Acronym: ELTE
Location: Budapest (Hungary)
Website: www.elte.hu
The predecessor of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) was founded in 1635 by Cardinal Péter Pázmány, as a catholic university for teaching theology and philosophy. In 1770-1780, the University was transferred to Buda and later to Pest, becoming the Royal Hungarian University. In 1950 the university was reorganized and named after one of its professors, the physicist Loránd Eötvös. Recently, the Lágymányos Campus was built on the scenic banks of the Danube and is now home to the Department of Astronomy.
ELTE had many famous scientists and four Nobel Prize laureates among its teachers and alumni. The number of students enrolled yearly is 33,000, and there is an academic staf of 1,800 teachers and researchers. In 2013 ELTE was awarded the University of Excellence accreditation.
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