Department of Meteorology, Eötvös Loránd University

Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) is one of the oldest and largest universities in Hungary. Currently, it has nine faculties and runs 51 bachelor, 115 master programmes and hosts 17 doctoral schools. According to global university rankings ELTE is one of the best public universities in Hungary, ranks among the top 2,6% higher education institutions worldwide. It has an extensive international network of partner organizations, collaborating with more than 500 Erasmus partner institutions and 150 further bilateral international partners. 

ELTE is a member of the following international university networks: EUA (European University Association), EUF (European University Foundation), Charm-EU (Challenge-Driven, Accessible, Research-based and Mobile European University), CENTRAL (Central European Network for Teaching and Research in Academic Liaison), Coimbra Group, DRC (Danube Rectors’ Conference), UNICA (Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe), Utrect Network, CELSA (Central Europe Leuven Strategic Alliance). 

Research groups of ELTE participated in 34 projects in EU Horizon 2020 progamme (including 7 ERC grants) and are supported in 33 Horizon Europe projects. ELTE has received 13,9 million euro funding from Horizon Europe so far. Apart from focusing on research excellence, ELTE also aims to strengthen innovation, cooperation with businesses and exploitation of research results. It has strategic cooperation with big companies (e.g. Ericsson, Mol, Morgan Stanley) and 14 spin-off companies have been created at ELTE so far.