It is the University of Debrecen again that will host this year's Hungarian round of the scientific competition of Rosatom, one of the largest nuclear energy companies in the world. Following the online format of previous years, the Hackatom nuclear energy problem-solving competition will be held this year for the first time with physical attendance of the participants. Rector Zoltán Szilvássy has discussed the details with the program coordinator and the delegation from Tomsk Polytechnic University.
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Occasionally, there might be cases when you even have to take an Olympic champion by the hand in order to help them muster enough courage to just sit for an exam. Apart from providing study organization assistance and advice, this sort of personal motivation is the “secret” of the mentoring program offered by the University of Debrecen. It cannot simply be by chance that more than a hundred top athletes have already graduated from UD without having to make a choice between sport and study.
A delegation from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics visited at the University of Debrecen recently to hold talks on channels of cooperation in education and mobility. This institution of higher education, which is one of China's leading universities producing unmanned aerial vehicles, is now planning to offer dual degree courses.
On Wednesday, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Hungary visited the University of Debrecen to learn about the University's expanding international industrial and higher education partner network, its research and development projects, talent education and cultural activities. Gong Tao also visited two research laboratories of the Faculty of Science and Technology.
The Ningbo City Agricultural and Rural Development Office is launching an agricultural partnership with the University of Debrecen. A delegation from the major Chinese port and commercial centre plans to launch educational and scientific links, details of which were set out in a cooperation agreement during a visit to the university.
The University of Debrecen has signed a research, innovation and technology cooperation agreement with a Chinese delegation. The strategic partnership covers the fields of medicine, therapeutic procedures, drug and food development, and artificial intelligence-based research and development, among others. The document recording this was signed by the parties at the University of Debrecen.
Delegations from Lankaran State University (Azerbaijan) and Karshi Engineering Economics Institute (Uzbekistan) visited the University of Debrecen recently. Both of these institutions wish to strengthen their current mobility and educational cooperation with us.
The ambassador of Egypt to Hungary has offered the University of Debrecen the possibility of joining the Egyptian International University Campus. Ms. Heba Negm held talks with our institution's leaders on Thursday and she also met with Egyptian students enrolled here.
PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scans with radioactively labeled glucose are essential in the diagnosis of patients with tumors and in the exact determination of their therapy. The first PET examination in Hungary was conducted in Debrecen in 1994. Since then, the University of Debrecen has played an important part in launching all PET testing sites in our country, either by transferring knowledge or by providing human resources.
The number of foreign students at the University of Debrecen has increased by five percent, while the number of foreign students studying at the University of Debrecen has increased by fifteen percent. In the 2024/2025 academic year, 2,100 students started their studies on UD's English-language courses, making the institution's international community larger than ever, with more than 7,600 students.