Introduction
The Institute of Biology and its Department of Ecology are the center of university biologist training; the biology subjects
half are taught by the staff of the institute/department. A comprehensive course on the subjects of the biologist training and within it the Department of Ecology
description can be downloaded here. Other information about the biologist training can be found at https://univet.hu/hu/biologia/.
History of the Department
Brief history of Institute of Zoology/Biology and the zoology/biology training programs.
1993: Comittee for Preparing Zoology Training at the University of Veterinary Science is
formed (secretary: Dr. Béla Éliás).
1994: Establishment of the Zoology Centre (director: Dr. Béla Éliás) at the Rottenbiller
street campus.
Start of the zoology training program with 16 students.
1994 -1999: 3+2-year applied zoology training program
1997: Zoology Centre changes to Institute of Zoology (director: Dr. Béla Éliás).
1997: Establishment of Department of Ecology (head of department: dr. Erzsébet Hornung).
1999 -2009: 5-year zoology training program
2006: Accreditation and establishment of the undergraduate biology BSc course based on the Bologna Process.
2009: Accreditation and start of biology MSc course based on the Bologna Process.
2009: Name of the institute changes to Intstitue for Biology