MATE - Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences

About

The legal predecessor of the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE) is the oldest regular agricultural higher education institution in Europe, which started its operation on July 1, 1797. Following the successful integration of the former Szent István University, Kaposvár University, Gyöngyös Campus of Eszterházy Károly University and Georgikon Faculty of University of Pannonia in 2021, MATE has become one of the largest and oldest agricultural-focused, multi-disciplinary tertiary education institutions in Europe, combining more than 200 years of tradition with the science and innovation today with a student body of over 13 000. Approximately 15% of the students are international, coming from over a hundred countries, and diversifying the community by it being multinational, multilingual, and multicultural. (Extensive mentor programs make student life at MATE even more inclusive.)

Higher education has recently been facing dramatically changing expectations in a rapidly changing environment worldwide, which have their impacts on the Hungarian higher education as well. Universities are expected to meet local and global needs, to excel in education, to encourage and nurture research, to develop partnerships with the industry and to foster innovation, which means existing for the public benefit in brief. Sustainability-focused learning and the integration of new technologies enhance the prestige.

With the foundation of MATE, our university has become part of the renewal of the complete Hungarian higher education. MATE's long-term objective is to be amongst the thirty best agricultural higher education universities in the world while being the flagship of Hungarian agricultural education. This commitment dovetails nicely with the past traditions of the Hungarian agriculture, presents opportunities of the Hungarian higher education, and it will also contribute to the economic development of the whole country.

As a dynamic institution, being aware of global issues, climate change, food security and sustainable development, MATE is committed to offer the students complex and market-oriented knowledge which is competitive anywhere in the world. Thus, we consider lessons learned from the most successful European universities, combine our methods with state-of-the-art solutions, and enhance our international integration, to design the best programmes for our students. Our university has campuses in Budapest, Gödöllő, Gyöngyös, Kaposvár and Keszthely, we offer constantly revised degree and training programmes on bachelor, master and PhD level, and invest significantly into making our institution competitive on the global front.

MATE boasts a unique architecture and infrastructure of its campuses as well as beautiful natural surroundings, being arboretums, botanical gardens, forests, lakes and parks, create a pleasant ambience and provide a conducive environment for our students.

https://en.uni-mate.hu/mate-2030-strategy

https://en.uni-mate.hu/documents/d/hungarian-university-of-agriculture-and-life-sciences/mate_eng_202403_web

https://research.uni-mate.hu/home

REASONS why you should choose MATE:

• degree programs are offered in a wide variety of subjects 
• nationally and internationally acknowledged professors 
• nearly 15% of our students are international: from Latin-America through Africa and Europe to the Asia-Pacific 
• widespread corporate network with national and multinational companies 
• high-rank governments’ personnel have always been appointed from our Alumni 
• the main campus is located in Central-Hungary, in Gödöllő (approx. 25 km from the capital, Budapest) in a pleasant, green environment 
• vivid cultural and social life 
• on-campus dormitories with all modern amenities 
• a sport centre and football fields provide several sport facilities

NON-DEGREE PROGRAMME

Foundation Course for Studies in English

Hungarian Language Preparatory Course

DEGREE PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH

Bachelor Programmes:

• Agricultural Engineering
• Business Administration and Management
• Environmental Engineering
• Film and Media Studies
• Food Engineering
• Horticultural Engineering
• Lanscape Management and Garden Construction Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Tourism and Catering
• Wildlife Conservation and Management

Master Programmes:

• Agricultural Biotechnology (animal and plant)
• Agricultural Water Management
• Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety
• Aquaculture
• Biosystems Engineering
• Business Development
• Crop Production Engineering
• Ecotoxicology
• Engineering Management
• Environmental Engineering
• Finance
• Food Science and Technology Engineering
• Food Safety and Quality Engineering
• Horticultural Engineering
• Landscape Architecture and Garden Design
• Management and Leadership
• Mechanical Engineering
• Photography
• Plant Protection
• Rural Development Engineering
• Regional and Environmental Economics
• Supply Chain Management
• Tourism Management
• Viticulture and Oenology Engineering
• Wildlife Conservation and Management

PhD Programmes:

• Animal Biotechnology and Animal Science 
• Biological Sciences
• Plant Science
• Environmental Sciences
• Horticultural Science
• Food Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Economic and Regional Sciences
• Landscape Architecture and Landscape Ecology

For more information, please contact us at:

Tel.: +36-28-522-917 

E-mail: apply@uni-mate.hu

Website: https://en.uni-mate.hu/ 

Study areas:

• Agricultural science
• Economic science
• Social science
• Engineering science
• Natural science
• Art education
• Arts

Levels of study:

• BA/BSc
• MA/MSc/MLA
• PHD/DLA

Language of the Programmes:

English

Student services:

Orientation programmes: https://en.uni-mate.hu/orientation-2024/2025

Housing / dormitory placement: https://en.uni-mate.hu/accommodation

Online student counselling (free): https://en.uni-mate.hu/mental-health

Carreer counselling: https://en.uni-mate.hu/career-counselling

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