WELCOME
We are very happy to welcome you to the Dennis Gabor College (DGC).
Based in Hungary, memberstate of the European Union, in the geographical centre
of Europe we are inviting participation to our educational programmes from
progressively farther afield. Since 1992 we have been operating an increasingly
successful programme of Information Technology oriented degree courses in the
rapidly developing city of Budapest.
SOME WORDS ABOUT US
Dennis
Gabor College was established in 1992. It operates as a
private College University accredited by the Hungarian government.
DGC is one of the leading higher educational institutions in Hungary and
Central-East Europe. Its more than 15 year experience in vocational training and
Information Technology and its more than 5 year experience in the international
training is the guarantee for the high quality education. Our diploma is
recognised worldwide as being among the most up-to-date, living qualifications,
necessary for a career in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Our training is open and flexible. Full-time and correspondence faculties can be
chosen only in Budapest, and the distance learning can be taken up elswhere by
means of our ILIAS eLearning framework.
DGC was one of the first institutions in Hungary to provide distance education.
The institution is also one of pioneers in the introduction e-education methods.
MISSION
The mission of our College is to provide high-quality educational
training which satisfies the requirements of the labour market and meets the
challenges of both Hungary and the world.
People who apply to our institution are devoted to the much sought-after fields
of engineering and economics. They are keen to work in the theoretical and
practical fields of economics, computing and information technology. Apart from
up-to-date theoretical basics and practical courses, our students are instructed
in fundamental professional areas as well. This way students can effectively
prepare for a successful entry into the labour market and for gaining further
degrees e.g. MSc/MA.
We have established a flexible framework for graduation, which allows for
studying and working as well as providing for families simultaneously.
In the first 15 years of our College, tens of thousands of students
have started their information technology studies. More than 8,000 of those
students have graduated and have begun work as successful professionals in
various fields of computing.
FORMS AND METHODS OF EDUCATION
The forms of education are traditional education and distance education (blended-learning).
The network of consulting centres forms the basis for the distance training
activities. The centre of the network is the capital, Budapest. However,
students can also access training in some other cities in Hungary as well as in
other countries.
Management consisting of distinguished representatives of the profession
transmits the values of users, the society and economic life to decision-makers.
Dennis Gabor College was one of the first institutions in Hungary to
provide distance education. The College is also one of the pioneers
in the introduction of e-education methods.
The DGC was the first to start applying distance education methodology in
Hungary in 1992. At the beginning, our distance education system was based on
the British model of the Open University, which broadcast educational programmes
in a particular section of the BBC mainly in the evening. British students
recorded the evening programmes on video cassettes. At Dennis Gabor College, lectures were video recorded from the beginning, and were multiplied
with the so-called candid camera technique. From the student instruction
material package, students passed on the up-to-date paper-based and electronic
teaching materials that closely followed the development of Information
Technology knowledge to peer students of other institutions as well. Our College did not prevent the production of unauthorized copies: even today, we
do not copyright our teaching materials, due to our belief in the freedom of
knowledge.
Even after fifteen years innovation, we are continuously applying more and more
modern methods and technologies in our work. Dennis Gabor College's
50,000 students so far constitute a considerable base of experience and
knowledge that we have accumulated. The continuous improvement of teaching
materials is hugely aided by feedback from graduates and their employers.
Our institution is a member of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
Students compose their individual curricula from the mandatory, recommended and
elective subjects.
PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND DEGREE CERTIFICATES
- The undergraduate (BSc and BA) programs of study are the following:
Information Technology, Technical Management and Economics, Technical Management
and Information Technology combined with Economics.
- Our post-secondary vocational training courses: Information Technology for
Statistics and Business Planning, Assistant Business Manager and Engineer
Assistant in Information Technology.
- Our advanced professional training courses are the following: General
Information Technology, Information Technology Management, Quality Management.
Our training courses are open and flexible. Full-time and part-time programs can
be chosen in Budapest only. Distance learning can be taken up not only in
Budapest but also through our ILIAS eLearning system.
STUDENT SERVICES
Our student consulting service assists - apart from the up-to-date Internet
materials, printed and electronic handouts - with independent learning by
providing: a teaching manual, a student-friendly environment, modern
infrastructure, a mentor system, and a student advisory service.
Personalized advice and support are well organised at the institution as part of
the mentors' and tutors' network. Students have a personal mentor who monitors
their progress and provides intensive assistance up to the successful final
examination.
Research and training are closely interconnected at our College.
Research is required, primarily by having to keep up with information technology
that develops constantly.
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Our College is a member and active participant of organisations and
confederations of institutions of higher education. Ties with these bodies have
been developed on the basis of personal participation or individual foreign
scholarship contests.
The institution considers it important to develop and maintain international
connections. To that end, our College establishes permanent
cooperation based on training and research programs with an increasing number of
foreign higher education institutions. As part of the cooperation, our College organizes student and teacher exchanges, granted study trips, mutual
research and teaching projects and takes steps to arrange for graduates to do
further courses. One of the most important aims of establishing, maintaining and
developing these relationships is to facilitate the international integration of
the new generation entering the world of work and enterprise.
Our institution has successfully taken part in the European Union program
SOCRATES/ERASMUS since its introduction to Hungary.
At the DGC, there is, primarily, a need for student and teacher mobility. The number of our incoming and outgoing students and teachers is gradually
increasing every year. In order to promote mobility, we make efforts to achieve
the complete acknowledgement of credits in Hungary of courses taken by our
students abroad.
Also, we continuously increase the number of courses taught in English as well
as in Hungarian, which is aimed to make our instittution more attractive for
foreign, incoming students who are interested in visiting the College
University.
CHALLENGES
Dennis Gabor College stands out in Hungary and Central Europe as a
higher education institution with the fastest growing number of distance
education students. Our 8,000+ graduates, will be able to work in the many areas
of information technology both in Hungary and around the world.
We believe in life-long learning. According to labour market trends,
professionals must renew their knowledge 3 to 5 times in the field of
information technology during their career.
Dennis Gabor College is ready to offer ongoing training programs and
retraining courses of the highest quality.
The instruction materials system, the development activities and the dynamically
growing number of distance learning students of the College have been
acknowledged by several renowned European awards.
So, welcome to our College; we will be happy to get to know you and
to work with you throughout the course of your studies – and to see you emerge
at the end as a fully-fledged member of the international IT-expert community,
skilled, confident and aware.
STUDENTS WRITE
Our students study in an international community. At present around 50% of them
are from all over the world.
Beata Briss:
„I recieved my diploma at DGC. My present place of work is a stock company
which employes 120 experts in information technology and has affiliated
companies in Switzerland. Our world-wilde used process-controlling software is
appreciated by many sectors of the economy. I have been developing data base
applications and designing graphic user’s interfaces for years. Without the BSc
diploma I recieved at DGC couldn’t be able to be the member of this work team.”
Leslie Furmen:
„I have been interested in Informatics since my childhood. I graduated in
Information Technology at Dennis Gabor College with an excellent
result. I have been working for an IT oriented joint-stock company for almost
ten years. At present I mostly do programming and designing. I often have tasks
which need expertise and experience. This means for me that my company
appreciates my knowledge, and satisfied with my performance. Naturally this
brings on the financial acknowledgement as well.”
Monika Urban:
„After graduation of the DGC, I thought that with my BSc diploma and my English
knowledge I would have great chance to occupy a job that I had dreamed of. The
international company, Nestlé employed me as a MIS Business Analyst. This means
that now I can take part serious IT projects in Central-East Europe, and have
the chance to be the manager of some of those projects. I have found the
profession I was looking for, I was studying and working for. My employer
appreciates and supports his emloyees so I’m really satisfied.”
Robert Hovan:
„I graduated in 2006 on the BSc for Information Technology branch of Dennis
Gabor College. Now I am the deputy director of a regional court of
law. My qualification is respected and counted on. For the moment my work is to
prepare judges and judicial clerks for the international ECDL examination, and I
wish all my students will complete all the modules of this exam successfully. I
have much to thank DGC, my teachers and the great school equipment for helping
me in my studies.”
For more details please contact:
studentoffice@gdf.szamalk.hu