Budapest Business School (BBS) (Hungarian: Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem or BGE) is a public university business school specialised in business studies and social sciences located in Budapest, Hungary. Founded in 1857 by merchants and bankers of Austria-Hungary in order to establish the economic vocational training of higher education in the empire and in Central Europe. BBS is officially the oldest public business school in the world, and second oldest among business schools, after the ESCP Europe.
The Budapest Business School is Hungary's market leading and largest business school and conducts education and research in leadership, economics, operations management, marketing, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, and other areas; as of this time, its most acclaimed programs are finance, accounting, strategic management, and tourism. The School offers a wide range of graduate-level academic programs and concentrations. In the latest academic year the Budapest Business School offers 12 Bachelor's degree programmes, in case of most programmes in English, French, German and Hungarian language as well. Offers 12 Master's degree programmes, of which the most populars are Master of Finance, Master of Management (equal to MBA), Master of International Business and Master of Tourism Management. Moreover, offers PhD in Management doctoral school, 51 post-graduate professional qualification with either Hungarian, English, German, Dutch or French state degree accreditations, being recognized within the European Union and throughout the world.
History
Budapest Business School was founded as the Pest Academy of Commerce that was established in 1857, which is the official predecessor of the BBS faculties College of Finance and Accountancy and the College of Catering, Commerce and Tourism. Pest Academy of Commerce (German: Pester Handelsakademie, Hungarian: Pesti Kereskedelmi Akadémia) was founded by the second president of the Pest Chamber of Commerce, József Appiano, Antal Valero (first president of the Pest Chamber of Commerce, and later Pest Mayor) and by Habsburg Emperor Francis Joseph. At the beginning, the language of education was German at the academy.
It was the first higher educational institution for business studies in Austria-Hungary, thus it was the first business school in Central Europe. Moreover, it is the oldest existing business school in the world, following the ESCP Europe with its campuses in Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid, and Torino. After the cities Buda and Pest merged, the institution was renamed to Budapest Academy of Commerce. Most of the business professionals and economists of the country gained their qualifications there as it was the only business school in the country that time.
Architect GyÅ'zÅ' Czigler designed the Alkomány street campus of the Budapest Academy of Commerce in 1882, and the construction was finished in 1885, when the construction of the Hungarian Parliament Building was also starting directly next to it. He was the architect of the Széchenyi thermal bath and many other famous buildings. The campus at the Alkotmány street is still one of the main campuses of the Budapest Business School. BBS's campus at the Markó street is also located in Downtown Budapest. It is also a monumental building, designed by famous architect Ferenc Kolbenheyer (father of Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer) in neoclassicel style in 1872. The Markó street campus of the Budapest Business School is a close but more modest kin of the top-ranked ETH Zurich, designed by Gottfried Semper and Gustav Zeuner. There is a famous Council Room at the Markó street campus called Lotz Room, full with paintings painted by Károly Lotz and Mór Than. Many of the conferences of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union was held in this room, and in other lecture rooms of the Markó street campus. Budapest Academy of Commerce was a private business school until 1949, when it was secularized by the government, becoming a public business school.
After the school was renamed and changed several times, the College of Accountancy was established in 1953, and the College of Catering and Commerce was established in 1969. The forerunner of the College of International Management is the School of International Commerce that was established in 1957.
In January 2000, the colleges created the Budapest Business School and became faculties of the university. The University was awarded the Quality Award of Higher Education by the Minister of Education in 2010. In March 2011, the College of Business Administration faculty was established out of the College of Finance and Accounting campus in Zalaegerszeg.
Official Predecessors of the Budapest Business School
Faculties and Schools of the Budapest Business School
- College of Finance and Accountancy, Budapest
- College of International Management and Business, Budapest
- College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism, Budapest
- College of Business Management, Zalaegerszeg
- International Doctoral School of Business Administration, Budapest
Academic profile
BBS is dedicated solely to the study and research of business and social sciences, and is the only university in Hungary to be so. BBS awards a range of academic degrees spanning bachelors, masters and PhDs. Profile of the university's well established degree programs is the following:
- BA in Business Economics and Management
- BSc in Finance and Accounting (also in English language)
- BA in Tourism and Catering Management (also in English and German languages)
- BSc in International Business Economics
- BA in International Business Economics (from BBS) and BA in Business Administration (from the Avans University, Netherlands) dual degree program in English language
- BA in International Business Economics (from BBS) and BA in Business Administration (from the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt, Germany) dual degree program in English language
- BA in International Business Economics (from BBS) and BA in Business Administration (from the University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France) dual degree in French language
- BA in Commerce and Marketing (also in English and German languages)
- BA in Human Resource Management
- BSc in Business Information Technology
- BA in Communication and Media
- BA in Business Education
- BA in Business Management (top-up honours year with the Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK in English language)
- BA in SME Business Management (degree from the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, Paris, France)
- MA in International Business (with the Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK in English language)
- MA in Global Communication (with the Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK in English language)
- MSc in Finance
- MSc in Accounting
- MSc in International Economics and Business
- MA in Business Development
- MA in Tourism Management (also in English language)
- MA in Marketing
- MA in Business Education
- MA in International Studies (also in English language)
- MA in Management
- MA in E-Business (with the University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France in French language)
- PhD in Management (with the Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK in English language)
Budapest Business School also offers 51 postgraduate professional degree programs.
International partnerships
The Budapest Business School (BBS) is a higher education institution with wide-ranging international relations. It has active connections with more than 200 foreign higher education institutions in nearly 50 countries on five continents. There are academic programmes in international cooperation at several levels at BBS. Students taking part in the International Business Economics programme in English can be awarded the degree of a Dutch partner institution, the Avans Hogeschool's International School, Breda or a German partner HEI, the Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt am Main. The same study programme in French is jointly run with the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens. Graduates of this programme are also awarded a French degree. In addition to dual award programmes, there are three bachelor programmes running in a foreign language: Commerce and Marketing in English and German, Finance and Accounting in English, while Tourism and Catering in English and German. An English-language Masters Programme in Tourism-Management was launched in September 2011, and in International Relations will be launched in September 2012. The graduates can also enroll in an Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) postgraduate degree (MA) programme entitled MA International Business delivered in Budapest. BBS offers English-language PhD Programme also, in collaboration with ARU. Due to the excellent connections with Hagen University of Distance Learning certain subjects taken in the Hungarian programme are recognised by the German university.
BBS takes part in numerous international projects - either as a consortium leader or consortium partner. At present BBS has exchange agreements with more than 170 institutions of higher education in nearly 30 countries and we have a wide range of Finnish, French, German, and Spanish connections within the framework of Erasmus programmes. BBS is noted for its wider-ranging Asian relations that include cooperation with Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Russian, Thai and Vietnamese higher education institutions.
AIESEC at the Budapest Business School
Budapest Business School is the only higher educational institution in the world that hosts several offices (Local Committees) of AIESEC. AIESEC is the third largest non-profit organization in the world, after the United Nations and the Red Cross. It is run by students, getting the university students and the corporate sector together, providing exceptional experiences for students. As there is one AIESEC office for each BBS faculty, there are exceptionally three AIESEC offices at the Budapest Business School, out of the five AIESEC offices in the city of Budapest.
Rankings and reputation
- By the Spanish National Research Council, BBS is ranked on Webometrics Research as the #1 business school in Hungary, #40 in Europe, and #112 in the world
- BBS was the only Hungarian business school that was ranked among the top 100 business schools in Europe by Engviet.com
- According to a research of the Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research (GVI) conducted with top managers in 2009, shown in the HVG Diploma Magazine, Budapest Business School is #1 in the areas of finance, accounting, economic analyses, human resource management and tourism management among all the universities in Hungary, and is also ranked top 3 in any other business and economic study areas
- BBS provides the most valuable degrees and the best quality education in business management, HR management, commerce and marketing, international business, finance and accounting among all the universities in Hungary by Népszabadság Top 25 Degrees research in 2007
- By Felvi.hu Rankings (National Higher Education Information Centre), with 14,986 applicants in 2011, BBS is by far the most popular business school in Hungary, and the most popular university in Budapest after the Eötvös Loránd University
- Felvi.hu Rankings 2010 ranks BBS #1 in quality of business education economics among all the Hungarian business schools
- Felvi.hu Rankings 2010 ranks BBS #2 in value of its degrees in business
- Felvi.hu Rankings 2010 ranks BBS #1 in difficulty of its degree programs in business
- Heti Válasz Rankings and CEMI (Central European Management Intelligence) research in 2011, conducted with business managers and HR companies, ranks BBS #1 among all universities in Hungary
Notable alumni
- László Békesi, Finance minister of Hungary for two times
- Sándor Csányi, president of OTP Bank, the wealthiest person in Hungary
- Zsolt Katona, CEO of Budapest Stock Exchange
- Sándor Demján, president of TriGránit, 2nd wealthiest person in Hungary
- Gábor Scheiring, Politics Can Be Different party's economic cabinet leader
- Csaba Tarsoly, owner of GyÅ'ri ETO FC, 76th wealthiest person in Hungary
- Tamás Erdei, CEO of MKB Bank
- Ilona Dávid, CEO of Hungarian State Railways
- Réka Hámori, chief economist of Hungarian Banking Association
- Ferenc Juhász, Defence Minister (2002-2006)
- Zoltán Varga, Minister for Local Government (2008-2010)
- Katalin Lévai, Minister for Equal Opportunities (2002-2004)
- Ervin Demeter, Minister for Intelligence Services (2000-2002)
- Judit Gondos, current Secretary of State for Ministry of National Economy
- András Tállai, current Secretary of State for Ministry of National Economy
- István Simicskó, Minister of Defence
- Zsolt Miklós Kis, current Secretary of State for Agriculture and Rural Development
- Tamás Halm, Secretary General of Hungarian Economic Association (1999-2014)
- Imre Sztanó, legislator of the Hungarian Act on Accounting
- Imre Sztanó Jr., Deputy CEO of Erste Bank, and others
References
External links
- https://www.facebook.com/bgf.hu
- http://www.uni-bge.hu/
- http://www.felvi.hu/
- http://www.eurashe.eu
- http://www.aiesec.hu/
- http://www.space-eu.info/
- http://engviet.com/2011/04/21/top-100-business-schools-in-europe/
- http://business-schools.webometrics.info
