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Budapest University of Technology and Budapest University of Technology and
EconomicsEconomics, BME, BME
T.I.M.E. GENERAL ASSEMBLYTrento, October 2011
Dr. Gábor PÉCELI, RectorDr. Péter MOSON, Vice Rector for
International RelationsIldikó VARGA, Head of Erasmus and
Exchange Office
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1782 Institutum Geometricum – Hydrotechnicum- - - - - - - - - -
1949-2000 Technical University of Budapest
2000- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
8 Faculties,
77 Departments
24 000 Students Academic Staff: 1300, with scientific
qualification: 700 Golden Quality Prize in HE – (in Hungary, 2007)
Faculties: Civil Engineering (1782) Mechanical Engineering
(1871) Architecture (1873) Chemical and Biotechnology (1873) Electrical Engineering and Informatics (1949) Transportation Engineering (1951) Natural Sciences (1998) Economic and Social Sciences (1998)
BME in FiguresBME in Figures
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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
A famous former graduate:
Ernő RUBIK (1944 -) inventor of Rubik’s cube
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Research University, 2010.
Award of the prestigious title
of Research University, in 2010 by the Hungarian
government (5 in the country)
Gábor PÉCELIRector of BME
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Institutional memberships in international organisations & networks
Institutional memberships in international organisations & networks
CESAEER (Conference of European Schools of Advanced Engineering Education and Research) - 2001-2009 Board member, 2007 General Assembly at BME
4TU League -Regional cooperation of BME, CTU in Prague, SUT in Bratislava, TU Vienna
iNEER (International Network of Engineering Education and Research). ICEE conference in Pécs – Budapest, 2008.
Cooperation Platform of Central and East European Metropolitan Universities of Technology (11 members)
ATHENS – Network of 14 leading European universities of technology. Mobility of cca. 4000 students / year
AUF, EAIE, EUA, IAUP, SEFI, …
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BME in TIME - Plans
Member since 2003
Initiating more cooperation with the Central and Eastern European regional universities – using BME’s active networks
Sharing experiences with Double degree programs and the TIME label summer school, TESS ( active since the pilot phase)
BME would be the first representative of the new EU member states (since 2004 and later) in the TIME Advisory Committee
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Thank you for your kind attention!
Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsBudapest University of Technology and Economics, , BMEBME
www.bme.hu
