The section responsible for higher education of OECD’s Education Directorate had a coordination meeting with the leadership representatives on the digitalization efforts of the University of Debrecen in the framework of the project Minőségi digitális felsőoktatás biztosítása Magyarországon [Support for Quality Digital Higher Education in Hungary]. The experts and students of the university conducted an online conference with the members of the OECD staff on Tuesday.
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Campus, probably the cushiest summer festival in Hungary, will offer a variety of cultural and artistic events and a colorful medley of popular music on as many as nine stages and six more premises this year. The University of Debrecen is also to present an assortment of curiosities of science and scholarship at the location called Egyetem Tér [University Square] of Campus Fesztivál.
Elias Arnér, a biochemist from the renowned Karolinska Institute of Stockholm, has visited the University of Debrecen to give a presentation on his area of research. Professor Arnér, who is also a member of Tudományos és Társadalmi Tanácsadó Testület (TTTT), an academic and social advisory body to support the work of the president of the Board of Trustees of Count István Tisza Foundation for the University of Debrecen, was the first “instructor” to register a grade in the symbolic grade book of TTTT following his talk.
The University of Debrecen has recently established a committee called Humanitárius Koordinációs Bizottság. Our institution has taken an active part in assisting refugees of the Ukrainian-Russian war from the very beginning but the prolongation of the conflict has ultimately made it necessary to draft a complex humanitarian plan for handling the situation.
The Erasmus programmes for the academic year 2022-2023 have been announced. Within the framework of the mobility programme, students can study in countries like Mexico, South Korea or Japan, in addition to the European countries involved. Students were informed on the mobility programmes available at the University of Debrecen at the “Mobility Café”.
Within the framework of the Lectures on Chinese Culture course, representatives of the Bank of China (CEE) Ltd. held an online presentation entitled “Communication differences between the Hungarian and the Chinese culture” in English at the Confucius Institute of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen on Tuesday.
The foundation Gróf Tisza István Debreceni Egyetemért Alapítvány [Count István Tisza Foundation for the University of Debrecen] and the Clinical Center of the University of Debrecen jointly sent a significant amount of medical and healthcare aid on Monday to Ternopil National Medical University and to Ternopil City Municipal Hospital no. 2. The aid package is meant to assist and facilitate the neurosurgical treatment services provided in these institutions.
The University of Debrecen has made about 300 dormitory places available to students, teachers and others fleeing Carpathian Ruthenia. People asking for help have been arriving since Friday evening. In the meantime, the Student Council has launched a donation campaign.
The application of the University of Debrecen for students has been expanded with new functions. As a result of the improvements, the system sends users the most important information in push messages, with the UD Community Space creating a new way for students for ongoing contact.
Visitors of the Puskás Day, organised at the Hungarian Pavilion of the Dubai World Expo, were able to familiarize themselves with the innovative sports strategy and sports infrastructural and sport economic developments of the University of Debrecen, and with the organisational structure, operational model and achievements of DEAC.
NI (National Instruments) has provided yet another donation for the engineering, science and technology programs offered at the University of Debrecen. At the official donation ceremony held on Wednesday, the Faculty of Engineering received HUF 4 million worth of technological support, while the share of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the same was HUF 7.4 million.
The gift shop of the University of Debrecen is now open at a new location: on the ground floor of the recently inaugurated Learning Center. The opening hours of the new UD Shop, which takes up a much larger floor space than it used to have in the Main Building, are Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
State-of-the-art facilities and equipment are available for a variety of materials science examinations, structural analysis and the production of samples in Debreceni Egyetem – Atommagkutató Intézet Anyagtudományi Kutatóhálózat [Materials Science Research Network of the Institute for Nuclear Research and the University of Debrecen]. The National Research, Development and Innovation Office has recently awarded the title “Top 50 Kutatási Infrastruktúra” [Top 50 Research Infrastructure] to this unique network of laboratories.
The building of the new Learning Center is going to be available for use by the students of the University of Debrecen as of Monday. The multifunctional, state-of-the-art, triangular building, situated between the Main Building of the university and the sports facilities of DEAC [Debreceni Egyetemi Atlétikai Club – UD Athletic Club] next to Dóczy utca, is primarily meant to host and facilitate individual and group-based learning activities.
