The new university ranking of the UNIside.hu higher education website has been published, providing important and specific info for those about to decide on their further education.

According to the latest UNI In&Out ranking, Budapest University of Technology and Economics has moved up two places in the overall ranking of Hungarian higher education institutions compared to last year: in 2024, BME is ranked the second best university in Hungary (fourth in 2023). BME's faculties also finished at the top in the fields of IT, engineering and natural sciences, and the six engineering faculties are among the top seven.

It is encouraging news that BME is again first in international research productivity and the ratio of participants in part-time studies abroad (compared to the average of the given field). The average gross earnings of BME graduates are the highest according to the 2019 Graduate Career Tracking System (GCTS).

The ranking, published for the second time this year, covers all higher education institutions (except those that do not offer bachelor or single-cycle programmes, or those that only offer courses in the fields of religion, arts and arts education). The aim of the compilation is to give a complete picture of a particular field of study, of Hungarian higher education, taking into account international aspects.

In the field of engineering, BME’s Faculty of Architecture (ÉPK) retained its first place, BME’s Faculty of Civil Engineering (ÉMK) came second (up three places), BME’s Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (VBK) third, BME’s Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (GPK) fourth (up one place), BME’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (VIK) fifth (up six places) and BME’s Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering (KJK) seventh.

The most popular programmes in the field: Mechanical Engineering (BME GPK retained first place), Civil Engineering (BME-ÉPK retained first place), Electrical Engineering (BME-VIK retained first place) and Vehicle Engineering (BME-KJK ranked first nationally).

BME-VIK continues to be the first in the IT field, and the most popular programmes in this field are: computer engineer (BME-VIK ranked first nationally) and business informatics.

BME-TTK continues to be the first in natural sciences, and the most popular programmes in this field are: Mathematics (BME TTK ranked 2nd nationally) and Physics (BME TTK retained its first place).

BME’s Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (GTK) ranks eighth in the field of economics in the country, with the following programmes being the most popular: Business and Management, Trade and Marketing, and International Business (BME GTK is 4th in this programme nationally).

BME GTK also ranked eighth nationally in the field of social sciences. The most popular programmes in the field: Communication and Media Science, International studies and Sociology.

The UNIside portal provides information, among others, on issues such as where it is easier or harder to get into, which fields of study, faculties and academic programmes are the most popular. The portal's recent UNI In&Out rankings publication uses a methodology developed by higher education experts to produce the latest university excellence rankings, which can help applicants to make more informed decisions by 15 February.

In compiling the ranking, great attention has been paid to the following aspects:

• the excellence of the students admitted (i.e. the average score of the students admitted without extra points, the percentage of students who have received in excellent grade in at least one subject in their advanced level secondary school final examination, the percentage of students who have achieved a pass in an academic or sports competition)
• teaching/research performance (i.e. the proportion of teachers, researchers and lecturers with academic degrees, the proportion of teachers and lecturers/students, international research productivity (number of papers and conference publications indexed in Web of Science papers and published in the last 5 years compared to the number of teachers, researchers and lecturers), impact of international research (expresses the average citation rate of papers compared to the average for the discipline)
• the international environment (proportion of foreign students, proportion of students in part-time programmes abroad compared to the average for the field of study)
• information indicators such as number of admissions, number of applicants with BME as their first choice, average gross income of graduates (based on 2019 GCTS survey)

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