The former Szechenyi Istvan University of Applied Sciences has been making always considerable efforts to raise its scientific and international research activities to university level. This has been in accordance with the institution's widely-known aspiration to become a university. In order to support this aim, in 2000 the University of Applied Sciences founded the Office of Research and International Relations to aid, and provide a comprehensive framework for  both scientific and international affairs.

The Office is coordinated by the vice-rector of Research and Education

The office provide assistance in the next themes:

• Research Board of the University
• PhD activity at the University
• R+D  activities
• International relations
• ERASMUS programme
  • Information about study for fereign students
  • Departmental coordinators
• Research and Arts Students' Circle
• Collegues in the office