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The Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) has announced an open call for applications for the position of Rector. The call has been issued by the maintainer of the university, the Foundation for Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.

Two projects linked to MOME took first place in the Hungarian round of the International Union of Architects (UIA) Architecture and Children Work Programme’s UIA Golden Cubes Awards, organised in Hungary by the Association of Hungarian Architects.

The spring term of the Tomorrow Belongs to You scholarship programme has begun at MOME, welcoming eighteen newly admitted students to the Campus. Over the coming months, they will meet on twelve weekends for SPARK training and preparatory sessions, continuing through to July. The first two weekends were spent exploring Budapest and the MOME Campus and getting to know one another, with inspiring conversations between students, tutors and mentors.

A Kurzushét a MOME egyik legintenzívebb és legizgalmasabb formátuma: egy hét, amikor a kreativitás, a tanulás és a közösségi munka koncentráltan találkozik. A 2026. tavaszi kurzushéten a műhelymunka mellett kiállítások, nemzetközi szimpóziumok és artist talkok váltották egymást, miközben különböző szakok hallgatói és oktatói interdiszciplináris keretek között dolgoztak együtt. A kínálat az AI-tól és a robotikától a hangon, animáción és fotográfián át az építészetig és a fenntartható anyagkísérletekig ívelt, a hangműhelyektől az építészeti és kiállításkészítési koncepciókig. Számos kurzus nemzetközi együttműködésben, vendégoktatók részvételével valósult meg. A programot nyilvános prezentációk zárták, amelyeken bárki betekinthetett az egyhetes intenzív munka eredményeibe.

The MOME community mourns the passing of Dóra Maurer, who began her teaching career at the Hungarian College of Applied Arts – MOME’s predecessor. Between 1987 and 1991, she taught as a visiting lecturer on the Photography programme, leading courses in visual experimentation and photogrammatics, and later audiovisual practice. Through her teaching, she broadened the school’s outlook and reshaped the way students approached image-making.

Janka Feiner’s diploma film Fire in My Pocket was screened five times in the Generation Kplus programme of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, drawing strong interest from audiences. MOME Anim was also present across the festival’s industry events, including the European Film Market, with pitches, networking sessions, workshops, and talks running throughout.

Framed around water as a shared resource and collective housing as a common response, MOME hosted the international design sprint and symposium Co-operatives: Living with Water Collectively. During the week-long intensive course, Hungarian and international students worked in interdisciplinary teams to develop viable concepts addressing the housing and ecological challenges of the 21st century, placing the cultural, social and infrastructural role of water at the centre of their proposals. The top prize went to a multinational team for their project Spring Home.

Hazai és külföldi designmárkák stratégái, kortárs művészeti galériák munkatársai, a társadalmi integrációt elősegítő nonprofit projektek vezetői vagy éppen doktorált kutatók és egyetemi oktatók – ők mind a MOME menedzserképzésének az egykori hallgatói. A szakmai teljesítmények között szerepel a Velencei Biennálé Magyar Pavilonjának a kurátori munkája, Beton.Hofi új klipjének a produceri feladatköre vagy éppen OIEE (Kocsis Bence) multimédia-sikertörténete. A Moholy-Nagy Művészeti Egyetem (MOME) átfogó menedzserképzése, amelyben egyesül a gazdasági és a művészeti tudás, a kreatív és az üzleti szemlélet, idén negyven-, a két évvel ezelőtt angol nyelvű képzéssé vált Design- és művészetmenedzsment MA program pedig tizenöt éves évfordulóját ünnepli. A jubileumi évet számos programspecifikus rendezvénnyel, köztük a március 4-i MOME KIKI finisszázzsal teszi emlékezetessé a szak.

A new residency is launching in partnership between the Circle and Point Foundation and the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. The Water Residency Programme will begin in summer 2026, offering a four-month period of residence and creative work in Esztergom for recent MOME graduates and selected alumni artists.

Applications are once again open for the joint student residency programme run by MOME and the Collegium Hungaricum Rome. Established in 2024, the initiative is designed to support the launch of MOME students’ professional careers and international success, each year offering six talented students the opportunity to spend four weeks in July at the Hungarian Academy in Rome. The programme includes a preparatory course and fieldwork, followed by a group exhibition in the spring at the Falconieri Palace Gallery. Both graduating BA and MA students are eligible to apply, including those enrolled in English-language programmes, who may submit their applications in English.

In 2025, the Hegyvidék Local Council launched a student ideas competition for students of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, inviting proposals for the revitalisation of the disused urban block bordered by Szoboszlai Street – Böszörményi Road – Beethoven Street and its surrounding area. The brief called for a renewed urban vision, and first year MA students from the MOME Architecture Institute spent the semester developing complex design responses for the site. The Árkay Prize was awarded to the most compelling designs, with first prize going to Eszter Hegedűs and Boglárka Számuel, and the shared second prize to duos Bence Huszár and Renáta Tribel as well as to Hanga Izabella Reppert and Emese Szakál; the proposal by László Juhász and Áron Náray received a commendation. An exhibition of the competition entries is on view at Barabás Villa until 25 February 2026.

What water-related housing challenges does the 21st century face? How can water become a force for community building, and how might collective design and shared action form part of the solution? These questions are explored by the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) through a new international collaboration. The design sprint Co-operatives: Living with Water Collectively is an intensive Course Week course that brings together international and Hungarian students to develop community concepts around water as a shared resource and to rethink adaptive housing models in terms of fair and creative access to water. The programme is delivered with the support of the British Council, in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Architecture’s Global Housing Design Programme, the Architecture MA at MOME’s Centre for Architecture, and the MOME Society & Action Lab.