In 1990 we had an idea…

…to establish health services management education in Hungary.

Semmelweis University is one of the oldest universities in Hungary and the Health Services Management Training Centre (HSMTC) is one of its youngest, dynamic developing departments.

Just like Budapest having a central location in Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary played a central role in the changes of the late 80’s and 90’s. HSMTC itself grew out of the changes to become a central place for debates of health policy and management development in the region.

The Centre was built around the ideas of some young professionals who devoted themselves to the development of health services and health services organizations. After five years of intensive development, the Centre was founded by the Senate of the Semmelweis University in April 1995.

Our primary goal is to assist to the development of health services in Hungary and on international level by generating better management knowledge and practice. Through our activities we would like to generate learning and development opportunities, new knowledge and new understanding for those who work on the improvement of health services and health services organizations.

International cooperation played a crucial role in the establishment and it does play a very important role in our present activities as well. We are members of several international professional organizations, like the European Health Management Association (EHMA) and the European Health Property Network (EUHPN). We have a strong collaboration among others with the World Bank and the World Health Organization. Since 1998, we are the Europe and Central Asia Regional Partner Institute of the World Bank Institute’s Flagship Programme. In the framework of international development and research projects, we are honoured to work together with the leading institutes and professionals of the world.