Three faculties, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Informatics and the Faculty of Humanities, of the University of Debrecen were represented at a conference called CogInfoCom (Cognitive infocommunications) at Chuo University, Japan, which was attended by academics from universities located on several continents. This event primarily focused on the potential of merging human and digital environments, artificial intelligence, info-communication and cognitive skills.
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A delegation from the University of Debrecen (UD) was also invited to Tianjin Foreign Studies University (TFSU) in China to join the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the host institution. During the official visit, the leaders of the two institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding on launching a Chinese major program in Debrecen, while a Confucius Institutes Partnership Association, established this time by TFSU, was also joined by UD.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the launching of the Polish program, the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen (UD) hosted an alumni meeting in connection with the Alumni Festival. At the event, held on Saturday in the building of University Church, former students and lecturers recalled memorable moments of the past decades.
The University of Debrecen and Bengbu Medical University have signed a cooperation agreement on education, research and mobility. The document was signed by Zoltán Szilvássy, Rector of the University of Debrecen and Sun Yanhui, President of the higher education institution located in Anhui Province, China. Before arriving in Debrecen, the delegation also visited our university's campus in Szolnok.
Faculty of Economics and Business (Gazdaságtudományi Kar - GTK) and Faculty of Law (Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar - ÁJK) of the University of Debrecen have expanded the circle of their foreign partners with Indonesian institutions of higher education. The relevant cooperation agreements signed on Monday mainly cover education and research activities.
The faculty and students of the University of Debrecen's Faculty of Engineering recently visited CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory. Members of the delegation were not only introduced to the latest results in physics, but also discussed long-term research cooperation between the faculty and the organisation running the facility.
Gábor Pusztai, head of Dutch Studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen (DE), has received a prestigious Dutch award. The Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau (Knight of the Order of Oranje-Nassau) was presented by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Hungary on behalf of King William-Andrian.
The teaching of the Japanese language was the primary focus of an international Japanese language conference hosted for the first time by the University of Debrecen (UD) on August 26 and 27. The conference, which was organized by the Foreign Language Center of the Faculty of Humanities (FoH), was attended by participants from as many as ten different countries.
Researchers affiliated with universities in countries like the United States, Belgium, Cuba, Poland, San Marino and Hungary gave papers on the background and global impact of the 1924 US Immigration Act as well as on key issues of migration at the University of Debrecen (UD). The international “hybrid” conference, titled Johnson-Reed 100 Years Later, was organized on August 22 and 23 by the Institute of English and American Studies of the Faculty of Humanities (FoH) at UD in cooperation with the American Hungarian Educators Association.
Students who studied at the Debrecen Summer School for a month and those who joined it for its second two-week section have done their final examination recently. Most of the students did a written exam. The exam tasks focused on grammar and vocabulary that the students mastered excellently. As many as 50 students passed the exam on the closing day of the Summer School.