Inaugurated in September 2023, the University Library is located in a renovated environment in the BBU UniZone, a multifunctional student centre.
The mission of the library is to provide the necessary specialised literature and information for the practice-oriented undergraduate, masters, higher-level vocational training, specialised postgraduate and doctoral programmes, as well as for the teaching, research and study carried out at these various levels of education at the Faculty of Finance and Accountancy.
The library's collection and services are available not only to the faculty's teachers, researchers, and students, but also to the teachers and students of the other faculties and institutes within the unified library system of Budapest Business University. It is also open to external users.
The library collection
The library collects, organises and makes available the current literature of the disciplines taught at the Faculty within the framework of its documentation and information services, which are designed in accordance with the educational profile of the institution, thus ensuring the supply of information and literature and the provision of national services. The library collects the Hungarian-language literature of the disciplines taught and researched at the Faculty, as well as the relevant foreign sources, with a view to completeness, and accordingly offers students and lecturers access to almost 100,000 documents, 50,000 foreign-language e-books, 75 different journals, leading international and Hungarian databases (e.g. Emerald Insight, Scopus, Web of Science, MERSZ and ProQuest).
What do we do?
As an accredited examination centre for the BBU Language Examination Centre at the FFA, we are a government-recognised examination centre for monolingual and bilingual business language examinations.
Who should apply?
The system of the BBU Language Examination Centre is open, i.e. anyone can apply to take a business language examination, not just students of the Faculty.
The BBU Language Examination Centre's language examination system offers state-recognised monolingual and bilingual business language certificates at intermediate (B1), upper intermediate (B2) and advanced (C1) levels in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese; in the monolingual Business Communication and bilingual Business and Tourism and Hospitality language examination systems.
It is worth applying for the Business Language Examination for all students who need a professional level foreign language for their work in the business world. For English, the monolingual Business Communication exam is recommended, as it is based on general business knowledge, regardless of subject.
It is worthwhile for all language learners who wish to gain an advantage in their job search by having a language certificate to prove their language skills.
What are the advantages of applying to a complex language examination?
In addition to the complex business language examination at intermediate (B1), upper intermediate (B2) and advanced (C1) level, you can also take a separate oral and written business language examination. However, in order to benefit from this compensation, it is advisable to apply to the complex type.
If you achieve the minimum expected score (40%), you may be awarded a certificate for the combined business language examination even if you do not achieve the minimum pass mark (60%) for one of the two types of test but exceed the minimum pass mark (60%) for the other type of test by a margin that compensates for the overall minimum pass mark (60%) for the combined business language examination. If the candidate's performance in one type of test does not compensate for the failure in the other type of test after achieving the minimum expected level of proficiency (40%), the candidate has the option of being awarded an oral or written certificate in the type of business language examination corresponding to the type of test passed.
How often do we organise language examinations?
As a rule, you can take the business language exam three times a year - in the summer (at the end of August), in the winter (in January) and in the spring (in May).
Where can you apply to a language examination?
You can apply to take the language examination online on the website of the BBU Language Examination Centre.
For more information about the language examination and how to apply to take the language examination, please visit the website of the BBU Language Examination Centre: https://www.nyelvvizsgak.hu/
What help can you get to prepare?
Before each exam period, we organise an English language preparation course for the monolingual Business Communication exam at your own expense. These take place on weekday afternoons, once or twice a week. They last from 6 to 10 weeks. Detailed information about the courses are available on the website at the end of January, May and August.
More information about the language exam preparation and how to apply to a preparation course:
https://uni-bge.hu/hu/pszk/kepzesek/kozepfoku-nyelvvizsgafelkeszito-angol-gazdasagi-36-oras-b2020000356-idegennyelvi-kepzes--467
Contact:
Location: 1149 Budapest, Buzogány street 10-12. B09
Language examination centre manager: Ágota Kiss Szirtesné
E-mail address: SzirtesneKiss.Agota@uni-bge.hu