Higher education programs in foreign languages

Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration

 

Name of Institution: Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration

Year of foundation: 1948

Address: Fővám tér 8, H-1093 Budapest, Hungary

Phone: [phone]

Internet: http://www.bkae.hu

Rector: Prof. Dr. Attila Chikán

Number of faculties: 4

Academic staff: 438 full-time and 171 part-time

Academic staff with scientific degree: 281

Contact person: Erzsébet Veres

Availability: phone: [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]

Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences: 8

Number of full-time students in the academic year 2002/2003 (Hungarian education): 7045

Number of Ph.D. students: 196

Number of students studying in foreign languages in 2002/03: 570

Library: The Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration has a Central Library that is open to all students. The library offers diversified facilities for academic learning and research activities. It provides 2500 m² of reading and research space and can accommodate 500 readers at a time. The present collection contains nearly half a million volumes (books, manuscripts, lecture notes, etc.), and approximately 1000 different kinds of periodicals (two-thirds of which are in foreign language). The Business Periodicals On-disc database contains the full text of a further 500 English-language journals. The library also stocks microfilms, video materials, CD-ROM databases and an electronic collection.

Computer facilities: The University has computer labs that are available to the students for study purposes. E-mail and web access are also available.

Sports activities: The University has several gyms. The possible sports activities available free of charge to all university students include: volleyball, basketball, body-building, table-tennis, swimming, athletics, etc.

Accommodation: Dormitories are (within limits) available for Hungarian students.

 

International Study Programs

Availability: International Studies Center (ISC)

Internet: http://isc.bke.hu

 

Undergraduate program

Name of the diploma Bachelor of Arts degree

Majors: - Business Administration

- International Economics

Length of the study program: 8 semesters

Admission criteria: - secondary school certificate,

- English language entrance exam (or TOEFL score 173 (computer based) or 500 (paper-based), IELTS overall band: minimum 5.5 – any exam must have been taken within two years before application)

- Mathematics entrance exam,

- payment of application and tuition fees.

Contact person: Doris Keszthelyi, e-mail: [e-mail]

Phone: [phone], fax: [phone]

 

Graduate program

Name of the diploma Master of Sciences degree

Majors: Business Administration

- International Business and Economics

- International Economics and European Studies

- Political Science

- Social Economics

Length of the study program: 4 semesters

Admission criteria: - Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field,

- detailed academic record and list of positions held so far (if any),

- a TOEFL score not less than 213 (computer-based) or 550

(paper-based). The certificate cannot be older than 2 years,

- 2 letters of recommendation,

- payment of application and tuition fees.

Contact person: Hanna Varjas, e-mail: [e-mail]

Phone: [phone], fax: [phone]