AGREEMENT
between
Óbuda University
Technical University of Applied
Sciences, Wildau
and
Germany
Budapest
Hungary
In accordance with the idea to develop and diversify their fields of education and
research the representatives of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau
and the Óbuda University hereby declare their availability for collaboration. Both
parties, by signing this agreement, affirm and sustain the importance of regional and
international cooperation in higher education and scientific activity.
Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau and Óbuda University - hereafter
referred to as the Institutions – agree to work together in order to mobilize their
respective means and facilities to improve and develop the cooperation between the
two Institutions in various academic and scientific activities. The following general
principles are agreed upon:
Scope of the Cooperation
1. Based on the Hungarian-German Governmental Agreement for cultural and
scientific cooperation and the Hungarian - German Intergovernmental Agreement,
the Institutions will enhance the cooperation in their common fields of interest in
Natural Sciences, Engineering Studies and Economics in accordance with their own
traditions and social responsibilities. Both Institutions will strive to establish
equivalence of educational standards and qualifications between the two Institutions,
with the aim to introduce the mutual recognition of graduate diplomas.
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Experimentally, the ”transferable” credits, based on the European Credit Transfer
System, may be used in order to establish the equivalence of study programs.
Exchange of faculty members for teaching and research, exchange of students for
undergraduate or graduate studies, collaboration on research, and organizing
bilateral student activities in sports and cultural events are within the scope of the
cooperation.
Exchange of Lecturers and Researchers
2. Lecturers and researchers will reciprocally visit the Institutions in order to
establish or develop academic contacts, to deliver lectures or to take part in academy
juries, and to cooperate in research projects within the framework of specific
programs mutually determined by the Departments and Faculties of the two
Institutions. According to the nature of the enrolled programs, these visits may last
from one week to one month within an accepted yearly quota for the project
cooperation.
These activities may also involve the exchange and development of methods and
teaching supporting materials.
3. To carry out the exchange mentioned in Article 2, both parties will primarily utilize
the available CEEPUS resources, or will meet the traveling expenses of their own
faculty and researchers while the accommodation and living expenses will be met by
funds made available to the host Institutions. For those activities, which are not
covered by relevant mutual agreements, the expenses will be supported by the
involved persons or departments. The Institutions will use their own rules and
provisions within the framework of mutual legislation, to the best possible degree in
giving all the necessary assistance to the visitors so as to facilitate their activity in the
host environment.
Collaboration on Research
4. The Institutions will make every effort towards the development and
implementation of research projects, which are of mutual interest.
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5. In the fields of common interest, the Institutions will encourage joint scientific
workshops, seminars, and short courses and will exchange literature, publications
and other scientific information. At the same time the Institutions will encourage
participation of their lecturers and researchers in seminars, conferences and short
courses organized by the partner Institution.
6. In relevant scientific fields and based on the common interests and mutual funding
principle, double-coordinated Ph.D. programs will be initiated by the Institutions,
according to relevant natural rules in the field.
7. Joint application for funds available within EU R&D Framework Programs,
COST, EUREKA, Intergovernmental S&T Agreement Projects will be submitted by
the Institutions to finance their research collaboration.
Student Exchange
8. The Institutions will encourage their students to pursue undergraduate and
graduate (postgraduate) studies in the partner Institutions mainly within the CEEPUS
Program or other European programs. For this purpose, rules and regulations
existing in the Institutions will be made known to students and to faculty members.
This could involve:
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student exchanges for a part of the academic year, for the duration of a specific
project, or practice, or diploma work,
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the exchange of graduates and postgraduates for further studies,
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practical placement and technical visits.
Validity
9. This agreement will come into force after having been signed by the Rectors of the
two Institutions, and approved by the necessary authorities.
This agreement is automatically valid for six years. The cooperation outlined in this
agreement will be detailed in a series of two-year plans agreed between our faculties
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and departments. Subject to the approval of both parties within the framework of the
Working Plan (Research Topic List), either party may introduce additional topics.
This agreement is automatically valid for a further six years, unless one of the parties
gives formal notice of withdrawal during the last six months of the agreement’s
validity.
The agreement can be terminated at any time, by a mutual decision.
The agreement will lapse 3 months after either party announces its withdrawal from
the agreement.
Signed in Wildau, April 10, 2013
Technical University of Applied Sciences
Óbuda University
Wildau
Budapest
Rector
Prof. Dr. Imre J. Rudas
President
Prof. Dr. László Ungvári
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