Scientific Student Associations (TDK in Hungarian) represent a unique phenomenon of the Hungarian higher education.
The scientific student associations’ movement has been working in Hungary for more than 70 years. Its purpose is to give individual opportunity of research to interested students beyond the regular university classes. The different associations, each including students and mentoring teachers from the same area of interest, are all autonomous bodies within the framework of the higher education. The student members of the associations conduct individual research beyond their academic requirements, and they summarize their results and findings in an academic paper. These papers are evaluated by the different TDKs, and the ones of outstanding quality are nominated to the Scientific Student Associations’ Conference (OTDK in Hungarian) organized biannually. The OTDK is Hungary’s most significant scientific event; in 2021, for instance, thousands of papers were presented across the various sections.
The nominated papers are first evaluated by anonymous external experts, then students give a presentation based on their papers in front of a professional committee of the specific topic. The committee chooses the best papers, and ranks them. Many of the research papers are published officially, and in many cases, this is the first step of a student’s academic career. Most of the instructors at ELTE Faculty of Humanities took part in TDK activities in the past. There is nothing to lose with TDK, but there is much to win.
ELTE Faculty of Humanities is one of the most outstanding Hungarian institutions in charge of talent development. Students of the faculty nominate hundreds of research papers to every Scientific Student Associations’ Conference (OTDK), and they also achieve excellent results in their research fields. The results of the Humanities Section show that every other student ranked excellent studies at ELTE Faculty of Humanities.
Head of the Scientific Student Associations at ELTE BTK:
MENCZEL Gabriella
Habil. associate professor
E-mail: menczel.gabriella@btk.elte.hu, tdk@btk.elte.hu
Phone: +36 1 485 5200 extension 2898
Address: 1088 Budapest, Múzeum körút 4/C, 1st floor 253
| Scientific Student Associations at ELTE BTK | ||
|---|---|---|
| Institute | Scientific Student Associations name | TDK supervisor |
| School of English and American Studies | Scientific Student Association of SEAS | Benczik Vera |
| Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of American Studies | Mezei Gábor | |
| Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of English Studies | Gyuris Kata | |
| Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of English Applied Linguistics | Lajtai Ádám | |
| Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of English Linguistics | Őri Péter | |
| Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of English Language Pedagogy | Divéki Rita | |
| Institute of Philosophy | Scientific Student Association of Philosophy | Orthmayr Imre |
| Scientific Student Association ofTheoretical Linguistics | Baló A. Márton | |
| Institute of Germanic Studies | Scientific Student Association of the Institute of Germanic Studies | Kerekes Amália |
| Scientific Student Association of Germanic Literature | Kerekes Amália | |
| Scientific Student Association of Germanic Linguistics | Vargyas Anna | |
| Scientific Student Association of Scandinavian Languages and Literature | Csúr Gábor Attila, Soós Anita | |
| Scientific Student Association of Teaching Germanic Languages | Knapp Ilona | |
| Scientific Student Association of Netherlandic Studies | Réthelyi Orsolya | |
| Institute of Language Mediation | Scientific Student Association of the Institute of Language Mediation | Robin Edina |
| Scientific Student Association of Translation Studies | Robin Edina | |
| András Vályi Scientific Student Association | Kajdi Alexandra | |
| Institute of Library and Information Science | Géza Fülöp Scientific Student Association of Library Science | Senkei-Kis Zoltán |
| Institute of Hungarian Literature and Cultural Studies | Scientific Student Association of the Institute of Hungarian Literature and Cultural Studies | Lengyel Imre Zsolt |
| Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies | Scientific Student Association of the of Applied Linguistics | Hrenek Éva |
| Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of Hungarian Language Pedagogy | Gonda Zsuzsa Hollóy Zsolt | |
| Loránd Benkő Scientific Student Association of Hungarian Language History | Szentgyörgyi Rudolf | |
| Scientific Student Association of Hungarian Language in Use | Bárth János | |
| Scientific Student Association of Finno-Ugric Studies | F. Gulyás Nikolett | |
| Scientific Student Association of Phonetics and Psycholinguistics | Deme Andrea | |
| Scientific Student Association of Functional Linguistics | Kugler Nóra, Tátrai Szilárd, Pomázi Bence | |
| Scientific Student Association of Bi- and Multillangualism | Kissné dr. Bartha Csilla | |
| Scientific Student Association of Onomastics | Slíz Mariann | |
| Institute for The Theory of Art and Media Studies | Scientific Student Association of Aesthetics | Seregi Tamás |
| Scientific Student Association of Film Studies | Pápai Zsolt | |
| Scientific Student Association of Communication and Media Studies | Hammer Ferenc | |
| Institute of Art History | Scientific Student Association of the Institute of Art History | Révész Emese |
| Institute of Ethnography and Folklore | Scientific Student Association of Ethnography | Anikó Báti |
| Institute of Ancient and Classical Studies | Scientific Student Association of the Institute of Ancient and Classical Studies | Krupp József
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| Institute of Oriental Studies | Scientific Student Association of the Institute of Oriental Studies | Zsom Dorottya |
| Institute of Archaeological Sciences | Scientific Student Association of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences | Szabó Gábor |
| Institute of Romance Studies | Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of French Studies | Cseppentő István |
| Scientific Student Association of Hispanic Studies | Menczel Gabriella | |
| Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of Italian Studies | Falvay Dávid, Huszthy Bálint | |
| Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of Portuguese Studies | Szijj Ildikó | |
| Centre of Methodology | Scientific Student Association of Teaching Methodology | Baditzné Pálvölgyi Kata |
| Institute of Slavonic and Baltic Philology | Scientific Student Association of Russian Literature | Zoltán Dominika |
| Scientific Student Association of Russian Linguistics | Pálosi Ildikó Veronika | |
| Scientific Student Association of Slavonic Language and Literature | Kiss Szemnán Róbert | |
| Institute of East Asian Studies | Scientific Student Association of the Institute of East Asian Studies | Kiss Mónika |
| Institute of Historical Studies | Scientific Student Association of the Institute of Historical Studies | Etényi Nóra |
| Institute of Arts Communication and Music | Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of Music | Bodnár Gábor |
| Scientific Student Association of Women's and Men's Studies | Bodó Csanád | |
| Scientific Student Association of Religious Studies | Vér Ádám | |