Type Public university Campus Urban Phone +36 28 522 000 Founded 2000 | Rector Dr. János Tőzsér Website [1] Number of students 12,583 Academic staff 1,313 | |
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Established 1787; 230 years ago (1787) Location Budapest, Gödöllő, Hungary Address Gödöllő, Páter Károly u. 1, 2100 Hungary Affiliations International Association of Universities, European University Association, European Quality Improvement System Similar Corvinus University of Budap, Budapest University of Techno, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Business School, University of Szeged | ||
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The Szent István University (Hungarian: Szent István Egyetem, SZIE or SZIU) is an agricultural science and veterinary university in Hungary, with its headquarters and main campus in the Central Hungarian town of Gödöllő (about 30 kilometres from Budapest) and in Budapest. Other campuses are located in Békéscsaba, Budapest, Gyula, Jászberény, and Szarvas. The University consists of seven different colleges for study and research, and enrolls approximately 16,000 students.
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The university was established on 1 January 2000 from a combination of several universities - the oldest of these being the former veterinary Budapest University, founded in 1787. The SZIU is named after Hungarian King Stephen I (the Saint). The current president of the university is Dr. László Solti.