Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty Of Information Technology And Bionics

Founded in 1998 as the youngest faculty of the oldest Hungarian university, the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics provides multidisciplinary education in human-centered information technology and bionics. Bionics is the rapidly growing science of the 21st century in the meeting point of life sciences, electronics and computer technology. The innovative Computer Engineering curriculum, with a hint of neuroscience, has later been expanded into an independent Molecular Bionics Engineering program. These two main fields comprise the main focus of interest in both education and research. Research work at the Faculty focuses mainly on the interdisciplinary area between life sciences, computer science and engineering, and on strengthening the convergence paradigm of these fields. Organized in cooperation with various institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Jedlik Laboratories is a Research and Development (R&D) center of the Faculty where the advantages of multidisciplinary work is emphasized in emerging fields of science and technology. Students are welcome to do research from the very beginning of their studies. New inventions and services are being designed and developed, including fMRI, lab-on-a-chip devices, prostheses and body-machine symbioses, such as pacemakers or neuro-stimulators in the brain. Currently, there are over 20 labs operating within the framework of Jedlik Laboratories. Internationalization is one of the key strategic goals of the Faculty. Whereas the BSc programs are offered in Hungarian, all the MSc and PhD programs are run in English. With about 700 students, the size of the Faculty further emphasizes its human-centeredness.