Miskolc is the seat of the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. As the most populated city of the largest county of the North-Hungarian Region it plays a central role in the administration, economic and cultural life of the region. http://www.miskolc.hu/en

The scientific meeting will take place at the campus of the University of Miskolc. The predecessor of the University of Miskolc was the school of mining and metallurgy (Bergschule) established by Charles III in Selmecbánya (Schemnitz, today Banská Štiavnica) in 1735, which was the world’s first higher education institution giving tuition on this field. In 1762, Maria Theresia conferred academy status to the school (Bergakademie). Later, the Selmec school served as a model for the establishment of European technical colleges. In 1794, the Technical University of Paris organised its laboratory trainings on the basis of the Selmec system. The world’s first international technical society, representing 14 countries, was founded with the contribution of Selmec professors in Szklenó (today Sklené Teplice), not far from Selmecbánya. Following the Austro-Hungarian compromise in 1867, German was replaced by Hungarian as the language of instruction, and the name of the institution was changed to Magyar Királyi Bányászati és Erdészeti Akadémia (’Royal Hungarian Academy of Mining and Forestry’). In 1920, as a result of the Trianon peace treaties, Selmec became part of Czechoslovakia so the academy had to move. Sopron offered a home to the homeless institution. In 1949, the university consisting of the Faculties of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, moved from Sopron, and a newly founded Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was established in Miskolc. The demand for a change in the educational system led to the decision of completing technical faculties with programs in social sciences. Law courses started in 1981, and an independent Faculty of Law was established in 1983. The next development step was the launching of a program in economics, followed by the establishment of the relevant faculty in 1990. In the same year the name of the university was changed to University of Miskolc (ME). In 1992, the Institute of Arts was founded and it became a faculty in September 1997.