Óbuda University

Óbuda University
Óbudai Egyetem
Latin: Universitas Budensis
Motto	"Pro scientita et futuro"
Type	Public
Established	1879
Rector	Prof. Dr. János Fodor
Administrative staff	421
Students	12,888
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 founded in 2000 as Budapest Tech (Hungarian: Budapesti Műszaki Főiskola) with the merging of three polytechnical institutes (Bánki Donát Technical College, Kandó Kálmán Technical College, Light Industry Technical College). With near 13 000 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

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

Alba Regia Technical Faculty (Székesfehérvár)
Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering
Kandó Kálmán Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Keleti Károly Faculty of Business and Management
John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics
Rejtő Sándor Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering

Doctoral Schools

Doctoral School of Applied Informatics and Applied Mathematics
Doctoral School of Safety and Security Sciences
Doctoral School of Materials Sciences and Technologies

External links

The official website of Óbuda University

References

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

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