Brief History – Budapest University of Technology and Economics
1635 – Péter
Pázmány, Primate – Archbishop of Hungary, founds the first Hungarian University of the New Age at
Nagyszombat
Late 18th
century – The University moves to Buda and becomes the University of Buda.
1782 – Emperor
Joseph II establishes the Institutum Geometricum as part of the Faculty of Liberal Arts at the
University of Buda. The Institutum, the direct predecessor of the Budapest University of Technology
and Economics, is the first in Europe to award engineering degrees to students of land surveying,
river control, and road construction.
1850 – The
Institutum Geometricum merges with the Joseph College of Technology.
1856 – The
merged institutions become the Royal Joseph Polytechnic./
1860 –
Hungarian replaces Latin as the language of instruction.
1862 – Royal
Joseph Polytechnic becomes the Royal Joseph University.
1872 – Royal
Joseph University gains full autonomy and the right to issue engineering diplomas after five years
of studies. It is among the first institutions in Europe, to train engineers on university level.
1901 – Royal
Joseph University is entitled to confer the doctoral degree, "Doctor Rerum Technicarum."
1925 – First
women students enroll.
1939 – The
Institute for Continuing Education opens its gates.
1949 – The
name "Technical University of Budapest" becomes official. At this time the university
consists of the faculties of: Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture,
Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering (in historical order).
1955 – Faculty
of Transportation Engineering is established.
1984 – Instruction
is offered in English as well as Hungarian.
1994 – The
Technical University of Budapest is among the first universities in Hungary to introduce the credit
system. The university applies the credit assignment according to the European Credit Transfer System
(ECTS) in its accredited academic programs.
1998 – Faculty
of Natural Sciences and Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences are established.
2000 – The
official name changes to Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Present More
than 110 departments and institutes operate within the structure of eight faculties. About 1100
lecturers, 400 researchers and other degree holders and numerous invited lecturers and practising
expert specialists participate in education and research at the Budapest University of Technology
and Economics. Approximately 800 of the university's 14.000 students are from 50 countries abroad.
The Budapest University of Technology and Economics issues about 70% of Hungary's engineering
degrees.
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