Dennis Gabor CollegeDennis Gabor CollegeBudapest, HungaryBudapest, Hungary

Hungarian Higher EducationHungarian Higher Education

The first university was The first university was founded in 1367 in founded in 1367 in Hungary.Hungary.

In the 1990s the number In the 1990s the number of students in higher of students in higher education increased education increased significantlysignificantly• more than one-third of more than one-third of

secondary-school secondary-school leavers go on to higher leavers go on to higher education education

Hungarian Higher EducationHungarian Higher Education

Higher education is Higher education is financed by the financed by the state until the state until the completion of a completion of a first degree first degree • Students must Students must

pay tuition fee pay tuition fee for subsequent for subsequent degree coursesdegree courses

Hungarian Higher EducationHungarian Higher Education

Consists of 68 Consists of 68 HEIsHEIs – including state – including state universities and universities and colleges, church colleges, church colleges, colleges,

Hungarian Higher EducationHungarian Higher Education

Universities can Universities can offer Bachelor and offer Bachelor and Master (as well as Master (as well as PHD/DLA) degrees, PHD/DLA) degrees, while colleges offer while colleges offer Bachelor degrees. Bachelor degrees.

Courses may be Courses may be full time, full time, correspondence, or correspondence, or distance learning.distance learning.

Dennis Gabor CollegeDennis Gabor College

The biggest private The biggest private educational educational institute in institute in

HungaryHungary 14.000 14.000

studentsstudents 40 Regional 40 Regional

CentresCentres

Dennis Gabor CollegeDennis Gabor College

Information Information technologytechnology

EconomicsEconomics

Fields of educationFields of education

Dennis Gabor CollegeDennis Gabor College

Characteristics of Characteristics of teaching:teaching:

open learningopen learning

modular modular curriculumcurriculum

The forms of educationThe forms of education

distance educationdistance education

• e-Learninge-Learning ILIAS plattformILIAS plattform

traditional, face-to-traditional, face-to-

face educationface education

Dennis Gabor CollegeDennis Gabor CollegeRegional CentresRegional Centres

Students by type of Students by type of educationeducation

Full Time20%

Part Time16%

Distance ed.

64%

International projectsInternational projects

ERASMUSERASMUS MinervaMinerva

• Buid up DE networks Buid up DE networks Grundtvig Grundtvig

• Marketing in Adult Marketing in Adult EducationEducation

Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci• Vocational EducationVocational Education

Comenius - School Comenius - School EducationEducation

Lingua - language Lingua - language learninglearning

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