Innovation, community and freedom: the new campus of Corvinus University is inaugurated

Students are already enjoying the Corvinus University's new Gellért campus. The 14,000-square-metre building, which can accommodate 680 students, features multifunctional teaching and research rooms and communal spaces. The dormitory section of the institution offers discounted accommodation for 180 students in rooms with 2-3 beds and private bathrooms. The building also houses six professors' apartments, a multifunctional sports centre, an outdoor and indoor team sports field, a fitness room and four exercise studios.

The renovation of the former State Administration College building on Ménesi út in District XI began in autumn 2021 and was carried out at a cost of HUF 17 billion, three-quarters of which came from state and EU funds, and one-quarter from the resources of the foundation that maintains the building. The designer and contractor was Market Építő Zrt..

Speaking at the ceremony on 22 February 2024, Minister of Culture and Innovation János Csák stressed that the aim of the change in the higher education model was to give universities as much freedom as possible.

Zsolt Hernádi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Maecenas Universitatis Corvini Foundation, which maintains Corvinus University, said that they wanted to "dream" of a higher education institution from which students could leave and find their place anywhere in the world. He added that the new campus is a place between home and university, because it brings together what is best: community and freedom.

Lajos Szabó, the Rector of the University, said in his welcome speech that they are undertaking to show how a 21st century university of economics and social sciences works. 

Unique energy system built 

In total, five aspects were taken into account in the design, one of the most important of which was sustainability: solutions that minimise energy consumption and reduce emissions.

The energy system, unique in Hungary, uses state-of-the-art thermal insulation technologies and ensures energy supply through the use of solar panels and ground probes. The renewable building complex has been designed to meet the stringent sustainability certification criteria of Leed Gold, as well as the AA+ rating for outstanding energy efficiency, making it the first higher education investment in Hungary to do so

- said Márton Barta, Head of Strategy at Corvinus University of Budapest.

All educational and community spaces on campus will be dedicated to creative collaboration. The building will house the University's Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme and the Data Space, home to innovative data science projects.