The Department of Descriptive Geometry at the University of Miskolc was founded in 1949, simultaneously with the establishment of the Technical University of Heavy Industry. The department is one of the successors of the Department of Descriptive Geometry and Architecture, which was founded in Selmecbánya in 1839. From its establishment until 2013, it operated as an independent department; since then, it has been part of the Institute of Mathematics. The department initially operated in the Földes Ferenc High School, later moved to a dormitory within the University Town, and in 1965, it relocated to its current location in Building A4.