Introduction of the Faculty of Economic Sciences

The Faculty of Economic Science of Kaposvár University was established in 2004 to provide competitive, practice-oriented education based on a modern theoretical basis in the fields of corporate management and finance, rural development, and economic science. A further objective is to supply the small and medium-sized enterprises, the financial sector, and the local governments with skilled professionals and to ensure continued education for specialists working in these areas.

The importance of the Faculty of Economics to the expanding university is reflected in a beautiful new building housing its staff offices and educational facilities. With an attached student centre, renovated library, and student housing facilities available to students from all faculties, this 4 billion forint investment clearly shows the prominent position of the Faculty of Economics in the University's future. The faculty has equipped three classrooms with a full complement of computers and upgraded and expanded its informatics network to the tune of 50 million HUF.

In 2006 two BSc programmes in the faculty were accredited according to the recently-adopted Bologna system. The faculty was given the go-ahead for its masters programme in finance in 2008, and a further two MSc programmes were accredited. The faculty has joined the Erasmus student and teacher mobility programmes, through which five bilateral agreements have been completed and another three are under development (Poland, Turkey, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia are involved). Besides these programs, collaborations in research and development projects and professional partnerships exist all over Europe and as far as India, Mexico, and Malaysia.

Several major projects are in progress with local food processing and pharmaceutical companies and research centres (Richter Gedeon Rt., Dráva Tej Rt., Fino Food Rt., Budapest Corvinus University, MTA Centre for Regional Researches, Nestle, Danone, Kometa), as well as stakeholders of the region (Labour Centre, Chamber of Trade and Industry of Somogy, Entrepreneur Centre Kht, Regional Innovation Agency, Regional Development Agency, etc.)

The Faculty of Economic Science trains economists, agricultural engineers, and financial specialists. Already, our graduates are successfully navigating the fields of marketing and informatics, bringing their practical knowledge of agriculture to bear on regional and rural development, and using their thorough knowledge of financial affairs to seize and succeed in the European Union’s diverse and extraordinary developmental opportunities. The most distinguished students can take advantage of the opportunity to obtain, as either a regular or a correspondence student, a doctoral degree at the Doctoral School of Management and Organizational Sciences.

The faculty trains economic, financial, marketing, and spatial planning experts able to give a good account of themselves in any spheres of the world of finance, business or agribusiness.