FACTS AND STRATEGIES, 2011
VISIT OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM LSAMP DELEGATION
16 NOVEMBER, 2011
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, BME
BME in Figures
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Institutum Geometricum – Hydrotechnicum
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1949-2000 Technical University of Budapest
2000- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculties:
 Civil Engineering
 Mechanical Engineering
 Architecture
 Chemical and Biotechnology
 Electrical Engineering and Informatics
 Transportation Engineering
 Natural Sciences
 Economic and Social Sciences
(1782)
(1871)
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(1949)
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8 Faculties,
77 Departments
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24 000 Students
Academic Staff: 1300, with scientific qualification: 700
Golden Quality Prize in HE – (in Hungary, 2007)
Web Popularity Ranking: 81st in Europe (2007)
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World famous personalities
Nobel laureates:
Dénes GÁBOR (1900 - 1979) Holography, in 1971
Jenő WIGNER (1902 - 1995) Theoretical physics, in 1963
György OLÁH (b:1927) Organic chemistry, in 1994
Former students:
Theodore von KÁRMÁN (1881-1963) Aeronautical Engineer & Mathematician
Leo SZILÁRD (1898-1964) Physicist
Ede TELLER (1908- 2004) Physicist
Former graduates:
Károly ZIPERNOWSKY (1853-1942) inventor of transformer
Donát BÁNKI (1859 - 1922) inventor of carburator
Ernő RUBIK (1944 -) inventor of Rubik’s cube
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BSc/BA Programmes
/7 semester BSc programs (210 credits)/
Faculty of Civil Engineering (EMK) • Civil Engineering (8 semesters)
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering • Mechanical Engineering (7)
(GPK) • Energy Engineering (7)
• Industrial Design Engineering (7)
• Mechatronics (7)
Faculty of Architecture (EPK) • Architecture (8)
Faculty of Chemical Technology and • Chemical Engineering (7)
Biotechnology (VBK) • Bioengineering (7)
• Environmental Engineering (7)
Faculty of Electrical Engineering • Electrical Engineering (7)
and Informatics (VIK) • Computer Science and Engineering (7)
Faculty of Transportation Eng. (KSK) • Transportation Engineering (7)
Faculty of Natural Sciences (TTK) • Mathematics (6)
• Physics (6+1)
Faculty of Economic and • Management in Engineering (7)
Social Sciences (GTK) • Business and Management BA (6+1)
• International Business BA (6+1)
• Applied Economics BA (6)
• Communication and Media Sciences BA (6)
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2 year MSc/MA Programmes
from 2008
/4 semester MSc programs (120 credits)/
ENGINEERING MASTER PROGRAMMES
EMK Structure civil engineer (1,5 years, 2009)
EMK Infrastructure civil engineer (1,5 y, 2009)
EMK Geodesy & geoinformatics (1,5 y, 2009)
GPK Mechanical engineer
OTHER MASTER PROGRAMMES
GPK Mechatronics engineer
TTK Applied Mathematics
GPK Mechanical modeling
TTK Physics
EPK Architecture (5 years)
GTK Economics
VBK Chemical engineer (2009)
GTK International economy
VBK Bioengineer (2009)
GTK Regional and environmental economy
VBK Environmental engineer
GTK Marketing
VIK Electrical engineer
GTK Master of Business Administration
VIK Computer engineer
GTK Financial
VIK Biomedical engineer (2009)
GTK Accounting
KSK Transport engineer
GTK Management and Organisation
KSK Logistics engineer
GTK Cognitive sciences
KSK Vehicle engineer
GTK Technical manager (2009)
GTK Engineer- teacher
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Doctorate Schools (PhD/DLA)
/3 years/ ~900 PhD students/candidates
Faculty of Civil Engineering • Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering • Mechanical Engineering Sciences
Faculty of Architecture • Architectural Art (DLA)
• Building Sciences
Fac. of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering • Electrical Engineering
and Informatics • Information Technology
Faculty of Transportation Engineering • Transport Science
• Vehicle, Mobile Machines Engineering
Faculty of Natural Sciences • Mathematics and Computer Science
• Physics
Faculty of Economic and • Economy, Management and Organizations
Social Sciences • Psychological Sciences
• History of Technology and Science
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Budget 2009
Total : 30,6 billion HUF
(105,5 million €)
Other income
10 %
1€  290 HUF
Tuition fees
11 %
R&D&
innovation
26 %
State budget
53 %
Budget 2010
Total : 33,3 billion HUF
(119 million €)
1€  280 HUF
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Budget of FP 6 Projects
Year
(and number of projects)
Budget
BME project in FP6 (EUR)
2003 (52 projects)
7 331 542
2004 (15 projects)
1 756 368
2005 (29 projects)
4 583 536
2006 (25 projects)
1 188 465
In all (121 projects)
14 859 911
Average/projects
140 000
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Participation in the supported FP6 projects
Thematic areas and fields of activity
Number of projects
Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology
3
Information Society Technologies:
60
Nanotechnology and nano sciences, knowledge-based,
multifunctional materials, new production processes and devices:
10
Aeronautics and space research
4
Food quality and safety
2
Sustainable development (Ecosystems, energy systems, surface
traffic)
10
Citizens and governance
1
Specific activities
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Structuring of European Research Area (ERA)
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Marie Curie Actions
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Euratom
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FP7 Proposals and projects in numbers
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No. of Proposals
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No. of Projects
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Cooperation
Ideas
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No. of Proposals
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Capacities
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Research University, 2010.
FOCUS POINTS:
Development of the scientific performance and
creativity.
Award of the prestigious title
Development of the infrastructure of R&D&I. of Research University, 2010
Amelioration of the system of general
condition of the activity of R&D&I.
Development of quality of the R&D&I area considered
significant by the competitiveness of the country.
Reinforcement of the talent nursing and researcher supply.
Development of human resources.
Utilization of the scientific results, technology transfer,
traitment of intellectual property.
Strategic relations –
Multinational and national companies
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Alcoa
Audi
Bosch
Budapest Gas Works
Continental Temic
EGIS
E.ON
Ericsson
Flextronics
General Electric
Hewlett-Packard
Hungarian Electric Works
Hungarian Oil Co. (MOL)
Hungarian Posts
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Hungarian Telekom
IBM
Intel
Knorr-Bremse
Mentor Graphics
Microsoft
Nokia
Oracle
Paks Nuclear Power Plant
Pannon Mobile
Richter Gedeon
SAP
Sanofi-Aventis (Chinoin)
Siemens
Visteon
International Relations
Strategical Objectives
Strengthening the ambitious partnership with EU countries.
Making valuable efforts to hold the principal streamline
towards universities, excellence in technology and economics
in the world.
Drawing a considerable attentiveness towards the universities
of the neighbouring countries.
Establishing new connections with Far Eastern universities.
Promoting the most widespread student mobility.
Bilateral Agreements on Institutional level
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Europe
Asia
America
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Africa
Australia
Institutional memberships in
international organisations & networks
EUA (European University Association)
CESAEER (Conf. of European Schools of Advanced Engineering Education and Research)
SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education)
CRP (Conference of Rectors and Presidents of European Universities of Technology)
4TU League (Regional cooperation of BME, CTU in Prague, SUT in Bratislava, TU Vienna)
AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie)
WITEC (European Association for Women in Science Engineering and Technology)
ENEN (European Nuclear Education Network)
EDEN (European Distance Learning and E-Learning Network)
EAIE (European Association for International Education)
iNEER/ICEE (International Network of Engineering Education and Research/International
Conference on Engineering Education)
IAUP ( International Association of University Presidents)
EUNICE (European Universities Network for ICT)
Cooperation Platfom of the Metropolitan Universities of Technology from Central
and Eastern Europe (Initiator: Warsaw University of Technology)
Inter-Academia Community (Shizuoka University, Japan - Partnership)
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Professor and Student Mobility
Programmes
ERASMUS Mobility Programmes
Leonardo da Vinci Mobility Project
CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies)
ERASMUS MUNDUS and External Cooperation Window
ATHENS Network (Advanced Technology Higher Education Networks/Socrates)
T.I.M.E. Association (Top Industrial Managers for Europe)
„n+i” Engineering Institutes Network, EduFrance
Strasbourg Club (for new and future member states of the European Union)
International Visegrad Fund
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Some of the major University
Bilateral Agreements
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Vienna University of Technology, Graz University of Technology, Austria
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Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Zhejiang University (Hangzhou), China
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
University of Virginia, FloridaTech, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA
RWTH Aachen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Technical University of Košice
Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi Open University, Vietnam
National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbay, India
University of Tokyo, Hokkaido University, Waseda University, Osaka Univesity, Japan
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
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General Agreements with American Institutions_1
Washington
University in
St. Louis,
Missouri
Agreement of Partnership (signed 2007)
The frame of the future collaboration: The McDonnell International
Scholars Academy. McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership
University of
New
Hampshire,
Durham
(signed 1993)
Types: exchange of thesis, teaching materials and other technological and scientific
literature, cooperation on scientific and technological research, exchange of faculty,
scholars, and students for lecturing, studies and research.
University of
Virginia,
Charlottesville
(signed 2005)
Fields: Information technology, nano-technology, medical informatics, technologytransfer, life sciences. Collaboration between Engineering School, UV and Faculty of
Electrical Engineering and Informatics, BME. Types: exchange of information between
academic faculty members, exchange of publication, exchange of research scholars,
students, academic staff and Information.
University of
Memphis,
Memphis,
Tennessee
(signed 2002) Initiators: Mathematical Institution, Analytical Department: discreet
mathematics, linear and classical analysis, Applied Mathematical training.
Department of Computer Science and Information Theory: graph theory and
combinatory. Department of Automation and Applied Informatics: medical-biology
research and education (DNA, medical informatics).
Department of General and Analytical Chemistry: research of chemical and biosensors.
Department of Applied Mechanics: biomechanics.
Types: teacher, staff and student exchange cooperation in research programs.
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General Agreements with American Institutions_2
Drexel University,
Philadelphia
(signed 2003 between BME Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics)
Department of Broadband Info-communications and Electromagnetic Theory and
DU, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering).
Types: cooperation in research programs, exchange of faculty,
staff and students, exchange of books and reference materials.
University of
Minnesota,
Minneapolis
(signed 2005, Memorandum of Understanding by BME Dept. of Control and
Transport Automation and UM Dept. of Aerospace Eng. and Mechanics)
Initiator: Department of Control and Transport Automation „Advanced Vehicles
and Vehicle Control Knowledge Center”.
Types: exchange teaching and scientific research materials, exchange of
faculty/staff and scientist of advanced status, exchange of students
Ohio State
University,
Columbus
(signed 1991)
Types: exchange of thesis, teaching material, technological and scientific literature
cooperation on scientific and technological research, exchange of faculty, scholars
and students for lecturing studies
University of
Buffalo, State
University of New
York
student exchange program
(just being renewed)
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General Agreements with American Institutions_3
Florida Institute of
Technology,
Melbourne
(signed 2000, renewed 2006)
Fields: Environmental science, particle physics, nuclear physics, applied
optics, fire resistance/protection of polymers, Space robotics, various
branches of civil engineering.
University of Arizona,
Tucson, Arizona
(signed 1993, renewed 2007)
Fields: 1. environmental issues
2. information technology, telecommunications, high-speed information
transfer technologies
3. theoretical applied elements of classical mechanics and related aspects of
physics
4. management technology, including issues in the diffusion and adaptation
of both mixed (man-machine) and hard technologies,
5. water management
6. applied information theory, encoding and cryptography,
7. speech synthesis technology
8. high-voltage technology, hydroelectric power generation
Types: exchange of faculty, research and technical specialists, design of
collaborative research projects, exchange of students
Florida State
University,
Tallahassee
(signed 2005)
Types: faculty, research, advanced students and staff exchange
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General Agreements with American Institutions_4
Virginia
Polytechnic
Institute and
State University,
Blacksburg
(signed 1992)
Types: exchange of professors, lecturers and researchers, students, joint
supervision of M.S. and Ph.D. students, exchange of academic information and
materials, periodicals and other publications organization of joint research
programs, joint conferences.
Mississippi State
University,
Mississippi State
(signed 1991) Types: exchange of professors, junior investigators and students,
exchange of publications, research progress reports, teaching materials, joint
development and execution of research projects.
University of
Georgia, Athens
(signed 2000)
Types: cooperative educational and research program for faculty and students,
student exchange
Vanderbilt
University
(signed 2009)
Type: student exchange
University of
California, Los
Angeles
(signed 1990) Types: development of research projects joint academic and
scientific activities, exchange of research and teaching personnel, students
exchange of publications
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