Eötvös Loránd University

History

The university was founded in 1635 in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary (today Trnava, Slovakia) by the archbishop and theologian Péter Pázmány. Leadership was given over to the Jesuits. Initially the university only had two faculties (Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Theology). The Faculty of Law was added in 1667 and the Faculty of Medicine was started in 1769. After the dissolution of the Jesuit order, the university was moved to Buda (today part of Budapest) in 1777 in accordance with the intention of the founder. The university moved to its present location in Pest (now also part of Budapest) in 1784. The language of education was Latin until 1844, when Hungarian was introduced as an exclusive official language. Women have been allowed to enroll since 1895.

Although several Hungarian universities opted for the new foundation model, Eötvös Loránd University remained state-owned.

Academic profile

ELTE is Hungary's largest scientific establishment with 118 PhD programs at 17 doctoral schools, and also offers 38 bachelor's programs, 96 master's programs, and over 50 degree programs in foreign languages. The course credits awarded are transferable to universities in Europe through the Bologna process.

The nine faculties are (active faculties are in bold):

Timeline (1873–present)

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Reputation and rankings

In the 2013-14 QS World University Rankings, Eötvös Loránd University was ranked 551-600th. In 2018, according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking, ELTE ranked between 601 and 800. Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked the university among the best 301-400 between 2010 and 2014.

Campuses

ELTE has campuses at several places in Budapest:

• Egyetem tér in the 5th district (Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics)
• "Trefort Garden" (Trefort-kert) in the 8th district (Faculty of Humanities)
• Lágymányos campus in the 11th district (Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Informatics)
• Buildings in Kazinczy utca (7th district) and Izabella utca (6th district) (Faculty of Education and Psychology)
• Ecseri út in the 9th district (Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education)
• Kiss János altábornagy utca in the 12th district (Faculty of Primary and Pre-School Education)

Since 2017, ELTE has a campus named "Savaria University Centre" (Savaria Egyetemi Központ) in Szombathely (Savaria in Latin).

Faculties

Library

The University Library and Archives was founded in 1561 and it is located in 6 Ferenciek tere. However, each faculty of the university has its own library. They are located in different parts of Budapest.

• Library of the Faculty of Humanities
• Library of the Faculty of Law
• Library of the Faculty of Science File:Egyetemi_Könyvtár1.JPG File:Egyetemi_Könyvtár2.JPG File:Egyetemi_Könyvtár3.JPG File:Egyetemi_Könyvtár4.JPG The library of Medieval Studies of the Central European University was located in the building of ELTE's Faculty of Humanities.

Notable alumni

Nobel Prize laureates:

• Fülöp Lénárd, Nobel Prize in Physics (1905)

• Albert Szent-Györgyi, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1937)

• György Hevesy, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1943)

• György Békésy, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1961)

• János Harsányi, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1994)

• Ferenc Krausz, Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)

• László Krasznahorkai, Nobel Prize in Literature (2025) File:Phillipp Lenard in 1900.jpg|Fülöp Lénárd, physicist File:Albert Szent-Györgyi2.jpg|Albert Szent-Györgyi, biochemist File:George de Hevesy.jpg|György Hevesy, chemist File:Georg von Békésy nobel.jpg|György Békésy, biophysicist File:Ferenc Krausz (cropped).jpg|Ferenc Krausz, physicist File:Krasznahorkai László (Déri Miklós).jpg|László Krasznahorkai, writer, novelist, screenwriter Other notable alumni:

• Faculty of Humanities

• Faculty of Law

• Faculty of Science

Sport

The Eötvös Loránd University has its own sport club, Budapesti Egyetemi Atlétikai Club (English: Budapest University Athletic Club). The biggest achievement of the association football department of the club was qualifying for the 1924-25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. However, in the subsequent season (1925-26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I) the club was relegated to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II and has never since been able to qualify to the top flight. https://www.beac.hu/

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