Overview
- Founded in 1769 as the Medical Faculty of the University of Nagyszombat
- The oldest medical school in Hungary
- Named in honour of Ignác Semmelweis, the revolutionary 19th-century obstetrician also known as “the saviour of mothers”
- Programmes are offered in four languages: Hungarian, English, German and Italian
- Motto: Servamus vitam atque servimus (“Protecting and serving life”)
- The University’s name is abbreviated as: SE
Faculty and Staff
| Total staff | ca. 10 500 |
| Academic Staff | 1 711 |
| Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | 91 |
| Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | 11 |
Students (Academic year 2019/2020)
| Total students: | 10 945 |
| International students: | 3 450 |
| Faculty | Total students | International Students | Ratio of international students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine | 4 561 | 2 399 | 52.6% |
| Dentistry | 849 | 386 | 45.5% |
| Pharmacy | 836 | 242 | 28.9% |
| Health Sciences | 3 420 | 430 | 12.6% |
| Health and Public Services | 565 | 15 | 2.65% |
| András Pető Faculty | 353 | 36 | 10.2% |
| School of Ph.D. Studies | 586 | 49 | 8.4% |
| Total | 11 170 | 3 557 | 31.8% |
| Germany | 1 226 |
| Iran | 446 |
| Norway | 242 |
| South Korea | 214 |
| Israel | 143 |
| Italy | 112 |
| Slovakia | 104 |
| Japan | 87 |
| China | 64 |
| United States | 51 |