A modern university with more than 370 years of traditions
The predecessor of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) was founded in 1635 in Nagyszombat (today Trnava, Slovakia) by Cardinal Péter Pázmány, as a Catholic university for teaching Philosophy and Theology. In 1770-1780, the University was transferred to Buda and later to Pest, and with the support of Maria-Theresa, Queen of Hungary, became the Royal Hungarian University.
Over the following decades, new faculties were established to meet the expectations of a learned society. In the second half of the 19th century, the University developed into a centre of modern higher education in today’s sense, covering nearly every scholarly field.
In 1950, the University was reorganized, and adopted its present name. It was named after one of its professors, the world-famous physicist, Loránd Eötvös.
Recently, a new campus has been built on the scenic banks of the Danube for the Faculties of Science, Social Sciences and Informatics.
Currently, the university has eight faculties: Arts, Education and Psychology, Elementary and Nursery School Teacher Training, Informatics, Law and Political Sciences, Science, Social Sciences, and the Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Education.
Eötvös Loránd University is internationally recognized, and its programmes are accredited by the Hungarian Accreditation Board. The diplomas issued by Eötvös Loránd University are acknowledged worldwide, and its course credits are transferable in all countries in the European Union.
Over the last hundred years, Eötvös Loránd University has had many world-famous scientists and five Nobel Prize laureates among its teachers and alumni. The number of students has reached 32 000, and there is an academic staff of 1800 highly-qualified teachers and researchers. |
