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Hungary – Budapest

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Unlock the secret …

Budapest … Balaton … Hortobágy …

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Hungarian culture

• Weddings:

drinking from the bride’s shoe; stealing of the bride

• Easter:

sprinkling with water

• May-pole
• Carnival tradition:

„busójárás”

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Things … you may not have known ...

• It was a Hungarian who invented the…
• ball point pen, helicopter, Rubik’s cube
• It was a Hungarian who …
• discovered the Vitamin C
• invented Colour TV
• designed Model-T for Ford
• was the first person to send an e-mail

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Things … you may have known ...

• Hungarians eat goulash and paprika
• After Iceland Hungary has the most thermal

water in the world

• Hungary has the biggest lake in Central-Eastern

Europe, Balaton

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World Heritage

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Some Famous Hungarians

• Kodály Zoltán (do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do)
• Szent-Györgyi Albert (he discovered vitamin C)
• Teller Ede (the father of the H-bomb)
• Neumann János (the father of the computer)

We are very proud of them

(you may have noticed we write our names the other way around)

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Why Hungary?

• Hungary has:
• 1000 year of culture,
• unique nature,
• several medicinal water springs.
• Its capital, Budapest is the Queen of the Danube.
• The lake in the western part of the country, Balaton

is the largest lake in Central Europe.

• The country boasts of rich cultural life.
• Hungarians are hospitable.
• The spicy meals, good wines (Hungaricum) attract

many tourists.

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Hungarian society

• 13 nationalities
• There are 13 million Hungarians in the world
• 10 million in Hungary
• 1,5 million in Romania
• 0,5 million in Slovakia
• 0,3 million in Serbia
• 0,2 million in Ukraine
• 0,2 million in Western-Europe
• 0,1 million in Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Czech Republic
• 0,1 million in the USA
• 0,1 million in Canada

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Why Budapest?

• Budapest has a marvellous location.
• The city of medical water springs.
• There are caves and nature reserves.
• History has its clues from the eras of:
• the Romans
• Turkish times
• the Belle Epoque
• Famous locations:
• The Castle, the Matthias Church,
• The Parliament, the Margaret Island,
• The Zoo, Heroes Square, etc...
• Festivals, Movies, Concerts, Jazz-Clubs …

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Why Corvinus?

• It is a leading and prestigous university in the field of business,

economics, horticulture and food science in the country and the region.

• Students are admitted with the highest score.
• It has achieved international rankings. (Financial Times, QS,

Eduniversal, CHE Excellence Ranking)

• It has internationally accreditted programmes: EPAS, EAPAA,

IFLA, ECA.

• It is a member in prestigious associations: CEMS, PIM, ECLAS…
• Corvinus degrees are respected and accepted worldwide.

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Brief history

Faculty of Business Administration Faculty of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Public Adinistration

From 2012: part of the National University of Public Service

Faculty of Horticultural Science Faculty of Food Science Faculty of Landscape Architecture

Budapest University

• f

Economic Sciences (BUES) Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration (BUESPA)

Corvinus University of Budapest

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What’s in a name?

• Born: 1443 Died: 1490

King of Hungary from 1458 to his death.

• Fascinated with the achievements
• f the Italian Renaissance.
• He established the famous library
• f codices, the Bibliotheca

Corviniana.

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Some statistics

• Number of students:

14522

Full-time: 12336 PhD students (9 doctoral schools) : 319 International students: 1405

• Number of teaching staff: 859

Members of Hungarian Academy of Sciences: 11

• Number of BA /BSc programmes in Hungarian: 24
• Number of MA /MSc programmes in Hungarian: 32

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Corvinus international

• A huge network of partner universities:

368 partners – 443 agreements throughout the world.

• Successful international programmes:

Erasmus, CEEPUS, Overseas Bilateral Exchanges

• Outgoing and incoming students: 1st place in Hungary
• E-Quality Label, 2005

European Quality Label for the high quality of the University's activity related to the Erasmus mobility programme of the EU

• International Cooperation Prize, 2009

For the quality coordination of the largest-size Erasmus student mobility in Hungary

• Top Network University Ranking 2011 – 1st place

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BA/BSc programmes in English

• Business and Management
• International Business
• Sociology
• Communication and Media Science
• International Relations
• Applied Economics
• Advantages
• International atmosphere (74 nationalities)
• Small classes
• Lots of study abroad opportunities

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MA/MSc programmes in English

• International Business and Economy
• Marketing
• Public Policy and Management
• International Relations
• MBA, Executive MBA
• Horticulture
• Amenity Horticulture and Plant Applying
• Agricultural Biotechnology
• Food Science and Technology
• Landscape Architecture

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Doctoral programmes in English

• Horticulture
• Food Sciences
• Landscape Architecture
• Sociology

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Other degree programmes in English

• Joint degrees
• CoDe – Local Development (EM)
• MIREES
• Joint programmes issuing double degree:
• IMESS (EM)
• Vintage (EM)
• AFEPA (EM)
• IMRCEES
• Joint programmes
• EMSRHS (EM)

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Double degree programmes

• EBS (BA)
• ITESM (BA)
• Otto-Friedrich Uni Bamberg (BA)
• Universität Passau (MA)
• University of Groningen (MA)
• University of Salerno (MSc)
• Multiple degree: BOKU, Humboldt,

TU München, Bologna

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Non-degree programmes in English

• Partial training
• All subject areas
• Certificate programmes
• Public administration
• International Financial Management
• Sustainable Agricultural Production
• Special training programmes
• Mushroom cultivation
• Preparatory programmes
• English, Mathematics

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Facilities for international students

• Courses in English, German
• Hungarian Language and Culture course
• ECTS credits
• Unique collection in the libraries
• Wireless internet, English software programmes
• Assistance in finding accommodation
• Buddy program
• Student ID card
• Social programs during the semester
• International community (degree + exchange)

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Week of Nations

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Thank you for your attention!

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See you in Budapest!

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