R&D labs in Hungary
The 311 Institute tracks 59 R&D labs in Hungary: 44 research institutes, 12 government, 2 corporate and 1 university. Most are in Budapest, Szeged and Gödöllő, and the leading organisations include Hungarian Research Network, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences. Their main focus areas are plant science, molecular biology, genetics and materials chemistry.
Part of the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory. Compiled by Matthew Griffin. Last updated .
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| Lab and organisation | Location | Type and sector | Focus | Founded |
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| Cereal Research (Hungary)Cereal Research (Hungary) | Szeged, Hungary | Corporate Agriculture and food | Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology | 1924 |
| Syreon Research Institute (Hungary)Syreon Research Institute (Hungary) | Budapest, Hungary | Corporate Public policy and analysis | Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Finance | 2008 |
| European Institute of Innovation and TechnologyEuropean Union | Budapest, Hungary | Government Multidisciplinary research | Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | 2008 |
| Ministry for Innovation and TechnologyGovernment of Hungary | Budapest, Hungary | Government Multidisciplinary research | Management Science and Operations Research, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Transportation | 2018 |
| Ministry of Culture and Innovation of HungaryGovernment of Hungary | Budapest, Hungary | Government Social sciences and humanities | Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Human Factors and Ergonomics | 2022 |
| HÉTFA Research InstituteHÉTFA Research Institute | Budapest, Hungary | Government Public policy and analysis | Information Systems and Management, Management Information Systems, Political Science and International Relations | 2009 |
| Hungarian Academy of Arts Research Institute of Art Theory and MethodologyHungarian Academy of Arts Research Institute of Art Theory and Methodology | Budapest, Hungary | Government Social sciences and humanities | Philosophy, Religious studies, Human-Computer Interaction | |
| Hungarian Academy of SciencesHungarian Academy of Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Government Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics | 1825 |
| Hungarian Institute of Occupational HealthHungarian Institute of Occupational Health | Budapest, Hungary | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology | 2007 |
| Wigner Research Centre for PhysicsHungary government | Budapest, Hungary | Government Basic science | Physics, Quantum | 1950 |
| Institute for Foreign Affairs and TradeInstitute for Foreign Affairs and Trade | Budapest, Hungary | Government Social sciences and humanities | Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1945 |
| National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene ConservationNational Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation | Tápiószele, Hungary | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Reproductive Medicine, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science | 2019 |
| National Research, Development and Innovation OfficeNational Research, Development and Innovation Office | Budapest, Hungary | Government Multidisciplinary research | Oncology, Organic Chemistry, Management of Technology and Innovation | |
| South Great Plain Regional Innovation AgencySouth Great Plain Regional Innovation Agency | Szeged, Hungary | Government Public policy and analysis | Management of Technology and Innovation, Information Systems and Management | 2005 |
| ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional StudiesEötvös Loránd University | Budapest, Hungary | University Public policy and analysis | Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management | 2012 |
| Agrárközgazdasági IntézetAgrárközgazdasági Intézet | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Agriculture and food | Safety Research, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science | 1954 |
| Central Environmental and Food Science Research InstituteCentral Environmental and Food Science Research Institute | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Agriculture and food | Food Science, Plant Science, Biochemistry | 1959 |
| Institute for SociologyCentre for Social Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Urban Studies, Demography, General Health Professions | 1963 |
| ELTE Research Centre for LinguisticsELTE Research Centre for Linguistics | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence | 1949 |
| Institute of ArchaeologyELTE Research Centre for the Humanities | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Archeology, Paleontology, Genetics | 1990 |
| Frédéric Joliot-Curie National Research Institute for Radiobiology and RadiohygieneFrédéric Joliot-Curie National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biophysics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine | 1957 |
| Gottsegen National Cardiovascular CenterGottsegen National Cardiovascular Center | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | 1957 |
| Institute for Regional StudiesHUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies | Pécs, Hungary | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Political Science and International Relations, Geography, Planning and Development, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences | |
| Institute of EconomicsHUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Public policy and analysis | Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Political Science and International Relations | 1973 |
| Institute for Atomic Energy ResearchHUN-REN Centre for Energy Research | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Aerospace, defence and space | Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 1950 |
| Institute for Technical Physics and Materials ScienceHUN-REN Centre for Energy Research | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Sociology and Political Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 1956 |
| HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space ScienceHUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science | Sopron, Hungary | Research institute Environment and climate | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geology, Geophysics | 1955 |
| Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and PsychologyHUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | |
| Institute of Materials and Environmental ChemistryHUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Polymers and Plastics, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry | |
| Institute of Molecular Life SciencesHUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Oncology | 1970 |
| Institute of Organic ChemistryHUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy | |
| Institute of GeneticsHUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont | Szeged, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology | |
| Institute of Plant BiologyHUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont | Szeged, Hungary | Research institute Agriculture and food | Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | |
| Institute for Particle and Nuclear PhysicsHUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics | 1950 |
| Institute for Solid State Physics and OpticsHUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Basic science | Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 1950 |
| ELTE Research Centre for the HumanitiesHungarian Academy of Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Archeology, Sociology and Political Science, Paleontology | 1949 |
| HUN-REN Alfréd Rényi Institute of MathematicsHungarian Academy of Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Basic science | Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Algebra and Number Theory | 1950 |
| HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai KutatóközpontHungarian Academy of Sciences | Szeged, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics | 1971 |
| MTA-SZTE Research Group on Artificial IntelligenceHungarian Academy of Sciences | Szeged, Hungary | Research institute Technology | Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing, Information Systems | 1996 |
| Hungarian Astronomical AssociationHungarian Astronomical Association | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation | 1989 |
| Hungarian Demographic Research InstituteHungarian Demographic Research Institute | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Demography, Gender Studies, Health | 1968 |
| HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research InstituteHungarian Research Network | Tihany, Hungary | Research institute Environment and climate | Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | 1927 |
| HUN-REN Centre for Ecological ResearchHungarian Research Network | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Environment and climate | Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry | 2012 |
| HUN-REN Centre for Energy ResearchHungarian Research Network | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Multidisciplinary research | Aerospace Engineering, Radiation, Materials Chemistry | 2012 |
| HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and ControlHungarian Research Network | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Automotive Engineering | 1964 |
| HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear ResearchHungarian Research Network | Debrecen, Hungary | Research institute Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational Mechanics | 1954 |
| HUN-REN Institute of Experimental MedicineHungarian Research Network | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience | 1952 |
| HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth SciencesHungarian Research Network | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Earth-Surface Processes | 2012 |
| HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural SciencesHungarian Research Network | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry | 2013 |
| HUN-REN Veterinary Medical Research InstituteHungarian Research Network | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Cancer Research | 1949 |
| Montavid Thermodynamic Research GroupMontavid Thermodynamic Research Group | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Mechanics of Materials, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Materials Chemistry | |
| Nanobiosensorics LaboratoryNanobiosensorics Laboratory | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Cell Biology, Immunology and Allergy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 2012 |
| Agricultural Biotechnology InstituteNational Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre | Gödöllő, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Plant Science, Genetics, Endocrinology | 1989 |
| Forest Research InstituteNational Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Environment and climate | Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology | |
| National Agricultural Research and Innovation CentreNational Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre | Gödöllő, Hungary | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science | 1989 |
| Research Institute for Fisheries and AquacultureNational Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre | Szarvas, Hungary | Research institute Agriculture and food | Aquatic Science, Immunology, Physiology | 1906 |
| Geographical InstituteResearch Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Agriculture and food | Soil Science, Sociology and Political Science, Atmospheric Science | 1967 |
| Institute for Geological and Geochemical ResearchResearch Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Environment and climate | Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Paleontology | 2012 |
| Konkoly ObservatoryResearch Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation | 1871 |
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Questions and answers
How many R&D labs are there in Hungary?
The 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory lists 59 active R&D labs in Hungary as of October 2026: 44 research institutes, 12 government, 2 corporate and 1 university.
Which organisations run the most R&D labs in Hungary?
In this directory the organisations with the most labs in Hungary are Hungarian Research Network, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences.
Where are R&D labs concentrated in Hungary?
They cluster around Budapest, Szeged and Gödöllő. The largest R&D ecosystem is Bratislava region.
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