Óbuda University

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Óbuda University
Óbudai Egyetem
Latin: Universitas Budensis
Motto	"Pro scientita et futuro"
Established	2000
Type	Public
Rector	Dr. Imre Rudas D.Sc.
Admin. staff	500
Students	12,000
Location	Budapest, Hungary 47°32′1.6″N 19°2′5.75″E / 47.533778°N 19.0349306°E / 47.533778; 19.0349306Coordinates: 47°32′1.6″N 19°2′5.75″E / 47.533778°N 19.0349306°E / 47.533778; 19.0349306
Website	www.uni-obuda.hu

The Óbuda University (Hungarian: Óbudai Egyetem, Latin: Universitas Budensis) named after Óbuda, a part of Budapest, is a technical university in Budapest, Hungary. It was originally founded in 2000 as Technical Institute of Budapest (Hungarian: Budapesti Műszaki Főiskola) with the merging of 3 polytechnical institutes (Donát Bánki Technical Institute, Kandó Kálmán Politechnical College, Light Industry Technical College). With over 12 000 students it is one of the largest technical universities in the country. Having complied with the necessary requirements, the institution was promoted to university status on 1 January 2010 under the name of Óbuda University.^[1]

Faculties of the University

The university with the merger of former polytechnic institutions has founded the following faculties:^[2]

Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Security Technology
Kálmán Kandó Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Keleti Károly Faculty of Business and Management
John von Neumann Faculty of Information Technology
Rejtő Sándor Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering
Transportation Informatics and Telematics Knowledge Center

External links

The official website of Óbuda University

References

↑ "Óbudai Egyetem - Announcement by Prof. Dr. Imre Rudas on bmf.hu". Retrieved 2010-01-12.
↑ "Obuda University, Budapest", Budapest Corner, retrieved 2010-12-20

v t e Universities in Hungary

Universities in Budapest	Eötvös Loránd University Budapest University of Technology and Economics Corvinus University of Budapest Central European University Semmelweis University Óbuda University Pázmány Péter Catholic University Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music Andrássy Gyula German Language University of Budapest Károli Gáspár University of the Hungarian Reformed Church Evangelical-Lutheran Theological University Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University

Universities in the rest of the country	Debrecen Reformed Theological University Szent István University Széchenyi István University University of Debrecen University of Kaposvár University of Miskolc University of Pannonia University of Pécs University of Szeged University of West Hungary

Former universities	Franz Joseph University Universitas Istropolitana

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