German, Greek (modern), Italian, Norwegian,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN LANGUAGES:
Arabian, Braj, Chinese (modern), Hebrew (modern), Hindi, Japanese (modern), Khanty, Komi-Permyak, Korean
(modern), Mari, Mongolian (modern), Persian (modern), Tibetan (modern), Turkish, Udmurt, Urdu, Veps.
ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES:
Ancient Greek, Akkadian, Aramean, Chinese (classical), Coptic (with dialects), Hebrew (classical), Hittite, Japanese
(classical), Korean (classical), Latin, Mongolian (classical), Old Egyptian, Pali, Persian (classical), Sanskrit, Sumerian,
Syrian (classical), Tibetan (classical), Ugaritic.
UNIVERSITY NETWORKS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
AUF
Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
CELSA
Central Europe Leuven Strategic Alliance
CENTRAL
Central European Network for Teaching and Research in Academic Liaison
COIMBRA GROUP
DRC
Danube Rectors’ Conference
EUA
European University Association
EUF
European University Foundation
LERU CE7
UNICA
CHARM-EU
Challenge-driven, Accessible, Research-based, Mobile
Formed on the principles of the European Universities Initiative by the University of Barcelona, Tri-
nity College Dublin, Utrecht University, University of Montpellier and ELTE in 2018, the vision of
CHARM-EU is to become an international example of the best of European educational traditions.
Its mission is to promote common European values, focusing on trying to rethink the role of Europe
as it faces one of the main global challenges: Reconciling the Humanity with the Planet.
EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
79
74%
OF ELTE STAFF
members of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences – more than 20% of all members HAVE PHDs
of the Academy – are lecturing at ELTE.
ELTE HAS… 15 2
Horizon2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie
research groups Actions Individual Fellowships
14 3 25+
“Momentum” research groups (for young researchers ERC research research groups working in
of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) collaboration with the Hun-
groups garian Academy of Sciences
– almost 20% of all research groups in Hungary.
15 RESEARCHERS AT ELTE HAVE
OVER 10,000 CITATIONS EACH.
14 RESEARCHERS AT ELTE HAVE
A HIRSCH-INDEX ABOVE 50.
ON A YEARLY AVERAGE ELTE
RESEARCHERS PUBLISH
~3000
articles in scientific journals
2000+
books and book chapters
150+
edited books and other scientific publications
ELTE AC A DEMIC STA FF MEMBER S HOLD
260+ LEADING POSITIONS IN INTERNATIONAL
RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS AND ARE MEMBERS OF
1000+ EDITORIAL BOARDS OF INTERNATIONAL
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
RESEARCH PROJECTS
EUROPEAN RESEARCH
COUNCIL (ERC) GRANTS
• GALNUC Astrophysical Dynamics and Statistical
Physics of Galactic Nuclei
• EVOLOR Cognitive Ageing in Dogs
• Reconstructing a Dated Tree of Life Using
Phylogenetic Incongruence
H2020 RESEARCH PROJECTS
• BactiVax anti-Bacterial Innovative Vaccine Training
Network
• ENeRAG Excellency Network Building for Compre-
hensive Research and Assessment of Geofluids
• MAGIC BULLET Reload
• POLITICO Political Concepts in the World
• REACH RE-designing Access to Cultural Heritage
for a wider participation in preservation,
(re-)use and management of European culture
“MOMENTUM”
RESEARCH GROUPS
(FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS OF THE
HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES)
• Adaptation Research Group
• Bioinformatics Research Group
• Combinatorial Geometry Research Group
• Evolutionary Genomics
• Historical Folkloristics Research Group
• Hot Universe Research Group
• Humanism in East Central Europe Research Group
• Laboratory Astrochemistry Research Group
• Lingual Articulation Research Group
• Neuroethology of Communication Research Group
• Particle and Nuclear Physics Research Group
• Research Group of Liturgical History
• Social Minds Research Group
• SPECTRA – Social Prerequisites for the Effective
Fight Against Bias-Motivated Crimes Through
Criminal Law and Minority Rights Protection
World-renowned professors of ELTE
GYÖRGY BÉKÉSY
Acoustician, biophysicist (3 June 1899 – 13 June 1972)
Best known for his research on the function of the cochlea in the mammalian hearing
organ, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1961.
JÁNOS HARSÁNYI
Economist, philosopher (29 May 1920 – 9 August 2000)
Best known for his contributions to the study of game theory and its application in
economics. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994.
GYÖRGY HEVESY
Chemist (1 August 1885 – 5 July 1966)
Played a key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study chemical pro-
cesses, awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1943.
FÜLÖP LÉNÁRD
Physicist (7 June 1862 – 20 May 1947)
Best known for his researches on cathode rays, awarded the Nobel Prize for
Physics in 1905.
ALBERT SZENT-GYÖRGYI
Biochemist (16 September 1893 – 22 October 1986)
Best known for his discoveries related to the biological combustion process with
special reference to vitamin C. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine in 1937.
LÁSZLÓ LOVÁSZ
Mathematician (9 March 1948 – )
Professor of the Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd Uni-
versity. President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 2014. Former pro-
fessor of Yale University, Department of Computer Science (1993–2000).
Best known for his research in combinatorial optimization, graph theory and
theoretical computer science. Member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts
and Humanities (1981), Academia Europaea (1991), Deutsche Akademie der Na-
turforscher Leopoldina (2002), Russian Academy of Sciences (2006), The Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006), Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences (2007), National Academy of Sciences of the US (2012). Corresponding
member of the Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der
Künste (1993), honorary member of the London Mathematical Society (2009).
He was awarded the Brouwer Medal (1993), the Wolf Prize (1999), the Knuth
Prize (1999), and the Kyoto Prize (2010).
CULTURE
EÖTVÖS ART ENSEMBLE
Béla Bartók Choir, Folk Dance Group, University Orchestra
The three groups of the Eötvös Art Ensemble (Béla Bartók Choir, University Orchestra and Folk
Dance Group; founded in 1948 and 1957) are well-known and popular ensembles in the non-profes-
sional musical and cultural life in Hungary. Members of the groups are amateur singers, musicians
and dancers, primarily current and former Hungarian and international students and academic and
non-academic staff of ELTE.
BOTANICAL GARDEN
The first Hungarian Botanical Garden was founded in 1771 by the predecessor of Eötvös Loránd
University. The arboretum, with its 800 species of trees and bushes and 500 types of floral plants, is
well worth a visit.
BIOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL MUSEUM
This university collection – which is unique in Hungary – exemplifies the evolution of mankind and
the fauna with relevant paleontological materials, full body products and anatomy.
MINERAL AND ROCK COLLECTION
The Collection was established in 1774. It is the oldest collection of scientific artefacts of the uni-
versity and the biggest such collection in Hungary. At the end of the 18th century, it was the biggest
collection systematically organised for educational purposes in Europe.
NATURE RESERVE AND OPEN-AIR GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF TATA
This special geological nature reserve was established on a 3.5 acre plot on Kálvária Hill in Tata
in 1953. It has also functioned as an open-air geological museum since 1991. The nature reserve
displays the geological eras, flora and fauna of millions of years, as well as curiosities of botanical,
cultural and mining history.
GOTHARD ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
The University Observatory – founded in 1881 – is a modern research and educational centre. The
exhibition in the observatory displays the achievements of a new science which blossomed the 19th
century through the original tools and works of the founder, Jenő Gothard.
Sports
ELTE HAS…
AN ATHLETICS CLUB training programmes in more than
(Budapest University
Athletics Club, BEAC)
FOUNDED IN 1898
22
Olympic champions
40
different sports
Boglárka KAPÁS, Olympic bronze medalist swimmer
ELTE OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTING ACTIVITIES FOR
CURRENT AND FORMER ELTE STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.
ELTE students can take sports courses for credit; they can choose among the training programmes offe-
red by the Budapest University Athletics Club (BEAC), or they can participate in mass sports events
organized throughout the year.
ELTE SUCCESS AT INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS
Seven ELTE students and one ELTE alumnus participated in the Rio 2016 Olympics. The swimmer Bog-
lárka Kapás won a bronze medal in the Women’s 800-metre Freestyle event. Áron Szilágyi became the fifth
fencer in the history of the modern Olympic Games since 1896 to win back-to-back individual gold medals.
Csaba Burján was a member of the relay team that won a gold medal in the PyeongChang Winter Olympic
Games in 2018 in speed skating, and he also set a 5,000-metre world record at the ISU World Cup Speed
Skating event organised in Calgary in 2018.
buda pest
Danube
1. Rector’s Cabinet, Chancellary, Students’ Union
2. Faculty of Law
3. Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education
4. Lágymányos Campus: Faculty of Informatics,
Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Science
5. Faculty of Education and Psychology
6. Faculty of Primary and Pre-School Education
7. Trefort Campus: Faculty of Humanitites
8. University Library
9. Bogdánfy út: sports facilities, EIT Digital
