Scientific Sections

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.

Each section is headed by a president elected from among the members of that section for a term of three years.

The mailing address of all the sections is
H-1051 Budapest Nádor u. 7.

The Academy's scientific sections are as follows


I. Section of Linguistics and Literary Scholarship

Leaders

Section President
Balázs Borsos, C.M.

Section Vice President
István Hoffmann, C.M.


Scientific committees of the Section

Committee on Classical Philology
Committee on Cultural History
Committee on Dramatic Studies and Cinematography
Committee on Ethnography
Committee on Hungarian Linguistics
Committee on Linguistics
Committee on Literary Scholarship
Committee on Musicology
Committee on Oriental Studies

II. Section of Philosophy and Historical Sciences

Leaders

Section President
Elek Benkő, F.M.

Section Vice President
Ilona Kovács, C.M.
Pál Lővei, C.M.

Scientific committees of the Section

Committee on Archaeology
Committee on Art History
Committee for Communication and Media Theory
Committee on History
Committee on Pedagogy
Committee on Philosophy
Committee on Psychology
Complex Committee on the History of Science and Technology

III. Section of Mathematics

Leaders

Section President
Zsolt Páles, F.M.

Section Vice President
András Némethi, C.M.

Scientific committees of the Section

Committee on Information Science
Committee on Mathematics
Committee on Operational Research

IV. Section of Agricultural Sciences

Leaders

Section President
Ervin Balázs, F.M.

Section Vice Presidents
József Popp, C.M.
Zsolt Szendrő, C.M.

Scientific committees of the Section

Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology
Committee on Agricultural Economics
Committee on Agricultural Engineering
Committee on Agricultural History and Rural Sociology
Committee on Agricultural Water Management
Committee on Animal Husbandry and Foraging
Committee on Biometrics and Biomathematics
Committee on Forestry
Committee on Horticulture
Committee on Marketing
Committee on Plant Breeding
Committee on Plant Cultivation
Committee on Plant Protection
Committee on Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
Committee on Veterinary Science

V. Section of Medical Sciences

Leaders

Section President
Veronika Ádám, F.M.

Section Vice President
Gábor L. Kovács, F.M.


Scientific committees of the Section

Committee on Clinical Medicine I (Conservative)
Committee on Clinical Medicine II (Surgical)
Committee on Diagnostics
Committee on Preventive Medicine
Committee on Theoretical Medicine

VI. Section of Engineering Sciences

Leaders

Section President
Imre Sándor, C.M.

Section Vice President
Tibor Czigány, F.M.

Scientific committees of the Section

Committee on Architecture
Committee on Automation and Computer Science
Committee on Electrical Engineering
Committee on Electronic Devices and Technologies
Committee on Energetics
Committee on Fibre Technology
Committee on Hydrodynamics and Thermal Energy Engineering
Committee on Information Science
Committee on Materials Science and Technology
Committee on Mechanical Structures
Committee on Metallurgy
Committee on Telecommunication Systems
Committee on the History and Theory of Architecture
Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Committee on Town Planning
Committee on Transport Engineering
Committee on Water Management
Complex Committee on Acoustics

VII. Section of Chemical Sciences

Leaders

Section President
András Perczel, F.M.

Section Vice President
Attila Felinger, F.M.

Scientific committees of the Section

Scientific Committee on Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
Food Science Committee
Scientific Committee on Physics and Chemistry
Scientific Committee on Technical Chemistry
Scientific Committee on Radiochemistry
Scientific Committee on Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Science Committee

VIII. Section of Biological Sciences

Leaders

Section President
László Lénárd
, F.M.
Phone: +36 1 411 6323

Section Vice President
László Budai, F.M.
Phone: +36 1 3812175

Scientific committees of the Section

Committee on Anthropology
Committee on Bioinformatics
Committee on Biological Diversity
Committee on Biophysics
Committee on Ecology
Committee on Immunology
Committee on Microbiology
Committee on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology
Committee on Neurobiology

IX. Section of Economics and Law - including sociology, demography and political sciences

Leaders

Section President
Péter Halmai, FM.


Section Vice Presidents
Gábor Hamza, F.M.

Scientific committees of the Section

Committee on Business Administration
Committee on Demography
Committee on Economics
Committee on Finance
Committee on Future Research
Committee on Industrial Economics
Committee on Labour Research
Committee on Legal and Political Sciences
Committee on Military Science
Committee on Political Science
Committee on Public Administration
Committee on Regional Studies
Committee on Sociology
Committee on Statistics
Committee on World Economics and Development Studies

X. Section of Earth Sciences

Leaders

Section President
János Haas, F.M.

Section Vice President
Zoltán Kovács, F.M.

Scientific committees of the Section

Committee on Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology
Committee on Geodesy
Committee on Geography I (Social Geography)
Committee on Geography II (Physical Geography)
Committee on Geology
Committee on Geonomy
Committee on Geophysics
Committee on Hydrology
Committee on Meteorology
Committee on Mining
Committee on Palaeontology

XI. Section of Physical Sciences

Leaders

Section President
István Csabai, C.M.

Phone: +36 1 372 2546

Section Vice President
Zoltán Trócsányi, F.M.

Phone: +36 62 599768

Scientific committees of the Section

Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physics
Committee on Particle Physics
Committee on Nuclear Physics
Committee on Laser Physics and Spectroscopy
Committee on Solid-state Physics
Committee on Statistical Physics
Committee on Astronomy and Space Research
Committee on Radiation Protection, Environmental and Reactor Physics