Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences

The Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, known by its Hungarian acronym MATE, is a public agricultural and life-sciences university whose headquarters and main campus lie in the town of Gödöllő, about 30 kilometres from Budapest.匈牙利农业与生命科学大学（匈语缩写 MATE）是一所公立农业与生命科学大学，校本部与主校区位于距布达佩斯约 30 公里的格德勒镇。

It was founded on 1 February 2021 by uniting Hungary's leading agricultural institutions, and it is now one of the largest agricultural-focused, multidisciplinary universities in Europe.该校于 2021 年 2 月 1 日由匈牙利多家领先的农业院校合并成立，如今是欧洲规模最大的农业导向、多学科大学之一。

With more than 12,500 students across campuses in Gödöllő, Budapest, Gyöngyös, Kaposvár and Keszthely, and about 2,000 international students from 113 countries, it is central to Hungary's agricultural higher education.该校在格德勒、布达佩斯、金厄什、考波什堡与凯斯特海伊等校区共有逾 12,500 名学生，其中约 2,000 名国际学生来自 113 个国家，在匈牙利农业高等教育中居于核心地位。

History

• The university's roots reach back to 1787, when the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was founded, one of the oldest institutions of its kind in Europe.该校的渊源可追溯至 1787 年创办的兽医学院，这是欧洲同类院校中历史最悠久者之一。
• On 1 July 1797 Count György Festetics founded the Georgikon agricultural school at Keszthely, which the university regards as the oldest regular agricultural higher education institution in Europe.1797 年 7 月 1 日，费斯泰蒂奇·哲尔吉伯爵在凯斯特海伊创办格奥尔基孔农业学校，该校将其视为欧洲最早的常规农业高等学府。
• An agricultural higher institute was also founded at Magyaróvár in 1818, making it another of the continuous agricultural schools that later fed into the university.1818 年，匈牙利也曾在马扎尔堡创办一所农业高等学府，它同样成为后来汇入该校的持续办学院校之一。
• In 1880 the Ybl Miklós Technical College was founded, adding a technical and engineering tradition to the agricultural inheritance of the present university.1880 年创办的伊布尔·米克洛什技术学院，为当今这所大学的农业传承增添了技术与工程传统。
• The Teacher Training College at Jászberény was founded in 1917, introducing teacher education into what became MATE's network of campuses.1917 年创办的尧斯贝雷尼师范学院，把师范教育引入了日后成为 MATE 校区网络的体系。
• In 1920 the University of Agriculture was founded in Budapest, giving the capital its own seat of agricultural learning for the first time.1920 年，布达佩斯创办了农业大学，使首都首次拥有自己的农业学府。
• In 1950 the University of Agriculture moved from Budapest to Gödöllő, establishing the town as the centre of Hungarian agricultural higher education.1950 年，农业大学从布达佩斯迁往格德勒，使该镇成为匈牙利农业高等教育的中心。
• In 1953 the established institutions were separated and three agricultural academies were created at Mosonmagyaróvár, Keszthely and Debrecen, and Keszthely continued under the name Agricultural Academy of Keszthely in 1954.1953 年，既有院校被拆分，在莫雄马扎尔堡、凯斯特海伊与德布勒森分别成立三所农业学院，凯斯特海伊部分于 1954 年以「凯斯特海伊农学院」之名继续办学。
• A statutory rule of 1957 allowed the agricultural academies at Keszthely, Mosonmagyaróvár and Debrecen to take their modern form and to widen their teaching beyond vocational farming courses.1957 年的一项法令使凯斯特海伊、莫雄马扎尔堡与德布勒森的农学院得以确立现代形态，并把教学拓展至职业农业课程之外。
• In 1968 the college was upgraded to university status and the University of Horticulture was founded in Budapest, described at the time as the world's first independent university of horticulture.1968 年，该学院升格为大学，布达佩斯成立了园艺大学，当时被称为世界上第一所独立的园艺大学。
• On 1 January 2000 the Szent István University was established through the merger of several institutions, named after King Stephen I, the founder of the Hungarian state.2000 年，圣伊什特万大学由数所院校合并成立，以匈牙利国家的奠基者伊什特万国王（圣伊什特万）命名。
• In 2011 the university's institutions were integrated into seven faculties, consolidating teaching and research across its campuses.2011 年，该校各机构被整合为七个学院，进一步统筹各校区的教学与科研。
• In 2016 three faculties of Corvinus University of Budapest in food science, horticultural science and landscape architecture joined the university, while the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine regained its independence.2016 年，布达佩斯考文纽斯大学的食品科学、园艺科学与景观建筑三个学院并入该校，同时兽医学院恢复独立。
• In 2020 Kaposvár University, the Károly Róbert Campus of Eszterházy University in Gyöngyös and the Georgikon Faculty of Pannon University at Keszthely were integrated into the institution.2020 年，考波什堡大学、埃斯特哈齐大学金厄什的卡罗伊·罗伯特校区以及潘诺恩大学凯斯特海伊的格奥尔基孔学院被并入该校。
• On 1 February 2021, under the Hungarian acts of 2020, the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences was formally established with its own foundation as maintainer.2021 年 2 月 1 日，依据匈牙利 2020 年通过的相关法律，匈牙利农业与生命科学大学正式成立，并以其自有基金会作为办学者。
• With its foundation in 2021 the university abolished the old faculty structure, reorganising itself into institutes and campus directorates instead.随着 2021 年的成立，该校取消了旧的学院建制，改以研究所与校区管理处的方式重组。
• In the 2026/2027 academic year MATE welcomed about 2,000 international students from 113 countries, a community spread across its Gödöllő, Budapest, Gyöngyös, Kaposvár and Keszthely campuses.在 2026/2027 学年，MATE 迎来了来自 113 个国家、约 2,000 名国际学生，这一群体分布在其格德勒、布达佩斯、金厄什、考波什堡与凯斯特海伊等校区。
• Each campus has retained its own identity within the new university, from the Keszthely Georgikon with its 1797 heritage to the Buda campus's horticultural tradition.在新大学内，各校区都保留了自身特色，从拥有 1797 年传承的凯斯特海伊格奥尔基孔，到以园艺传统著称的布达校区。
• The 2020 integration also brought the Károly Róbert Campus at Gyöngyös and the Kaposvár Campus into the university's network of agricultural and rural teaching.2020 年的整合还把金厄什的卡罗伊·罗伯特校区与考波什堡校区纳入该校的农业与农村教学网络。
• MATE's formation unified more than two centuries of agricultural teaching, research and extension work carried out across Hungary's principal farming regions.MATE 的成立把匈牙利主要农业地区两百多年的农业教学、科研与推广工作统一在了一处。
• The university traces its centenary and bicentenary traditions through institutions such as the Georgikon, which celebrated its two hundredth anniversary in 1997.该校的百年与两百年传统经由格奥尔基孔等机构延续，格奥尔基孔于 1997 年庆祝了建校两百周年。
• Smaller campuses at Szarvas, Békéscsaba, Gyula and Jászberény continue the institution's tradition of practical agricultural and teacher training across the countryside.位于索尔沃什、贝凯什乔包、久洛与尧斯贝雷尼的较小校区，延续着该校在各地农村开展实用农业与师范培训的传统。

Academics

• The university is organised into about 20 institutes and several campus directorates rather than the traditional faculties, following its 2021 reorganisation.依 2021 年的重组，该校按约 20 个研究所与若干校区管理处组织，而非传统的学院建制。
• Its academic profile spans agricultural sciences, horticulture, food science, veterinary medicine, engineering, economics, landscape architecture and teacher education.其学科涵盖农业科学、园艺学、食品科学、兽医学、工程学、经济学、景观建筑与师范教育等领域。
• The Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics and the Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy carry out teaching and research from the Gödöllő campus.农业与食品经济研究所与农村发展与可持续经济研究所以格德勒校区为基地开展教学与研究。
• The Institute of Food Science and Technology, rooted in the former food-science faculty, conducts research on food processing, safety and nutrition.食品科学与技术研究所渊源于原食品科学学院，从事食品加工、安全与营养方面的研究。
• The Institute of Horticultural Science, based in Budapest, continues the university's role as a pioneer of independent horticultural higher education.设在布达佩斯的园艺科学研究所，延续着该校作为独立园艺高等教育先驱的角色。
• The Institute of Technology and the former Ybl Miklós tradition give the university strengths in mechanical, civil and architectural education.技术研究所以及原伊布尔·米克洛什的传统，赋予该校在机械、土木与建筑教育方面的实力。
• In total the university has more than 12,500 students and employs about 2,200 staff, of whom a substantial number are academics and researchers.该校共有逾 12,500 名学生，聘用约 2,200 名工作人员，其中相当一部分是教师与研究人员。
• About 2,000 international students from 113 countries study at MATE, taught through degree programmes offered partly in English.约有来自 113 个国家的 2,000 名国际学生在 MATE 就读，其学位项目部分以英语授课。
• The university offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes across its institutes, together with teacher-training and short professional courses.该校各研究所开设学士、硕士与博士项目，并提供师范培训与短期职业课程。
• Research at MATE focuses on sustainable agriculture, agri-food systems, animal science, plant breeding, environmental science and rural development.MATE 的科研聚焦于可持续农业、农食系统、动物科学、植物育种、环境科学与农村发展。
• The university runs experimental farms, greenhouses and laboratories that support field research on crops, soil, livestock and food technology.该校运营实验农场、温室与实验室，支撑作物、土壤、畜牧与食品技术方面的田间研究。
• MATE's long-term strategy aims to make it one of the thirty best agricultural universities in the world, and it combines its traditions with modern methods.MATE 的长期战略目标是跻身世界前三十名农业大学，并把自身传统与现代方法相结合。
• The university participates in international research and exchange networks with partner institutions such as Wageningen University in the Netherlands and other European agricultural universities.该校与荷兰瓦赫宁根大学及其他欧洲农业大学等伙伴机构一道，参与国际科研与交流网络。
• Through the Euroleague for Life Sciences and similar networks, MATE exchanges students and lecturers with leading European universities in agriculture and life sciences.通过生命科学欧洲联盟等网络，MATE 与欧洲农业与生命科学领域的顶尖大学互换学生与教师。
• The university also offers continuing education and extension services that transfer research results to Hungarian farmers, food producers and rural communities.该校还提供继续教育与推广服务，把研究成果传递给匈牙利农民、食品生产者与农村社区。

Campus

• The main campus and headquarters are in Gödöllő, a historic town about 30 kilometres north-east of Budapest, at coordinates near 47.597 degrees north and 19.355 degrees east.主校区与校本部位于布达佩斯东北约 30 公里的历史城镇格德勒，坐标约为北纬 47.597 度、东经 19.355 度。
• The Szent István Campus at Gödöllő is built around a nineteenth-century estate and palace that gives the university its distinctive architecture and landscaped grounds.格德勒的圣伊什特万校区围绕一处十九世纪的庄园与宫殿建成，赋予该校独特的建筑与园林景观。
• Further campuses operate in Budapest, Gyöngyös, Kaposvár and Keszthely, each with its own academic profile and its own campus directorate.此外该校在布达佩斯、金厄什、考波什堡与凯斯特海伊设有校区，各具学术特色并设有各自的校区管理处。
• The Buda Campus in Budapest houses horticultural research and the university's tradition of independent horticultural higher education.布达佩斯的布达校区承载着园艺研究与该校独立园艺高等教育的传统。
• The Georgikon Campus at Keszthely, beside Lake Balaton, is the historic heart of European agricultural teaching dating back to 1797.位于巴拉顿湖畔的凯斯特海伊格奥尔基孔校区，是可追溯至 1797 年的欧洲农业教学的历史核心。
• The Károly Róbert Campus at Gyöngyös and the Kaposvár Campus serve the agricultural and rural economy of northern and southern Hungary respectively.金厄什的卡罗伊·罗伯特校区与考波什堡校区，分别服务匈牙利北部与南部的农业与农村经济。
• Smaller campuses and teaching sites at Szarvas, Békéscsaba, Gyula and Jászberény provide practical training in agriculture, food technology and teacher education.位于索尔沃什、贝凯什乔包、久洛与尧斯贝雷尼的较小校区与教学点，提供农业、食品技术与师范教育的实践培训。
• The Gödöllő estate includes lawns, parkland, experimental plots and greenhouses that give students direct access to field-based learning.格德勒的园地包括草坪、园林、试验田与温室，使学生能够直接接触田间实践学习。
• Campus libraries, dormitories, canteens and sports facilities serve the residential student body, and the town of Gödöllő is connected to Budapest by rail and motorway.各校区图书馆、宿舍、食堂与体育设施服务住宿学生，格德勒镇通过铁路与高速公路与布达佩斯相连。
• Greenhouses, experimental farms and laboratories form part of the campus landscape, supporting MATE's applied research into crops, livestock and food technology.温室、实验农场与实验室构成校园景观的一部分，支撑 MATE 在作物、畜牧与食品技术方面的应用研究。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings MATE is placed in the 1001-1200 band, a shared range covering a large group of institutions.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，MATE 位列第 1001-1200 位（并列区间，涵盖一大批院校）。
• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it is ranked in the 1201-1400 band, reflecting its standing among Hungary's research universities.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位列第 1201-1400 位，反映其作为匈牙利研究型大学的地位。
• In the 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject the university ranked 97th in the world for Agriculture and Forestry, climbing from the 101-150 band in 2025.在 2026 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，该校的农业与林业位列全球第 97 名，较 2025 年的 101-150 区间上升。
• That subject ranking made MATE the first Hungarian higher-education institution to enter the top 100 of a QS subject ranking.这一学科排名使 MATE 成为首个进入 QS 学科排名前 100 的匈牙利高等院校。
• In the 2026 QS Sustainability Ranking MATE was placed 531st, recognising its work on agricultural sustainability and rural development.在 2026 年 QS 可持续发展排名中，MATE 位列第 531 名，肯定其在农业可持续性与农村发展方面的工作。
• The university did not appear in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking, and it did not enter the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校未进入 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名，也未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• OpenAlex records about 17,220 scholarly works and 511,685 citations associated with the university, a measure of its research output in agricultural sciences.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校累计约有 17,220 篇学术成果与 511,685 次被引，体现其在农业科学领域的科研产出。
• MATE is regarded as a leading agricultural university in Central Europe, and in its subject ranking it has outpaced established rivals in the region.MATE 被视为中欧领先的农业大学，在其学科排名中已超越本地区一些老牌竞争者。
• The university is supervised by Hungary's Ministry of Culture and Innovation and is maintained by a foundation dedicated to the university.该校受匈牙利文化与创新部监管，并由一个专门的基金会作为办学者。
• Its agricultural and life-sciences faculties and institutes are widely recognised for research on plant breeding, animal science and food technology.其农业与生命科学的学院与研究所因在植物育种、动物科学及食品技术方面的研究而广受认可。
• MATE's rise in the QS Agriculture and Forestry ranking in 2026 confirmed its position as Hungary's leading agricultural university and a major centre in Central Europe.MATE 在 2026 年 QS 农业与林业排名中的上升，印证了其作为匈牙利领先农业大学及中欧重要中心的地位。

Student life

• The university's motto is "Ma Te, holnap a világ!", which translates as "You today, the world tomorrow", and it appears across the institution's communications.该校的校训是「Ma Te，holnap a világ!」，意为「今天是你，明天是世界」，广泛出现在该校的宣传之中。
• Students are distributed across the residential campuses, each of which maintains halls of residence, canteens and student clubs.学生分布在各住宿校区，每个校区都设有学生宿舍、食堂与学生社团。
• The Keszthely Georgikon campus, on the shores of Lake Balaton, sustains a distinctive student culture rooted in two centuries of agricultural study.位于巴拉顿湖畔的凯斯特海伊格奥尔基孔校区，延续着根植于两百年农业学习史的独特学生文化。
• Annual campus festivals, harvest celebrations and open days bring together students, staff and the local communities of Gödöllő and the other campus towns.一年一度的校区节、丰收庆典与开放日把学生、教职工与格德勒及其他校区所在城镇的社区聚在一起。
• Student organisations, agricultural societies and sports clubs organise events ranging from farm visits to inter-campus competitions.学生组织、农业社团与体育俱乐部组织从农场参观到校区间竞赛的各种活动。
• Because MATE serves a large international community, the university runs orientation and support services for students arriving from 113 countries.由于 MATE 服务庞大的国际群体，该校为来自 113 个国家的学生提供入学指导与支持服务。
• Short professional courses, field trips and summer programmes connect classroom learning with the practical realities of Hungarian farming.短期职业课程、实地考察与暑期项目，把课堂学习与匈牙利农业的实际相结合。
• Campus life is closely tied to the agricultural calendar and to the rural landscapes around Gödöllő, Keszthely, Gyöngyös, Kaposvár and the other centres.校园生活与农业时节以及格德勒、凯斯特海伊、金厄什、考波什堡等中心周边的乡村景致紧密相连。
• Many students take part in the traditions of their inherited campuses, from the Georgikon's historic ceremonies to events at the Buda and Kaposvár campuses.许多学生参与其承袭校区的传统，从格奥尔基孔的历史典礼到布达与考波什堡校区的活动。
• The university's campuses each hold open days and agricultural fairs that connect students with farmers, food businesses and rural communities across Hungary.该校各校区都会举办开放日与农业集市，把学生与匈牙利各地的农民、食品企业及农村社区联系起来。

Notable people

• Count Festetics founded the Georgikon school at Keszthely in 1797, laying the foundation of the university's oldest agricultural tradition.费斯泰蒂奇伯爵于 1797 年创办凯斯特海伊的格奥尔基孔学校，奠定了该校最古老的农业传统的基础。
• Richard Bright, a traveller who helped draft the aims of the Georgikon, is associated with the creation of Europe's oldest agricultural school.曾参与拟定格奥尔基孔办学目标的旅行家理查德·布赖特，与这所欧洲最古老农业学校的创建相关。
• Albert Kazmér is remembered in the agricultural institute founded at Magyaróvár in 1818, one of the university's predecessor institutions.阿尔伯特·卡兹梅尔之名留存在 1818 年创办于马扎尔堡的农业学府中，这是该校的前身机构之一。
• Ybl Miklós, the nineteenth-century architect and engineer, is commemorated in the technical college that later joined the university's lineage.十九世纪的建筑师与工程师伊布尔·米克洛什之名，被纪念在后来汇入该校传承的技术学院之中。
• King Stephen I, the founder of the Hungarian state, is the namesake of the Szent István University from which MATE directly descends.匈牙利国家的奠基者伊什特万国王（圣伊什特万）是圣伊什特万大学的命名来源，而 MATE 正沿其血脉而来。
• Prof. Dr. Csaba Gyuricza serves as Rector of the university in the 2020s and has led its drive toward the world's top agricultural universities.恰巴·久里查教授在 2020 年代担任该校校长，主导其迈向世界顶尖农业大学的目标。
• Prof. Dr. Zoltán Kovács is the university's Vice Rector for Science and International Affairs, guiding its research strategy and international partnerships.佐尔坦·科瓦奇教授任该校主管科研与国际事务的副校长，主导其科研战略与国际伙伴关系。
• Prof. István Fehér, professor emeritus of the university, was a long-serving agricultural academic associated with the Gödöllő campus.该校荣休教授伊什特万·费赫尔是长期服务于格德勒校区的农业学者。
• Prof. Márton Jolánkai, professor emeritus and a doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, was a leading figure in Hungarian crop science.荣休教授、匈牙利科学院博士马尔顿·约兰卡伊是匈牙利作物科学领域的领军人物。
• János Sarkadi, the agrochemist honoured with the Eötvös József wreath, was a prominent researcher in soil science and plant nutrition.获颁厄特沃什·约瑟夫桂冠的农业化学家亚诺什·沙尔卡迪，是土壤科学与植物营养领域的知名研究者。
• Domokos Kosáry, the historian whose name the university library bears, is a distinguished figure linked to the institution's academic heritage.该校图书馆以其命名的历史学家多莫科什·科沙里，是与该机构学术传承相关的杰出人物。
• Graduates of MATE and its predecessor institutions now work as agricultural engineers, veterinarians, food scientists, teachers and rural policymakers across Hungary.MATE 及其前身机构的毕业生如今在匈牙利各地担任农业工程师、兽医、食品科学家、教师与农村政策制定者。