Budapest University of Technology and Economics

I've attended this university for Bachelor and Master of Science degree in Computer Science. As Hungary's leading engineering university it lived up to my expectations. Mostly great teachers, busy student communities. During my BSc studies I felt we had a bit too wide range of subjects, without much specialization. I had to go to classes which didn't really interested me, but I guess it's like that everywhere, Bachelor's degree are supposed to give us a wide range of knowledge and a good foundation for going further. And even i the certain classes didn't interest me, the degree as a whole gave me a good engineering mindset. I liked my Master's much better, with the possibility to specialize more. I could study and research what interested me. The teacher's are u to date with current technologies, most of them had industrial experience. All of them who I spoke to were open to questions, and was happy to discuss and even debate different opinions. I even got help in looking for a job after I finished. Very big part of the university experience is the community. We had a really great one, with good opportunities to step out from the classroom and our comfort zones. There were several student competitions with different technologies, where people could try out their ideas and work on much more fascinating things than the usual class exercises. For example I got to modify an RC car to be able to follow a line on its own and do different task and compete with other similar cars on a racetrack. Beside engineering opportunities I joined ESN which gave me a lot of experience in teamwork, in leading people, and a great deal of social skills. So basically the university gave me everything I was looking for both in the professional field and in social life. And I haven't mentioned sports yet, which also plays a big part o the student life.

The university has a good infrastructure to teach classes. And also all the teachers have a really high level of English to teach for international students. The main problem is that teachers, and the people working at the university don’t help you in anything if you have any doubts they will answer you in an angry way.

The subjects are very different, we learn IT from the laws of physics to the high overview of complex systems. There are many great subjects with excellent notes but unfortunately all of them are acceptable. The student community maintains a knowledge base where missing notes are collected.

I did both my bachelors and masters at this university in the electrical engineering. The whole education system is constantly revised and updated if they feel the necessity of it. All the lectures, laboratory subjects were enjoyable, and they provided such a knowledge, that I still use at my work after 5 years in the industry. The equipment is getting better and better. The university provides one of the most valuable degree in whole Hungary in engineering field (if not the most valuable), and all the companies are aware of that - for a good reason. The university provides a wide area of optional subjects, that one can pick during their studies (there are some mandatory credits spend on these kind of subjects, and you are free to choose whatever you want). There are also subjects that are based on each other from the optional list, and in case one completes these, then the university provides an additional minor degree too. The university cooperates with the industrial representatives, therefore they know the required skills that are useful in the industry. There are many student associations formed within the university, they offer many opportunities for the students, both in getting hardskill knowledge, and getting experience in soft skill areas.

As a Hungarian student, I managed my way and somehow managed to learn useful things, but I felt so sorry for international classmates. They weren't very well treated, which shouldn't be a thing. I find my degree useful but I can't recommend honestly to non-Hungarian students