The University of Debrecen is preparing to make significant infrastructure investments in the next eight years, spending more than 400 billion forints on developments, including a super-hospital, said Chancellor Zoltán Bács in a press presentation presenting the future plans of the institution, the Hajdú-Bihar County Assembly and the Debrecen Municipality.
In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin received an honorary title from the University of Debrecen. The appointment had already sparked a wave of protests among the faculty (as well), and the first five days of the war against Ukraine had passed so that Putin, if only virtually, was the holder of the title.
Fundraising for Transcarpathian refugees began yesterday.
The University of Debrecen has offered all its empty dormitory places – currently, 250 – to accommodate students, lecturers, and other refugees from Transcarpathia, the student council of the institution informed.
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) is offering two hundred places for refugees from Ukraine, the institution told MTI on Friday.
In the field of education and research, the University of Debrecen is planning further collaborations with several Hungarian higher education institutions in Transylvania. The resulting knowledge transfer can contribute to the scientific and economic development of the Transylvanian Reformed Diocese, the region, and can also offer new opportunities for the UD to gain experience.
The training program of the University of Debrecen supporting lifelong learning continues with five lectures. More than one hundred and twenty attended the Senior University 2021/2022 on Friday. at the first event of the spring semester of the school year.
The Faculty of Informatics of the University of Debrecen is waiting for high school students in the spring of this year as well. In addition to the already well-known programming profession, preparation courses for intermediate and advanced level graduates will be launched from March.
The Institute of Anatomy, Histology, and Development of the Faculty of General Medicine of the University of Debrecen has won research support with NeurotechEU’s partner universities. The aim of the scientific project is to investigate the neurological changes underlying the genetic causes of intellectual disabilities.
The results of the scientific research projects carried out in the previous academic year between the Hungarian National Bank and the University of Debrecen in 2019 to innovate economic education, renew economic thinking and practice-oriented teaching will be presented at an online conference.
