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The Corvinus University of Budapest is a university located in Budapest, Hungary. The university offers degrees in multiple disciplines, but it is characterised by its programmes in economics and management. Corvinus University is consistently listed in the top 50 in the Financial Times European Masters in Management rankings.

History

The immediate forerunner of this university, the Faculty of Economics of the Royal Hungarian University was established in 1920. The faculty was an independent organization, but it was granted the same status as faculties of other universities.

In 1934, the faculty was merged with other institutions including the University of Technology to form the Hungarian Royal Palatine Joseph University of Technology and Economics. In 1948, the University of Economics became an independent organization.Since then, the institution went through multiple name changes. In 1953 it was renamed Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences. In 1990, following the regime change, the name of Marx was dropped and the university was called Budapest University of Economic Sciences.

In 2000, with the integration of the College of Public Admistration, the institution was named Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration (BUESPA). The College of Public Admistration was founded in 1977.

In 2003, the three faculties of the former University of Horticulture (then part of the Szent István University)were integrated into the BUESPA. The first predecessor of the horticulture faculties, the Institution for Horticulture Education was
founded in 1853 by Ferenc Entz. In 2004, the university received its present name. The new name refers to the king Matthias Corvinus of Hungary Faculties.

The Corvinus University of Budapest has 7 different faculties. These can be grouped into three subject areas: business, public administration and horticulture.

Business concentration (Közgáz Campus):

* Faculty of Business Administration
* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Social Sciences


Public administration concentration (Közigazgatástudományi Campus):

* Faculty of Public Administration


Horticulture concentration (Budai Campus):

* Faculty of Horticultural Science
* Faculty of Food Science
* Faculty of Landscape Architecture


As of 2003 (before the merger with the horticulture faculties), the university had 620 teachers and 16537 students, and 2721 students graduated in that year. In 2006 it has in total 17000 students. — The education takes place not only in Hungarian but in English and German as well. A growing number of the university's students come from other countries than Hungary.