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University of Pannonia

Coordinates: 47°05′19″N 17°54′29″E / 47.08861°N 17.90806°E / 47.08861; 17.90806
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University of Pannonia
Pannon Egyetem
University of Pannonia front view
TypePublic
Established1949
PresidentDr. András Gelencsér
Students9632
Location
Veszprém
,
Veszprém County
,
Hungary
Websiteuni-pannon.hu
University rankings
Global – Overall
QS World[1]1200-1400
THE World[2]1500
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[3]106 (2022)

The University of Pannonia (Hungarian Pannon Egyetem, formerly known as Veszprémi Egyetem) is a university with its main campus in Veszprém, Hungary. It was founded in 1949 and is organized in four faculties: Humanities, Engineering, Economics, and Informatics. Before 2006, it was named University of Veszprém.

History

The university was founded in 1949. In the beginning it worked as a regional Heavy Chemical Industry Faculty of the Technical University of Budapest.[4] In 1951, it became independent under the name of Veszprém University of Chemical Engineering. In 1991, the university was renamed as University of Veszprém.[5]

The university first offered courses in four areas of chemical technology: Oil and Coal Technology, Electrochemical Industry, Inorganic Chemical Technology, Silicate Chemistry. From the mid-1960s two courses — Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Process Control and System Engineering — became part of the Chemical Engineering education in Veszprém.

Veszpremi Egyetem

The changing and increasing requirements set for the graduates persuaded the university to continually reform and restructure its education activity. As a result, new courses were introduced: agrochemistry in 1970, Chemical Engineering Management in 1973, higher level foreign language teaching in 1983 and Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques in 1984.

The restructuring process accelerated in the past few years and this resulted in the renewal and expansion of the university's education profile.

To respond to the society's growing demand for computer professionals, with the help of external financial support and the university's scientific expertise, the education infrastructure of the Information Technology and Automation courses has been created.

As a result of the increasing openness of Hungary, the need for teachers of foreign languages increased considerably. Having recognized this, the university introduced Teacher Training courses for teachers of English and then for teachers of German and French and the education of philologists in specialties: Hungarian language and literature, theatre sciences. etc. In the meantime, the education of Catholic theologists started in the form of a regional faculty of the Theologic College. Simultaneously, the Faculty of Teacher Training (now Faculty of Humanities) and the Faculty of Engineering were established and the name of the university was changed to University of Veszprém.

The centre of scientific and cultural life, the University of Veszprém with the 200-year-old Georgikon Faculty of Agriculture turned into a three-faculty university on 1 January 2000. On 1 September 2003, two new faculties were created: the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Information Technology.

University building in Veszprém

Every year the University of Pannonia hosts national and international research conferences, which strengthen its international reputation. In the near future, the offer will include new faculties and new schools. The leaders of the institution strive to turn the university into the educational, intellectual, and research centre of the Transdanubian region and to help find its place in Europe.

Organization

These are the four faculties[6]:

Faculty Name in English Faculty Name in Hungarian Location(s)
Faculty of Economics Gazdaságtudományi Kar, GTK Veszprém, Zalaegerszeg, Kőszeg
Faculty of Engineering Mérnöki Kar, MK Veszprém, Zalaegerszeg, Nagykanizsa
Faculty of Informatics Műszaki Informatikai Kar, MIK Veszprém, Zalaegerszeg, Nagykanizsa
Faculty of Humanities Humántudományi Kar, HTK Veszprém, Kőszeg

Rectors

  • Károly Polinszky
  • Endre Bereczky
  • Ernő Nemecz
  • Károly Polinszky
  • Antal László
  • Pál Káldi
  • Ernő Nemecz
  • János Inczédy
  • Bálint Heil
  • János Liszi
  • István Győri
  • Zoltán Gaál
  • Ákos Rédey
  • Ferenc Friedler
  • András Gelencsér (current)

See also

Bibliography

  • Meskó Gábor – Mohai Béla (szerk.):A Veszprémi Vegyipari Egyetem évkönyve 1949-1959. Veszprém, 1959, a Veszprémi Vegyipari Egyetem tanácsa, 245 old.
  • Schultheisz Zoltán (szerk.): A Veszprémi Vegyipari Egyetem jubileumi évkönyve 1949-1974. Veszprém, 1974, 218 old.

References

  1. ^ "University of Pannonia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ^ "University of Pannonia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  4. ^ "University of Pannonia | university, Veszprém, Hungary | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  5. ^ "Geschichte der Universität zu Veszprém (1949-2010) | Pannon Egyetemi Könyvtár és Levéltár". web.archive.org. 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  6. ^ Administrator (2022-06-03). "Kezdőlap". Pannon Egyetem (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-07-03.

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