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In an era of increasing mobility and improving communications it is widely recognized that the development of international links has become vital to the continuing well-being of the University. The Faculty has always made great efforts to broaden and develop its international contacts with universities abroad.

Staff members have many informal contacts with colleagues in other countries. There are also official agreements for cooperation and exchange with a number of foreign institutions. Cooperation takes place in both teaching and research, in the exchange of students and lecturers.

There are formal agreements for cooperation and exchange with the following universities:

Ain Shams University (Egypt), University of Amsterdam, University of Ankara, Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg, University of Belgrade, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, Comenius University of Bratislava, State University of Groningen, University of Hamburg, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, University of Helsinki, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Babes-Bolyai University of Kolozsvár, University of Krakow, State University of Liege, University of Madrid, Moscow State University, University of Oslo, University of Paderborn, University of Padova, University of Paris III. (Sorbonne), Charles University of Prague, University of Rome, University of Sanktpeterburg, University of Sofia, University of Stockholm, University of Temesvár, University of Tübingen, University of Utrecht, University of Venice, University of Vienna, University of Warsaw, University of Zagreb.

The past year has seen a significant increase in links with western European universities. Our University has become the member of the UNICA (Universities from Capitals of Europe), the IAU (International Association of Universities), the EAIE (European Association for International Education), the EUROBIO (European Association of University Departments and Faculties of Biology), the Coimbra Group, the Utrecht Network and the International Center of Tübingen. A new way of official links in education and research is the CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) program. Our Geology, Physics, Mathematics, Informatics and Biology Departments are involved in this framework.

There are also formal contacts at faculty and departmental level.

The TEMPUS scheme for cooperation and mobility in higher education between Central/Eastern Europe and the European Community has offered new possibilities to establish links with universities in the EC and to arrange student exchange. The Faculty has been keen to develop such links and a number of departments now have well-established Joint European Projects. Already a number of our undergraduates have taken the opportunity to spend months studying at a university in the EC. Courses undertaken in this way are assessed and approved and count fully towards the student’s final degree.

Last year our University joined the Erasmus programme to obtain further chances to develop and modernise the structure of education. The implementation of Erasmus activities naturally motivate the university management at all levels to improve its strategy in accordance with the extension of European programmes.

The Department of International Relations of the University is the central level of co-ordinating the international project.

Director: Dr. Mózes SZÉKELY

Szerb u. 21-23, Budapest, Hungary, H-1056
P.O.Box 109 H-1364
Tel.: +36 1 485-5246
Fax: +36 1 485-5282

The department has decentralised its activity so that the international offices at the faculties have special responsibility for the local administration of programmes.

 

ERASMUS programme

SOCRATES/ERASMUS aims at improving the quality and the "European dimension" of higher education (university and non-university sectors) through a broad range of activities: from students and teachers exchanges to joint development of curricula; from language courses to thematic network projects between departments/faculties across Europe; from preparatory visits to systems of recognition of study periods undertaken abroad (ECTS).

ERASMUS is the name given to the Higher Education section of the European Community action programme in the field of education "SOCRATES". Adopted on 24 January 2000 and spanning the period until the end of 2006, SOCRATES is now open to the participation of 28 countries: the 15 Member States of the European Union; the three EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and ten associated countries: Hungary, Rumania, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Esthonia, Lathvia, Lithuania, Slovenia.  Other countries (Malta, Cyprus and Turkey) are presently negotiating their possible future participation.

A small team of experienced university staff will be available in each participating State to give advice to colleagues and organise local information seminars. The Erasmus National Agencies can be contacted for the programme details.

The Hungarian Agency: SOCRATES National Agency
H-1146 Budapest, Ida u. 2.
Mailing address: H-1438 Budapest 70, P.O.Box 510.
Phone: +36 1 352 53 06
Fax: +36 1 343 01 64

ERASMUS contains a wide range of measures designed to support the European activities of higher education institutions and to promote the mobility and exchange of their teaching staff, students and administrators.

As in the past, ERASMUS is open to all types of higher education institutions (for which the term "universities" is generally used), all academic disciplines and all levels of higher education study up to and including the doctorate.

While the promotion of 'physical mobility', mainly of students, constituted the main thrust of ERASMUS Phase I and II, the higher education Chapter of SOCRATES seeks to integrate such mobility into a wider framework of cooperation activities which aim at developing a "European Dimension" within the entire range of a university's academic programmes. "Bringing students to Europe, bringing Europe to all students" is the new spirit of ERASMUS: while student mobility retains a position of central importance within the programme, stronger incentives will now be available to encourage universities to add a European perspective to the courses followed by students who do not participate directly in mobility.

More emphasis is consequently placed on teaching staff exchanges and transnational curriculum development. Wider dissemination of and participation in the results of this work are sought through supporting open and distance learning. ERASMUS also encourages universities to associate other public and private bodies from their surrounding regions with their transnational cooperation activities, thereby enhancing opportunities for inter-regional cooperation between the participating countries.

 

How can you participate?

Students willing to carry out a period of study (between 3 months and a full academic year) in another of the 24 participating country must contact the International Relation Office or the Socrates (or Erasmus) Office of their home University. These offices are in the position of providing you with all information about the exchanges your institution is involved in (which countries, which universities, which faculties, etc.). There is no single deadline for the students demands, because each University organises itself independently. For other information about these grants, see also Mobility Grants for Students above.

Teachers willing to undertake a period of teaching (1 to 8 weeks) in a partner university in another participating country, or to take part in the other Socrates/Erasmus activities (see above "Grants to Universities for activities within the Institutional Contract") must contact the International Relation Office or the Socrates (or Erasmus) Office of their home University, in order to verify possible participation within the framework of the present (or inclusion in the future) Socrates/Erasmus Institutional Contract (IC) of their home University.

Teachers willing to participate in a Thematic Network Project must contact the coordinators of the existing projects (contact details can be found under the site "Thematic Network Projects") or, if they want to carry out a project in an area not covered yet, they must submit their proposal within the framework of their University's Institutional Contract.

At Faculty of Science Erasmus programme is administered and co-ordinated by the Department of Scientific and International Affairs and the work of the Erasmus co-ordinator is based on the different departments. The Erasmus contact person is responsible for the information of incoming and outgoing staff and students for the execution of their own Erasmus activity.

Contact person: Ildikó KÖRNYEI RÉVINÉ
Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Budapest, Hungary, H-1117
Tel.: +36 1 372 2695
Fax: +36 1 372 2604

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