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Evidence-based public health training is under way at the Institute of Preventive Medicine of the Faculty of Public Health, University of Debrecen, for professionals of the south-European country. The three-day programme is part of the PH-ELIM project.

The six-strong delegation of the University of Sarajevo paid a visit to the University of Debrecen on Wednesday. Cooperation between the two universities cover several fields, including Roma education and cohesion as well as mobility programmes for students and teachers.

The DEAC-DAK University Table Tennis Centre was opened at the Nagyerdei Stadium on Sunday. In the 700-square-metre facility, licensed and amateur players, including university students may use as many as 15 tables from now on.

The method used for fetal DNA testing from the mother’s blood can also be used for the detection of tumours, cardiovascular diseases and infections. The latest research results in this field were recently presented at an international conference held at the University of Debrecen.

Twenty youngsters from China participated in the special programme of the Debrecen Summer School, where they followed a variety of courses in Hungarian over the past year. All of them are students at the Beijing International Studies University, enrolled in a seven-year programme.

To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the existence of the Institute of Behavioural Sciences of the Faculty of Public Health of the Uversity of Debrecen organised a formal sitting. Its professionals teach at six faculties, and their Master’s Degree in health psychology is unique in Hungary.

Hungarian and international experts discussed the novel approach to the teaching of anatomy, innovative digital techniques, as well as the most recent results of neuroscience, clinical anatomy, cell and developmental biology at the University of Debrecen.

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.

About 3600 fresh graduates can receive their degrees at the University of Debrecen in the following weeks: hirek.unideb.hu provides live coverage of the graduation ceremonies.

The latest methods in the diagnosis and therapy of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease were discussed by Hungarian and foreign neurologists in Debrecen last week. At the conference the worl-class stroke care at the Neurology Clinic of the University of Debrecen was discussed, too.

The Universiy of Debrecen has further strengthened its position in the Quacquarelli Symonds world university rankings 2019, standing at the second position among Hungarian universities, overtaking even ELTE. The list was published late Wednesday night.

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.

The University of Debrecen still maintains its leading position, ranking as the best provincial Hungarian university on the list of the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). The organisation published its ranking of universities for 2018/2019 last Monday.