The predecessor of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) was founded in 1635 in the rural town of Nagyszombat by Cardinal Péter Pázmány, as a catholic university for teaching Theology and Philosophy. In 1770-1780, the University was transferred to Buda and later to Pest, and with the support of Maria-Theresa, the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, became the Royal Hungarian University.
Over the following decades, new faculties were established to meet the expectations of a learned society. In the second half of the 19th century, the University developed into a centre of modern higher education in today’s sense, covering nearly every scholarly field. In 1950 the university was reorganized and adopted its present name.
It was named after one of its professors, the world-famous physicist, Loránd Eötvös.
Recently, a new campus has been built on the scenic banks of the Danube for the Faculties of Natural and Social Sciences and Informatics.
Currently, the university has eight faculties:
Science, Informatics, Law and Political Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Education and Psychology,
Elementary and Nursery School Teacher Training and the Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Education.
Eötvös Loránd University is internationally recognized and its programs are accredited by the Hungarian Accreditation Board.
The diplomas issued by Eötvös Loránd University are acknowledged worldwide, and its course credits are transferable in all countries in the European Union.
Over the last hundred years, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) has had many world famous scientists and four Nobel Prize laureates among its teachers and alumni.
The current number of students enrolled yearly has reached 32 000, and there is an academic staff of 1800 highly-qualified teachers and researchers.
匈牙利罗兰大学的前身由红衣主教珀茨勒·帕兹马尼于1635年在乡村小镇纳吉松巴特创立，最初是一所教授神学与哲学的天主教大学。1770至1780年间，该校先后迁至布达与佩斯，并在奥地利女大公兼匈牙利女王玛丽亚·特蕾莎的支持下，升格为皇家匈牙利大学。在接下来的几十年里，为满足知识社会的期望，新的学院相继成立。19世纪下半叶，该大学逐渐发展为现代意义上的高等教育中心，几乎涵盖所有学术领域。1950年，大学经过重组并采用现名，以该校教授、世界著名物理学家洛兰德·厄缶（Loránd Eötvös）命名。近期，自然科学、社会科学与信息学学院的多瑙河畔新校区已建成，坐落于风景如画的河岸。目前，该大学设有八个学院：科学、信息学、法律与政治科学、人文、社会科学、教育与心理学、小学与幼儿园教师培训以及Bárczi Gusztáv特殊教育学院。Eötvös Loránd大学在国际上享有盛誉，其课程由匈牙利认证委员会认可。Eötvös Loránd大学颁发的文凭全球认可，其学分在欧盟所有国家均可转移。过去一百年间，Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) 的师生中涌现过众多世界知名科学家，并拥有四位诺贝尔奖得主。目前每年注册学生人数已达32 000人，学术团队由1800名高水平的教师和研究人员组成。