Date: 2-15 January 2018 

Children with multiple disabilities have painted the Mandala painting that was given to the Children’s Clinic last week.

The graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management of the University of Debrecen was held on 16 December 2017 at the main building of the university.

The graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Debrecen was held on 9 December 2017.

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 unique research project started at the University of Debrecen, which aims to examine the causes of diseases of high public health importance, thereby contributing to their prevention and significantly increasing the competitiveness of the Hungarian economy.

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.

Student mobility, an important element of the process of internationalizing higher education, was the central theme of a conference held at the University of Debrecen. An important announcement was also made at this event concerning the government plan of refunding the cost of second language exam.