Dear Applicant,
Thank you for expressing interest in the programmes at the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
Our university, founded by Cardinal Péter Pázmány, was opened on Tuesday, 13 November 1653, and teaching started the next day at the Faculty of Humanities. We will begin our 373rd term in September 2007. In the more than 300 years that have passed since that Tuesday, our Faculty has educated the finest members of our political and intellectual life. We are proud of our past and our traditions, but we are equally proud of our present and all our achievements. The Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University is not only the biggest Humanities Faculty of Hungary, but also the best. This is supported by the surveys carried out by independent higher education market research groups. According to the joint ranking of World Economy Weekly (Heti Világgazdaság, HVG) and the National Higher Education Information Center (OFIK), our Faculty obtained the absolute first place among all the 164 faculties of the 72 higher education institutions evaluated in Hungary. According to the ranking of the largest Hungarian daily, Népszabadság, our Faculty occupies first place among all 101 BA majors.
Past and present, tradition and quality is the slogan that best summarizes what our Faculty stands for.
Why apply to our Faculty?
· Because our Faculty has always laid great emphasis on international contacts.
· Because we host the largest number of Erasmus students.
· Because we offer the greatest variety of BA majors.
· Because we will offer the greatest variety of MA majors.
· Because our Faculty has the widest range of PhD programmes.
· Because we have the best-qualified academic staff in the country.
· Because our Faculty accommodates the most HAS-ELTE research groups.
· Because our Faculty has one of the best Students’ Unions in the country, which actively helps freshmen integrate into university life.
We look forward to your application should you decide to continue your studies at our Faculty. I hope to greet you as part of our community in September 2007.
Csaba Borsodi PhD
vice-dean of education
