The investment will be made by rebuilding and modernising two former hospital building. The two buildings will provide a total of 2,600 sqm space for seven research teams, MTI reported.
The aim of the investment is to “intensify cooperation between PTE and the business sector, i.e. to jointly create innovations and marketable products”, vice rector József Betlehem told the PTE website in September.
At a recent press conference held at the university, it was pointed out that the location of the PTE Nyár Street site connects the different disciplines, making it an excellent base for bringing together the developments already underway and those to come.
PTE Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Some parts of the Science and Innovation Park will be built on the faculty’s site (Photo: PTE)
The Centre for Digital Data Analysis and Laboratory will move to the main building with several research groups. Research groups working on health and economic data analysis, secondary raw material and hydrogen technology exploitation, and research and development on smart health applications and processes will be co-located in this building, according to PTE press release.
The former pulmonology building will be converted into the Knowledge Management Centre, which will provide the capacities and processes for the flow of university knowledge to industry and for the transfer of knowledge from industry to researchers, teachers and students.
Parallel to the construction works, the procurement of furniture, IT equipment and research tools needed to make the buildings functional is ongoing. The 7 research teams are expected to occupy the completed Science and Innovation Park in 2024.
In October we reported that Óbuda University and University of Sopron are the first Hungarian higher education institutions which became a member of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP). Besides the two universities, one more Hungarian entity, the Sport Life Science Park, founded by the Foundation for University of Physical Education, has also joined IASP.
