A hazai felsőoktatási alap- és mesterszakos informatikusképzések térbelisége, 2005–2021
The spatial distribution of IT training between 2005 and 2021 in Hungary

Summary/Abstract: The study examines the distribution and spatial concentration of students enrolled in domestic IT courses according to the headquarters of the institution. The research objective is justified by the fact that digitalisation has become one of the dominant global megatrends with the advent of the Internet and ICT. Thanks to this, the number of students enrolled in computer science education is a priority for each country and region. In almost every field, there is a need for highly qualified IT professionals who are vested with up-to-date knowledge and can implement digital changes and digital technologies. The research covers the period between 2005 and 2021, as the Bologna system introduced in 2005 in Hungarian higher education fundamentally changed high-er education courses and had a significant impact on the spatial concentration of training. The author examines the latter with the Hirschmann-Herfindahl and Gini index indicators (spatial concentration indicators), separately for bachelor and master programmes. The research highlights and supports with facts that in our country computer science courses are provided in relative-ly few locations, in only 15 cities, and that their spatial concentration is also increasing, which will become a growing problem for the labour market and institutional actors further away from the training locations. The leading role of Budapest and its agglomeration in high-er education cannot be questioned, as half of the students study here and the largest number of students apply here from almost every region of the country.

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