The best Hungarian universities, part 3 – Corvinus University of Budapest
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Lately, there has been a growing interest in Hungarian academic education on part of foreign students, most of them choosing universities sited in Budapest. In the following series, we will present some of the best Hungarian universities, hoping that during your summer trip to one of our exciting festivals, you’ve taken a deep interest in our culture and history.
Given that the number of foreign students (either visiting with Erasmus, or being full-term students) has quickly grown in the recent years, we’ve decided to give a short overview of why you should study at one of those Hungarian universities that are among the top and also offer courses in English or other widely spoken languages. The third stop of our trip is the Corvinus University of Budapest.
Corvinus University of Budapest
It seems like it is a custom for Hungarian universities to freshen up their names after a couple decades, and even though Corvinus is a relatively new institution among Hungarian universities, it is not an exception to the name-changing custom. We would highlight one that stuck for the longest, and that is
the Karl Marx University of Economics from 1953.
The university’s present name was given to it in 2004, referring to King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.
The universities immediate forerunner, the Royal Hungarian University, was established in 1920, so that’s where most sources put the founding of the university known today as the Corvinus University of Budapest. Of course, during the past century, a lot of merging with institutions, departments, faculties, integrations and separations took place.
What to study there?
Including national and international students, there are about 9600 students working on getting their degree at the Corvinus University of Budapest. The university offers courses in Hungarian, English, French and German, although there is little-to-none information on the French and German courses on their website. You can pursue a Bachelors, Masters or Doctoral degree at three faculties since 2016:
– Faculty of Business Administration
– Faculty of Economics (here Hungarian economic policies are taught embedded in a global and European context)
– Faculty of Social Sciences (this faculty is the number 1 in Hungary in the field of social sciences).
photo: Wikipedia / Tamás Mészöly
The BA and BSc programmes offered in English usually last 6 or 7 semesters, with 1 semester being an obligatory internship, thus students gain experience already while getting their diplomas. The English MA and MSc programmes last 2 years, and as good news,
the university is in joint or double degree cooperation with several European universities.
PhD programmes are offered in English too, lasting usually three years.
First, most, best
As we’ve already mentioned in this article, the Corvinus’ Faculty of Social Sciences provides the best quality social sciences education in Hungary. Aside from this, Corvinus’ Business Administration school is well-awarded too, as in 2008 the university was featured in the top 50 Financial Times European Masters in Management list.
