The aim of the program is the education of IT-professionals who can understand IT processes in general, and who are capable of:

• understanding IT-principles, -systems, its trends and nature, challenges and risks
• understanding organization and management of different types of organizations from point of view of the IT, who gained experience in leadership of business process, project management by using their economic/technical knowledge, applying business/IT knowledge and tools. Theirs specialized knowledge makes them capable of understanding, planning, and analyzing operative and functional IT processes of the organizations and institutions
• organization and management of new creative, innovative, quality-oriented program or project-based interventions for IT services
• intercultural communication and interactions with business/professional partners, customers for understanding and influencing choices and behaviors of their customers
• continuing their studies at master level.

Specialized focus areas

• Cyber Security
• Agricultural Informatics

Domains of study

Programming Languages I-II-III, IT Security, Programming Paradigms&Methods, User Interfaces, Data Visualization, Databases I-II, Software Testing, Software Architecture, System Planning, System Operation/Maintenance, System Modelling, Operation Systems, Computer Networks, Electronics

Characteristics of the program

• Acquisition of vocabulary and way of thinking appropriate to the specialization,
• Problem-based learning in individual or small team forms,
• Solving real problems with continuous tutoring support,
• Internship completion and placement opportunities in stakeholder IT companies

Cooperating business partners

PC Trade Systems LTD: agricultural informatics, IT security, implementation and operation of IT systems; trading of IT tools; software development.

SolvencyLab LTD in partnership with SUPRA LTD. and ISEEQ LTD.:data center management and development, big data analysis, blockchain technology developments, digital financial technology (fintech) developments, visual technology (AR-VR), and digital marketing technology, software and hardware development, developments and business applications in the field of neuroscience.

GRÁNIT Bank: a wholly Hungarian-owned financial institution, started its activity as a greenfield bank in May 2010 and has now become the fastest growing and most cost-effective bank in Hungary, mainly due to the fact that it was the first to adopt a digital banking business model in Hungary.

Nextent informatika Zrt.: Our high-quality business solutions are the perfect combination of 20 years of knowledge and experience, thus creating an added business value for our customers. They guarantee maximum data safety, which enable you to optimize operational costs and increase their efficiency.

Profigram: a successful and reliable engineering team for automation and process control knowing no compromise when it comes to the quality of technical solutions or overall customer satisfaction.

Distinctive features for possible careers

Positions: International (ISCO), European (ESCO) Employment Codes:

ISCO: Computer Science Operational Engineering
ESCO Computer Science Operational Engineering

Roles

Software and applications developers and analysts; System analyst (information technology); Software developer; Network and multimedia developer; Applications programmer; Database and network analysts, operators; Database designer and operator; System administrator; Computer network analyst; ect.

About the Department of Computer Science

The Department of Informatics (Computer Science) and each of its courses try to realize more and more layers of the KNUTH’s principle in each affected professional field:” Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.”Therefore Students will be conducted by teachers/experts individual and/or in small groups to understand the world in such a way too, which lead to the capability of transferring knowledge into source code (c.f. knowledge engineering)Parallel, the Students will be supported to be able to create qualitative (effective and efficient) codes. One of the main focuses is the field of the Cyber security, where Students will be prepared to achieve robust sovereignty. The other key element is the artificial intelligence where knowledge will be derived from data.

Heads of department

Agricultural Informatics
Associate Professor Laszlo Pitlik, Ph.D degree in multidisciplinary agricultural sciences awarded by JLU Giessen, Germany
Fields of research: application of artificial intelligence for forecasting, future-research and strategic planning purposes; development of online data mining tools; construction of consistent future visions; educational methodology research

Cyber Security
Associate Professor Janos Rikk, Ph.D degree in military engineering awarded by National University of Public Service
Fields of Research: cloud computing; open-source server solutions and their security testing

The aim of the course is the education of professionals who are capable of understanding, analyzing the international sphere of politics, polity and policy at the level of system (IGO, INGOs, TNCs, MNCS and international knowledge organizations at global and regional level), states, individuals and groups (movements, parties, and networks).

With taking this course you will be capable of understanding principles and multilevel and regional governance system of the International relations, its trends and nature, challenges and risks.

You will be capable of:

• understanding organization and management of different type of organizations and institutions:
• External services at the system level: multilateral international rules, polity units and public policy making in main functional areas.
• Foreign policy service units (foreign policy ministries, departments of functional ministries, external diplomatic services, participating transnational level of external services at the level of states
• The world of transnational organizations, international movements and networks, their roles in regime formations and global, regional policymaking activities
• working in internal pubic service, non-profit and business organizations, networks, understanding their management structures, programming, projecting and other network and coalition building activities. You will be capable of fulfilling senior issues, team management and operation activities.
• intercultural communication and interactions with international individuals, groups, institutions using the tools, approaches and methodology of IR discipline in unilateral, multilateral, hard and soft, public and digital as well as complex diplomacy for understanding and influencing choices and behaviors of the partners.
• ethical behavior, for intercultural oral and written competencies presenting in new visualized, mediated and virtualized world.
• continuing your studies at master’s level.

Specialized focus areas:

• Green Economy
• International Management
• European Union Studies

Overview of the classes:

• Generic competencies: Understanding Europe, Globalization & Social Problems, Politics & Comparative Politics, Global Political Theories, Intercultural Communication, Recent Global History, International Economics, Foreign policy and Foreign Office Services in the 21st Century, History of Diplomacy, International Law, Geopolitics & International Security Challenges, The Human Rights & Social Europe.
• International business service industry studies: Global Environmental Problems and Management, International Economics, European Governance: Recent Developments & Challenges, International Project Management, International Marketing & PR, HRM Services, International Investments & Trade, Corporate Social Responsibility.
• Disciplinary modules in field of IR: European Union Economic Area, Environmental and Alternative Economics, Environmental Policy and Governance, European Governance: Recent Developments & Challenges, Politics and Policies of the EU, Environmental Assessment and Planning, EU Regional Community Diplomacy & External Services, Sustainable Development and International Relations, Hard Diplomacy, Soft Diplomacy.

The BA in International Relations Program’s position:

The program is part of the Budapest International Campus program and together with the Hungarian program is sustainably implemented.
The program is connected to strategic aims for cooperative education including work-based learning (WBL)
The program is connected to strategic aims for entrepreneurship education: to develop students for private, non-profit or social entrepreneurship.

The aim of the course is the education of economic professionals who are capable of understanding enterprise and business administration processes in general, and capable for internationalization for global business environment.

With taking this course you will be capable of

• understanding principles and multilevel regional governance system of business enterprises, its trends and nature, challenges and risks.
• understanding organization and management of different type of organizations. The specialized knowledge will make you capable of understanding, planning, and analyzing operative and functional business processes of the organizations and institutions.
• understanding the organization and management of new creative, innovative, quality-oriented program or project-based interventions for business services
• intercultural communication and interactions with business partners, customers for understanding and influencing choices and behaviors
• continuing their studies at master level.

Specialized focus areas

• Green Economy
• International Business and Finance
• Business Service Economics

Overview of the classes

• Generic competencies: Introduction to Mathematics, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Introduction to Management, Quantitative Analyses and Statistics.
• International business service industry studies: Global Environmental Problems and Management, Service Science and Knowledge Economy: Research Methods, International Business, Law and Regulations.
• Business enterprise development services: Strategic Management and Planning, Business Process Management, International Economics, Quality, Innovation Policies Tools in MLE, Leadership Performance and Risk Management, Business Support Services, Accounting Fundamentals, International Finance Fundamental, Managerial Accounting and Financial Analyses, Marketing Services, HRM Services.

The BSc in Business Administration and Management Program’s position

The program is part of the Budapest International Campus program and together with the Hungarian program is sustainably implemented.
The program is connected to strategic aims for cooperative education including work-based learning (WBL)
The program is connected to strategic aims for entrepreneurship education to develop students for private, non-profit or social entrepreneurship.

Interesting facts of the Business and Management Department

Our teachers are professionals who are also very active in the working field:

• accounting and controlling is taught by an auditor with several years of experience
• project management classes are taught by experts who are continuously working on managing several, currently running projects
• business planning, strategic planning and business consulting subjects are taught by a corporate coach

The aim of the course is the education of economic professionals who are capable of understanding enterprise and business administration processes in general, and capable for internationalization for global business environment.

With taking this course you will be capable of:

• understanding the principles and multilevel governance system of the tourism industry, its trends and nature, challenges and risks.
• understanding organization and management of different type of organizations and institutions in tourism industry. The specialized knowledge will make you capable of understanding, planning and analyzing operative and functional business processes of the organizations and institutions.
• the organization and management of new creative, innovative, quality-oriented program or project-based interventions for business services.
• intercultural communication and interactions with customers, for understanding and influencing choices and behaviors.
• continuing your studies at master’s level.

Specialized focus areas:

• Green Economy
• Hotel and Catering Management
• Tourism Development

Overview of the classes:

• Generic competencies: Introduction to Mathematics, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Introduction to Management, Quantitative Analyses and Statistics.
• International business service industry studies: Global Environmental Problems and Management, International Economics, Intercultural Communication, European Governance: Recent Developments & Challenges, International Project Management, International Marketing & PR, HRM Services.
• Disciplinary modules in field of tourism: Global Geography, Principles of Tourism, Hospitality Management, Tour Operation Management, Tourism Marketing, Creativity and Innovation in Tourism, Gastronomy, Sustainable Tourism Development, Visitor Attraction Management, Responsible Tourism Consumption, Food & Beverage Management.

The BSc in Tourism and Catering Program’s position:

The program is part of the Budapest International Campus program and together with Hungarian program is sustainably implemented.
The program is connected to strategic aims for cooperative education including work-based learning (WBL)
The program is connected to strategic aims for entrepreneurship education to develop students for private, non-profit or social entrepreneurship.

The English and American Studies BA is a practice-oriented liberal arts language programme. The aim of the bachelor programme is to train professionals who have a good knowledge of English language and culture, and can interpret, communicate, and produce written and oral texts involving critical understanding in English at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Higher Education in everyday, cultural, political, economic, social, linguistic, and literary studies. They can also manage, solve, and take responsibility for middle management level tasks in national and international organisations, companies, municipalities, cultural management, education, journalism, and public relations.

Intended outcomes of the programme:

• Degree holder has in-depth knowledge of the generally accepted features and data relating to the cultural history of the English language.

• Degree holder is capable of elucidating in its context the rules and regulations relating in general to the English studies programme relating to employment and entrepreneurship

• They are familiar with the connections between individual, pair, and group learning, and learning communities.

• They are familiar with and have sufficient aptitude in distinguishing and using ICT tools, networks, and functions for learning in his/her field of specialisation and for finding the effective and modern solution of his/her tasks.

• Capable of understanding the cultural phenomena of the English language and its historical roots, and to place English among the languages of the world. Can identify the main social and regional features of the English language and understand the main theories explaining the spread and diffusion of the English language.

• Capable of managing and supervising complex tasks in line with professional expectations

• Capable of preparing independent written analyses and presenting the results in the form of oral or written presentations before a professional audience.

• Applies the knowledge acquired in the field of English studies to promote self-advancement and self-awareness.

• Has the soft skills needed to work in international and multicultural groups.

• Takes responsibility for the professional development of individuals and groups.

• Can continue studies at the master’s level.

Specialized focus areas:

• Transversal skills 10 credits

• Professional core 115 credits

• Electives 11 credits

• Thesis 4 credits

• Specialisation 40 credits: British Studies and Business Practice Track or American Studies and Business Practice Track

Overview of the classes:

• Professional Core Material: Introduction to Literature and Linguistics, British History and Civilisation, English oral and written language skills 1., English Literary Text Analysis, English Grammar 1., English oral and written language skills 2, English phonetics, phonology, and morphology, History of the United States, Business English, English Syntax, Applied Linguistics, Leadership and Entrepreneurship (in English), Irish Cultural Identities, Language and culture through British and American movies and series, English in the EU, Canadian Multicultural Identities, Intercultural Communication, Cultures and Identities in the English-speaking World;
• Electives: UK and Ireland Culture, USA and Canadian Culture;
• Specialisation track 1 and 2:
• British Studies and Business Practice Track: Renaissance concept of modern man, British Literature of the Enlightenment and Romanticism, Translation Practice from Hungarian into English, History of the English language and varieties of British English, Modernism and Postmodernism in British Literature, Translation Practice from English into Hungarian, Oral Business Presentations, HR Studies: CV, cover letter, job interview, Major Trends in American Literature;
• American Studies and Business Practice track: American Literature until the End of 19th Century, American Literature from the Turn of the Century to the 2nd World War, Translation Practice from Hungarian into English, Post Second World War American Literature, History of the English language and varieties of American English, Translation Practice from English into Hungarian, Oral Business Presentations, HR Studies: CV, cover letter, job interview, Major Trends in British Literature.

Career opportunities for Kodolányi BA English Studies graduates:

English Studies graduates have a wide range of job opportunities in the public and non-profit sectors, in multinational companies and in large domestic enterprises (they can find employment in almost all areas of the labour market: office administration, HR, economics, IT administration, teaching, interpreting, translation, cultural organisation, management).

In the context of European integration, there is a great need for professionals with a wide range of skills and a good command of English, who can do research, think independently, think broadly and work effectively with the national and international cultural communities in the field of English Studies, in the fields of literature and linguistics, the written and electronic press, tourism, international communication, business and science. Students graduating from this programme will be well informed about the generally accepted characteristics and data of the historicity of English-language cultural phenomena. They are also able to interpret in context the rules and regulations relating to employment and business in English Studies.