General Information
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 established a new faculty, the ‘Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences’ employing 320 instructors 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 final year of graduation for students of the traditional five-year training is scheduled for 2010.
The accredited full time degree programs in Economics, Engineering Management, Communication and Media Studies, Teachers Training in Vocational Fields and Engineering Pedagogy 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 200 Ph.D. students are participating in different 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 field (profit and non profit oriented institutions, banks etc).
Educational and Research Activities
The total number of participants of different graduate-, postgraduate and distance learning forms of training launched by the faculty is about 5000. The number of full-time students of basic training of the faculty itself has been increasing. Research is conducted in 3 doctorate (Ph.D.) schools.
Languages, International Studies
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Hungarian as a foreign language 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 nationally 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 European Studies).
Physical Education
The University offers a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular forms of physical education. The Department of Physical Education co-operates with the University Sports Club and other student sports organisations.
Farkas Heller Foundation
Farkas Heller was a world famous professor of economics and former rector of the University. The foundation established in 1999 in his honour provides for the development of training and research at the Faculty. The foundation operates as an organization of common benefit. The foundation receives donations from different organizations for different general and specified tasks that would promote the establishment of further forms of cooperation with companies, research centres and other organizations.
Forms of training (in Hungarian)
Traditional five-year university training BSc/BA training in the two-cycle system
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Full-time degree courses and programs
· MSc program in Engineering Management
· MSc program in Business Management
· MSc program in Technical Education
· Training program for instructors in vocational fields
Supplementary training for university degree
· MSc program in Business Management
· MSc program in Technical Education
· Teachers Training program for Engineers
· Training of Translators and Interpreters
Postgraduate programs
· Informatics for Banking
· Business law
· Environmental Management Specialist
· School Management
· Master of Business Administration (MBA) (in Hungarian and also in French)
· Management
· Work and Organizational Psychology
· Translator and Interpreter
Accredited post-secondary vocational training
· Engineering manager-assistant (specialization: logistics)
Accredited doctorate (Ph.D.) schools
· Engineering management
· Methodology of technical education
· History of technology, engineering and science |
Full-time degree courses and programs
· BSc in Engineering Management
· BA in Business and Management
· BA in Applied Economics
· BA in Communication and Media Studies
· BA in International Business
MSc programs (under accreditation)
To be launched in September 2008
Economics profile
· Management and Organisation
· Finance and Accounting
· Master of Business Administration (MBA)
· Regional and Environmental Management
· Economic Analysis
· Finance and Economy
Engineering profile
· Engineering Management
· Product Management
· Environmental Management
· Technical Education
Humanities profile
· Media Management
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The language for the training is Hungarian, but most of the departments offer courses in English as well, with which the faculty is represented in the programs of all engineering faculties.