Voluntary Action for a Clean Environment
"Green is more than a colour. It is a Philosophy.” (Benetton)
ISOBE (International Students of Business and Economics) in cooperation with the International Office took part in the project “For a Clean Environment - Voluntary Action at the University of Pécs” on 10th of October 2018.
ISOBE and UPFBE lay great emphasis on being environmentally responsible and building a community, and this event was an excellent opportunity for serving both of those purposes.
Master Programs’ Open Day
16th October (Tuesday), 14:00, room B316
The Faculty of Business and Economics holds its first Master Programs’ Open Day on 16th October (Tuesday) at 14:00 in room B316. If you are a bachelor student who would later like to obtain a Master Degree in business come and listen to the Heads of the MSc Applied Management and MSc Enterprise Development and Entrepreneurship Programs who will tell you about the
Creative Shock Competition 2018
Dear students,
Students’ Association of ISM University of Management and Economics from Lithuania invites you to participate in a social business case competition Creative Shock, where you could win 2000 euros and a round-trip flight to any destination in the world.
CFA Institute Investment Research Challenge 2018-2019
Herewith we invite institutions involved in higher education in Hungary to participate in the Hungarian local round of the CFA Institute Investment Research Challenge, a widely respected global equity research contest. Each institution may nominate up to two teams of 3 to 5 full-time students without a CFA charter or any extensive professional investment research experience. The research challenge will be held in English.
Register at CFA Institute homepage before 1 November 2018.
Mentoring workshop events for International Students of FBE
It is highly important for us at the Faculty of Business and Economics to help international students to feel at home, to support you during your stay and to provide help with possible difficulties.
Mentoring workshops are availabale for international students from the 3rd week of September held by three of the faculty’s professors who are also professional mentors: Beatrix Lányi, Zoltán Raffay and Norbert Sipos. The workshops will cover three different topics in three moths.
Russian language course
Russian Centre of the University of Pecs offers Russian language course for beginners (one group)
Course will be held in English
Where: Russian Centre (Faculty of Humanities, Building "D", Ifjúság útja 6, 3rd floor)
When: twice a week. Monday and Wednesday, 17:00-18:30
Duration: 36 hours.
Cost: 25.000 forints
Russian language course is on from the 1th of October, 2018
Until the 5th of December, 2018
Application deadline - 28 of September
Internship in Morgan Stanley Risk Management
Location: Budapest office
Start date: Continuous
Contract: 20/30/40 hours-a-week contract (flexible)
Fintech Innovation 2018 Conference - 17th October
Privatbankar.hu’s Fintech Innovation 2018 Conference concentrates on the most recent events of the financial innovation market and intends to prepare financial professionals to take part to have an active role in changes started on the international and Hungarian payment services markets.
Game of Stocks - A market simulation
Dear Students,
In the fall semester of the 2018/2019 academic year the Investment Club of the University of Pécs (UP) in collaboration with Institution of Finance and Accounting introduces the Game of Stocks competition.
Game of Stocks is the virtual stock market competition of the Investment Club of the University of Pécs embedded in a free of choice course for students, who wants to acquire some knowledge in the field of equity investment.
Call for applications - Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Learning Programme
The Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Pécs calls for applications for participating in the Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Learning Programme in the Spring Semester of the Academic Year 2018/2019.
Simonyi Summer Social Entrepreneurship Program ended last week
The Simonyi Summer Social Entrepreneurship Program held between 9th and 27th of July. In this year 40 students from the University of Ohio, The College of Wooster, University of Botswana and the University of Pécs participated in the Program and worked on 9 different real-life projects which focus on value creation in the regional socio-economic environment of the University of Pecs.
Simonyi Summer Social Entrepreneurship Program started last week.
Students from the Ohio University, The College of Wooster and the University of Botswana arrived 6th July. In this year 41 students participate in the Simonyi Summer Social Entrepreneurship Program and work on 9 different projects which focus on value creation in the regional socio-economic environment of the University of Pecs. Participants have the opportunity to provide professional support to social entrepreneurship initiatives that can have real social impact in the region.
The Ferenc Farkas International Scientific Conference ended with a huge success
The Department of Leadership and Organizational Sciences at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pécs, Hungary (PTE-KTK) organized the Ferenc Farkas International Scientific Conference between 7-8th of June 2018 for the first time at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pécs. More than 125 people participated at the conference, and the researchers arrived from 16 countries. 62 paper was published in the book of proceedings these articles were written by 95 different researchers.
Geert Hofstede at the 1st Ferenc Farkas International Scientific Conference
The Department of Leadership and Management at UPFBE organizes and hosts the Ferenc Farkas International Scientific Conference on 7-8 June, 2018.
Organized for the first time, the conference aims to maintain and cultivate the academic and intellectual legacy of Professor Ferenc Farkas (194-2016).
International Teaching Week 2018
The fourth edition of the International Teaching Week organized in the Faculty of Business and Economics has recently ended as a very successful program. It was a pleasure to welcome 11 colleagues from 7 different countries and we warmly thank them for their enthusiastic contribution during the event. Participants of the International Teaching Week delivered guest lectures and hosted & participated on workshops. The warm, supportive and inspiring atmosphere of the program encouraged everybody to take actions in further developing the institutional cooperation.
Hungary Field School 2018
The Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Pécs has the pleasure to announce, that the second Hungary Field School organized together with Capilano University has successfully finished. The main part of the program was in Pécs from 26th April to 3rd May. During this period Canadian and Hungarian students participated together on a very exciting and colorful professional program dedicated to the management of culture and culture of management.
Internship at the International Education Office, University of Agder, Norway
The University of Agder (UiA) is looking for two interns / Erasmus+ trainees to work in our welcome centre, the Global Lounge.
Who are we?
Student's success at the Prezilimpa presentation competition
Together with nine higher education institutions, the University of Szeged Faculty of Economics and Business Administration the Ezabeszéd Toastmasters Retorika Klub and the Ökonómia Public Benefit Foundation organised the National Prezilimpia presentation competition in Szeged, 27 April 2018. Altogether nine students from eight universities competed against each other.
The judges did not have an easy decision to make in the finals either, because each participant was a winner of their own Faculty Round. After a long elaboration, they announced the winners of Prezilimpia 2018:
Data Science and Entrepreneurship Program
The Simonyi BEDC in collaboration with the Big Data Research Group at Szentágothai János Research Center offers unique one-semester Certificate in Data Science and Entrepreneurship program, which truly is an interdisciplinary business-technology-analytics program. It is ideal for students eager to bring data science into effective use in business.
Place: Szentágothai Research Center, A001 room
Date: 12-13th May, 19-20th May 2018
Nanjing Audit University Field School – 23-30 March 2018
At the end of March 2018 six students and two colleagues from UPFBE had the opportunity to travel to China and gain experience of this countrie’s culture, academic and business life. The costs of the Field School were entirely covered by the faculty’s partner institution, Nanjing Audit University.
Simonyi Summer Social Entrepreneurship Program 2018
Do you want to...
* get hands-on experience in social innovation and transformation?
* experience real-life business projects?
* work with international students and professionals?
SAP E-Learning with Consultant Certificate
Boost your Career! Be the first working with S/4HANA!
The University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) offers exclusive e-learning courses for students in the field of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with SAP-Software.
E-learning courses in the following areas are offered:
Prezilimpia - the presentation talent show
The University of Szeged Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, the Ezabeszéd Toastmasters Retorika Klub and the he Ökonómia Public Benefit Foundation are organizing the first ever PRESOLYMPICS competition in Spring 2018. The talent show is a fantastic opportunity for students of the university to demonstrate and compare their presentation skills while the winners of the faculty rounds move on to face each other in the national final.
Topic: The future of transportation (driverless cars; underground highways; giant airplanes, etc.)
The International Video Pitch Contest will resume!
WIN CASH RECOGNITION FOR YOUR INNOVATION!
HAVE A STARTUP BUSINESS IDEA OR AN EXISTING BUSINESS?
MAKE A 2 MINUTE VIDEO AND A ONE PAGE BUSINESS OUTLINE ABOUT YOUR PROJECT
GET FEEDBACK ABOUT YOUR IDEA OR PROJECT FROM PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS EXPERTS
WIN $1500 (local awards 1st place winner $750 and 2nd place $250, final international awards 1st place $750, 2nd place $250 )
DEADLINE: 19th MARCH 2018
The first TEDx Pécs has left
The first TEDx Pécs event on February 15 was welcomed by a large and interested audience. The idea of the event with the title Lifelong Curiosity came from a few students at UPFBE and we can proudly say that they were able to successfully organize it too. The event that was held in two sections with the titles Discovery and Future, hosted seven Tedx talks, including speeches from professors Mária Törőcsik and József Vörös.
On the way of EPAS Accreditation
The University of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics joined a non-profit organization called European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) in 2016. The faculty’s aim is to obtain the EPAS accreditation for its Business Adminsitration bachelor degree within the EFMD programme accreditation system. The first step in this process that takes several years to implement is the submission of the so called Data Sheet. We have managed to complete the first draft of this document during the fall semester in cooperation with the faculty’s departments.
UPFBE International Orientation Week (05-09 February 2018)
The International Orientation Week is organized every semester by UPFBE International Office in cooperation with the Faculty Student Union and the Erasmus Student Network Pécs for international exchange and full degree students. The 8th IOW was held with full participation of the 32 exchange students and about a dozen of the master level freshmen.
Summer Course: European Culture, Business and Entrepreneurship
Summer Course in Arnhem, the Netherlands from 23 June - 14 July 2018
I. International Tourism Marketing Conference
On 23rd March 2018 the Department of Marketing and Tourism of the University of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics organises the International Tourism Marketing Conference for the first time.
Nanjing Field School - 24-30 March 2018
The University of Pécs Faculty of Business and Economics announces a call for application for the 1st UPFBE- Nanjing Audit University Field School in Nanjing (China).
The aim of the call for applications:
The aim is to ensure the opportunity to gain educational, language and cultural experience at our Chinese partner institution the Nanjing Audit University. Learning mobility is to enhance the academic performance and develop the personal skills and abilities of the student.