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Óbuda University

Óbudai Egyetem
The main building and its surroundings in 2018
Latin: Universitas Budensis
Motto	Pro Scientia et Futuro
Type	Public
Established	2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Chancellor	Gabriella Ormándi
Rector	Prof. Dr. habil. Levente Kovács
Administrative staff	421
Students	15,088
Location	Budapest, Székesfehérvár, Hungary 47°32′1.6″N 19°2′5.75″E / 47.533778°N 19.0349306°E / 47.533778; 19.0349306
Campus	Urban
Language	Hungarian, English
Affiliations	European University Association
Website	www.uni-obuda.hu

The Óbuda University (Hungarian: Óbudai Egyetem, Latin: Universitas Budensis), named after Óbuda, a part of Budapest, is a university in Budapest, Hungary.

History

It was founded in 2000 as Budapest Tech (Budapesti Műszaki Főiskola) with the merging of three polytechnical institutes: Bánki Donát Technical College, Kandó Kálmán Technical College, and Light Industry Technical College. With more than 15,000 students it is one of the largest technical universities in the country. Having complied with the requirements, the institution was promoted to university status on 1 January 2010 under the name of Óbuda University.

Organization

Faculties

The university with the merger of former polytechnic institutions has founded the following faculties:

• 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
• Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Doctoral schools

• Applied Informatics and Applied Mathematics
• Safety and Security Sciences
• Materials Sciences and Technologies
• Innovation Management, the head is Gulácsi László

Notable alumni

• Joseph Galamb - Designer of Ford Model T
• Charles Balough - President of the Hercules Motor Manufacturing Company, designer of Ford T-model
• Júlia Sebestyén - European figure skating champion
• Attila Ferjáncz - Hungarian rally driver, Hungarian champion, sports director
• Imre Gedővári - Hungarian fencer and Olympic gold medalist, sports director
• Lajos Boros - radio presenter, journalist, author and singer
• Rudolf Emil Kálmán - electrical engineer, mathematician, inventor of Kálmán filter
• George Andrew Olah - chemist
• Anita Benes - designer, founder of Daalarna
• Péter Márki-Zay - politician, marketer, economist, electrical engineer, historian
• Konrád Nagy - speed skater and former short track speed skater
• Péter Galambos - rower
• Anita Köböl - television presenter

External links

• The official website of Óbuda University
• The MassVentil Project: by Óbuda University

References

1. "Search". Internet Archive.
2. "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
3. "Óbudai Egyetem - Announcement by Prof. Dr. Imre Rudas on bmf.hu" (PDF). Retrieved 12 January 2010.
4. "Obuda University, Budapest", Budapest Corner, retrieved 20 December 2010
5. "The faculty joined Óbuda University in August 2020. (in Hungarian)". Retrieved 9 September 2021.
6. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities - Obuda University". Archived from the original on 9 March 2022.
7. "Innováció Menedzsment Doktori Iskola".
8. "Galamb, Joseph | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
9. ^ "Hall of Fame | International". international.uni-obuda.hu. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
10. Crowcroft, Orlando (19 October 2021). "Peter Marki-Zay: Is this the man who can beat Viktor Orban?". euronews. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
11. Határ, Dávid (4 March 2016). "Nagy Konrád egyetemi világbajnoki címet nyert gyorskorcsolyában". ELTE Online (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
12. "World Rowing - The tireless Peter Galambos". World Rowing. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

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