| Hungarian Academy of Sciences | |||||||
| Native Name: | Magyar Tudományos Akadémia | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | hu | ||||||
| Formerly: | Magyar Tudós Társaság | ||||||
| Size: | 280px | ||||||
| Abbreviation: | MTA | ||||||
| Formation: | [1] | ||||||
| Type: | National academy | ||||||
| Headquarters: | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||
| Location: | Budapest, Arany János u. 1, 1051 Hungary | ||||||
| Region Served: | Hungary | ||||||
| Leader Title: | President | ||||||
| Leader Name: | Tamás Freund | ||||||
| Membership: | 1,363[2] | ||||||
| Membership Year: | 2014 | ||||||
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The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungarian: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its main responsibilities are the cultivation of science, dissemination of scientific findings, supporting research and development, and representing Hungarian science domestically and around the world.
The history of the academy began in 1825 when Count István Széchenyi offered one year's income of his estate for the purposes of a Learned Society at a district session of the Diet in Pressburg (Pozsony, present Bratislava, seat of the Hungarian Parliament at the time), and his example was followed by other delegates. Its task was specified as the development of the Hungarian language and the study and propagation of the sciences and the arts in Hungarian. It received its current name in 1845.
Its central building was inaugurated in 1865, in Renaissance Revival architecture style. The architect was Friedrich August Stüler.
A scientific section is a unit of the Academy organized by one or some closely related branches of science. A scientific section follows with attention, promotes and evaluates all scientific activities conducted within its field(s) of science; takes a stand on scientific issues as well as in matters concerning science policy and research organization, submits opinion on the activities of the Academy's research institutes, and on those of university chairs and other research units that are supported by the Academy, and participates in the procedure of awarding the title of Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the post-Ph.D academic degree, the D.Sc degree in Hungary.
Today it has eleven main sections:[3]
| 17 November 1830 – 15 February 1855 | ||
| 17 April 1855 – 10 January 1866 | ||
| 18 March 1866 – 2 February 1871 | ||
| 17 May 1871 – 3 November 1884 | ||
| 28 May 1885 – 22 August 1888 | ||
| 3 May 1889 – 5 October 1905 | ||
| 27 November 1905 – 22 March 1936 | ||
| 22 March 1936 – October 1944 | ||
| 7 March 1945 – 29 October 1945 | ||
| 29 October 1945 – 24 July 1946 | ||
| 24 July 1946 – 29 November 1949 | ||
| 29 November 1949 – 5 February 1970 | ||
| 5 February 1970 – 16 August 1976 | ||
| 26 October 1976 – 10 May 1985 | ||
| 10 May 1985 – 24 May 1990 | ||
| 24 May 1990 – 9 May 1996 | ||
| 9 May 1996 – 4 May 2002 | ||
| 5 May 2002 – 6 May 2008 | ||
| 6 May 2008 – 5 May 2014 | ||
| 6 May 2014 – 31 July 2020 | ||
| 1 August 2020 – present |
See main article: Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts. The Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts (Hungarian: Széchenyi Irodalmi és Művészeti Akadémia) was created in 1992 as an academy associated yet independent from the MTA. Some of the known members are György Konrád, Magda Szabó, Péter Nádas writers, Zoltán Kocsis pianist, Miklós Jancsó, István Szabó film directors. The last president was Károly Makk, film director, who succeeded László Dobszay (resigned on 20 April 2011[5]).
