Eötvös Loránd University
 Eötvös Loránd University  (University)    | |
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| Formation | 1635 |
| Founder | Péter Pázmány |
| Headquarters | Budapest, Hungary |
| Type | • public • research |
| One of the largest and most prestigious higher education institutions in Hungary. | |
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hungary. The 28,000 students at ELTE are organized into eight faculties, and into research institutes located throughout Budapest and on the scenic banks of the Danube. ELTE is affiliated with 5 Nobel laureates, as well as winners of the Wolf Prize, Fulkerson Prize and Abel Prize, the latest of which was Abel Prize winner László Lovász in 2021.
The predecessor of Eötvös Loránd University was founded in 1635 by Cardinal Péter Pázmány in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary, (today Trnava, Slovakia) as a Catholic university for teaching theology and philosophy. In 1770, the University was transferred to Buda. It was named Royal University of Pest until 1873, then University of Budapest until 1921, when it was renamed Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University after its founder Péter Pázmány. The Faculty of Science started its autonomous life in 1949 when The Faculty of Theology was separated from the university. The university received its current name in 1950, after one of its most well-known physicists, Baron Loránd Eötvös.
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.[1]
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Orbán | 31 May 1963 | Hungary | Politician | WEF-backed Hungarian PM who had a "coronavirus law" passed to allow him rule by decree during the state of emergency for an indefinite period<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>, which CNN termed an "outrageous power grab". | |
| Árpád Pusztai | 8 September 1930 | 17 December 2021 | Scientist | Scientist who was fired - likely after a intervention from Prime Minister Tony Blair - after publishing research unfavorable to genetically modified food. |
