The engineers of the future are already here! The 2025/26 STEAM Excellence Program has launched!
On October 13, 2025, the opening ceremony of the 2025/26 academic year of the STEAM Excellence Program took place in a celebratory atmosphere. The event aimed to inspire the talents of the future and present the structure of the program.
Professionals involved in the talent program welcomed the participating 12th-grade students, who are ready to immerse themselves in the exciting fields of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics).
Opening ceremony in the spirit of talent management
At the opening event, prospective scholarship recipients and interested parties received a comprehensive overview of the program’s structure and philosophy. Zoltán Márton, head of the Óbudai University STEAM Office, the Hungarian STEAM Platform, and the STEAM Excellence Program, introduced the initiative dedicated to talented 12th-grade high school students. He highlighted that the main goals include supporting professional and personal development, as well as increasing the proportion of students pursuing further education in STEAM fields.
The program’s leaders, instructors, and partners also attended the opening event, which was held in the spirit of professionalism and motivation.
Skills for the digital age and the future of science
Prof. Dr. Péter Galambos, Vice-Rector for Innovation, emphasized that today’s high school students are already people of the digital age, who will require significantly different skills and new learning methods. He stressed that the University considers it essential for students to be capable of solving serious engineering tasks even alongside Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Commitment to talent management was further reaffirmed by Prof. Dr. László Gulácsi, DSc (Vice-Rector for Research) through his speech on scientific career opportunities, and by Prof. Dr. Márta Péntek, DSc (Chair of the University Doctoral and Habilitation Council) with her motivational presentation on talent career paths.
Dr. István Szabó, Head of the Talent Management Office, presented Óbuda University’s excellence scholarship program, the Obuda Excellence Program.
The 2025/26 STEAM Excellence Program: Discover. Develop. Innovate.
The goal of the STEAM Excellence Program (2025/26) is to offer a personalized development path for every scholarship recipient, ensuring the unfolding of talent, the development of 21st-century skills, and conscious career orientation. Key elements of the program include project-based learning, workshops, laboratory sessions, and mentoring involving individual consultations.
The program is structured around five thematic talent profiles, which provide participants with the opportunity to delve into various areas of STEAM according to their interests and strengths.
Core program and optional talent profiles
BOOSTER CORE PROGRAM – led by Prof. Dr. Zoltán Rajnai, Vice-Rector, and Prof. Dr. Kornélia Lazányi: This program series focuses on self-awareness, career orientation, career planning, learning techniques (e.g., SQ3R techniques), and digital well-being.
DIGITAL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING INNOVATION talent profile – led by Dr. Orsolya Szabó Nagyné: During these sessions, students will become familiar with the basics of 3D design and modeling, 3D printing workshops, and the development of an engineering mindset through games (e.g., Minecraft).
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING talent profile – led by Dr. Habil. Viktória Sugár, Vice-Rector: Focusing on the challenges of the future, students gain insight into innovative building materials and technologies, the possibilities of circular material use, digital construction (3D modeling), and the KLIMAdesign method.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DATA-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGIES talent profile – led by Prof. Dr. Péter Galambos, Vice-Rector, and Dr. Habil. György Eigner: Key areas of modern informatics and technology are featured, including microcontroller programming, digital twin technologies, cyber-physical systems, and the future technologies of artificial intelligence.
SCIENTIFIC THINKING, INNOVATION, AND COMMUNICATION talent profile: This profile develops skills essential for a scientific career, including scientific English and presentation techniques, pedagogical innovation and educational research, as well as innovation management in practice.
Practical experience and partner network
Practical experience is an integral part of the program. Students can work on research-based projects and have the opportunity to visit university labs (such as the Bejczy Antal iRobotics Center) and programs or courses offered by corporate partners. The John von Neumann Computer Society (NJSZT) plays a prominent role in the program; representing the society, Managing Director Gábor Képes presented the planned program for the NJSZT Talent Day.
Dr. Kristóf Fenyvesi, STEAM Director of Experience Workshop, joined online from Seoul to welcome the enthusiastic members of the Talent Program.
The talent program focuses on developing 21st-century skills (such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity), thereby preparing young people for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) career paths.
With the launch of the STEAM Excellence Program, participating high school students look forward to an exciting new journey, during which they can acquire not only professional knowledge but also the essential 21st-century key skills for the digital age.
Thanks, Judit Sárai for the great photos!
Our STEAM Excellence Program is funded by the National Talent Programme under the grant NTP-STEM-25-B-0006.
