Astronomy MA

Strength of program

Our training extends to interdisciplinary areas overlapping with astronomy such as space physics or planetology. The training programme is built upon a set of courses providing a solid theoretical knowledge in astrophysics, celestial mechanics and galactic dynamics. Solar system studies as well as the use and processing of observational satellite data are given special attention during the training. Opportunities to develop students' observing skills are offered in our regular courses held at our own campus observatory equipped with a 40-cm RCC telescope, as well as at Hungary's prime astronomical observatory at Piszkéstető. The range of educational technology at our disposal also includes a digital planetarium. The training programme is maintained in close collaboration with a large number of invited lecturers from Hungary's prime astronomical research institute, the Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The training also imparts skills needed for scientific research, for the use of scientific terminology, for team work and for the communication of research results, all of which are potentially quite useful in a much wider area of applications.