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Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences (KJU) has been operating since 1992. In the beginning, only 147 students were sitting behind the desks on a single campus. Today we educate more than 4,000 students in business administration, communication, tourism, linguistics, humanities, applied social studies, international relations, performance arts, and continuing education. Our university college operates in five different locations throughout the country (including the capital city, Budapest), with an additional campus in Austria. We employ more than 200 highly qualified faculty members making KJU the largest non-governmental, non-profit institution of higher education in Hungary. We have developed more than 260 partnerships with institutions in 36 countries worldwide during the last several years. We participate in student-, faculty- and trainee- exchange programs and international R&D projects. Within the framework of our International Campus Programme, we welcome international students for full-time, part-time, and E-learning studies, organize lifelong training courses, summer university courses, and launch academic programs abroad. Several bachelor's degree programs offered in English, German and Hungarian languages provide sound knowledge, competitive skills, and competencies that can serve as a basis for a successful career. Our mission is to contribute to strengthening the European competitive higher education system and the international integration of Hungarian higher education. As the leader among non-profit higher education institutions, the goal of KJU is to become a center of excellence in education, innovation, and research. Kodolanyi Janos University of Applied Sciences (KJU) is a state-accredited foundation university offering academic programs in tourism & hospitality, business management, mass media & communication, social sciences, history, and cultural and language studies. Besides the academic programs, KJU also offers a wide range of post-secondary, LLP courses for trainers and trainees and international semesters, summer courses, study tours, and internship programs. The educational standard at KJU is excellent. The highly-qualified faculty are experts in their fields of specialization. Over the years, KJU has succeeded in retaining its position vis-a`-vis state and other private institutions; moreover, it has increased its advantage in some respects. It is a basic tenet of KJU that quality is essential for the successful development of academic study. Its quality assurance system has to be extended to all its services. In 2005, during the education system's conversion based on three cycles (Bologna), KJU received the Hungarian Accreditation Committee (the top-most Hungarian higher educational quality assurance board) for all its former programs, a unique accomplishment in the national higher education system. KJU aims to become an internationally recognized university that trains citizens to be responsive to the rapidly changing global society's challenges and opportunities, an institution known and respected for its adherence to global standards. In Hungary, KJU has pioneered e-based training to conform to EU standards supported by specialist applied research. All programs capitalize on the professional knowledge of qualified faculty and professional trainers and guest lecturers from the industry and international partners. KJU operates according to the basic principles of quality assurance of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee that monitors the quality of education in Hungarian higher education institutions. Our quality assurance system is based on the EFQM Excellence Model: the standard of management, teaching, and academic services is checked yearly through strict monitoring. The excellence in management, education, methodology, and services has been acknowledged with several national and international quality awards. View full university