Along with ten other Hungarian universities, the University of Debrecen has become part of the Higher Education Institutes' Excellence Programme. UD received 250 million HUF for realizing its goals. The programme finances research projects that give priority to the practical use of results.
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On 27-28 September, the Faculty of Engineering organised a two-day international conference for Central European university instructors and researchers in the field of building engineering and energetics. Debrecen served as the venue for the International enviBUILD 2018 programme for the first time.
Ecologists of UD have produced surprising results in their research studying the effect of human activities on the dispersal of vegetation. Their presentation was a huge success at the conference of The Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Nikoletta Andrea Nagy, a young biologist at University of Debrecen, studies the hormonal background of the biparental care of lethrus apterus. Her presentation on her research was judged the best at the 29th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists.
Researchers at the University of Debrecen have succeeded in transforming extremely thin films of metal into a special alloy. The article on the new discovery and its relevant research background has been published in one of the top ten periodicals on materials science, Progress in Materials Science.
Researchers from the University of Debrecen have contributed to introducing a new technology for yielding one component of the parasitic fungus Claviceps paspali. The special active agent is used in the pharmaceutical industry.
Two young research chemists from the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Debrecen have been honoured in Florence at the 2018 Conference of the International Symposium on Metal Complexes. Norbert Lihi was awarded the Fernando Pulidori Prize while Gizella Csire won a prize for her poster.
Physicists of the University of Debrecen also participated in the international research that succeeded in measuring the strength of the interaction between the two heaviest known particles, the Higgs boson and the t-quark.
Seventy-four candidates received their diplomas at the Doctoral and Honorary Doctoral Award-giving ceremony of the University of Debrecen, where doctors , doctors habilatated, professors emeritus and professors titular as well as other university awards were conferred.
Researchers from the Institute of Physics of the University of Debrecen were working on improving the precision and efficiency of medical accelerators at athe medical technology hackathon in Geneva.
In 6 sections, 80 students from 7 institutions of 7 countries participated in the InterTalent UNIDEB talent development conference, which was organised by the University of Debrecen for young researchers for the 3rd time.
The 2nd Flemish-Dutch Cultural Festival in Debrecen will start with a book launch organised in the framework of Science Cafe, a series of scientific presentations of the UD.
An international research programme that may produce significant results in evolutionary biology is led by the University of Debrecen. Researchers from ten countries discussed various issues at the opening conference of the programme that will be realised in the framework of the Élvonal Program.
The University of Debrecen has made it to the 2018 world list of higher education institutions published by Round University Ranking (RUR). Out of the evaluated areas, the UD achieved its best result in the category of international diversity.
With over 80 participants in seven sections, and with the involvement of PhD students from Zakarpatia, Upper Hungary, Transylvania and the Southern Land, the Márton Áron special college organised its conference at the University of Debrecen on 6 April.
The University of Debrecen ranks third among Hungarian universities and 658th among the 2500 best universities of the world in the recent university ranking made by URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance).
In his new research, Tamás Székely, the acknowledged ethologist of the University of Debrecen, examines the ecological, demographic and genetic characteristics of the reproduction of plavors, redshanks and other related species.
In the framework of the International Particle Physics Student Workshop 60 students learned about the research programmes of CERN and the basics of particle physics at the Institute of Physics of the University of Debrecen.
Researchers of the University of Debrecen have published an article on their research findings in Journal of Ecology. The focus of their investigation had been the ways migratory water birds can be instrumental in dispersing grains of the plants they consume.
A presentation on the mathematical background of the RSA encryption applied on the World Wide Web was held this past Friday at the Faculty of Informatics by a professor Andrej Dujella, who then also received his honorary doctor’s degree from the University of Debrecen on Saturday.
Vice-Rector Elek Bartha has signed an agreement in the city of Hamburg about the University of Debrecen becoming a full member of the consortium called CARPE. The objective of this cooperation is to facilitate the joint participation and collaboration of partners in projects supported by the EU.
The adoption of traditional Indian medicine, also called “life-knowledge”, into clinical practice was the topic of the symposium jointly organised by the University of Debrecen and the Indian government’s Ministry of AYUSH.
As a result of four years’ work, the fitness centre of the University of Debrecen, realised at a cost of 866 million forints was opened on Wednesday. On a total area of 2,600 square metres, Unifit Fitness & Gym Centre features 200 training stations, with the widest range of sport equipment.
The University of Debrecen has become a full member of the Visegrad University Association (VUA). At the general meeting of the organisation, held in Moscow, it was also decided that the annual event will be held in Debrecen next year.
Experts of particle physics are to discuss recent findings in theoretical and experimental research related to LHC (large hadron collider) at the QCD@LHC 2017 conference, which is this year’s Debrecen University Symposium.