Scientific activities

The history of the department dates back to the foundation of Telecommunications Polytechnic. In 1993 after the merging of the Department of Knowledge of Materials and Technology and the Department of Vehicle Production, the Department of Knowledge of Material and Vehicle production was established.

From 1st January 2012 a new chapter began in the life of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences because the group of departments of AUDI Hungaria Vehicle Engineering was established. It consists of three departments, with the separation of the Department of Knowledge of Materials and Vehicle Production the Department of Material Science and Technology and the Department of Vehicle Production and the Department of Internal Combustion Engines.

The department performs educational tasks in several areas of science. The most important topics are the following: material science, mechanical technologies and quality assurance. The department also participates in the education of mechanical engineering, transport engineering, vehicle engineering, mechatronic engineering, technical manager studies, and engineering teacher subjects. At the bachelor’s level the department is responsible for the professional education of vehicle production, production systems and quality management specializations (in the mechanical engineering programme), and quality assurance specialization (in the technical manager programme). In the MSc training it is responsible for the mechatronic engineering programme and also participates in the vehicle engineering MSc training.