MMS at University Level in Hungary Within the IFToMM Community

Abstract

This paper gives an outline of the history of Hungarian higher technical education to show how it developed, in spite of the different obstacles it faced, and to show how its growth was always determined by economic and social conditions. (Strandl, A history of the machine, A&W Publishers, Inc., New York, 1978; Varga, The Technical University of Budapest, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Centenary Memorial Volume, Akadémiai Nyomda, Budapest, 1972; Moon, The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux, Springer, The Netherlands, 2007; Ginsztler, The impact of globalization on engineering education and practice, J Ideas, 6, Logod Bt, Budapest, 1999). Soon after IFToMM was created, it became a leading Federation of the World, operating in a nurturing atmosphere for the sake of both academic science and industrial practice. This paper gives an outline of this history, as well.