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Pázmány Péter Catholic University

Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE) is a private university in and near Budapest, Hungary, belonging to the Catholic Church and recognized by the state. While PPKE takes its name after an institution founded in 1635, it forms a modern, split-off limb from one of Hungary's oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education, that has expanded further in the second half of the 20th century.

Rectors
• 1992–1998 Msgr. Dr. Ferenc Gál • 1998–2003 Msgr. Prof. Dr. Péter Erdő • 2003–2011 Msgr. Prof. Dr. György Fodor • 2011–2019 Msgr. Prof. Dr. Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi O.Praem • since 2019 Géza Kuminetz ==Great chancellors==
Great chancellors
• 1992–2005 Most rev. Dr. István Seregély, Archbishop of Eger • 2005– Most rev. Em. Card. Prof. Dr. Péter Erdő DSc, Primate of Hungary, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest ==Academics==
Academics
Faculties The university has five faculties and two institutes. Faculty of Humanities The Faculty of Humanities was established by the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference on 30 January 1992. The government of Hungary accepted it on 25 May 1993. and integrated in the Pázmány Péter Catholic University as Vitéz János Faculty on 1 January 2008. Research Hungarian Bionic Vision Center The goal of the Hungarian Bionic Vision Center is to restore vision of visually impaired patients to the maximum extent and to improve the quality of their lives through using medical and technological aids. They run programmes to study medical and engineering technologies. Homepage: lataskozpont.itk.ppke.hu Robot Lab The RobotLab is to apply ideas inspired by Biology using Information Technologies. How is it possible to design better prosthesis? Can neurobiology help to develop new remote control robots for helicopters? Can a biped be taught to walk in a similar way as we learned our balancing and moving patterns? What is the functional connection between visual and tactile sensing? These are some questions which are addressed by the Rotob Lab. Homepage: robotlab.itk.ppke.hu Ányos Jedlik Research and Development Laboratory The Jedlik Laboratories is a science-education-technology center where the advantages of multidisciplinary work is emphasized in emerging fields of science and technology. In the beginning the key areas were info-bionics and sensor-computing, telepresence and language technologies. Nano–bio technology, VLSI IC design are other areas of research. Other topics of the center's research are life sciences, in particular the neurosciences, genetics and immunology as well as the field of nanoscale engineering and molecular bionics, nanoscale technologies, sensor-computing, telepresence, integrated communication and ad-hoc mobile networks, bio-compatible interfaces, as well as "smart" energ0y saving devices and integrated nano–micro systems. The Jedlik Laboratories is organized within the Faculty of Information Technology in cooperation with the institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), namely the Computer and Automation Research Institute, the Research Institute for Experimental Medicine, the Neurobiology Research Unit at the Semmelweis University of Medicine of the HAS, the Research Institute of Technical Physics and Material Science, the Research Institute of Psychology, the Institute of Enzymology of the Biology Research Center of the HAS, the Richter Gedeon Co., the Ericsson Hungary Ltd., and a few SMEs. The cooperating international research laboratories are listed in the International relations section. Homepage: Jedlik Laboratories Biomicrofluidics Research Group The Biomicrofluidics Research group works on the development of point-of-care (POC) diagnostic devices, optofluidic and digital microfluidic (DMF) platforms. This includes theory, numerical modeling, design, fabrication, test and different applications. Their main area of focus is microfluidic devices for biomedical applications. The point-of-care diagnostic project focuses on the continuous observation and monitoring of biological liquids, e.g., veterinary or human blood samples. The integration and interplay between optical and fluidic functionalities defines the emerging field of optofluidics. Microfluidics enables the realization of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices in connection with CNN-UM based camera systems. Thus, the obtained biomedical liquid analyzer can recognize cells and particles in the sample flow in real-time. The Research Group's digital microfluidic (DMF) platform is based the electrowetting-on-dielectrics (EWOD) phenomenon; they are working on clinical applications of this. The biological fluid droplets can be moved by electric field on a superhydrophobic surface. Droplet mainulations allow for parallel and multi-reagent analysis. Homepage: en.ufluidics.bionics.hu/ Research Centre for Competitive Law It was established in 2006, at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences. Its fields are organizing scientific conferences, publishing scientific papers, to spread the culture of competition. Homepage (Hungarian): www.versenyjog.com Syro-Hungarian archeological mission: margat excavations The Syro-Hungarian Archeological mission is a research programme of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University. Its objective is to restore the Fortress of Margat, which is the largest crusader fortress of the Middle East, and to put under discussion the era of the crusades in the Middle East. The head of the mission is archeologist Balázs Major. The huge, 5.2-acre fortress is related to Hungary not only because of this expedition. In 1218 King Andrew II of Hungary visited the fortress protected by the Johannite Order and contributed an annual sum of 1000 silver marks for its upkeep. ==Notable people==
Notable people
Honorary doctorsMax van der Stoel, the first High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (24 November 1999) • Urbano Navarrete SJ, cardinal, professor of Canon Law and former rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University (2.May 2000)) • Paul Poupard, cardinal, former president of the Pontifical Council for Culture and also of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (1 March 2001) • Bartholomew I, archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch (25 April 2001) • Franciszek Macharski, cardinal, former Archbishop of Kraków (22. September 2002.) • Alfred Bayer, President of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (22. September 2002.) • Astrik L. Gabriel O.Praem., Director of the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1975 (2003.) • Stephen Privett SJ, President of the University of San Francisco (2004.) • James Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, Chair of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge (21. January 2005.) • Lorenzo Ornaghi, Rector of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (15. November 2005.) • Gerardo Marín, Professor, Associate Provost of the University of San Francisco (2005.) • László Szabó SJ, Professor Emeritus of the Saint Joseph University (2005.) • John Lukacs, Professor of history (10 June 2009.) • Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga S.D.B., cardinal, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, President of Caritas Internationalis (23. November 2009.) • Zenon Grocholewski, cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education and Great Chancellor of the Pontifical Gregorian University (12. May 2010.) • Miklós Vető, Historian of Philosophy, Professor Emeritus of the University of Poitiers (15. December 2010.) • José Tomás Martin de Agar, Professor of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (5. May 2011.) • Bronisław Wenanty Zubert OFM, Professor of Canon Law at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (5. May 2011.) • Jean-Luc Marion, Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne) (27. September 2011.) • Wolfgang Waldstein, Professor of legal history, University of Innsbruck, member of the Pontifical Academy for Life (29. March 2012.) Faculty and staffKathleen E. Dubs, Old and Middle English, medieval literature scholar; her lectures on Tolkien revived interest in him in academic circles • Tamás Freund, academician, neurobiologist, The Brain Prize laureate • Ida Fröhlich, historian, made the first translation of the corpus of the Dead Sea Scrolls into Hungarian • Rózsa Hoffmann, Secretary of State for Education • András Jakab, Constitutional lawyer, Schumpeter Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, fellow researcher at Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (2008–2010) • István Jelenits Sch.P., theologian, writer, Széchenyi Prize laureate • János Lackfi, poet, writer, literary translator • John Lukacs, historian, author of "Five Days in London", "May 1940" and "A New Republic" • Balázs Major, Arabist, archeologist, historian, head of the Syro-Hungarian Archeological Mission, and the excavation of the Crusader Fortress of MargatMiklós Maróth, classical philologist, Arabist, academician, vice-president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, honorary president of the Union Académique InternationaleBalázs Mezei, academician, philosopher, literary critic • Thomas Molnar, philosopher, historian, political theorist, author of "Utopia, The Perennial Heresy" and "The Decline of the Intellectual" • Péter Polt, Chief Prosecutor (2000–2006, 2010–) • Gábor Proszéky, linguist, mathematician, CEO of MorphoLogic, International Dennis Gabor Award and Széchenyi Prize laureate • András Radetzky, Deputy executive officer, Hungarian Catholic Radio (2011–) • Tamás Roska GCSG, academician, co-founder of the Cellular neural network. He wrote more than 200 publications and four books, number of his references are about 3000. • László Sólyom, President of Hungary (2005–2010), president of the Constitutional Court of Hungary (1990–1998) • Szabolcs Szuromi, President of the Canon Law Institute "ad instar facultatis" (2006-2014), member of the Hungarian Higher Accreditation Committee's Plenum (2006-2011), doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Rector of PPKE (2011-), President of the International Canon Law History Research Center (Budapest, 2013-), international highly recognized in the canon law history science • Béla Weissmahr SJ, philosopher, theologian Alumni Pázmány alumni number 26,000. • Tibor Benedek (2005) – Olympic, European and World champion waterpolo player • Miklós Both (2008) – musician, composer, ethnographist • Andrew (Andor) Fabinyi, Hungarian-born Australian publisher • Gergely Gulyás (2004) – MP, deputy chairman, Committee for Human rights, Minorities, Civic and Religious Affairs of the Hungarian ParliamentEszter Vitályos (1979-), Hungarian politician and lawyer, spokesperson of the Hungarian government • Máté Kocsis (2004) – mayor, 8. District of BudapestBence Rétvári (2003) – MP, Secretary of State, Ministry of Public Administration and Justice • Atala Schöck (1998) – opera singer • Zsolt Semjén (1997) – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister without portfolioÁdám Steinmetz (2006) – Olympic champion waterpolo player • Barnabás Steinmetz (2005) – Olympic champion waterpolo player • András Stumpf (2004) – journalist, Heti VálaszGergő Süveges – anchorman, MTVAnett Szabó (2004) – anchorwoman, HírTVLászló Szollás (1907–1980) – world champion and Olympic medalist pair skater. • László Székely-Mádai – ice-hockey player, FTCFerenc Török – film director, "Moszkva tér" ==References==
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