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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.

The English-language programme in medicine was launched in Debrecen three decades ago. On the occasion of the anniversary, the Faculty of General Medicine held an award-giving ceremony in the Aula of the University of Debrecen.

Twenty thousand people launched the new academic year of the University of Debrecen on Wednesday in Nagyerdei Stadium. Students and employees of the university, the alumni community and other interested local guests kicked off the new semester at yoUDay with a flashmob, concerts and a laser show.

As a result of four years’ work, the fitness centre of the University of Debrecen, realised at a cost of 866 million forints was opened on Wednesday. On a total area of 2,600 square metres, Unifit Fitness & Gym Centre features 200 training stations, with the widest range of sport equipment.

The study trips of the former students of the Reformed College to faraway towns of Europe were in the focus of the conference titled “Four Windows,” organised by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Debrecen.

Banishing racism from sports stadiums – this is the main objective of the international conference held at the University of Debrecen. The programme is part of the European Union’s BRISWA project.

Westsik’s crop rotation, developed at the Nyíregyháza Research Institute of the University of Debrecen in 1929, offers a solution to improve sandy soils. At a conference held to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the institute, researchers from 7 countries discussed the long-term field experiment.

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.

A new, much needed English-language master’s programme, as well as training for nurses from Hungarian communities outside of Hungary will be offered by the Faculty of Health from the 2017/2018 academic year.

The theory of a professor at the University of Debrecen is now taught in the United States of America. The lectures of Mónika Fuxreiter on protein dynamics has been accredited in the USA as course materials.

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.

Nagyerdei Stadium will be full. 85% of the tickets are already sold for the stadium show of the University of Debrecen kicking off the academic year. The organisers recommend using public transit for easy access and early arrival to quickly get in on 27 September.

Experts of particle physics are to discuss recent findings in theoretical and experimental research related to LHC (large hadron collider) at the QCD@LHC 2017 conference, which is this year’s Debrecen University Symposium.

Locality and globality in the world of names is the central theme of the 26th International Congress on Onomastics, which began on Monday. This event is hosted in Hungary for the first time by the University of Debrecen.