Hírek International relations címkével

With the contribution of the Department of Italian Studies of UD and in the framework of the Week of the Italian Language, DOLCE, the Italian Centre in Debrecen, was opened at the Youth House on Tuesday.

It is for the 20th time that the International Relations Committee of the Student Government opened the gate wide for students of the University of Debrecen. The slogan of this year’s Mobility Fair, “Take the First Step”, is not accidental.

This year’s meeting of the general assembly of Visegrad University Association is to be held at Debrecen. Members of the university managements of as many as eight countries have arrived to participate in the three-day meeting.

Experts from the University of Debrecen may become instrumental in establishing a new center of oncology in Nigeria. A delegation of health scientists from this African country held discussions on related cooperation possibilities at Egyetem tér [University Square] on Tuesday.

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.

Experts from the University of Modern Sciences in Mostar, Bosnia, who visited our university last Thursday, were mainly interested in opportunities for cooperation in the fields of the health industry, Ayurveda, nutrition science, as well as tousism and catering.

Polish, Ukranian, and Hungarian students explored Hungarian water management issues within an international project at the Faculty of Agricultural, Food Science and Environmental Management of the University of Debrecen.

As a resurrection of an almost hundred-year-old tradition, the Department of Italian Studies of the University of Debrecen re-establishes the Monti Circle of Friends of Italy in order to strengthen the presence of Italian culture in Debrecen and to facilitate education and scientific work.

The University of Debrecen intends to improve the quality of its English-Language Programs with the help of international consultants to a level that is even higher than the current one. For this reason, experts from Higher Education Academy paid a visit to our institution at the end of April.

A partnership agreement made between the University of Debrecen and the Chekhov Institute of the Rostov State University of Economics, signed on Wednesday, opens the way for collective research programmes as well as student and lecturer exchange programmes.

“Semaine Francaise” is the name of the week-long series of events hosted by the Department of French Studies of the Faculty of Humanities for the first time between April 9th and 13th but with an intention to make it an annually recurring program.

Should “shooting” be introduced as a subject in Hungarian schools? Should mobile phones be banned from classrooms? – secondary school students of the region were debating about these current issues in German at the Kossuth Lajos Training School of the University of Debrecen.

On Wednesday, visitors of the Japanese Day, held at the Grand Yard of the University of Debrecen, had a chance to get to know the Japanese language, culture, writing, martial arts, traditional clothing and gastronomy.

In the framework of its country round trip, the Polish Institute of Budapest visited the University of Debrecen. At this event, visitors could get an insight into the sights, culture and language of Poland.

A delegation led by Ms. Pumla Nene, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa, learned about the programs offered at the University of Debrecen and scholarship opportunities available, in addition to meeting international students enrolled at UD from South Africa on Thursday.

The molecular causes of the onset of Alzheimer's and Huntington diseases is the research topic of this year’s winner of the “Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine,” Franz-Ulrich Hartl. The memorial plaque was presented to Professor Hartl at the University of Debrecen on 13 December.

The Government of India donated a collection of approximately five hundred volumes to the University of Debrecen. The books on Ayurvedic Medicine were presented to Prof. Zoltán Szilvássy, Rector, by Mr. Rahul Chhabra, the Ambassador of India to Hungary, on Monday.

A presentation on the mathematical background of the RSA encryption applied on the World Wide Web was held this past Friday at the Faculty of Informatics by a professor Andrej Dujella, who then also received his honorary doctor’s degree from the University of Debrecen on Saturday.

Members of a Chinese delegation that has most recently visited the Faculty of Humanities at UD have expressed their interest in programs covering the study of Hungarian and foreign languages, the possibilities for research cooperation and the channels available for student and staff mobility.

Vice-Rector Elek Bartha has signed an agreement in the city of Hamburg about the University of Debrecen becoming a full member of the consortium called CARPE. The objective of this cooperation is to facilitate the joint participation and collaboration of partners in projects supported by the EU.

An agreement on cooperating with one of the most prestigious universities in China has been signed at the UD. The members of the delegation from Asia discussed issues of student and staff mobility as well as the preparation of joint research projects at the meeting that took place at UD on November.

Language courses, a film club, friendly meetings, discussions on methodology, and book launch parties are just a few examples of the numerous events hosted by the University of Debrecen in the recently inaugurated Russian Center.

The adoption of traditional Indian medicine, also called “life-knowledge”, into clinical practice was the topic of the symposium jointly organised by the University of Debrecen and the Indian government’s Ministry of AYUSH.

David Kostelancik, chargé d'affaires ad interim, deputy chief of mission at the American Embassy in Budapest, came to the University of Debrecen on an introductory visit.

The University of Debrecen has become a full member of the Visegrad University Association (VUA). At the general meeting of the organisation, held in Moscow, it was also decided that the annual event will be held in Debrecen next year.