Faculty of Economics

A brief history

The Institute of Economics was established on 1 January 2001 with four departments: Business Economics, Economics, Management and Tourism. In May 2001 the International Economics Department was formed, followed in July by the Finance Department. In 2002 the Accounting and Controlling Department came into being. As a result the Institute, which turned into a Faculty in September 2003, presently consists of seven departments.

The offered graduate programs are the following: Economics (college and university level, supplementary), Engineering Management, Tourism (full time, correspondence) and Human Resource Management (full time, correspondence).

Within the School of Economics the main aim is to train experts who are able to recognize economic problems, to analize and to direct economic activities through modern organization-managerial, financial, marketing and entrepreneurship knowledge.

The Engineering Management program is a response to the national and international needs which demand professionals able to understand and to control companies including social- and technical systems, and to integrate different areas. Students participating in the engineering management program study technology, economics and management. Graduates speak two foreign languages and meet the requirements of national and international businesses. They are able to work under the synergy of economical, environmental, organizational and social influences, their knowledge is a good base to start their own business.

The School of Human Ressource Manager trains specialists who can implement tasks related to the optimal management of the human ressource potential of employees and leaders.

The Tourism program gives the students opportunities for in-depth analysis of tourism in a number of different economic, social, technological and environmental contexts within a broad structure of management and business techniques and principles. The courses of the program provide students with a high level of intellectual challenge as well as opportunities for gaining practical, industry related experience. At the School of Tourism the emphasis is laid on meeting the requirements of the new trends, sustainable tourism development, ecotourism and heritage tourism products. In the near future the Department intends to develop the Bachelor program into a Master program, and to extend the co-operation with other Hungarian and foreign universities in order to become the regional centre for studies in tourism.

The main aim is to train experts who are able to put to work their scientific knowledge about human resource management to work in the EU. The specialists possessing this degree can work as managers and consultants.

The School of Catering and Hotel trains specialists for the industrie of tourism. The regional needs, with special focus on the area of Lake Balaton, assure the background of the practical training as well as of the future employment.

Doctoral School

Doctoral School of Management Sciences and Economics (head: Dr Iván Major, professor)
Agricultural Economics, Economics, Management Science

Scientific research

The research activity involves several domains, from the analysis of macroeconomic phenomena and economic issues of enterprise management to the study of private entrepreneurship. The research activity is mainly carried out within international co-operations. Fields of research: Issues in the restructuring of company ownership; The accumulation and dissemination of business knowledge; Industry and competition policy; The theory and practice of monetary markets; Company finance; European Integration; Application of modern information and communication technologies; Empirical research in company economics; Company cost analysis; Marketing; Economic and organisational issues of tourism; Company strategy and culture; The management of the functional domains of the enterprise (production, maintenance, logistics, quality, human resource).

International Relations

The international relations of the faculty are extensive and also include North-American and Western-European Universities. Besides the research cooperation, these relations assist student and staff mobility as well. At present several students of the faculty study abroad in the framework of the Erasmus program. In addition we host French, German and Finnish incoming students.