Address: 5540 Szarvas, Szabadság út 1 -3. HUNGARY.

Telephone: +36 66/313 311/2117

E-mail: tanulmanyi.osztaly@mvk.tsf.hu

Webpage: www.mvk.tsf.hu

 

BSc Majors

• Agricultural Engineer of Economics and Rural Development

• Agricultural Engineer of Environmental Management

• Agricultural Engineer

• Mechanical Engineer of Agriculture and Food Industry

 

Post Secondary Tertiary Education

• Waste Management Technologist

• Agricultural Trade Manager Assistant

• Herb and Spice Producer and Preserver

 

Professional post-graduate training

• Specialised engineer of energetics, environmental protection, seed management, ecological farming, environmental management, agricultural water management and agricultural rural development.

• Professional/expert of bioenergetics, alternative energetics, waste management.

 

 

History and Background of The College

 

The College of Water and Environmental Management is the successor of the agricultural vocational school, or 'Practical School of Diligence,' founded by the Lutheran priest Samuel Tessedik in Szarvas in 1780.

 

The educational work and all professional training at college is provided in accordance with the tradition of Tessedik's institution. The College tries to achieve specific, practice oriented goals based on modern theory and at the same time strives to meet the changing requirements of our time. The College is also interested in offering specializations not offered by other institutions in the current structure or with sufficiant depth of knowlegde.

 

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It is the high level of professional and scientific activity at the Faculty that guarantees the quality of the content that lies behind the faculty's slogan 'Tradition, Competitive Knowledge and a Secure Future'.

 

Six Institutes participate in the training with well equipped lecture rooms and seminar rooms, language and computer labs, professional laboratories; all of which provide the infrastructure and technical background for the training.

 

The College has an approximately 60-hectar field work centre for practical training.

Its extended departments include the Körös-Maros National Park, Szarvas Arboretum, Fishery and Irrigation Research Institute and the Alföld Scientific Institute of MTA (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Centre for Regional Research in Békéscsaba, which are all incorporated into the educational programs. Through our international contracts more and more students spend a shorter or longer period of time in one of our foreign partner's institutions (e.g. in Belgium, England, Finland, Holland, Japan etc.)

 

The Research Fields of the College

 

The research areas include crop production, horticulture, water and environmental management, environmental technology, social sciences and economics, biology and ecology.

 

In the fields of research the following strategic aims and concepts have been outlined:

• forming a sustainable environment

• utilizing biomass energy

• composting and recycling organic materials

• constructing complex waste management systems

• recultivation of waste dumps

• illustrating the importance of water management

• irrigation technology

• water utilization in every aspect of our lives

• complex development of crop production technologies for utilization of biomass for energy

• developing some single elements for precision and quality oriented environmentally friendly agricultural production

• ecological management

• production and processing

 

Characteristics of our College

 

The Faculty is located in Szarvas near to the Körös River and its surrounding lakes and wetlands, which provide a diverse ecosystem which adds great value to the educational programs offered at the college. Szarvas is a 'city of students' with two Colleges and a vivid student life. As a rural town, it provides a less expensive livelihood for its students. Accommodation is provided for every student in recently renovated youth hostel rooms.

 

Areas of the Labor Market (Employment opportunities)

 

Employment opportunities for graduates include:

• offices for management and rural development

• offices for regional management

• development and logistics

• regional offices for public affairs

• professional authorities

• self governments

• environmental authorities

• local offices of environmental management

• national parks

• extension services

• agricultural and food industrial enterprises

• logistic centres

• energy companies

• wholesalers

 

Students' Scientific Work

 

Students participate in the scientific work of the Institutes of the College as members of ' the Students' Scientific Associations.' Under the leadership of tutors in the Institutes students participate in designing and conducting scientific work and the collection, analizing and reporting of results. Annually, we arrange Students' Scientific Conferences where student members present their research activities and results. Students with the best research programs may represent our College at the National Students' Scientific Conferences.

 

Student Housing

 

The student hostels on campus were recently reopened after being renovated in 2008. The new facilities provide students with rooms for two to three persons, which include a comfortable living area, a small kitchen and bathroom. Internet access is also available to the students in the rooms. Altogether, the facilities provide the students with an atmosphere which fosters a positive learning and social experience.

 

Leisure time

 

The Library is housed in the College Building adjacent to the student hostel and is connected to the training rooms which will permit the valuable use of the facilities during breaks and free time.

 

Performances in nearby theatres, concerts, films and other entertainment programs in the City Cultural Centre are available. The many lakes and wetlands surrounding the Körös River provides endless resources for water-based recreational opportunities near the College. The City Sports Hall, the gym and fitness room of the College as well as its boat room provide opportunities for arranging quality recreational sports activities and promote a healthy active lifestyle.