Poland’s consul stationed in Budapest personally expressed his appreciation and gratitude to the Clinical Centre of the University of Debrecen for the top-shelf expert medical care provided to the victims of the coach accident that had occurred on the M3 motorway in August. Marcin Bobiński noted that the Polish victims had received the highest standard of clinical care in Debrecen, which played a significant part in their speedy recovery. The consul was formally received by the leadership of the Clinical Centre in the Presidential Office on Tuesday.
It was the University of Debrecen that hosted the Debrecen events of the Dante Festival, organized by the Dante Alighieri Society of Budapest and the Department of Italian Studies at the UD Faculty of Humanities. The festival program included an exhibition, a book launch and a conference for the attendees on Friday, October 9, in the Main Building of our university.
The Faculty of Law of the University of Debrecen and Hanoi Law University have concluded an agreement on academic cooperation. The pertaining document was signed by Dean Veronika Szikora and Vice-Rector Nguyen Ba Binh.
Two UD students from the Faculty of Engineering did exceptionally well at the WorldSkills international competition held in China. As representatives of Hungary in the industrial robotics category at this world championship of skills, Dániel Vígh and Károly Árpád Kis became the second-best team from Europe.
The limitations of artificial intelligence, a sustainable future, and new dimensions of human-animal relationships were among the topics discussed at the Faculty of Education for Children and Special Educational Needs at the University of Debrecen on October 6 and 7. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the International Anthrozoology Conference hosted 71 speakers from Hungary and abroad this year, who shared their latest research findings across 14 different sessions covering almost every branch of the social and natural sciences.
A truly memorable experience for the nearly 22,000 spectators at this year’s stadium show was entrée of the university’s wind ensemble. called Marching Band, as it made its way to the stage from the stands, marching around the arena floor. A similarly heartwarming moment of the night was the procession of more than a hundred international students carrying the flags of their respective countries. If you wish to recall the yoUDay experience, feel free to click on our videos!
An international delegation of six members visited the Clinical Centre of the University of Debrecen recently. This visit of specialists on Monday was the first stop in Hungary for a capacity-building project, coordinated by the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO/Europe), aimed at supporting the responsible use of antimicrobials and infection control.
The renovation project of “The Dryer Workshop”, located on the street Szombathi István, has achieved remarkable success in a prestigious international architectural competition. The building, which had been formerly used for drying animal hides, was remodeled just over two years ago and is now used as a studio facility by the Department of Architecture at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Debrecen.
Artificial intelligence-based solutions that are either fully functional or have progressed to advanced stages of development were presented by students from the University of Debrecen at the DEIK.AI Challenge 2026 demo competition hosted by the Faculty of Informatics. The objective of the event was to provide professional support for promising projects, explore future development paths and prompt progress in the pertaining areas of research, commercialization and internationalization.
This year, the University of Debrecen hosted the annual meeting of specialists in Dutch studies from Hungary. The conference, which was held on Friday, October 2, at the headquarters of the Debrecen Academic Committee, focused primarily on the teaching of the Dutch language in secondary and higher education.
A White Coat Ceremony was held for the first time at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Debrecen on Saturday. At the end of the ceremony, more than three hundred third-year medical students donned the new white coats that symbolize the transition to preclinical and clinical studies. They also took a symbolic oath, pledging to pursue their studies with dedication and to apply the knowledge gained for the benefit of patients responsibly with empathy and humility.
The topics of the visit of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Hungary to the University of Debrecen were the opportunities for academic cooperation and exchange programs for tutors, researchers and students. Willem van Ee was received by Jenei Attila Vice-Rector for International Affairs.