The Óbuda University (, ), named after
Óbuda
Óbuda (, ) is, together with Buda and Pest, one of the three cities that were unified to form the Hungarian capital city of Budapest in 1873. Today, together with Békásmegyer, Óbuda forms a part of the city's third district, although the to ...
, a part of Budapest, is a university in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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.
History
It was founded in 2000 as Budapest Tech () 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
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)
*
Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering
*
Kandó Kálmán Faculty of Electrical Engineering
* Keleti Károly Faculty of Business and Management
*
John von Neumann
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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
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champion
*
Attila Ferjáncz - Hungarian rally driver, Hungarian champion, sports director
*
Imre Gedővári
Imre GedÅ‘vári (1 July 1951 – 22 May 2014) was a Hungarian fencer and Olympic gold medalist. He won his first World Championship medal, a silver, in 1975 and made his Olympic debut in 1976. He won his first World Championship gold m ...
- Hungarian fencer and Olympic gold medalist, sports director
*
Lajos Boros - radio presenter, journalist, author and singer
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Rudolf Emil Kálmán - electrical engineer, mathematician, inventor of
Kálmán filter
*
George Andrew Olah - chemist
- designer, founder o
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Péter Márki-Zay
Péter Márki-Zay (, born 9 May 1972), often referred to by his initials MZP, is a Hungarian politician, marketer, economist, electrical engineer and historian. He has served as mayor of Hódmezővásárhely since 2018, and is the co-founder of ...
- 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
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References
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Universities in Budapest
Óbuda
Universities and colleges established in 1879
1870s establishments in Hungary