Facts and Figures – Semmelweis University

About Semmelweis University

Semmelweis 250

Semmelweis University celebrates the 250th anniversary of its foundation in the academic year 2019/20. Its history started on 7 November 1769, when Maria Theresa added a medical faculty to the University of Nagyszombat, which moved to Buda in 1777 then to Pest in 1784.
On 1 February 1951 the medical faculty of the University of Budapest became an independent institution under the name Budapest University of Medicine and adopted the name Semmelweis in 1969, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of its fondation.

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

Enrolment by Faculty

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%

International Students’ Top 10 Countries of Origin

Germany	1 226
Iran	446
Norway	242
South Korea	214
Israel	143
Italy	112
Slovakia	104
Japan	87
China	64
United States	51