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Welcome Address

Prof. Gyula SALLAI, DSc Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsBudapest University of Technology and Economics ( (BMEBME))

BME, Budapest, 31st July, 2008

http://icee2008hungary.net/ www.bme.hu

Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsBudapest University of Technology and Economics, BME, BME

Prof. Dr. Gyula SALLAIProf. Dr. Gyula SALLAI

Facts and Strategies, 2008

Facts and Strategies of the BME, 2008 G. Sallai, BME, Hungary3

BME in Figures BME in Figures1782 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) Web Popularity Ranking: 81st in Europe (2007)

Faculties: Civil Engineering (1782) Mechanical Engineering

(1871) Architecture (1873) Chemical and Bioengineering (1873) Electrical Engineering and Informatics (1949) Transportation Engineering (1951) Natural Sciences (1998) Economic and Social Sciences (1998)


Nobel laureates of BMENobel laureates of BME

Dénes GÁBOR (1900 - 1979)holography, in 1971

Jenő WIGNER (1902 - 1995)theoretical physics, in

1963

György OLÁH (b:1927)organic chemistry, in 1994


Former students of BMEFormer students of BMETódor (Theodore)

von KÁRMÁNAeronautical Engineer

& Mathematician(1881-1963)

Leo SZILÁRD Physicist

(1898-1964)

Ede TELLER Physicist

(1908- 2004)


Former graduates of BMEFormer graduates of BME

Donát BÁNKI inventor of carburator

(1859 - 1922)

Károly ZIPERNOWSKY inventor of transformer

(1853-1942)

Ernő RUBIKinventor of Rubik’s cube

(1944-)


Education at the BMEEducation at the BME

Traditional Dipl. Eng. Programs (MSc, 5 years) – in Hungarian

From 2005/2006 two-cycle linear higher education system in Hungary (Bologna process). Engineering education in general:

7 semester BSc programs (210 credits)

4 semester MSc programs (120 credits)

PhD Programs (3 years)

BSc, MSc and PhD curricula in English, partly in German, French, Russian

Since 1994 European Credit Transfer Scheme

Programs are qualified by the Hungarian Accreditation Body (MAB)

Continuing Engineering Education, postgraduate courses, MBA, etc.


Students attending the BME (2007)

Students attending the BME (2007)

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graduates 2171 3021 1859 1392 5423 1416 547 2363

other students 164 208 302 158 21 138 19 3111

Fac. of Civil Engineering

Fac. of Mechanical Engineering

Fac. of Architecture

Fac. of Chemical and

Bioengineering

Fac. of Electrical Eng.

and Info.

Fac. of Transport Eng.

Fac. of Natural Sciences

Fac. of Economic and

Social Sci.

Facts and Strategies of the BME, 2008 G. Sallai, BME, Hungary9Facts and Strategies of the BME, 2008 G. Sallai, BME, Hungary9

Academic Staff (2007)Academic Staff (2007)

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Fac. of Trans. Eng.

Fac. of Nat. Sc.

Fac. of Eco. & Soc. Sc.

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Faculty of Civil Engineering

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of ArchitectureFaculty of Chemical

Engineering and Bioengineering

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

and InformaticsFaculty of Transportation

EngineeringFaculty of Natural Sciences

Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences

Traditional MSc (5 year) ProgrammesTraditional MSc (5 year) Programmes

• Civil Engineering• Land Surveying and Geoinformatics• Mechanical Engineering• Production Engineering• Power Engineering• Architectural Engineering• Chemical Engineering• Bioengineering• Environmental Engineering• Electrical Engineering• Technical Informatics• Transportation Engineering• Mechanical Engineering• Engineer-Physics• Mathematics• Engineering Manager• Business Manager


• Civil Engineering (8 semesters)• Mechanical Engineering (7) • Energy Engineering (7)• Industrial Design Engineering (7)• Mechatronics (7)• Architecture (8)• Chemical Engineering (7)• Bioengineering (7)• Environmental Engineering (7)• Electrical Engineering (7)• Computer Science and Engineering (7)• Transportation Engineering (7)• Mathematics (6)• Physics (6+1)• Management in Engineering (7)• Business and Management BA (6+1) • International Business BA (6+1)• Applied Economics BA (6) • Communication and Media Sciences BA (6)

BSc/BA Programmes at the BMEBSc/BA Programmes at the BME

Faculty of Civil Engineering (EMK)

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (GPK)

Faculty of Architecture (EPK)Faculty of Chemical Engineering

and Bioengineering (VBK)

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (VIK)

Faculty of Transportation Eng. (KSK)

Faculty of Natural Sciences (TTK)

Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (GTK)


2 year MSc/MA Programmes at the BME

from 2008

2 year MSc/MA Programmes at the BME

from 2008ENGINEERING MASTER PROGRAMMESEMK Structure civil engineer (1,5 years, 2009)EMK Infrastructure civil engineer (1,5 y, 2009)EMK Geodesy & geoinformatics (1,5 y, 2009)GPK Mechanical engineerGPK Mechatronics engineerGPK Mechanical modelingEPK Architecture (5 years)VBK Chemical engineer (2009)VBK Bioengineer (2009)VBK Environmental engineerVIK Electrical engineerVIK Computer engineerVIK Biomedical engineer (2009)KSK Transport engineerKSK Logistics engineerKSK Vehicle engineer

OTHER MASTER PROGRAMMESTTK Applied MathematicsTTK PhysicsGTK EconomicsGTK International economyGTK Regional and environmental economyGTK MarketingGTK Master of Business AdministrationGTK FinancialGTK AccountingGTK Management and OrganisationGTK Cognitive sciencesGTK Technical manager (2009)GTK Engineer- teacher


Faculty of Civil Engineering

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Architecture

Fac. of Chemical and Bioengineering

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Faculty of Transportation Engineering

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences

Doctorate Schools (PhD/DLA)~900 PhD students/candidatesDoctorate Schools (PhD/DLA)~900 PhD students/candidates

• Civil Engineering Sciences• Earth Sciences• Mechanical Engineering Sciences• Architectural Art (DLA) • Building Sciences• Chemistry and Chemical Engineering• Electrical Engineering• Information Technology• Transport Science• Vehicle, Mobile Machines Engineering• Mathematics and Computer Science• Physics• Economy, Management and Organizations• Psychological Sciences• History of Technology and Science


Continuing/Adult Education at the BME

Continuing/Adult Education at the BME

• Institute for Continuing Engineering Institute for Continuing Engineering Education (MTI)Education (MTI) Idea of life long learning of engineers in 1924

Established in 1939 (1st in Europe)Qualified by MAB in 2001 (EN ISO 9001:2001)„UNESCO Chair” Award in 2000

Member of SEFI, IACEE, FEANI…Qualification for the „Eur-Ing” in FEANI register

(633 Eur-Ing at Dec. 2007) Aim: full CEE program, fitting to the market demand

incl.: Postgraduate engineering courses, Economic, management and IT studies, Courses for special qualification / certificate

(e.g. building surveyor, quality manager) Special EU topics (legal, economic, R&D….)

Annually in average: 80 courses, 1750 participants


• Postgraduate education in eng. specializationPostgraduate education in eng. specializationOrganized by the Faculties for engineers4 semesters with exams, diploma-work, certificate

63 curricula, e.g.: welding, pharmacochemistry, R&D in EE, manager in energetics, city-planning, color-dynamics, reactor-technology, financial IT

• Master in Business Administration (MBA)Master in Business Administration (MBA)Since 1992 with Heriot-Watt University, since 1996 gradually redesigned with the assistance of American institutions

by Fac. Economic SciencesMBA executive, professionalAnnually in average: 500 MBA diplomas

• Further education courses: Further education courses: with certificate by Fac. Econ. Sci.

E.g.: teachers of secondary schools, techn. experts in justice, educational manager, media designer, taxation expert,

regional developer, environmental manager, etc.

Other forms of Continuing Education at the BME

Other forms of Continuing Education at the BME


Total : 29,8 billion HUF (118,2 million €)

Budget (2007)Budget (2007)

1€ 252 HUF

State budget53 %

R&D&innovation

26 %

Tuition fees11 %

Other income10 %


BME as Research UniversityBME as Research University Competition and grants for basic and applied research

National (National Office for Research and Technology) International (EU’s RTD Framework Programmes)

R&D for the industry and government Bilateral strategic agreements, incl. e.g.:

• collaborative and sponsored research• support of PhD education• courses for updating knowledge of co’s engineers, managers• involvement of co’s experts in the eng & mgmt education

Bilateral specification-based contracts, partly based on Contribution for Innovation by Act

Activity of the Scientific Workshops Doctorate Schools (15), departmental research groups Research groups (12) of Hungarian Academy of Sciences at the BME


Funded EU projects (2002-2006)Funded EU projects (2002-2006)

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RESEARCH

EDUCATION(BSc, MSc, PhD,

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DEVELOPMENT

DESIGN

PRODUCTION

SALES

SERVICES

MANAGEMENT

PUBLIC SPHERE

Publications

GRADUATES,Postgraduates

KNOWLEDGE „Innovation channel”

University Industry/Business/Gov

University – Industry Collaboration Model

University – Industry Collaboration Model

INNOVATION(R&D&I creation

and transfer support)


• 3G/4G Mobile Communications R&D&I Centre

• Information Technology Innovation and Knowledge Centre

• Inter-University Cooperative Research Centre for ICT

• Advanced Vehicle Control Knowledge Centre

• Biomedical Engineering Knowledge Centre

• Biomechanical Cooperative Research Centre

• Cooperative Research Centre for Intelligent Materials

Infopark: Innovation and Technology Park (1st in CE Europe)

BME University Research Centers

Consortia with industrial and academic partners

BME University Research Centers

Consortia with industrial and academic partners


Strategic relations – Multinational and national companies

Strategic relations – Multinational and national companies

• Alcoa• Audi• Bosch• Budapest Gas Works• Continental Temic• E.ON• Ericsson• Flextronics• General Electric• Hewlett-Packard• Hungarian Electric

Works• Hungarian Oil Co.

(MOL)• Hungarian Posts

• Hungarian Telekom• IBM• Intel• Knorr-Bremse• Mentor Graphics• Microsoft • Nokia• Oracle• Paks Nuclear Power

Plant• Pannon Mobile• SAP• Siemens• Visteon


Memberships in international organisations and networksMemberships in international organisations and networks

• EUA (European University Association)• CESAEER (Conf. of European Schools of Advanced Eng. Education and Research)• SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education)• Conference of Rectors and Presidents of European Universities of Technology• 4TU League: Regional cooperation of BME, CTU in Prague, SUT in Bratislava, TU Wien • INU (International Network of Universities) • AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie)• ATHENS Network (Advanced Technology Higher Education Networks/Socrates)• OECD-IMHE (OECD - Institutional Management in Higher Education)• DEAN (Deans European Academics Network)• WITEC (European Association for Women in Science Engineering and Technology)• ENEN (European Nuclear Education Network)• EDEN (European Distance Learning and E-Learning Network)• ACA (Academic Cooperation Association)• EU-ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) University Network Program• EAIE (European Association for International Education)• IAUP ( International Association of University Presidents) • EUNICE (European Universities Network for ICT)• T.I.M.E. Association (Top Industrial Managers for Europe)


Some of the major University Bilateral AgreementsSome of the major University Bilateral Agreements

• Technical University of Vienna, Technical University of Graz, Austria• Technical University of Helsinki, Finland• INSA de Rennes, ENSAM, ParisTech, France• KUL Leuven, Belgium• NTNU Trondheim, Norway• Zhejiang University (Hangzhou), Northeastern University (Shenyang), China• TU Delft, The Netherlands• RWTH Aachen, University of Karlsruhe, TU Berlin, TU Munich, Germany• Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic • Technical University of Cracow, TU Warsaw, Poland• Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Technical University of Košice • University of New Hampshire, of Virginia, Florida Tech, USA• Hanoi Open University, Vietnam• National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore• Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel• Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbay, Delhi, India• University of Tokyo, Hokkaido University, Waseda University, Japan• Seoul National University, Korea University, Republic of Korea• Technical University of Tallinn, Estonia


Number of ERASMUS Agreements(2007-2008)

Number of ERASMUS Agreements(2007-2008)

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The BME Strategic ObjectivesThe BME Strategic Objectives

A EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE CREATION AND TRANSFER OF ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE

• Strong basic education and differentiated, high quality master education, aiming at prestigious BSc/BA and MSc /BA

degrees, resp.

• PhD/DLA education and scientific qualificationin technical and natural sciences, partly in economic

sciences

• High-level research, development and innovationin cooperation with academic and business partners,by contracts, agreements and participation in national and

European projects;

• Training flexibility corresponding to changing social and professional needs, the extension of curricula in English

• Perceptible contribution to the technical development of Hungary

• To be a valuable member of the European Research and Higher Education Area, harmonising theory and practice.

Thanks for your kind attention!

Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsBudapest University of Technology and Economics, , BMEBME

www.bme.hu

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