Detailed introduction of the University of West Hungary:

Introduction and Overview

Founded: 1735.

Location: Located in Sopron, Hungary, the main campus is located in the famous tourist city of Fürth Lake District (World Cultural Heritage) and the entrance of the Alps, close to Austria.

Student size: There are about 20,000 students, including 1,260 international students.

Institutional nature: Public university.

History

The history of the University of West Hungary can be traced back several centuries. Its predecessor was the University of Forestry and Technology founded in 1735 in Selmebanya (now part of Slovakia), which trained a large number of professionals in mining, forestry and metallurgy. After the First World War, the institution moved to Sopron in 1919. On January 1, 2000, 7 colleges merged and changed their name to the University of West Hungary. 2017 In 2000, the university was reorganized, merging the faculties outside Sopron with other universities and renamed the University of Sopron again.

School Strength

Faculty: The faculty of the University of West Hungary ranks first in Hungary, with two Nobel Prize winners serving as honorary professors.

Subjects and majors: It has the Apachai Teacher Training College, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, the Faculty of Arts, Education and Sports Sciences, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Economics, the Faculty of Forestry, the Faculty of Geoinformation, the Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences, the Faculty of Wood Science and other academic units. It offers undergraduate, master and doctoral programs covering agricultural technology, animal science, biotechnology, economics, business management, environmental science, environmental protection, fiber science, public administration, wood processing, wood science, education, professional education, rural and agricultural development, natural sciences, land surveying and land management, social sciences and many other fields.

International Cooperation: It actively exchanges teachers and students with foreign universities and learns from each other. It has established friendly cooperative relations with more than 350 foreign universities, signed the Erasmus + agreement, sends more than 150 students abroad each year, and receives about 40 international students, and has carried out several joint projects with universities in Austria, Germany, Finland and other countries, as well as partners in South Africa and Vietnam.

Educational philosophy

Known as a "green university", it is committed to building a harmonious ecological environment and running schools with an open mind, offering more learning courses through English teaching, with the goal of further improving research capabilities and promoting internationalization.

Key laboratories and disciplines

Key disciplines: Business management, tourism management, education literature, agriculture and forestry, natural land and other majors are among the best in Europe. Among them, the forest engineering major of the School of Forestry Engineering is one of the unique majors in Hungary.

Key laboratories: No clear national key laboratories were found, but the school has continued to invest in recent years and its research infrastructure has reached "European" standards.

Department settings

The school has a total of four colleges, namely the Benedek Elek School of Education, the School of Forestry, the Alexander Lamfalusi School of Economics and the Simonyi Karoli School of Engineering, Forestry and Art.

Ranking

In the 2022 QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia University Rankings, it is ranked 251-300 Range.

Expenses

Tuition fees: Preparatory courses cost about 3,000-7,000 USD/year, undergraduate courses cost about 4,000-8,000 USD/year, master courses cost about 4,000-11,000 USD/year, medical undergraduate and master courses cost about 8,000-19,200 USD/year, and doctoral courses cost about 6,000-12,000 USD/year. In addition, there are undergraduate courses taught in English, with tuition fees of about 750 Euros/semester.

Living expenses: Generally speaking, monthly living expenses are about 500 to 800 Euros, including accommodation, food, transportation and other daily expenses. The monthly rent of the school dormitory is usually between 200 and 400 euros.

Campus

The main campus is located in Sopron, a beautiful and quiet city. It is a famous tourist city and the center of the grape-producing area. It is famous for its wine production. There are Gothic and Renaissance churches, towers and other architectural monuments, as well as the Institute of Technology, the Institute of Forestry and the museum named after the famous musician Franz Liszt.