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Snapshot on Hungarian Higher Education in 2011

Snapshot on Hungarian Higher Education in 2011. Paszkál Kiss Eötvös Loránd University. Outline. A general view on Hungarian HE HE and labour market in Hungary A case: Eötvös Loránd University. A general view on Hungarian HE. Ratio of secondary school graduates by county 2005.

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Snapshot on Hungarian Higher Education in 2011

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  1. SnapshotonHungarian Higher Education in 2011 Paszkál Kiss Eötvös Loránd University

  2. Outline • A general view on Hungarian HE • HE and labour market in Hungary • A case: Eötvös Loránd University

  3. A general view on Hungarian HE

  4. Ratio of secondary school graduates by county 2005 • Decreasing number of cohorts to enter HE • Central and Western regions have more secondary school graduates

  5. Structure of HE in Hungary • BA programs generally started in 2006 • Radical measures to introduce multiple levels

  6. HE institutions in Hungary • 69 institutions • 25 univ. • 44 appl. univ. • Budapest leads • Regional university centers

  7. HE institutions by maintainer • Diversified ownership • State maintains most of universities and bigger applied universities (college)

  8. Plannedchanges in national regulation • Change in entrance conditions • foreign language as a requirement • re-introducing entrance exams • Change in financing • decreasing financing in absolute numbers • less weight of student numbers • Change in study programs • increased role of one cycle study programs • differentiate study programs offered by research universities or universities of applied sciences

  9. HE and labour market in Hungary

  10. Ratio of graduates in different age groups 2008 • Still not very high proportions of graduates • Good opportunities in the job market • Added value of graduation in salaries

  11. Graduates in the labour market • Graduates’ career opportunities have worsened, especially among freshly graduated: • longer term of the job-seeking, • unemployment rate of freshly graduated increases, • oversupply in certain fields: e.g. law, business, communication. • But: • higher needs for labour in other fields: e.g. engineering, • salaries are significantly higher for graduates (highest diff. in EU), • varying needs of the labour market: some skills become more important (communication, foreign language knowledge). • Unemployment rate among graduates is lower, approx. 3-5%, (average 10%)

  12. Perceptions of employment among graduates • Will you find a proper job in your profession in 1-2 years? Source: GCTS - Student Survey 2009, N=7800

  13. HE and labour market at two levels • Government actions / provisions • introducing the Bologna system, • compulsory professional internshipinsomefields, • establishing ‘Financial Boards’ (FB) supervising HEIs. • Institutional actions • formalising labour market relations (FB, Magistrate), • joint degrees (internship, sandwich training, integrated industrial training), • joint development projects (R&D), • Career Offices: career counselling, employment agency, alumni • Graduate Career Tracking Program

  14. A case: EötvösLoránd University

  15. Hungarian leading universities in numbers

  16. Budgetary comparison of CEU universities

  17. ELTE in a nutshell • One of the most attractive universities for students: • 15.109 applicants in first place (10,7% of total) • 9700 first year students (9,8% of total) • Primary research potential: • 1098 persons with PhD or higher scientific ranks • Widespread offer in study programs • 8 faculties • 69 BA study programs • 91 MA study programs • 29 study programs in foreign languages • 17 doctoral school (95 PhD programs) • 32 238 courses offered simultaneously

  18. Graduates’ perception: best institutions in theirstudy field

  19. Horizontal match between studies and job • Majority of graduates find a good horizontal fit between studies and current job.

  20. Employer type • Most of graduates are employed by the public sector.

  21. Thankyou! kiss.paszkal@ppk.elte.hu

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