INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND ENGINEERING TRAINING IN HUNGARY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Abstract

The first part of the study analyses industrial policies in Hungary in the second half of the 19th century and reviews the products of the most significant factories of the period (Ganz, Röck, Láng, MÁVAG, etc.) as well as the activities of the government supporting national industries. The second part of the study analyses the beginning of engineering training in Hungary and the necessity and conditions of the establishment of an independent technical university.