Eotvos Lorand Univerity (ELTE)

Budapest, Ungern

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Om arbetsgivaren

Eotvos Lorand Univerity (ELTE), the longest continuously serving university of Hungary, was founded in 1635 in the city of Nagyszombat (today Trnava, Slovakia) by Cardinal Péter Pázmány, Archbishop of Esztergom. It serves the interests of high quality education and research, building upon the best European traditions. The mission of ELTE is to preserve and enrich national and universal culture, to cultivate science and to pass on academic knowledge, as well as to shape and satisfy the real, long-term needs of Hungarian society and of mankind. ELTE aims to educate intellectuals with up-to-date knowledge and versatile culture, who

can identify and analyze problems, and who are able to propose problem-solving strategies and bring about responsible decisions;
seek consensus, understanding and respecting different cultures;
are aware of their individual responsibilities with regard to the future of their immediate environment, of Hungary, of Europe and of mankind;
represent the values of professionalism, solidarity and humanism; and
respect universal ethical norms¸ human dignity and the freedom of thought and opinion.

Facts & Figures

ELTE is one of the most popular institutions in Hungary and re-ceives the highest number of applications for admission every year. In 2011, the university received the 19 percent of the national applications and 36 percent of our applicants were admitted to one of our programmes. we have 9 745 first-year students. The university offers 38 Bachelor’s degree programmes in 9 fields of study, 90 master’s in 6 fields of study and 116 doctoral programmes in 17 doctoral schools. 7.5 percent of our courses are taught in english or in other foreign languages. The university has 29 850 students and 1 592 academic staff members.