Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Healthy Campus
MOME Healthy Campus
Project lead
Abel Djogni
djogni.abel@mome.hu
djogni.abel@mome.hu
Contact
djogni.abel@mome.hu
MOME and the Healthy Campus Programme
At MOME, we are committed to promoting wellbeing within our university community, encouraging each other and those around us to embrace a healthier lifestyle. MOME has joined the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Healthy Campus Programme, which aims to enhance the wellbeing of students and the wider university community through a holistic approach. This programme goes beyond physical activity and sports, incorporating the maintenance of health (both physical and mental), as well as ecological and social sustainability.
Through the global network of the FISU HC programme, developed with input from thirty international experts, universities can share their knowledge, expertise, best practices, and insights. The programme’s unique digital platform allows universities to track and improve their progress, and the Healthy Campus certification brings international recognition to participating institutions.
The pillars of the FISU Healthy Campus
The Healthy Campus programme is built on seven key pillars and 100 criteria, including
- Healthy Campus Management (33 criteria),
- Physical Activity and Sport (33 criteria),
- Nutrition (8 criteria),
- Disease Prevention (7 criteria),
- Mental and Social Health (8 criteria),
- Risk Behaviour (5 criteria), and
- Environment, Sustainability, and Social Responsibility (6 criteria).
Philosophy and objectives
MOME’s goals align closely with the principles of the Healthy Campus guidelines. The programme supports the integration of a healthy lifestyle into university culture and provides various solutions to improve students’ quality of life. Sustainability and health maintenance are also integral elements of our courses and initiatives.
Prevention is at the core of the Healthy Campus programme. Additionally, it encourages the strengthening of social and community bonds, creating networks that enhance the resilience of the university community. Sport serves as a bridge, connecting individuals from diverse backgrounds, academic programmes, and age groups, fostering teamwork and tolerance.
Local projects on campus
In recent years, MOME has launched several sustainability projects and innovative initiatives. These include the MOME HDSE Students’ and Staff Sports Association, the MOME Zero programme to achieve carbon neutrality, the “Tomorrow Belongs to You” scholarship programme, and the holistic redesign of the campus. Through these efforts, MOME contributes to a sustainable future by supporting students from disadvantaged regions and promoting the development of environmentally-friendly transport options.
Health maintenance is also supported through initiatives like the MOME Balance lecture series, Fruit Day, and regular sports events, all designed to connect with the international network. MOME has introduced new eco-friendly transportation alternatives by partnering with GreenGo and MOL Bubi to enable students, faculty, and staff to opt for green transportation.
The future
As part of the Healthy Campus programme, we continue to develop initiatives based on its seven pillars, tailored to the specific needs of the university, whether focused on health maintenance or social or ecological sustainability. Our goal is to inspire students, staff, and wider communities to adopt a healthy lifestyle, participate actively, and volunteer.
Over the next two years of the programme, MOME will focus on continuous development and improvement, with the structure having been developed in the recent months.
Projects
A village can be defined in several ways. It can be an agricultural site, a form of settlement smaller than a town, a place with limited autonomy, or even a geographical term.
The research focuses on experimentation with regenerative, bio-based construction materials, building on the morphogenetic potential of matter to generate new material–form relations and develop experimental prototypes from these in corporate collaboration.
I consider the socialization of the alpha generation on digital platforms a great problem since there is no opportunity for true community values and relationships to be formed. To treat this grave situation I offer a program guide providing professional advice, instructions and quality materials.
A Balaton-felvidék az ország legkedveltebb és emiatt ökológiailag az egyik legsérülékenyebb tája. A talajvédelem, regeneratív gazdálkodás, a biodiverzitás megőrzése és az erdősítés mellett az egyénnek is lehetősége van arra, hogy felelősségteljesen részt vegyen a táj helyreállításában, javításában.
The project investigates how augmented reality (AR), when integrated with natural environments and environmental psychology, can influence and enhance an individual's connection to nature. By blending digital elements with real-world natural settings, we seek to understand if and how this technological intervention can deepen our sense of unity with the natural world.
My project aims to make mental disorders and stress visible, as well as to provide assistance to those suffering from them. I created a collection of arbitrarily expandable protheses which extend the physical boundaries of the human body.
My masterwork is an experimental VR play addressing the problem of insomnia.
The project explores the connection between environmental loss and design in fostering a caring environment. An interdisciplinary team integrates knowledge on supportive environments, participatory design, and homelessness to develop a new research area. Through a pilot intervention at the Budapest Methodological Centre of Social Policy and Its Institutions (BMSZKI) Alföldi Temporary Shelter, the project explores how participatory design can be embedded in shelter regulations to enhance long-term services. The project aims to foster knowledge sharing across mental health, environmental studies, and design, ultimately creating a cross-institutional research framework and a tested methodology for future studies.
D4L for GE (Design for Longevity through the lens of Gender Equity) is a collaborative research project between MOME Social Design Hub and MIT AgeLab.
The EVE Alarm System is an IoT solution designed to enhance residents' health and safety in apartment buildings.
The Cloudfactory was a long term collaborative social design project, the aim of which was to foster creativity and community resilience among vulnerable kids of rural background through design-based co-creational processes.
The MOME park is not just a beautiful green space dotted with ginkgo and ornamental pear trees, but also a vibrant community area where something is always happening.
Social representation of hearing-impaired individuals through craft making and art.
At the end of their lifecycles, most of the small kitchen appliances increase the volume of electronic waste, which is the fastest growing non-hazardous and hazardous waste stream. My goal is to create a multifunctional system that supports a healthy, sustainable way of food-preparation, consumption and living. With a critical approach and an open-source design this serves as an alternative for reducing the amount of these appliances and therefore the waste-volume of the overspecialized small kitchen appliances that are abundant on the market. My project is a vision an alternative consumer behavior, that creates and uses objects in a sustainable way.
Created as a symbol of inner peace and spiritual retreat, the collection brings together elements of Eastern and Western cultures. Blending tradition and modernity, the design incorporates motifs drawn from Hinduism and sacred spaces.
The retirement home plan would add an extra building to the three-storey residential house currently located between Logodi utca and Lovas út, and would help to connect the two streets in an accessible manner, despite their difference in elevation of nearly 15 metres. In addition to providing a living space, the building would also include recreational and community spaces, a chapel and a private garden. For easier access, the home would be equipped with two larger elevators and two main entrances. The ageing population of the 1st district and the depopulation of the Castle District are among the main social problems of the area. Measures to create homes for the elderly can also contribute to improving housing opportunities for young people in the district in the long term.
Co-designer: Levente Sáros
Concerts, open-air DJ sets with a visual atmosphere organised by MOME Art and Design Management students, roundtable discussions on the future of the music industry and exciting installations in the Hangdóm.
My aim is to design ceramic-based biodegradable items that can provide saplings with adequate nutrients and protection even in desert soils, while also improving the quality of the soil.
The Conscious Textile Group conducted a design-led research project on textile recycling. The aim of the project is to create high quality textile materials from reclaimed fibres that can be re-integrated into the textile industry, creating a closed-loop recycling system.
Modular shoes are an experimental solution to address the widespread use of shoes that are impossible or difficult to recycle.
Our project MORA was developed at the Micromobility course launched by MOME together with the Budapest Technical University, in a team of two MOME students and one BME student.
The purpose of my project was to sustainably create fashion products for senior women in the spirit of pro-aging, with a joint effort by MOME students. At a community level, I want to raise broader public awareness of the common cause of anti-ageism and feminism, while on an a personal level, I wish to provide material support for preserving femininity. Regarding the latter, I find it important to emphasise the significance of inherited femininity and shared female destiny.
The project was realised under the leadership of ‘studioB’, as part of a credited course of the Institute of Architecture of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. The installation was commissioned by the Crystal Valley Society as part of VEB2023 EcoC programme with sponsorship from Ajka City Council.
Pollino is a more-than-human placemaking initiative intersecting design, ecology, and urban planning. It seeks to explore how to reimagine urban landscapes to better cater to the needs of pollinators and enhance biodiversity and resilience.
The aim of the project is to develop a design method-based toolkit in partnership that contributes to and facilitates the development of creative competences of the children of the 300 most impoverished villages of Hungary, participating in the Presence Program of the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta.
The long-term goal of the project is to establish a sustainable partnership between the two institutions that can deliver socially engaged design projects in an adaptable form to children from disadvantaged communities in the Hungary and the CEE region.
Spirit is an augmented reality headset optimised for sport and fitness activities.
A sustainable material experiment project for developing eco-friendly alternatives to petroleum-based effect yarns used in knitted fabrics
Understanding the social behaviour of the young users of virtual spaces and addressing unsafe situations in the metaverse in order to create a safer space for the next generation.
The focus of my last semester was on developing a script for a narrative walking-simulator game.
Nóra Fazekas wanted to reflect on manual estimates, which gave birth to the concept of Gruler. Gruler is a glove that allows the wearer to carry out accurate calculations by using the fingers and the hands.
Animated short film exploring self-image in the context of the impact of relationships on individuals
News
Ismét megnyílt a jelentkezés a Moholy-Nagy Művészeti Egyetem (MOME) Tiéd a holnap – A jövő kreatív tehetségeiért ösztöndíjprogramjába. A 2025 őszén induló pályázat immár második éve a középiskolás diákok mellett a pedagógusoknak is szól.
The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design has reached another important milestone: following months of complex refurbishment, the expanded and revamped university library has been officially reopened. The design was informed by feedback from those who use it most – librarians, students, and teaching staff – making this development not just an infrastructural upgrade but a step towards enhancing the university’s intellectual life and sense of community through carefully considered spatial and design solutions.
The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) has opened a new chapter in its sustainability journey with the inauguration of its Community Garden on 30 September – a major milestone in the university’s campus development efforts aimed at enhancing sustainability and biodiversity.
How does a monumental community initiative like the MOME forest planting reshape student networks? What defines the university’s cycling community? How can we grasp the diversity of the vegetation on the Zugligeti Road Campus? These are the questions answered by the data physicalisation projects created by second-year Designer Maker BA students. The works were developed during the spring 2025 course ‘Data in Space’, run in collaboration with MOME Zero/the Office for Ecological Sustainability and the Designer Maker programme.
This summer, MOME returns to the Valley of Arts Festival with its very own venue – the Harcsa Veronika × MOME Courtyard, where visitors can join workshops and interactive sessions, and discover how sustainability, learning, and design come together.
The MOME ZERO sustainability programme has reached another important milestone. Designed in collaboration with students, the new composting station will support more sustainable waste management practices on campus from the autumn term. Closely tied to the new community garden also opening later this year, the composting station is more than just a facility – it’s a shared learning environment where students, teachers, and staff have worked together to rethink how green waste is used and reused.
What’s the science behind cuteness? How might we rethink bulky waste collection in Budapest, or even redesign a fruit dryer? What does it mean to reconnect with nature, and is it really necessary to store the endless streams of data we’re generating today?
For the first time, the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) is taking part in the Budapest100 event series, which in 2025 will raise awareness about the importance of urban green spaces, gardens, and parks. MOME’s 15,000-square-metre, revitalised campus garden not only serves as a venue but also plays an active role in the festival with its eco-conscious developments and community activities. Budapest100 is an architectural and cultural festival that celebrates communities and the city, bringing neighbours closer together. From 22–25 May 2025, we’ll be focusing on urban green spaces, courtyards, gardens, and green corridors, along with the communities who nurture them.
What plants are pollinator magnets, and what should we do to create a bee pasture in our garden? These and similar questions were addressed by the Pollinator-Friendly Programme of the Hegyvidék Local Council, which has MOME as a partner. Visitors were treated to a special seed mix sale, engaging talks on the subject, and a peek into the MOME beehives.
The first cohort of students has successfully completed the ‘Tomorrow Belongs to You’ scholarship programme at MOME, designed to support the creative talents of the future. The participants celebrated with a closing dinner on the final weekend, where the programme’s professional committee reviewed their year-and-a-half-long journey. The discussions focused on their experiences, future aspirations, and, of course, the upcoming university entrance exams.
Established last year for ecological and educational purposes, the MOME Apiary has welcomed two new colonies: on 30 April, during Bee Day, the Mézengúz and Pempő families were added to the Tót and Mézga families, collectively benefitting the local ecosystem. The event was both a community celebration and a popular science educational experience, with participants able to harvest fresh fruit blossom honey.
The ‘Tomorrow Belongs to You’ teacher scholarship programme has launched, bringing together fourteen secondary school teachers from across Hungary, each with their own unique backgrounds and expertise.
Elite sport, ambition, tension, and extreme mental and physical strain – these are the central themes explored in The Last Drop, a gripping animated short by Anna Tőkés. The film has been shortlisted for the graduation film category at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, one of the most prestigious showcases for animation worldwide. This year, the festival is paying tribute to Hungarian animation, shining the light on the country’s vibrant film industry, artists, studios, and schools.
Elindult a regisztráció a CheckINN Revitalizátor ötletversenyre, amelyben felsőoktatási hallgatók pályázhatnak ötleteikkel, hogy megmentsenek olyan rozsdaövezeti épületeket és területeket, amelyek jobb sorsra érdemesek. A 10 legígéretesebb pályázat benyújtója a verseny során szakmai mentorációban részesül, a győztesek pedig fejenként nettó 1.000.000 forint pénzjutalmat vihetnek haza, ami lehetőséget adhat arra, hogy ötleteiket a megvalósítás útjára terelhessék.
As part of the FISU Healthy Campus initiative, the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) launched the MOME Balance programme in 2024, a pioneering initiative in Hungary that supports conscious lifestyle changes. The programme aims to help maintain health, prevent stress, and combat burnout through a comprehensive, integrated system that combines physical activity, proper nutrition, and lifestyle coaching.
The future vision for women activists was at the heart of an event held at the KlauDió Civil Centre in early February, marking the conclusion of a year-long practical design research project. The research explored the ecosystem of domestic women’s organisations while also examining the mental health of the volunteers involved and was led by Head of the Society & Action Lab at MOME Janka Csernák.
The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) has achieved exceptional success in the first cycle of the FISU Healthy Campus programme, receiving platinum certification from the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The programme aims to help universities coordinate their efforts in promoting healthy lifestyles, mental well-being, sustainability, and a community-driven mindset shift. MOME is fully committed to the programme, with a comprehensive action plan in place across all key areas to ensure long-term, sustainable progress.
Almost 100 applicants have enrolled in the ‘Tomorrow Belongs to You – For the Creative Talents of the Future 2025’ scholarship programme of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME). The candidates were personally interviewed at several regional locations, as well as in Budapest, and the 18 high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds – the programme's second cohort – have already begun their creative training at the MOME Campus. This year, for the first time, the initiative also includes a scholarship programme for teachers, involving 14 secondary school teachers who use a creative approach for teaching receiving regular financial and professional support from the university.
Once again, the works of this year's Stefan Lengyel scholarship recipients demonstrate a strong focus on social sensitivity and unlocking the potential in the intersection of technology and art. The winning projects include an elderly care application, various educational games, innovative architectural concepts, and a project that uses drones as musical instruments. This marks the eighth edition of the Stefan Lengyel Scholarship of Excellence, awarded by the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, to recognise the most exceptional students for their work.
The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) launched the ‘Tomorrow Belongs to You’ programme in autumn 2023, aimed at supporting disadvantaged secondary school students in accessing creative careers. The initiative provides professional and mental support to students to help them pass the admission entrance examination of art higher education institutions. The key to the programme’s effectiveness, however, lies in involving committed teachers who not only motivate but also offer practical advice to help young people unlock their talents. The scholarship programme for teachers, launched last year, is now moving into full gear.
Nearly ninety applications were submitted for MOME’s Tomorrow Belongs to You – For the Creative Talents of the Future 2025 scholarship programme. Applicant interviews began on 10 January at the MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art in Debrecen and continued at the MOME Campus in Budapest, as well as in Békéscsaba at the Szeberényi Gusztáv Adolf Lutheran Grammar School, Technical School, Art Secondary School, and Primary School, and in Miskolc at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC).
The winners of the 2024 Ezüstgerely Art Competition included several MOME alumni. Graphic Design alumna Beáta Bencsik shared first place in the Graphic Art category, while Media Design alumna Violetta Vigh took the top prize in the Installation category. Organised by the National Sports Agency, this long-standing award dating back decades celebrates the intersection of sport and art, offering significant cash prizes.
Can we do more than just watering to help newly planted saplings thrive? How can we ensure their healthy development and enhance their resistance? MOME students are exploring answers to these questions through an experimental initiative called Green Cradle. Ten prototypes developed as part of the project have already been installed in the MOME Forest in Vízvár.
"Nothing is permanent, except change." In the fast-changing landscape of 21st-century societal, political, and urban transformations, individuals and communities must continuously adapt to evolving challenges. But how can we steer these shifts towards positive outcomes? What conditions can foster constructive change, and how can design thinking, alongside cross-sector collaboration, drive meaningful progress? These are the pivotal questions tackled by the Change Agents project, a groundbreaking initiative launched in early 2023 by six art and design universities across Europe and Israel. Designed to leverage new methods and strategies to help connect NGOs engaged in addressing social and sustainability challenges with design higher education institutions (HEIs), the project has culminated in a comprehensive methodological guide that could help catalyse social design practices and positive change.
By joining the global FISU Healthy Campus programme, MOME has strengthened its commitment to fostering a health-conscious culture on Campus and offers diverse opportunities for students and staff to embrace a healthier lifestyle. With events spanning multiple dimensions, such as physical activity, mental well-being, nutrition, social responsibility, and sustainability, the programme takes a holistic approach to enhancing the well-being of the university community. Over the past months, MOME has not only hosted various events but also joined international initiatives like the BeActive campaign and the Let’s Move for Paris movement, both inspired by the spirit of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) continues its forest-planting initiative, with MOME students and staff planting a new forest in the Vízvár area in collaboration with experts from the Danube-Drava National Park on 14 to 16 November. The action will be preceded by professional events at MOME’s Budapest Campus, starting on 12 November with a lecture by biomimicry researcher Yael Helfman-Cohen from Tel Aviv, followed by biologist and Head of WWF Hungary’s Forest Programme Dr. László Gálhidy on 13 November.
As part of its commitment to sustainability and the FISU Healthy Campus programme, MOME has introduced new eco-friendly transportation alternatives. By partnering with GreenGo and MOL Bubi, it enables students, faculty, and staff to opt for green transportation to the Zugliget Campus.
In recent days, our colleagues, faculty, and students have shown just what MOME is capable of when faced with a crisis. This week, volunteers from MOME have been working in Vác, helping fill sandbags to support official agencies in their flood defence efforts along the frontlines. With the emergency situation expected to last several more days, every helping hand is needed, and MOME is once again showing that its strengths lie not only in knowledge, but also in its ability to act swiftly when required.
Each year, 10 billion plastic pens are discarded worldwide, contributing to non-biodegradable waste that contains harmful chemicals, which can cause health issues if not processed properly. Despite this, coloured markers are indispensable for both schoolchildren and professionals in the creative industries. The pHen, an eco-friendly pen that won the Outstanding Art Award at the 2024 Biodesign Challenge in New York was developed by a student team from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) to address this issue. In addition to this accolade, the pHen team also secured a scholarship and an opportunity for an independent exhibition next year.
The Engage4BIO team demonstrated the impact of circular economy on soil at the Pápa Expo and Agricultural Picnic with an interactive data visualisation board in a collaboration with the National Chamber of Agriculture. The aim was to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining and improving soil quality and the significance of circular sustainable bioeconomy.
At the MOME Campus, we recently had a honey harvest! Two bee families named Méz-ga and Tóték settled on the campus and diligently produced already 40 kg of forest flower honey over a month. With the help of certified beekeeper Tamás Kutasi, the university community extracted the 'MOME-honey' and collected beeswax and propolis during the first honey harvest.
The second semester of the MOME Service Design specialised training kicked off with a four-day intensive workshop with lead service designers of Laerdel Medical’s Norwegian centre Katalin Dóczi-Nagy and Antonia Fedlmeier, involving the students in the development of a currently running live project.
This November, as part of a three-day event, MOME students, teachers, and employees together planted a total of 20,000 saplings – the first MOME forest – in Garabonc in Zala county with help from forest engineers and environmental protection professionals of the Balaton Uplands National Park. Braving strong wind and rain, the University community was working over an area of 5 hectares (equivalent to 10 football pitches), planting 20,000 trees in record time.
The Hungarian Olympic Committee (HOC) signed a collaboration agreement with 23 higher education institutions, including the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design on 29 November. The purpose of the Dual Career Programme is to help athletes achieve their goals (whether by providing physical or mental support) and enable them not to have to choose between sports and studying or working.
The START scholarship programme of the National Talent Center and Design Terminal has launched again, inviting applications by young talents aged 18-35 who want to contribute their brilliant ideas to benefit Hungarian society and leverage them to build a successful business.
Two of Hungary’s leading higher education institutions, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) and Semmelweis University have formed a strategic partnership. Together, the two universities will research ways in which design can advance healthcare and the efficacy of medical interventions.
With the increasingly widespread adoption of design, inclusivity is gaining ground, exploring the creation of techniques, structures and utility items to help persons with any disability live their life to the fullest possible. The ambition is not just to keep on creating items with new forms, but also tools that can provide widely available assistance.
How can design thinking and collective creative activity contribute to the development of various, even disadvantaged, communities? The Social Design Field Research, a collaborative initiative by MOME and the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta, is seeking to answer this question. Its findings, including the artworks created by children aged 10 to 16 during this year’s summer university, are on display until 9 December on the MOME Campus.
In the spring semester of 2022, the Hungarian Paralympic Committee launched a call for entries for 3rd year Object Design BA students for designing the Paralympic Torch prize.
In April this year, Friss Kakas (Fresh Rooster) Animation Film Days jointly organised by MOME Anim and Friss Hús (Fresh Meat) will take place for the first time. Between 22 and 24 April, Toldi Cinema will not only show screenings of diploma and exam films MOME from 2020 and 2021, but also host professional events dealing with the potential in VR technology, crowdfunding of animation films and the challenges facing animation journalism.
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