Students enrolled in the MSc program in Drug Development Research Management at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, recently participated in a comprehensive training program. Their interactive training began with a theoretical foundation, which was then continued with a practical session at a company based in Dunakeszi that provides, among other things, services in biotechnology and pharmaceutical research as well as analytics.
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A talented student from the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Debrecen won the world championship title in the IT security category at the Digital Skills Cup, a global online IT and technology competition for digital professionals. The senior student majoring in computer science and software engineering competed against regional champions from sixty-four countries and triumphed in a large and highly qualified field.
Americans of Hungarian descent visited the Summer University on Monday. During the day, they toured the Egyetem tér campus and learned about methods for studying the Hungarian language, after which they visited the city’s sights. During their trip to Hungary, they are visiting numerous locations in the region, including Tarcal, Mád, Szilvásvárad, and Boldogkőváralja.
An English-language Facebook page named Humaniora has been launched to promote news and events related to the study of the humanities at the University of Debrecen (UD). The objective of Humaniora is to present our institution’s educational and scholarly achievements to as broad an audience abroad as possible, thereby increasing the development of international relationships at the student, faculty, researcher and academic levels alike.
Recent developments in ancient Greek and Roman epigraphy and papyrology were in the focus of a two-day international conference on epigraphy, held on May 7 and 8, 2026, by the Department of Classical Philology and Ancient History at the Institute of History, Faculty of Humanities (BTK) of the University of Debrecen (UD). After the delivery of a welcome address in honor of founder György Németh in Sándor Karácsony Hall of the Main Building, the most distinguished Hungarian and international scholars in this field presented their latest research findings.
The Institute of History of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen and the Department of Military History of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń held their second joint Polish-Hungarian international historian symposium in Poland. The English-language conference served as a venue for experts in modern and contemporary history to disseminate their recent research.
The journal of the Institute of English and American Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Debrecen has advanced significantly in the SCImago Journal & Country Rank. The biannual Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies received a Q2 rating in two categories and a Q3 rating in two other areas, further strengthening its international reputation and prestige.
Students at the University of Debrecen (DE) will soon be able to learn about U.S. history through a new hybrid course. The program is being developed through a collaboration between faculty members of the English-American Institute at the Faculty of Humanities. UD, (BTK) and Earl Mulderink, a professor of history at Southern Utah University (SUU), under a cooperation agreement signed last year to promote educational and research projects.
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Debrecen has been ranked among the world’s top 550 institutions. For the first time in its history, the faculty has been included in the Quacquarelli Symonds 2026 subject rankings among the world’s top 550 institutions.
A cooperation agreement was signed on Thursday, March 26, by the leaders of the University of Debrecen and those of the Education University of Hong Kong in order to launch faculty and student exchanges as well as joint research projects in the future. The significance of this agreement is also indicated by the fact that UD is the first Hungarian university with which the institution located in the Far East has signed such an agreement on the basis of successful preliminary negotiations.