I visited several Universities and research laboratories. Computer Science and Engineering related education at the Technical University of Budapest is concentrated in the College of Electrical Engineering and Informatics where I met with the Dean and several members of the faculty. I also met with members of the Department of Computer Science at the Jozsef Attila University in Szeged and with members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics at the Janus Pannonius University in Pecs.
Computer related education in Hungary has a very solid mathematical basis.
This is a reflection of the strong mathematics tradition in that country. They now have some equipment, so this is no longer a severe problem and they are moving into more core areas of computer science and engineering. Computer Science and Engineering education in Hungary is built on a strong foundation in Mathematics with very rigorous and challenging requirements. This is a very strong base on which to build. The following are my impressions of the state of Computer Science and Engineering Education in Hungary.