Abbreviations and acronyms

ECTS

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System

EIT

European Institute of Technology

Erasmus

European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students

EU

European Union

EUA

European University Association

FIEK

Operational Programme Higher Education and Industry Collaboration Centres (Hungarian language)

FIR

Higher Education Information System in Hungary

FTE

Full-time equivalent

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GINOP

Operational Programme Economic Development and Innovation (Hungarian language)

GUESSS

Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ Survey

HAC

Hungarian Accreditation Committee

HEIs

Higher education institutions

HIPO

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

IAU

International Association of Universities

ISCED

International Standard Classification of Education

KKK

Defined learning outcomes for higher education (Képzési és Kimeneti Követelmények)

KTIA

Public research funding programme in Hungary

NGOs

Non-governmental organisations

NKFIA

National Research, Development and Innovation Fund (Hungarian language)

NKFIH

National Research, Development and Innovation Office

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OKMR

Teacher and Researcher Quality Assessment (Hungarian language)

OTKA

Research funding programme (Hungarian language)

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

R&D

Research and development

RDI

Research, development and innovation

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

TOP

Operational Programme Territorial Development (Hungarian language)

TTO

Technology Transfer Office

VEKOP

Operational Programme Competitive Central-Hungary (Hungarian language)