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Dr. Sándor Kiss, retired associate professor of the University of Debrecen, has passed away

The Romance Philology and Cultures (French Studies) at the University of Debrecen announces with deep sorrow that Dr. Sándor Kiss, retired associate professor, former head of the department for fourteen years, and recipient of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Officer), passed away on September 5, 2025, at the age of 84 after a long illness.

University of Debrecen and Béres sign cooperation agreement to support pharmaceutical education and research

The University of Debrecen has signed a framework cooperation agreement with Béres Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and the Béres Foundation for a Complete Life Nonprofit Organization. According to the document, the Hungarian company will support the education of students at the Faculty of Pharmacy through a scholarship program, among other initiatives, and joint research projects are also […]

New orchard, solar park and state-of-the-art equipment at the University of Debrecen’s Institutes for Agricultural Research and Educational Farm

The Horticultural Experimental Station in Pallag, part of the Agricultural Research Institutes and Training Farm of the University of Debrecen, has been expanded with a new, modern apple orchard, a solar park, and cutting-edge production support equipment. UD Agrár Ltd., a company wholly owned by the University of Debrecen, won nearly HUF 600 million in […]

Debrecen University researchers awarded for virus research

The research group of Eszter Csoma, assistant professor, received the Publication Award of the Count István Tisza Foundation for the University of Debrecen and the University of Debrecen for their scientific paper summarizing studies on polyomaviruses. Many questions remain unanswered regarding the newly identified polyomaviruses that infect both animals and humans. The researchers primarily examined […]

Pathway to Business program launched to support PhD students’ research-based startups

A new business development support program specifically for PhD students is being launched with the aim of transforming results derived from doctoral research into marketable innovations, thereby fostering the creation of new research-based enterprises. Applications for the Pathway to Business program are open until September 15, the Deputy State Secretary for Innovation at the Ministry […]

University of Debrecen researchers identify new gene regulation mechanism that could enable targeted therapies

Researchers at the University of Debrecen have identified a new mode of regulation that determines how genes function. In the long term, the discovery may lay the foundation for more targeted treatment of pathological conditions such as inflammation and cancer. The groundbreaking results were published in a prestigious international scientific journal, and the research was […]