Obuda University

The Óbuda University is named after a part of Budapest and is a technical university which was originally founded in 2000 as Technical Institute of Budapest with the merging of 3 polytechnical institutes (Donát Bánki Technical Institute, Kandó Kálmán Politechnical College, Light Industry Technical College). With over 12 000 students it is one of the largest technical universities in the country. Having complied with the necessary requirements, it was promoted to university status on 1 January 2010 under the name of Óbuda University.