Corvinus University of Budapest
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| Corvinus University of Budapest | |
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| Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem | |
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| Motto: | Scientia mea - Adiutor meus (My knowledge is my helper) |
| Established: | 1920 |
| Type: | Public university |
| Rector: | Prof. Tamás Mészáros |
| Staff: | 620 |
| Students: | 17,000 |
| Location: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Affiliations: | CEMS, the PIM |
| Website: | http://www.uni-corvinus.hu |
The Corvinus University of Budapest is a university located in Budapest, Hungary. The university offers degrees in multiple disciplines, but it is characterised by its programmes in economics and management. Corvinus University is consistently listed in the top 50 in the Financial Times European Masters in Management rankings[1].
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[edit] History
The education of economics and commerce started in Hungary in 1763. The immediate forerunner of this university was established in 1920 as the Faculty of Economics of the Royal Hungarian University. The faculty bore the term 'University' in its name, but it had a separate, independent organization. The institution went through multiple name changes. In 1953 it was renamed Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences; then Budapest University of Economic Sciences in 1991. It was named Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration (BUESPA) in 2000, with the integration of the College of Public Admistration. The institution received its present name in 2003, along with the integration of the University of Horticulture. The new name refers to the king Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.
[edit] Faculties
The Corvinus University of Budapest has 7 different colleges:
- Faculty of Business Administration
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Public Administration
- Faculty of Horticultural Science
- Faculty of Food Science
- Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Protection and Development
As of 2003 (before the joining of the agricultural university), the university had 620 teachers and 16537 students, and 2721 students graduated in that year. In 2006 it has in total 17000 students. — The education takes place not only in Hungarian but in English and German as well, like several of the programmes. A growing number of the university's students come from other countries than Hungary.
[edit] Setting and architecture
Its main building, next to the Grand Market Hall and facing the Danube and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics on the river's other bank, was planned by Miklós Ybl as the Main Customs Office in neorenaissance historicist style. It was finished in 1874 and underwent major renovations in 1950 and 1989-1990.
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[edit] External links
- Website
- History in English
- Scientific Journal of the Faculty of Economics
- Corvinus University at the Financial Times rankings
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