Budapest Business University

In 2009, as part of a cooperation, we handed over the Financial Laboratory at the BBTE Faculty of Finance and Accounting, which is an ideal location for university-level courses, conferences, and lectures related to the topic. In the Financial Laboratory, we created an exhibition space next to the modern financial lecture hall. The aim of the multi-level cooperation between BTE FFA, Unicredit Bank and the FINTELLIGENCE Financial Education Center is to develop a financial culture, which is why we also cooperate in the fields of education, talent management and research. Further information HERE.

In order to strengthen university-business relations, our University and Citibank Europe Zrt. established a new company department in the Faculty of International Management and Economics (FIMB) in 2020. The goal of the CITI Global Business Corporate Department is to create a direct link between education and research and development, to develop students' innovation and entrepreeurial competencies by introducing new teaching methods, and to support talent management. The department is committed to nurturing talent, which is clearly demonstrated by the fact that, in cooperation with students, it has created new courses for the FIMB Káldor Miklós professional student organisation. In the framework of the cooperation, CitiBank Europe Zrt. and the Faculty of International Management and Economics of BBTE have also created an inspiring community space for students. More information HERE.

In 2019, BBTE and the Demján Sándor Foundation signed a multi-level cooperation agreement, within the framework of which we created the Entrepreneurship Research and Education Scholarship to support research and education programs related to entreoreneurship. Simultaneously with the signing of the cooperation agreement, the V. lecture hall of the Alkotmány street building was handed over to Sándor Demján, one of the most prominent businessmen of our country, in a ceremonial setting. Sándor Demján was a former student of our university's pre-law institution, so the dedicated lecture hall and the scholarship show respect for his value-creating work and intellectual heritage. Further information HERE.

As business researchers, we want to encourage and support BBU students to see this topic as significant and interesting, and to encourage research that is useful to others outside the academic community. Therefore, in 2020 we created the Entrepreneurial Dissertation of the Year award, which we will now award every year to the BBTE graduate who submitted the best thesis in the field of entrepreneurship and SME management based on the decision of the Budapest LAB professional jury. Thanks to PwC, the winner of the award will also have the opportunity to participate in a professional course organized by the company.

In April 2023, BBTE, Hatvani Robert Bosch Elektronika Kft. and Hatvani City Municipality handed over a jointly developed Smart Lab at the Hatvani Community Higher Education Continuing Education Center. The laboratory, equipped with Industry 4.0 tools and supported by artificial intelligence, offers students the opportunity to further develop their digital competences in addition to getting to know the leading technologies used in the industrial environment. More information about the lab can be found HERE.

The Robert Bosch Lean Management Business Department of our University's Faculty of International Management and Economics, with the support of the Hungarian Bosch group of companies, announced for the first time this year the "Best thesis in logistics" competition for students who will take the final exam of their bachelor's degree in January 2023. As part of this, prizes were awarded to the authors of the best Hungarian and English theses. More information about the award can be found HERE.

Budapest Business University (BBU) started the first semester of its Corporate Mentoring Program with OTP Bank. With middle and senior managers of OTP Bank, as well as participants in BGE's basic training, 2-3 starting with 15 mentor-mentee pairs, the aim of the pilot program is for the students to get to know the everyday life, tasks, and leadership role of a manager in a corporate environment, with the involvement of senior colleagues, thus developing their necessary competencies. Building on the experiences of the successful pilot, the university extended the program to its other corporate partners as of the 2nd semester of the 2023/2024 academic year and in September 2024, the 3rd semester of the Mentor Programme was launched with nearly 100 mentor and mentee pairs. Would you like to be a mentor in the next semester? Contact us at bgebusiness@uni-bge.hu and we will get in touch with you.

Founded in 2017, the primary goals of the Robert Bosch Lean Management Corporate Department are to strengthen the University's courses with practical lean management knowledge, to provide up-to-date knowledge relevant to industry needs, thus contributing to the acquisition of immediately marketable knowledge that cannot be obtained elsewhere. In addition, the Department provides a framework for the development of joint educational and scientific projects. Its flagship is the Smart Shop Floor Laboratory, designed and implemented in Hatvan in collaboration with the staff of the Department of International Trade and Logistics and Bosch Lean Management, which provides an almost unique opportunity in the country to simulate production and logistics processes within the classroom.

As part of its strategic agreement with the University, KPMG has created a community space in the university's multifunctional student centre, BGE UniZone. As part of the partnership, KPMG offers guest lectures, workshops and courses for students of Finance and Accounting, Business and Management and Business Informatics at the University's Faculty of Finance and Accounting (FFA). It participates in the FFA+ talent management programme, where students with high scores in certain subject areas can receive training with a specific methodology and specialised content according to their interests.