Scientific Student Associations

2022.09.22.

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, 1^st 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	Szabó Éva Eszter
	Scientific Student Association of the Dept. of English Studies	Gárdos Bálint
	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
Institute of Philosophy	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	Vaskó Ildikó
	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	Hargitai Henrik, Házas Nikoletta
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	Vámos Gabriella
Institute of Ancient and Classical Studies	Scientific Student Association of the Institute of Ancient and Classical Studies	Krupp József
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