At Széchenyi István University education in economics at the bachelor level (BSc) started in 1990 with the Business Management programme. Today the faculty’s educational profile covers all levels and types of Bologna-system from bachelor courses through the masters and special training courses to the PhD programme. In addition to full-time courses, since 1995 students have had the opportunity to participate in distance learning, and since 2005 in e-learning. The faculty has 1370 full-time students, 1202 correspondence students and 322 e-learning students – a total 2894 students - excluding the Doctoral School.

Presently (2008), the following courses are available:
BSc level
 Business and management,
 Trade and marketing,
 Public administration management,
 International studies.
MSc level
 Regional and environmental economic studies,
 Marketing – also in English,
 International economics and business studies.

Each course has several subjects taught in English. The ECTS guide contains the details about the courses – the revised version will be available at the website http://tncs.sze.hu in January.

The year 2004 was the start of the Multidisciplinary Doctoral School for Social Sciences with the title “Economy, Law, Regionalism and Society in the Integrating Europe”. The Doctoral School has transformed from 1st September 2008 and works with the name Doctoral School of Regional and Economic Sciences. 106 students attend the PhD programme with their own special research theme and 25 students already had finished their studies. 7 students have received the PhD degree in the 2007/08 academic year. The School has 18 full-time students and 73 part-time.

Great attention is paid to acquiring practical skills and supporting talented students’ development. Since 1997 the most important institution for the students’ self-education has been the Kautz Gyula College of Economics. Its members organise various special courses, competitions and conferences. They also write scientific papers and get involved in scientific research. All these activities greatly contribute to the students’ further special training.

The faculty has 6 departments, the structure is the following:
- Department of Economics,
- Department of International Communication,
- Department of International Studies,
- Department of Regional Studies and Public Policy,
- Department of Marketing and Management,
- Center of Foreign Languages.

The academic staff (69 lecturers) is highly qualified, 52% of the lecturers have scientific degree, 37% of the staff is professor or associate professor.

Education is based on scientific background with international recognition. In addition to the lecturers of the faculty, work is supported by reputed experts of business life. The title “Visiting professor” offers a series of lectures held by foreign lecturers for credit points. Due to the active international relations, the faculty is involved in several long-term research projects, moreover, it has a general cooperation agreement and exchange programmes with numerous countries within and outside Europe.

The training profile is continuously shaped according to the expectations of the labour market. Finding a job for students in the dynamically developing West–Transdanubian region seems to be solved in the long run. Being one of the centres of nationwide modernisation, Győr provides a favourable and innovative atmosphere for modernising training and satisfying practical needs.

Scientific research at Kautz Gyula Faculty of Economics serves the quality and efficiency of faculty’s education, as well as, improves its reputation and competitiveness. The faculty is predominantly engaged in research in applied economics. It is involved in intensive cooperation between the multinational companies in Győr and its area and also with national small and medium-sized enterprises.  The findings of research are made public by the faculty at scientific conferences, professional meetings, and in published professional journals and university publications. The faculty also organises the “Business Meeting” programme for its present and potential business partners in order to further the organisation of field placements, common research projects and other contacts.