OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The faculty has wide international connections with
veterinary schools of Europe and overseas. It is the single veterinary
faculty of Hungary, so all the counterpart schools are abroad, that is
why international connection has always been important for our faculty.
The school was founded in 1787 by Prof. Sándor Tolnay, graduate of the
Vienna Veterinary School, his personal connections served as the basis
of the early internationalisation of the Budapest Veterinary School.
Intensive cooperations with the veterinary school of Vienna were
continuously important for our faculty.
The international connections of the faculty are
shown by bilateral agreements with other veterinary schools, membership
in international veterinary organisations, activity in international
projects but there are several other indicators of international
cooperations such as student and staff mobility, joint PhD training,
involvement in international research projects, common research
applications, joint publications etc. Internationalisation of the school
is promoted by the faculty by providing framework to international
activities.
Organisation of international cooperations at the
faculty
The Rector of the Szent István University nominates a
Vice Rector responsible for international connections, he is helped by
the International Secretariat and an advisory board, the Committee of
International Connections of the Szent István University. The
responsible person for international connections of the faculty is the
Vice Dean for international cooperations nominated by the Dean. He is
helped by an assistant and in strategic questions he is advised by the
Committee of International Connections. Most of the international
connections are organised on faculty level.
Membership in international bodies
The faculty has membership in two international
bodies, it is member of the European Association for Establishments of
Veterinary Education (E.A.E.V.E.) and our school is a founding member of
the Veterinary Network for Student and Staff Mobility (VetNEST), network
of the veterinary schools of Central Europe formed by the veterinary
faculties of Brno, Budapest, Kosice, Ljubljana, Vienna, Wroclaw and
Zagreb. Our faculty in involved in projects organised by both
international bodies, it was an active member of the ERASMUS Thematic
Network Project VET2020 (Development of European educational strategies:
Design of veterinary profiles identified by market needs for the year
2020) comprising 22 veterinary schools from 22 countries and our faculty
was one of the four veterinary schools participating in the pilot study
TEEP2002 (Trans-National European Evaluation Project) organised by the
European Commission aiming evaluation and development of quality
assurance in higher education. The membership in EAEVE is regarded by
our school very important, since as a highly reputed forum of veterinary
schools in Europe it can promote the development and the
internationalisation of our establishment. Membership in VetNEST gives a
solid background of regional curriculum development, student and staff
mobility, joint courses and workshops and development of university
management.
International research connections
Research connections of the scientists are based on
own personal research projects, the faculty has no central role in
managing them. These connections are based on more than 30 international
research agreements, and the international activities of the scientists
are shown by their membership in more than 70 international
organisations.
Socrates Intensive Programs (IP)
In recent years our school participated in two SOCRATES Intensive
Programs (IP). Both programs “Healthy animals for food production: a
European perspective” coordinated by the Veterinary Faculty in Gent and
“Veterinary public health and animal production” coordinated by the
Veterinary Faculty in Utrecht provided interdisciplinary education for
2-3 PhD or final year students of our school with contribution of our
teaching staff.
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