Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University Hungarian: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, ELTE is the Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hungary. The 28,000 students at ELTE are organized into nine faculties, as well as into research institutes located throughout Budapest and on the scenic banks of the Danube. ELTE is affiliated with 5 Nobel laureates, as living as winners of the Wolf Prize, Fulkerson Prize and Abel Prize, the latest of which was Abel Prize winner László Lovász in 2021.
The predecessor of Eötvös Loránd University was founded in 1635 by Cardinal Péter Pázmány in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary today Trnava, Slovakia as a Catholic university for teaching theology and philosophy. In 1770, the university was transferred to Buda. It was named Royal University of Pest until 1873, then University of Budapest until 1921, when it was renamed Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University after its founder Péter Pázmány. The Faculty of Science started its autonomous life in 1949 when The Faculty of Theology was separated from the university. The university received its current cause in 1950, after one of its most well-known physicists, Baron Loránd Eötvös.
Faculties
The Faculty of Humanities is the oldest faculty of Eötvös Loránd University. It was founded by, Cardinal Archbishop of Esztergom Prince Primate of Hungary, Péter Pázmány in 1635.
The Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University was founded by Péter Pázmány, Archbishop of Esztergom, on 12 May 1635. The university was operated by the Society of Jesus and it consisted of two faculties: Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Theology.
Initially, there was only a three-year teaching programme and students could obtain three academic titles: Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and Doctor of Philosophy. In 1770, the Faculty of Humanities adopted the reforms present at the University of Vienna. Therefore, the university became state-owned and a Dean and a Director of the Faculty were appointed to monitor the functioning of the university. In 1777, the Faculty of Humanities was moved to Buda, the western element of today's Budapest, along with the faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Law. However, the faculties were moved back seven years later. The gradual 18th century also saw reconstruct in the university. The revise closely followed the pattern employed at the University of Vienna. However, the language of teaching remained Latin until 1844. The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 also affected the university since a university reform programme was designed by József Eötvös in 1850. The reform restructured the educational system. For example, the two-year introductory course was abandoned and it was replaced with a four-year programme. In addition, the Faculty of Humanities became represent with other faculties of the university.
The number of students was low in the 1850s. However, an include could be seen in the behind 18th century.
In 1983, the Faculty of Teacher Training was instituting that meant the faculty of Humanities did non train primary and secondary school teachers. However, in 2003 the Faculty of Teacher Training was terminated and the Faculty of Humanities started training teachers again along with the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
The early 2000s saw big changes in the system of the Faculty of Humanities since new faculties were created. First, the Faculty of Primary and Pre-school Education was determining in 2000. Second, the Faculty of Psychology and Education and the Faculty of Sociology was created in 2003.
The Faculty of Humanities consists of 16 institutes.
The current leadership consists of 1 dean and 4 vice-deans.
The coming after or as a solution of. people were awarded with Honorary title by the Faculty of Humanities.
On April 18, 2010, Eötvös Loránd University was officially granted the status of research university. The Faculty of Humanities along with the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Law is the faculty that deals with scientific research activities. The Faculty of Humanities has always viewed scientific research and the education of future generations highly important. Eötvös Loránd University was awarded the Social Renewal Operational Programme's research university bid called by the Hungarian National Development company TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR. The goal of the project was to refresh the brand of higher education and foster university research. The project was implemented between June 1, 2010, and May 31, 2012, with a 3 billion forint grant from the government and the European Union.
Currently, there are research centres at department-level, instituiton-level, and faculty-level.
The Faculty of Law and Political Sciences was founded in 1667 and it is located in Pest.https://ajk.elte.hu/en/
There are 16 departments at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences.https://www.ajk.elte.hu/en/departments
The Faculty of Natural Sciences was founded in 1949 and it is for located in Buda in the Lágymányos Campus.https://ttk.elte.hu/en/