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Students and instructors at the Faculty of Engineering do not even get a chance to “let the steam off” these days, as they are working on preparing the alternative fuel vehicles of their own design to enter a domestic and the international Shell Eco-marathon Europe race to be held later in London.

The University of Debrecen is coming through flying colors in two dimensions ranked by U-Multirank. The global university comparison site ranks as many as 1,500 higher education institutions out of 99 countries, including 11 Hungarian universities.

The event called International Food Day is going to be held at the University of Debrecen a week later than originally planned, on May 5th. The scheduling has been changed due to the unfavorable weather conditions forecast for the end of April.

The pharmaceutical programme of the University of Debrecen is among the top 200 in the world, while the biology programme is the strongest in Hungary. In addition the most recent QS ranking also listed the institution among the world’s best universities in medical, agricultural and natural sciences.

The Department of Italian Studies at the University of Debrecen is to host a two-day international conference under the title Fantasy and the Fantastic in the Art of Giuseppe Bonaviri. The central theme of the event is the life and works of the recently deceased Sicilian writer.

Multicultural cookie corner, information stands and presentations awaited interested participants at the event jointly organised by the University of Debrecen and Tempus Public Foundation. Erasmus, Europe’s largest student exchange programmes is 30 years old this year.

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation, H.E. Isabelle Poupart, the Ambassador of Canada to Hungary, welcomed the participants of a symposium held in the Canadian Studies Center of the Institute of English and American Studies at UD.

During the course of their tour of Hungary, students from Josai International University also paid a visit to the University of Debrecen, where they met international students from Japan and took a class of Hungarian at our Nyári Egyetem [Debrecen Summer School].

The director of the Venice office of the World Health Organisation also familiarised himself with the activities of the WHO Collaborating Centre during his visit at the Faculty of Public Health on 1 March.

Members of a prestigious delegation arriving from the distant country learnt about the educational programme offering of the university, as well as the scholarship opportunities provided by Stipendium Hungaricum, and also met South African students studying here at the University of Debrecen.

The “secret of youth” is the chief focus of research at the one and only Department of Gerontology in the nation through a laboratory equipped with the most modern nanostring technology.

The University of Debrecen has signed a cooperation framework agreement with Ganz Engineering és Energetikai Gépgyártó Kft [Ganz Engineering and Energy Production Machinery LLC]. The company proposed to hand over to the university unique estate of Láng Gépgyár [Láng Machine Factory].

The University of Debrecen has held an orientation week for the exchange students coming to Debrecen for the spring semester. The objective of this arrangement is to show the new arrivals what it is like to be a student in Debrecen.

The biotechnology program currently running at the University of Debrecen will generate genetically top-quality sheep. There will be animals of state-of-the-art genetic composition bred here, a result that simply would not be possible through the natural breeding process of domestic stock.