University of Miskolc
Those
roaming the world wide web may also indulge in a journey into time. Travellers
often look into the past so that they can see the future more clearly. Let us
devote some thoughts to the past first. The University of Miskolc looks back to
a history of more than 275 years. The world’s first higher education
institution of technology, the Mining Academy of Selmecbánya, represented
special knowledge and value. Its heritage and relics pervade the life of our
University even today. I am confident that in the university’s development
predictability and stability are the most important cornerstones, and the
foundations of the ability of perpetual revival have been laid by our
traditions and the work of our larger-than-life scholars and predecessors in
leadership.
At
the University of Miskolc a new term of office began in July 2010 for the
Rector. The years to come under my leadership and the further development
process and strategy of the next decade or so will have to be an organic continuation
of our development so far, keeping everything that has taken us forward and
discarding that which has had its day. We are in need of renewal in several
fields. This is what is expected of the management of the University by the new
Act on Higher Education in preparation now, by the changing industrial and
economic environment, and last but not least by the members of our University,
who wish to be active in a state-of-the-art, dynamically developing academic
and research environment that offers all of us new prospects.
The
activities of universities, embodied in preserving, enhancing and imparting
knowledge, have been today supplemented by the obligations of providing
flexible responses to the demands of the economy and direct participation in developing
the economy. The students studying in the Bologna-type programmes become
participants in an up-to-date system of education aimed at meeting the demands
of the labour market. By visiting our website you can get to know the
programmes offered by our faculties and read about the life of our students.
Our campus is located in a natural environment unique in Europe; from the
academic buildings to the student hostels, to the library, the dining halls to
the up-to-date workshop hall, everything is embraced by the Dudujka Valley. I
am confident that this is one of the most attractive campuses perhaps in the
world, but definitely in Europe. Our University is the largest higher education
institution of the region of Northern Hungary and a scientific centre of
decisive significance both at regional and national levels.
As
Rector of the University of Miskolc, I have the unswerving purpose of serving
my institution during my term in office to the best of my abilities, which
lends meaning and scope to my profession. I wish to bring about a balance
between the traditional academic approaches and those that value the input of
our external connections. I would like to bring the town, the region and the
University closer to each other. I wish to foster international relations that
can be maintained practically, are of mutual benefit and on an appropriate
scale. I intend to take advantage of all forums of publicity to promote the
values of our University.
I
am confident that our motto of today, which says that “the University of
Miskolc is a competitive actor in European higher education," is a reality
for which all of us are working together.
