Hungarian Academy of Sciences

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The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( MTA short, Hungarian Magyar Tudományos Akadémia ) is the highest academic institution in Budapest, Hungary.

It was founded in 1825 under the mentor Count Széchenyi in Bratislava, then the seat of the Hungarian Parliament. Today it has its seat in Budapest and more than 100 research groups and institutes in several district capitals, including in Debrecen, Sopron ( GGRI ) and Miskolc.

History

The Academy is divided into eleven sections since 1994, the oldest, the Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts, goes back to the Academie club founded by Széchenyi. The in Vienna working as an entrepreneur Count was in the time of Metternich one of the most famous science and art patrons Austria -Hungary and became the innovator of the Magyar nation.

The discussed since 1808 founding a Hungarian-speaking academy took place in 1825 in Bratislava, the former Hungarian coronation city of Bratislava. Count István Széchenyi offered his yearly income for this establishment. His father Ferenc Széchenyi was founded in 1802 by donating his collections of the Hungarian National Museum.

The current name of the Academy was established in 1845. The building, built by the architect Friedrich August Stiller in neo-Renaissance style, was inaugurated in 1865.

In the first decades - in particular to the Austro- Hungarian Compromise 1866 - dealt the Academy, inter alia, with the Hungarian education system. After clarification of the political status of Hungary they could turn to in 1867 reinforced the promotion of science and is divided for some time into three main areas (according to the English home page):

  • Linguistics and Fine Arts
  • Humanities, Social and Historical Sciences
  • Mathematics and science.

Since 2003, organized by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in cooperation with UNESCO, the European Commission and the International Council for Science ( ICSU ), the World Science Forum (WSF, dt World Science Forum ), the world's largest international conference series on global science policy. It takes place since 2003 every two years in the Hungarian capital Budapest and sees himself in the science sector as the future equivalent of the annual World Economic Forum ( World Economic Forum) in Davos, Switzerland, as "the Davos of science".

Academy members and departments

After the Academy Act of 1994, the number of full members of the Academy may not exceed 200 ( but are not older than 70 with ). Other excellent scientists - can be co-opted as a corresponding or an external member - with international practice.

The Academy of Sciences is divided into eleven departments:

  • I. Linguistics and Literature
  • II Philosophy and History
  • III. mathematics
  • IV Agricultural Science
  • V. Medicine
  • VI. Technology / Engineering
  • VII Chemistry
  • VIII Biology
  • IX. Economics and Law
  • X. Earth Science
  • XI. physics

Research institutes

The MTA has about 40 separate research institutes and also maintains over 100 research groups at the following universities:

  • Technology and Economics University and Eotvos Lorand University (both in Budapest)
  • The universities of Debrecen Kaposvar, Miskolc, Pécs, Szeged and Veszprém
  • The University of West Hungary in Sopron
  • Some faculties of medicine and theology
  • The Agricultural University in Gödöllő
  • Various museums and colleges
  • The Széchenyi National Library in the capital

Others

János Áder, since from 2 May 2012 Hungarian President, worked at the MTA at the Institute of Sociology. His specialty was the legislative activity of the Parliament.

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