The University of Debrecen continues to remain among the top 1000 institutions of higher education in the most recently published Times Higher Education (THE) ranking. The global ranking published on Thursday as THE World University Rankings 2026 covered nearly 2200 institutions of higher education from as many as 115 countries selected from a total of 28000 universities in the world.
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The team from the University of Debrecen came third in the international Hackatom problem-solving competition. The world finals were held in Moscow as part of the World Atomic Week program series and international forum. The two members of the team, called IsotopeX, are students at the Faculty of Health Sciences.
On the occasion of Hangul Day, a holiday dedicated to the Korean alphabet, a Korean Cultural Day was held at the Kölcsey Center. The University of Debrecen was also involved in the event, as Korean has been taught in the city for ten years now, within the frameworks of the Debrecen Summer University.
BMW Group Plant Debrecen has recently expanded its strategic partnership with the University of Debrecen. The strategic cooperation between the German car manufacturer and our institution of higher education, which has been in effect since 2023, has been joined by the Faculty of Humanities as well as the unit Agricultural Research Institutes and Experimental Farm. The relevant agreement was signed on Tuesday by the leaders of the university and those of the company.
The University of Debrecen has recently received a delegation from Zhangjiajie College in China. The delegation from this Far Eastern institution of higher education, which has nearly 20,000 students, a broad range of courses and as many as 52 undergraduate programs on offer, was primarily interested in our university's programs on the arts.
A delegation from East China University of Technology has discussed the possibility of launching joint programs at the University of Debrecen. President Luo Xianping and his colleagues discussed the preparations with the leaders of our university and Coordinating Center for International Education, following which they also visited the two faculties involved.
The Director of Maharana Pratap College of Pharmacy in India had a chance to familiarize himself with the training system and infrastructure of the University of Debrecen and its Faculty of Pharmacy on Monday. The two institutions of higher education also signed a cooperation agreement for joint education, research and mobility.
What does Client Gate have to do with Tibor Kapu becoming an astronaut? What could have silenced the otherwise rather talkative Shux and Tibor Kapu for six minutes on board the spacecraft named Grace? What does it mean in terms of space travel when a file upload gets stuck? These, among other things, as well as the process of becoming an astronaut and the special professional relationship between them were the topics discussed by research astronaut Kapu and astronaut candidate Gyula Cserényi in the theater hall of the University of Debrecen on Wednesday at an interview conducted by Vice Rector for Academic Affairs László Csernoch.
The Hungarian research astronaut, Tibor Kapu, prepared to perform a surprise Tankcsapda song at the University of Debrecen's Wednesday evening stadium show to kick off the academic year, singing and playing the guitar on stage at Nagyerdei Stadium. The ninth yoUDay created a lively atmosphere, with songs by ByeAlex és a Slepp, Bagossy Brothers Company, Gergő Dánielfy, Máté Gudics and Bogi Nagy, sung together with an audience of several thousand spectators in the arena.
Team Veritas from the University of Debrecen won the international ideas competition OncoTrack Hackathon held between September 11 and 13, where staff members from Innovation Ecosystem Center assisted the Debrecen team on site.
On Tuesday, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg heard the lawsuit filed by the University of Debrecen against the Council of the European Union. At the hearing, Professor Zoltán Bács, representing the University of Debrecen, was given the opportunity to take the floor and he shared the position of our institution with the nine-member panel of judges. György Kossa, President of Count István Tisza Foundation for the University of Debrecen, also attended the hearing.
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ecuador to Hungary held discussions about the possibility of increasing the number of Ecuadorian students at UD and establishing bilateral university relations and research collaboration projects with the University of Debrecen. Her Excellency Ms. Cynthia Maria Mayer Zavala also met with students from her country studying here.
Researchers at the University of Debrecen have identified a new regulatory mechanism that determines the functioning of genes. This discovery could also constitute the foundation for a more targeted treatment of pathological conditions such as inflammation and tumors in the long run. These groundbreaking findings have been published in a prestigious international scientific journal, and the research efforts have also been recognized through the publication award granted by the University of Debrecen and Count István Tisza Foundation for the University of Debrecen.
The meeting between the University of Debrecen and the higher education institutions of the Republic of the Philippines, held by Endre Harsányi with the Ambassador of the Southeast Asian island state, could launch new educational and research cooperation. The delegation of Maria Elena P Algabre was received on Thursday by the Vice Rector for Sector Development, responsible for the development of agricultural and food sciences, at the Böszörményi Road campus.
In keeping with tradition, Jürgen Sarnowsky, the newly inaugurated honorary doctor of the University of Debrecen (UD), presented his scholarly work and his most recent research findings in the form of a lecture. The professor of history at the University of Hamburg was awarded the title of Doctor honoris causa during a ceremony held in the venue called Aula of the Main Building on Friday.
Topics such as the harmonization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with medical research, the role of artificial intelligence and network pharmacology, as well as opportunities in next-generation pharmaceuticals and theranostics, were discussed at the Doctor Honoris Causa Symposium on Thursday. At the scientific session, Professor Shao Li– member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Tsinghua University – presented his research findings. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Debrecen on Friday.
The Faculty of Informatics of the University of Debrecen and Odessa National University of Technology (ONTU) are involved in planning to cooperate in the field of offering online courses, designing joint research projects and promoting joint publications. Four staff members of one of the largest universities in Ukraine have recently visited the University of Debrecen, where they got acquainted with the activities carried out at the Faculty of Informatics and the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, while discussing plans for further joint professional collaboration opportunities.
Science and education cooperation opportunities were discussed at the University of Debrecen on Monday by Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen. The meeting focused on joint research in agriculture and health sciences.
The University Network for Research Collaboration: One Belt, One Road Science and Technology Initiative (IUNRC) will hold its annual Presidential Roundtable at the University of Debrecen next year, as decided at this year's meeting of the body in China. At the event in Chengdu, it was also decided that the University of Debrecen will serve as co-chair for the next two-year term.
The University of Debrecen has been ranked 563rd as the best Hungarian higher education institution in the latest ranking of the UK ranking agency Quacquarelli Symonds.
The University of Debrecen and the University of Central Florida signed a framework agreement for joint pharmaceutical, medical and health science research, as well as in the fields of informatics and sports, at the 5th Hungarian Summit, a conference supporting American-Hungarian cooperation, in Debrecen. The leaders of the two institutions plan to further strengthen their cooperation through collaborations between professors, students and researchers.
A delegation from the University of Debrecen participated in the China (Ningbo) - Central and Eastern European Countries Cooperation Forum and signed strategic cooperation agreements with leading Chinese institutions at the end of May. The visit by Vice-Rector General Károly Pető and László Stündl, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, will establish long-term scientific and educational partnerships with Zhejiang Wanli University and Zhejiang Pharmaceutical University.
The topic of opening new areas of partnership between the University of Debrecen and a number of institutions of higher education in the state of Indiana, the United States of America, was in the focus of discussions between Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales and Rector Zoltán Szilvássy recently. A range if further topics at their meeting included new international cooperation channels used by our university as well as corporate relations cultivated by our institution.
The University of Debrecen was named University of the Year in the student-friendly category at the first-ever awards gala, where Chancellor Zoltán Bács received a special ministerial prize for his professional work. At the ceremony, the Ministry of Culture and Innovation honored Hungarian universities in as many as eight categories.
The University of Debrecen and the Department of Health and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Medical Directorate General under the jurisdiction of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan have recently signed a cooperation agreement on medical drug development, research, quality control and practical training. Following the act of officially signing the document, a delegation from this Central Asian country visited several research units of our university.