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Miskolc is one of the largest cities of Hungary. It is the capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Miskolc is situated in the north-eastern part of the country, east from the Bükk Mountains, in the valley of the river Sajó and the streams Hejő and Szinva.
The ICES2D 2019 conference will take place at the campus of the University of Miskolc. The predecessor of the University of Miskolc was the school of mining and metallurgy (Bergschule) established by Charles III in Selmecbánya (Schemnitz, today Banská Štiavnica) in 1735, which was the world’s first higher education institution giving tuition on this field. In 1762, Maria Theresia conferred academy status to the school (Bergakademie). The world’s first international technical society, representing 14 countries, was founded with the contribution of Selmec professors in Szklenó (today Sklené Teplice), not far from Selmecbánya. Following the Austro-Hungarian compromise in 1867, German was replaced by Hungarian as the language of instruction, and the name of the institution was changed to Magyar Királyi Bányászati és Erdészeti Akadémia (’Royal Hungarian Academy of Mining and Forestry’). In 1920, as a result of the Trianon peace treaties, Selmec became part of Czechoslovakia so the academy had to move. Sopron offered a home to the homeless institution. In 1949, the university consisting of the Faculties of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, moved from Sopron, and a newly founded Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was established in Miskolc. The demand for a change in the educational system led to the decision of completing technical faculties with programs in social sciences. Law courses started in 1981, and an independent Faculty of Law was established in 1983. The next development step was the launching of a program in economics, followed by the establishment of the relevant faculty in 1990. In the same year the name of the university was changed to University of Miskolc (ME). In 1992, the Institute of Arts was founded and it became a faculty in September 1997.
In 1997, following its separation from the college, the Miskolc department of Liszt Ferenc College of Music was integrated into the university as its Bartók Béla Music Institute.
Having renewed their programmes, the technical faculties continue their activities as Faculties of Earth Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and Informatics.
As a result of university integration recommended by the act on higher education, as of 1 January, 2000, Comenius Teacher Training College of Sárospatak became a college-level faculty of the University of Miskolc, and then on 1 July, 2013, it left our university and joined Eszterházy Károly College.
The first bachelor programme of the Institute of Healthcare was launched in 2001 to train district nurses, and in September 2004, the instruction of physiotherapists was also started here. In 2005, the institute was given faculty status therefore its present name is Faculty of Healthcare.