Eötvös Loránd University

Eötvös Loránd University (Hungarian: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, ELTE) is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious[3] public higher education institutions in Hungary. The 28,000 students at ELTE are organized into nine faculties, and into research institutes located throughout Budapest and on the scenic banks of the Danube. ELTE is affiliated with 5 Nobel laureates, as well as winners of the Wolf Prize, Fulkerson Prize and Abel Prize, the latest of which was Abel Prize winner László Lovász in 2021.

Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem  (Hungarian)
Latin: Universitas Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös nominata
MottoCommunity of Knowledge
TypePublic research university
Established1635 (1635)
Affiliation
ChancellorDr. Gyula Scheuer
RectorLászló Borhy, D.Sc
Academic staff
1,800[1]
Undergraduates16,017[2]
Postgraduates8,547
1,442
Location,
47.4906°N 19.0585°E / 47.4906; 19.0585
CampusUrban
Websitewww.elte.hu/en

The predecessor of Eötvös Loránd University was founded in 1635 by Cardinal Péter Pázmány in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary (today Trnava, Slovakia) as a Catholic university for teaching theology and philosophy. In 1770, the University was transferred to Buda. It was named Royal University of Pest until 1873, then University of Budapest until 1921, when it was renamed Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University after its founder Péter Pázmány. The Faculty of Science started its autonomous life in 1949 when The Faculty of Theology was separated from the university. The university received its current name in 1950, after one of its most well-known physicists, Baron Loránd Eötvös.

History

Seal of the University from 1880

The university was founded in 1635 in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary (today Trnava, Slovakia) by the archbishop and theologian Péter Pázmány. Leadership was given over to the Jesuits. Initially the university only had two faculties (Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Theology). The Faculty of Law was added in 1667 and the Faculty of Medicine was started in 1769. After the dissolution of the Jesuit order, the university was moved to Buda (today part of Budapest) in 1777 in accordance with the intention of the founder. The university moved to its final location in Pest (now also part of Budapest) in 1784. The language of education was Latin until 1844, when Hungarian was introduced as an exclusive official language. Women have been allowed to enroll since 1895.[4]

Academic profile

ELTE is Hungary's largest scientific establishment with 118 PhD programs at 17 doctoral schools, and also offers 38 bachelor's programs, 96 master's programs, and over 50 degree programs in foreign languages. The course credits awarded are transferable to universities in Europe through the Bologna process.[5]

The nine faculties are:

  • Faculty of Law & Political Sciences (FLPS)
  • Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education (FSNE)
  • ELTE Faculty of Humanities|Faculty of Humanities (FH)
  • Faculty of Informatics (FI)
  • Faculty of Economics (FE)[6]
  • Faculty of Education & Psychology (FEP)
  • Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS)
  • Faculty of Primary & Pre-School Education (FPPSE)
  • Faculty of Science (FS)

There are three former faculties:

  • Faculty of Theology (FT) (became an independent higher education institution in 1950)
  • Faculty of Teachers' Training (FTT) (defunct)
  • Medical Faculty (MF) (in 1951 became an independent university, today Semmelweis University)

Timeline (1873-present)

Reputation and rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[7]601-700 (2020)
CWTS World[8]845 (2019)
QS World[9]601-650 (2021)
THE World[10]601–800 (2021)
USNWR Global[11]414 (2021)

In the 2013-14 QS World University Rankings, Eötvös Loránd University was ranked 551-600th. In the 2018, according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking, ELTE ranked between 601-800. Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked the university among the best 301-400 between 2010 and 2014.[7] International Colleges and Universities ranked the university as the 158th globally.

Campuses

Humanities
FLPS
Informatics
Science
Special Needs Education
FPPSE
Education & Psychology
FSS
Location of faculties

ELTE has campuses at several places in Budapest:[12]

  • Egyetem tér in the 5th district (Faculty of Law and Political Sciences)
  • "Trefort Garden" (Trefort-kert) in the 8th district ([Faculty of Humanities)
  • Lágymányos campus in the 11th district (Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Informatics)
  • Buildings in Kazinczy utca (7th district) and Izabella utca (6th district) (Faculty of Education and Psychology)
  • Ecseri út in the 9th district (Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education)
  • Kiss János altábornagy utca in the 12th district (Faculty of Primary and Pre-School Education)

Since 2017, ELTE has a campus named "Savaria University Centre" (Savaria Egyetemi Központ) in Szombathely (Savaria in Latin).[13]

Faculties

Faculty of Humanities

Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Humanities
Established1635
DeanDávid Bartus
Students6960
Location,
CampusUrban
Websitebtk.elte.hu

The Faculty of Humanities is the oldest faculty of Eötvös Loránd University.[14] It was founded by, Cardinal Archbishop of Esztergom Prince Primate of Hungary, Péter Pázmány in 1635.

History

The Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University was founded by Péter Pázmány, Archbishop of Esztergom, on 12 May 1635. The university was operated by the Society of Jesus and it consisted of two faculties: Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Theology.

Initially, there was only a three-year teaching programme and students could obtain three academic titles: Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and Doctor of Philosophy. In 1770, the Faculty of Humanities adopted the reforms introduced at the University of Vienna. Therefore, the university became state-owned and a Dean and a Director of the Faculty were appointed to monitor the functioning of the university. In 1777, the Faculty of Humanities was moved to Buda, the western part of today's Budapest, along with the faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Law. However, the faculties were moved back seven years later. The late 18th century also saw changes in the university. The changes closely followed the pattern employed at the University of Vienna. However, the language of teaching remained Latin until 1844. The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 also affected the university since a university reform programme was designed by József Eötvös in 1850. The reform restructured the educational system. For example, the two-year introductory course was abandoned and it was replaced with a four-year programme. In addition, the Faculty of Humanities became equal with other faculties of the university.

The number of students was low in the 1850s. However, an increase could be seen in the late 18th century.

In 1983, the Faculty of Teacher Training was established that meant the faculty of Humanities did not train primary and secondary school teachers. However, in 2003 the Faculty of Teacher Training was terminated and the Faculty of Humanities started training teachers again along with the Faculty of Natural Sciences.

The early 2000s saw big changes in the system of the Faculty of Humanities since new faculties were created. First, the Faculty of Primary and Pre-school Education was established in 2000. Second, the Faculty of Psychology and Education and the Faculty of Sociology was created in 2003.[15]

Institutes of the Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities consists of 16 institutes.[16]

InstituteDepartments
School of English and American StudiesDepartment of American Studies
Department of English Studies
Department of English Applied Linguistics
Department of English Linguistics
Department of English Language Pedagogy
Institute of PhilosophyDepartment of General Philosophy
Department of Logic
Department of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Department of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy
Institute of Germanic StudiesDepartment of Netherlandic Studies
Department of German Linguistics
Department of Language Teaching and Foreign Language Pedagogy
Department of German Literature
Department of Scandinavian Languages and Literatures
Institute of Library and Information ScienceDepartment of Library Science
Department of Information Science
Institute of Hungarian Literature and Cultural StudiesDepartment of Modern Hungarian Literature
Department of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
Department of Early Hungarian Literature
Department of Classical Hungarian Literature
Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric StudiesDepartment of Applied Linguistics and Phonetics
Department of Finno-Ugric Studies
Department of Hungarian Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Department of Modern Hungarian Linguistics
Institute for The Theory of Art and Media StudiesDepartment of Aesthetics
Department of Film Studies
Department of Media and Communication
Institute of Arts Communication and MusicDepartment of Music Interpretation
Department of Music Culture
Institute of Art HistoryDepartment of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art
Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
Institute of Ethnography and FolkloreDepartment of Folklore
Department of Material Ethnography
Institute of Language MediationDepartment of Translation and Interpreting
Department of Hungarian as a Foreign Language
Institute of Ancient and Classical StudiesDepartment of Assyriology and Hebrew Studies
Department of Egyptology
Greek Department
Latin Department
Department of Religious Studies
Institute of Oriental StudiesDepartment of Indian Studies
Indo-European Linguistics Research Division
Indological and Indo-European Linguistic Collection
Department of Iranian Studies
Department of Semitic and Arabic Studies
Department of Turkic Studies
Institute of Archaeological SciencesDepartment of Archaeometry and Archaeological Methodology
Department of Hungarian Medieval and Early Modern Archaeology
Department of Classical and Roman Provincial Archaeology
Department of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology
Institute of Romance StudiesDepartment of French Language and Literature
Department of French Language and Literature Library
Department of Italian Language and Literature
Department of Italian Language and Literature Library
Department of Portuguese Language and Literature
Department of Portuguese Language and Literature Library
Department of Romanian Philology
Department of Romanian Philology Library
Department of Spanish Language and Literature
Department of Spanish Language and Literature
Institute of Slavonic and Baltic PhilologyDepartment of Polish Studies
Department of Russian Language and Literature
Department of Slavonic Studies
Department of Ukrainian Studies
Institute of East Asian StudiesDepartment of Buddhology and Tibetology
Department of Japanese Studies
Department of Chinese Studies
Department of Korean Studies
Department of Mongolian and Inner-Asian Studies
Institute of Historical StudiesAtelier Department for Interdisciplinary History
Department of Digital Humanities
Department of Economic and Social History
Department of Eastern and Central European History and Historical Russistics
Department of Early Modern History
Department of Medieval History
Department of Cultural History
Department of Ancient History
Department of Auxiliary Studies of History
Department of Modern and Contemporary History
Department of Modern and Contemporary Hungarian History

Organisation of the Faculty of Humanities

The current leadership consists of 1 dean and 4 vice-deans.[17]

Faculty of Humanities leadership

TitleName
DeanDávid Bartus
Vice-deansIldikó Horn
Krisztina Horváth
Judit Bóna
Ildikó Horváth
Deans of the Faculty of Humanities

Honorary doctors

The following people were awarded with Honorary title by the Faculty of Humanities.[22]

Research at the Faculty of Humanities

On April 18, 2010, Eötvös Loránd University was officially granted the status of research university. The Faculty of Humanities along with the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Law is the faculty that deals with scientific research activities. The Faculty of Humanities has always viewed scientific research and the education of future generations highly important. Eötvös Loránd University was awarded the Social Renewal Operational Programme’s research university bid called by the Hungarian National Development Agency (TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR). The aim of the project was to improve the quality of higher education and foster university research. The project was implemented between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2012 with a 3 billion forint grant from the government and the European Union.

Research centres

Currently, there are research centres at department-level, instituiton-level, and faculty-level.[23]

Department-level research centres
  • Budapest Centre for Buddhist Studies
  • Central European Research Centre for Documentation and Information on CPLP Countries
  • Theoretical Linguistics Department
  • Centre for Estonian Education
  • Indo-European Linguistics Research Division
  • Contemporary Arabian Centre
  • Contemporary Turkic Centre
  • Latin American Research Centre
  • Research Centre for Mongol Studies
  • The Low Countries and Hungary – *Research Centre for Cultural Transfer
  • Budapest Research Centre for Linguistic Theory - BraCeLet
  • Scandinavian Cultural Centre
  • Centre for the Study of Religion
Faculty-level research centres
  • Brazilian Centre
  • Centre for Digital Humanities
  • Modern India Research Centre
  • Methodology Centre

Institute-level research centres

  • ‘One Belt, One Road’ Research Centre
  • Research Centre for Hungarian Philosophy
  • Research centre of the German Minority in Hungary
  • Centre of Postcolonial Studies
  • Interdisciplinary Russian Studies Centre for Research and Methodology
  • Centre for Vietnamese Language and Culture
  • Research Centre for Women’s History
  • Silk Road Research Group

Notable alumni of the Faculty of Humanities

Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
Established1667
DeanPál Sonnevend
Students2000
Location,
CampusUrban
Websitebtk.elte.hu

The Faculty of Law and Political Sciences was founded in 1667 and it is located in Pest.
https://ajk.elte.hu/en/

Departments of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

There are 16 departments at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences.
https://www.ajk.elte.hu/en/departments

Department
Center for Theory of Law and Society
Department of Administrative Law
Department of Agrarian Law
Department of Civil Law
Department of Civil Procedure
Department of Constitutional Law
Department of Criminal Law
Department of Criminal Procedures and Correction
Department of Criminology
Department of Economics and Statistics
Department of Fiscal and Financial Law
Department of International Law
Department of Labour Law and Social Law
Department of Private International Law and European Economic Law
Department of Roman Law and Comparative Legal History
Department of the History of Hungarian State and Law

Notable alumni of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Established1949
DeanImre Kacskovics
Students4000
Location,
CampusUrban
Websitebtk.elte.hu

The Faculty of Natural Sciences was founded in 1949 and it is located in Buda in the Lágymányos Campus.
https://ttk.elte.hu/en/

Institutes

Lágymányosi Campus of the University, home of the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Informatics
InstituteDepartment
Institute of BiologyDepartment of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology
Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biological Anthropology
Department of Ethology
Department of Physiology and Neurobiology
Department of Genetics
Department of Immunology
Department of Microbiology
Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant Biology
Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology
Department of Plant Anatomy
Institute of PhysicsDepartment of Materials Physics
Department of Atomic Physics
Department of Biological Physics
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of Physics of Complex Systems
Institute of Geography and Earth SciencesCentre Of Geography
Centre Of Earth Sciences
Institute of ChemistryDepartment of Analytical Chemistry
Department of Physical Chemistry
Department of Organic Chemistry
Department of Inorganic Chemistry
Institute of MathematicsDepartment of Algebra and Number Theory
Department of Analysis
Department of Applied Analysis and Computational Mathematics
Department of Computer Science
Department of Geometry
Mathematics Teaching and Education Centre
Department of Operations Research
Department of Probability Theory and Statistics

Deans of the Faculty of Natural Sciences

Library

The library of the Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty has one main library and 13 libraries at instituional levels. The Institute of Romance Studies has libraries at departmental level.

  • School of English and American Studies Library
  • Institute of Philosophy Library
  • Institute of Germanic Studies Library
  • Institute of Library and Information Science Library
  • Institute of Hungarian Literature and Cultural Studies Toldy Ferenc Library
  • Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies Library
  • Institute of Art History Library
  • Institute of Ethnography and Folklore Library
  • Institute of Ancient and Classical Studies Harmatta János Library
  • Institute of Archaeological Sciences Library
  • Institute of Slavonic and Baltic Philology Library
  • Institute of East Asian Studies Library
  • Institute of Historical Studies Szekfű Gyula Library

The library of Medieval Studies of the Central European University was located in the building of ELTE’s Faculty of Humanities.[25]

Notable alumni

Nobel prize winners:

Other notable alumni:

The four-time Olympic champion fencer, Jenő Fuchs
Anna Donáth, politician

Sport

Stadium of the BEAC in Kőrösy József (Mező) street

The Eötvös Loránd University has its own sport club, Budapesti Egyetemi Atlétikai Club (English: Budapest University Athletic Club). The biggest achievement of the association football department of the club was qualifying for the 1924-25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. However, in the subsequent season (1925-26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I) the club were relegated to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II and has never been able to qualify to the top flight ever since.
https://www.beac.hu/

See also

Notes

  1. Dean of the Faculty of Langugage and Literature
  2. Dean of the Faculty of History

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