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Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem | |
| Latin: Universitas Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös nominata | |
| Motto | A tudás közössége |
|---|---|
Motto in English | A community of knowledge |
| Established | 1635 |
| Dean | Hudecz Ferenc |
Academic staff | 1,988 |
| Students | 26,381 |
| Address | Egyetem tér 1-3. , Budapest, Hungary |
The ELTE Faculty of Humanities is the largest of the eight faculties of Eötvös Loránd University (Hungarian: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem), the longest-running and most populous university in Hungary. [citation needed]
The ELTE Faculty of Humanities was founded in 1635, the same time as the university itself, and has been operating ever since. Of the approximately 25 000 students that attend ELTE, 10 000 are part of the Faculty of Humanities. [citation needed]
The Faculty aims at teaching subjects that deal with the development and evolution of human culture in detail. Within its fifteen institutes students can choose from among fifty-eight BA and fifty-two MA courses, or thirty MA teacher training courses; and in addition, six doctoral schools. [citation needed]
Ranking
Global ranking
According to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Arts and Humanities published by Quacquarelli Symonds, ELTE Faculty of Humanities got the 371st place out of all faculties of Arts and Humanities around the world, tying with five other institutions, which include the University of Kansas and the National University of Córdoba.
Previously, in the company’s QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, the faculty ended up placing in the range of 401-450.
According to "Top Universities" by September of 2020 ELTE Faculty of Humanities got the 601st place out of global universities ranking.
Hungarian ranking
In the 2020 ranking of the Hungarian economic and political weekly, Heti Világgazdaság (HVG), which listed Hungarian faculties of humanities, ELTE BTK was ranked second based on students’ excellence (same as in 2019), and third based on teachers’ excellence (placed second in 2019).
Famous alumni
Since the faculty has a history reaching back to 1635, it has had many famous and honourable alumni over the centuries.
- Wilhelm Bacher, rabbi, orientalist, and linguist
- Zoltán Dörnyei, psycholinguist
- András Kenessei, art historian, writer, and journalist
- Judit Kormos, linguist
- András Kornai, mathematical linguist
- László Krasznahorkai, novelist and screenwriter
- Péter Medgyes, applied linguist and language pedagogist
- Ádám Nádasdy, linguist and poet
- Stephen Ullmann, linguist
- György Mihály Vajda, philosopher
- György Lukács, Hungarian neo-Marxist philosopher of Jewish origin, literary critic.
- Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian writer, journalist, parliamentarian and clergyman of the Romanian Catholic Church.
- József Balassa, Hungarian linguist, philologist and teacher.
- Béla Balázs, Hungarian writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter, film theorist; doctor of philosophical science.
- Gábor Bereczki, Hungarian scientist, linguist, specialist in the field of Finno-Ugric studies, translator, teacher