page_title: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
section_title: Sections of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
hierarchical_section_title: Hungarian Academy of Sciences / Sections of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
caption_attribution_description: Vinzenz Katzler: Széchenyi István felajánlja birtokainak egyévi jövedelmét egy Tudós Társaság alapítására (litográfia). "Grőf Széchenyi István 1825-dik évi nov. 4-ikén Pozsonyban az országgyűlés kerületi ülésében a magyar akadémia megalapitásár a egy évi jövedelmét (akkor 60 ezer forint) felajánlja " "Kőre rajz Katzler V. " "Kiadja Kotsányi Lászó
context_page_description: The Hungarian Academy of Sciences is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its main responsibilities are the cultivation of science, dissemination of scientific findings, supporting research and development and representing Hungarian science domestically and around the world.
context_section_description: A scientific section is a unit of the Academy organized by one or some closely related branches of science. A scientific section follows with attention, promotes and evaluates all scientific activities conducted within its field(s) of science; takes a stand on scientific issues as well as in matters concerning science policy and research organization, submits opinion on the activities of the Academy's research institutes, and on those of university chairs and other research units that are supported by the Academy, and participates in the procedure of awarding the title of Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the post-Ph.D academic degree, the D.Sc degree in Hungary.
  Today it has eleven main sections:
  I. Section of Linguistics and Literary Scholarship
  II. Section of Philosophy and Historical Sciences
  III. Section of Mathematics
  IV. Section of Agricultural Sciences
  V. Section of Medical Sciences
  VI. Section of Engineering Sciences
  VII. Section of Chemical Sciences
  VIII. Section of Biological Sciences
  IX. Section of Economics and Law
  X. Section of Earth Sciences
  XI. Section of Physical Sciences
caption: Count István Széchenyi offers one year's income of his estate for the purposes of a Learned Society.
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