Faculties
Agrarian-training operates since 1896, and higher education since 1961 at the – admitted and traditional – Faculty of Agriculture in Hódmezővásárhely; professionals are trained as Wildlife Management Engineers (Ba) and Agricultural Engineers (Ba). The faculty formerly belonged to the Food Industrial College of Szeged, and afterwards to the University of Veterinary Sciences, then to the University of Agricultural Sciences of Debrecen, but since 2000 it operates within the confines of the University of Szeged.
The Arts Faculty of Szeged gives marketable and high level knowledge in the fields of arts and social sciences. The Facutly of Arts is very popular among the applicants every year, because the labour market appreciates the applicable and practical knowledge granted by the institute.
The youngest faculty of the University, the independent Faculty of Dentistry was founded in 2007, but it has won the appreciation of the public as one of the strongest institutes of dentistry due to its educational and research results over the course of its operation since 1960 within the confines of the medical university. The Faculty of Dentistry grants unified and undivided dentist training, and it also offers doctoral programs for those aiming to engage in research.
The faculty offers training in management, business and marketing; as well as finance and public accountancy as full-time BA courses. The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in Szeged is reputed as one of the best in the country by the profession, the employers, and the students as well.
The Faculty of Engineering, in accordance with the traditions of the more than 45-years old food industrial engineer training in Szeged, offers dynamically developing technical-economical education. The training consists of food-engineering, economic and rural development agrarian engineering BSc’s, and food engineering MSc; besides the faculty takes part in the major postgraduate courses.
The Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Studies is one of the most important training centers for healthcare professionals in the country, offering BA courses in Nursing and Medical Attendance, Sanitary Care and Prevention, and Social Work. Additionally, non-degree programs are avaliable in Image Diagnostics, Intervention Assistance, and Obsterics. Postgraduate programs are also offered.
At the traditional Faculty of Law students can choose from the following BA programs: Law, Social Security, Labor Relations, International Studies and Politology. There is also a legal assistant non-degree program offered by the Faculty. At the faculty, there are postgraduate trainings and specializations in foreign law (French Law, American Legal Expert Training, German Law, European Law Master) as well as a doctoral program.
In the 1930’s and ’40’s, the Nobel-awarded Albert Szent-Györgyi was the professor of the most famous faculty of the university. The clinic centre was named after him in order to pay homage.
The Faculty of Medicine offers both English and German language General Practicioner training, as well as a postgraduate degree in Translation and Interpretation for the Health Sciences. The clinic was named in honor of the Noble Laureate Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, whose research here in the 1930’s and 1940’s made this the most famous faculty of the university. Today, the medical faculty, a network of clinics and hospitals near the banks of the Tisza, is the center of medical services for the city, county and entire Southeastern region.
The Faculty of Music functions as both a regional center for teacher education, training voice and music teachers, and a conservatory, training musicians. The high quality of instruction offered today, steeped in the history and traditions of Hungarian musical education, can be traced back to the renowned Liszt Ference Musical College, which became part of the University of Szeged in 1998. The Faculty of Music offers BA programs in Performing and Creative Arts, and in Musicology; as well as MA degree programs in classical singer artist and classical musical instrumental pesrformance.
The history of the Faculty of Pharmacy goes back to the University of Kolozsvár. Pharmacologist training exists since the relocation of 1921.
The Faculty of Pharmacy was established in 1957, although pharmacologist training has existed in Szeged since 1921, and the history of the faculty can be further traced to The Univeristy of Kolozsvar. Today, 50% of all practising Hungarian pharmacologists earned their degree in Szeged. The degree program requires completion of a five-year, full-time, undivided course of study, whereafter graduates can attend professional pharmacologist specialization courses, or complete a doctoral degree, if they wish to engage in research.
The Faculty of Science and Informatics offers both full-time and correspondence BSc-majors and specializations in the Natural Sciences, Informatics and Engineering.
Students in the Natural Sciences can choose from degree programs offered in Biology, Physics, Geography, Geology and Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, and Mathematics. Informatics students can pursue professional degrees as an Economics IT specialist, Program Engineer IT specialist, or, Engineering IT specialist. Degree programs for Engineering students include: Materials Engineer, Bioengineer and Environmental Engineer. Additionally, the Faculty of Science and Informatics also offers accredited MSc programs in Natural Sciences, Informatics and Engineering, as well as specialized postgraduate and doctoral training.
Founded in Budapest in 1873 and moved to Szeged in 1928, The Juhasz Gyula Teacher Training Faculty is the oldest teacher training institution in Hungary, and continutes to be at the forefront of progressive pedagogy in the 21st Century. Since the adoption of the Bologna system, JGYTF has become the center of teacher training for early childhood education and special education, in addition to general teacher education. The faculty also offers arts-mediation, sports sciences and adult education majors. In fact, there are over two dozen marketable higher educational courses and specializations offered, most of which can be studied full-time or in a correspondance course, including MA programs. The Juhász Gyula Teacher Training Faculty is also famous for its strong and cohesive community and its colourful student life.