HORTICULTURAL ENGINEERING (BUDAPEST) (HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES – MATE)

The aim of the programme is to provide excellent skills in each branch of sustainable horticulture, based on up-to-date knowledge of natural sciences. The significance of the ecological approaches, quality aspects, and integrated technologies are all emphasized. The master thesis is based on individual research work and mainly focuses on current questions arising in the professional sectors and they attempt to improve technologies by analyzing up-to-date theoretical data originating from basic and applied research. Our departments, the facilities of the experimental farm, and modern laboratory equipment serve as a basis of valuable scientific results, supported by current methods of molecular biology, climatology, and environmental and chemical analysis. Our students can specialize in different horticultural areas as follows: – fruit growing – medicinal plant production – floriculture and dendrology – vegetable and mushroom growing – viticulture and oenology. Besides the special horticultural modules (ornamentals, fruits, medicinal plants, vegetables, grapes, and wine), the study programme includes genetics, physiology, ecology, biometrics and related subjects. Theoretical lectures, field visits, lab and farm practices are all involved in the master’s programme.