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A Műegyetem története - The History of the University of Technology GY. Balogh Ágnes
THE HISTORY OF THE MŰEGYETEM The Technical University and technical education in Hungary reach back to the eighteenth century. During this period a widespread understanding of the sciences, increasingly the natural sciences occurs. Technical professionals were known as masters of measurement, mathematicians, geometry or surveyors: only at a later date was the word "engineer” applied. Natural science education took place in vocational schools but not at university level. From 1763 the Piarists taught the basics of architecture (Elementa Architectonicae), in 1767 at the Theresianum of Vác courses in mathematics, theoretical geometry and civic architecture commenced. Technical education was also offered by the Jesuits in Kassa (Kosice, Slovakia) and in Pozsony (Bratislava, Slovakia), courses at the Royal Academy included architecture and hydraulics amongst its curriculum. At this time the country had one university, run by Jesuits in Nagyszombat (Trnava, Slovakia) presenting lectures in mathematics, geometry, trigonometry and architecture at the Faculty of Humanities. In 1763 Queen Maria Theresa founded the Pozsony County Szene (known as Szempcz, Seneca to the Slovaks) Piarist Oeconomicum Collegium, considered to be the forerunner of engineering o education in Hungary. Here using the German language economics, commerce and technical subjects s (surveying, mechanics and civil architecture] were taught. This institute was later relocated to Tata in 1776, LU and terminated in 1780. Despite the short existence of this Collegium particularly its limited curriculum the Institute of Geometry and Hydraulics prevailed. Also founded in 1763, the first vocational courses in technical subjects were initiated by Queen Maria Theresa, later raised to the position of academia in 1770 at the Selmecbánya (Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia) Mining Academy. This institution had been in existence since 1735, offering a high standard of engineering training throughout the 1740—50s, also in the German language.The Institute of Geometry and Hydraulics (later simplified to The Institute of Geometry - i.e. Engineering Institute) can be considered Hungary's first establishment of higher education, also the forerunner to today's University of Technology and Economics, the primary objective being to train nationally qualified surveyors, highways and waterways engineers. King Joseph II established this institution in the autumn of 1782 twelve years prior to the establishment of the Paris Ecole Centrale des Travaux and the later École Polytechnique. The university was relocated from Nagyszombat [today: Trnava, Slovakia) to the Royal Palace of Buda in 1777, establishing the first higher education institute of engineering and technical sciences in Europe, all annexed to the Faculty of Philosophy. Royal Decree stated that only persons with a diploma in engineering could hold employment posts A TUDOMÁNYEGYETEM ÉPÜLETE A XIX. SZÁZAD ELSŐ FELÉBEN THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE BUILDING, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
