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On Saturday, Debrecen University held this year’s traditional doctoral and honorary doctoral ceremony . At the event, 91 doctoral candidates were awarded their diplomas; in addition, honorary doctorates, habilitated doctorates, professor emeritus titles and university honors were also awarded.

The English-American Institute of the University of Debrecen hosted the 2019 Conference of the Hungarian Society of Americanists from May 31 to June 1. The event was attended by a large delegation from the United States of America, along with some 100 Hungarian Americanists.

It is planned that Hungarian language training can be started at the Taganrog Pedagogical College in Russia, where a common methodological platform will be developed for teaching Russian as a foreign language. The delegation of the Faculty of Humanities of the UD visited the hometown of Chekhov.

The travelling exhibition titled “Hungary’s 20 years of NATO membership” presenting the country’s role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization arrived to the University of Debrecen.

The University of Debrecen cooperates with its industrial partners on the basis of the harmonisation of research activities, while it also maintains a close relationship with the municipality in the implementation of the concepts of industrial development.

Tickets for the one-of-a-kind, large scale stadium show kicking off the academic year at the University of Debrecen will be available from Friday. Once again this year, the organizers expect 25 thousand people to attend the monumental and spectacular programme on 18 September.

An international scientific conference was organized by leaders and staff members of the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Debrecen, to honour the 70th birthday of Ferenc Joó, an outstanding professor of physical chemistry.

Glycomimetics that are easier to produce and can be more efficiently used have been produced by chemists of the UD. Their research into the synthetisation of the type of chemicals has been published on the cover of the prestigious New Journal of Chemistry.

First among Hungarian institutions, the University of Debrecen has signed an agreement on cooperation with TriNetX, one of the world’s largest health research networks. As a result of the accesion, Hungarian patients have a better chance of gaining access to the most modern treatments.

The University of Debrecen hosts the 11th English-language Theatre Conference jointly organised by the University, the Local Government of the City of Debrecen, and Csokonai Theatre between May 16 and 18 with the attendance of Hungarian and foreign theatre groups.

Bipolar prostate surgery, 3D laparoscopy, laser kidney stone surgery – some of the most modern surgical pocedures were presented on the master course that began at the Urology Clinic of the University of Debrecen last Friday. The 3D interventions offer specialists a „cinema-like” experience.

With the participation of 25 companies, on Thursday the Faculty of Engineering of the UD organised the 25th Professional Building Energetics and Building Services Days, and the international EEMC'19 Mechatronics Conference , which in turn was attended by presenters from over 10 countries.

The Faculty of Humanities of the UD and Nicolaus Copernicus University, the university of the Polish city Toruń, have signed an agreement on cooperation. The mutual cooperation agreement was signed by the respective deans of the two institutions in the Karácsony Sándor Room of UD on Thursday.

At the invitation of the Faculty of Humanities the British Embassador to Hungary, Mr. Iain Lindsay gave a lecture at DU „What's Next? British-Hungarian Relations and the UK'S Relationship with Europe after the UK'S Departure from the EU”.