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A Műegyetem története - The History of the University of Technology GY. Balogh Ágnes

Following World War II, sudden steps were taken to revise higher education: the Joseph Palatine of Hungary University of Technology and Economics was split into five independent parts. 1945 saw the Hungarian University of Agricultural Science adopt the departments of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Mining, Metallurgy, Forestry and Forest Management. In the wake of reforms made in 1948 economics education was separated: creating the Hungarian University of Economics and the Hungarian Technical University, references to Royalty being omitted. Courses in electronic engineering commenced, studies being reduced in duration from nine to eight semesters. New subjects were introduced to each department. For example in 1949, Faculties of Mining and Metallurgy were joined to the University of Heavy Industry in Miskolc and the Faculty of Forestry to the Agricultural University. Final restructuring in 1949 lead to the Technical University being renamed Budapest University of Technology. Four independent faculties being established: Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Architecture. To this a fifth faculty of Electrical Engineering was added to the Budapest University of Technology alongside the rural faculty of Heavy Chemical Industry in Veszprém. This later gained its independence in 1950 under the name of the Veszprém University of Chemistry. In 1951 a further faculty was added, that of Military Engineering, which lasted until 1957: when its departments became integrated with corresponding parts of other faculties. During this period enormous progress was made and new departments established. In 1951 the university started to offer evening classes and correspondence courses. As the variations in courses offered grewthey became hard to administer, therefore in the mid-1950s a system of "Durable Curricula" was introduced. In 1952 the Faculties of Engineering and Architecture separated from the main body of the Budapest University of Technology to function as the Construction Industry University atthesamesha red Campus. In 1955 the University of Traffic Engineering in Szolnok was closed, resulting in a new Faculty of Transportation at the Construction Industry University being opened. Resulting in the university being renamed (ÉKMEO) in 1957, University of Construction and Transportation Technology. By the early 1950s, combined number of full time, evening and correspondence students exceeded 10.000. Between 1949 and 1951,23 new departments were created. From 1956 the duration of courses extended from four years to five. This significant increase in staff and students lead to the requirement for new buildings, development of a modern university city.

In 1950 the first step taken was the construction of the Atomic Physics Department, a single storey building in the courtyard of the Physics Building. Further to this development commenced, on marshland, south towards Petőfi Bridge and Bertalan Lajos Street. This land was annotated on plans by Hauszmann and Czigler as being "land reserved for Technical University" and to date had only been occupied by the Department of Aerodynamics Laboratory and MAFC. In 1949 major developments commenced on this empty land. The Sztoczek Street building designed by István Janáky Senior and Zoltán Farkasdy 1949-1950, following plans prepared by János Kleineisel the Military Engineering Faculty (H), Mechanical Manufacturing Technology Laboratory (G) and the General Studies (T) Buildings. Between 1952 and 1955 the Drawing Studios (R) building designed by Gyula Rimanóczy. The H,T and R Buildings are typical in style to the Socialist-Realism era. Between 1954 and 1961 the faculty of Electronic Engineering and Respective Laboratory was erected to plans by János Pretsch. Plans to develop a separate University of Construction Technology to the south of Petőfi Bridge were cancelled. Another period of massive development following World War II was the 1960s. Due to an increased need for studio space, 40 students per class, the roofs of buildings H, T, K and R were redeveloped between the years 1962-1963. Between 1961 and 1964 the D Building and its side hall DCS were constructed on the Danube bank side. From 1963 to 1966 the E Building, both designed by Pál Kisdi and Dénes Perczel. In the summer of 1963 three barracks buildings were erected, on the site of the former volleyball court, to serve as the university refectory. These barracks buildings marred the Campus gardens untilthe mid 1980s. Between 1964-1966 the Münnich Ferenc (now Kármán Tódor) halls of residence on Irinyi József Street, housing 1000 students, and the Martos Flóra halls of residence on Sztoczek Street, housing 400 students. To the side of the latter a 2000 seat refectory and kitchen facility was erected to plans prepared by the architect Lajos Zalaváry. Between 1966-1969