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Sixty students received their certificates at the end of the second week at the Debrecen Summer University, and thirty-three new students arrived for the next session. Everyone did well on the exam, and the new students have successfully integrated into their groups, where they continue to study the Hungarian language diligently.

Almost one hundred students from a total of thirty-one different countries are going to learn about the Hungarian language and culture at this year’s Debrecen Summer School. The youngest participant is only fifteen years old, while the oldest is eighty, in a program that runs from July 20 through August 14. At the ceremonial opening held on Monday in the University Church Building, scholarship awardees also received their certificates.

As the conclusion of its Hungarian tour, the Kunqu Theater from Suzhou, China, gave a performance on Tuesday, July 14, at the oDEon Theater in Debrecen, with its artists presenting excerpts from the most beautiful pieces of the more than 600-year-old Kunqu opera. The performance was arranged by the Confucius Institute at the Faculty of Humanities (BTK) of the University of Debrecen (UD) in collaboration with the China Cultural Center in Budapest and Ott-Home International Meeting Point of Debrecen.

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.

The management of the University of Debrecen received a delegation from Ulsan College, accompanied by H.E. Park Chul-min, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Hungary. During the meeting held during the course of the visit, discussions were held, among other things, on preparations for an internship program scheduled for the end of this summer to be supported jointly by Ulsan College, the University of Debrecen and the company EcoPro BM.

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.

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.