The campus of Széchenyi István University is buzzing with freshers settling in: the first-year students of the institution have arrived to get to know each other and the university in a relaxed atmosphere during the four-day Freshers' Week event. The event will also focus on the university's international students, who will be joined by a special team to help them settle in. The aim is by the end of the camp to create a real community.

Széchenyi István University is now offering its students a unique opportunity to participate in short programmes, including one-week trips abroad. Two excellent options are the so-called Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) and the Short Advanced Programme (SAP), which offer applicants a flexible and easy way to expand their professional experience, international contacts and foreign language skills. “It's worth applying,” recommend those Széchenyi students who have already participated in one of these new programmes.

The Arrabona Racing Team finished the season with a dream come true: the student team of Széchenyi István University did not lose its great form after the successes achieved both in Austria and Hungary, as it finished on the podium in Germany as well, at the most prestigious race of the season. The team based in Győr, together with the SZEngine engine development team, delivered a balanced performance from the beginning to the end and repeatedly overtook top German teams to confirm their position with the elite of the Formula Student series. All this indicates that besides its tangible values in the labour market, the practical-oriented education provided at Széchenyi István University also leads to outstanding results at an international level.

On the occasion of the 20 August celebrations, two senior members of staff of Széchenyi István University received distinguished recognition from the state.

Communication, culture and language has come into focus in the recently published volume containing 17 studies by the Department of International Studies and Communication of Széchenyi István University. In accordance with the institution’s strategic objectives, the authors include professors from a wide range of faculties, as well as Hungarian and foreign students studying at all three degree levels.

Several students and faculty members of Széchenyi István University have studied or taught in Thailand in the past academic year, benefitting from the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility program.

A summer camp jointly organized by Audi Hungaria and Széchenyi István University, which combined intensive professional training with a competition of student engineers from around the world has come to an end. Participants had to simulate the behaviour of the Audi e-tron battery in a software environment, starting from scratch, all within four weeks. All the teams successfully completed the task, which demonstrates the effectiveness of Széchenyi István University's unconventional practice-oriented teaching methodology. The work of the students was also appreciated by the companies involved, and some participants even received job offers.

“My country needs qualified professionals, I would like to be one of them,” Marcos Alberto Seraponzo, the Angolan student of Széchenyi István University admits. Originally, he wanted to learn pedagogy in Europe, now it is his dream to become the ambassador of his country to Hungary. Our article reveals how Marcos went from teaching Portuguese language to a degree in international relations, how he found a new family in Hungary, and why he is thinking about opening his own business in the future.

On the tenth day of competitions at the European University Games in Łódz, Poland, on 25 July, Richárd Sipőcz, a student of Széchenyi István University, and a judo practitioner from the University’s Sports Association, won another gold medal for the Hungarian delegation.

When the SZE-SAT team of Széchenyi István University was founded, it set itself the goal of putting a satellite of its own design into the sky. The students have reached an important stage in this process, as they have completed and tested the module that will soon be able to broadcast the name of the institution and Győr to the countries of the world, announcing that Széchenyi István University has entered space. In December, the satellite of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) will carry the Győr-developed communication panel into the cosmos.

Over a thousand students graduating from the six faculties of Széchenyi István University - Deák Ferenc Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, Apáczai Csere János, Kautz Gyula Faculty of Economics, Audi Hungaria Faculty of Automotive Engineering, and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Informatics and Electrical Engineering - received their degrees at the University Hall in Győr at the weekend. 

More than 3200 first-year students will start their studies in the nine faculties of Széchenyi István University in Győr in September. The figures show that the courses and services offered by the institution are attractive to young people.

The priority goal of Széchenyi István University is to strengthen its international relations and thus contribute to the development of the region. This is why it joined the programme supported by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, within the framework of which the institution presented to the Azerbaijani delegation its model projects related to sustainable development and agricultural consultancy. 

Intense professional training in the context of an engineering competition - this is what the Audi Development Camp, organised for the second time by Széchenyi István University with the support of Audi Hungaria and AUDI AG, offers. In the four-week English-language camp, students learn from international experts while solving real industrial problems in teams and competing against each other. This year, participants will be challenged to complete a hardware-in-the-loop simulation task related to the Audi e-tron.

Széchenyi István University and the Győr-Moson-Sopron County Chamber of Commerce and Industry held the "Water We Wanted" ceremony on Saturday, which focused on the completion of the Mosoni-Duna estuary structure and the results of the Insula Magna complex water management and sustainable development programme launched last year to help develop Szigetköz and Csallóköz. At the event, the Ministry of Technology and Industry (TIM) signed a long-term cooperation agreement with the University and the Széchenyi István University Foundation.

Széchenyi István University is not just a workplace, but also a community in which family has a special place. The institution not only supports its employees, but also helps its students to balance their studies with raising children. It also organises intergenerational programmes and summer camps, runs a Mum and Baby room and provides financial support for families. The University's efforts in this area have again been recognised with the Family Friendly Workplace award.

Széchenyi István University not only acts as a link between the participants of the Territorial Innovation Platform, but also as a catalyst in the field of research, development and innovation. Through laboratory visits, the institution demonstrates the infrastructure via which it provides state-of-the-art services to its corporate partners. The success of the programme is demonstrated by the fact that, since its launch in 2019, nearly 100 companies have joined the platform, which also contributes to the economic development and competitiveness of the region.

Nearly eight thousand students from ten schools in Győr and ten from the Győr area took part in exciting science activities and experimented in the specially equipped Student Lab as part of the programme launched in 2018 on the campus of Széchenyi István University, in the Mobilis Interactive Exhibition Centre, in close partnership with the institution. Children have returned over several school years, registering a total of around 105,000 visits. The aim of the Student Lab is to stimulate students' interest in science and to encourage more of them to pursue careers in engineering, IT and science.

In May, the development of a precursor drone at Széchenyi István University reached another important milestone: there were flights with a self-developed autopilot and the collection of camera footage. Video footage of the successful tests is also available.

One of the most prestigious scholarships in the world, the Fulbright has already helped several students and lecturers from Széchenyi István University to attend courses at American universities, and several lecturers from the United States have also come to the Győr-based institution. As a new step in the cooperation, two staff members of Indiana University and the Executive Director of Fulbright Hungary visited Széchenyi István University to discuss the possibility of hosting American students.

Siegfried Peinen, Belgium's Ambassador to Hungary, who visited Széchenyi István University on Thursday, 16 June, believes that cooperation with the University is realistic in several areas. The diplomat spoke positively about the development and infrastructure quality of the University of Győr.

The alumni of the TIGER international programme who graduated from the first university programme of the Győr institution 25 years ago, met again at Széchenyi István University. In her welcome speech at the event, Dr Eszter Lukács, Vice-Rector for International Affairs, emphasised that the success of the University of Győr today is based on the foundations laid a quarter of a century ago by the leaders of this programme.

The citizens of Széchenyi István University perform their value-creating activities not only for the benefit of the institution, but also for the benefit of a larger community, the city and the region. This is demonstrated by the fact that Dr Bálint Lampert, assistant professor, received the Győr Environmental Protection Award, Dr Pál Szakál, professor emeritus, received the title of "Outstanding University Lecturer of the City of Mosonmagyaróvár", while Dr Rezső Schmidt, professor, received the Ministry of Agriculture’s Nagyváthy János Award. Ágnes Bozsaky, a former student of the Apáczai Csere János Faculty of the University, won second place in the "Special Education Teacher of the Year" competition this year, after winning first place last year. The work of Ferenc Szabó, musician and conductor of the Győr Symphonic Band, was recognised by the town of Komárom, while the work of the Foundation for School Gardens was recognised by the Ministry of Agriculture.

The European Platform of Transport Sciences held its annual general meeting at Széchenyi István University, demonstrating the leading role of the Győr-based institution in this field. The event was attended by almost 200 participants, half of whom were experts from home and half from abroad.

A research group on environmentally friendly plant protection and efficient plant virology is being established at the Mosonmagyaróvár Faculty at Széchenyi István University, led by Professor Dr László Amand Palkovics. The project, which won a call for proposals by the Secretariat of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network and the Office of the Supported Research Groups, will further enhance the scientific work at the institution and contribute to the transfer of practical, state-of-the-art knowledge.

As in the previous year, Széchenyi István University is once again in the top four percent of the world's universities in the latest World University Rankings from QS, the higher education rating organisation. According to the rankings, the institution has caught up with the major Hungarian universities: it ranks only behind ELTE and the universities with faculties of medicine - Szeged, Debrecen and Pécs. The University owes its success primarily to the quality of its teaching, its excellent corporate and academic reputation and its growing international student community.

Every year, Széchenyi István University and the University of Applied Sciences of Ostfalia cooperate in a programme in which Hungarian and German students work together to find the answer to a specific transport problem. This year, the week-long competition was held in Győr, where young people were invited to submit traffic proposals related to the institution's campus.

Széchenyi István University participated in the Hungarian Summit in Florida. Visitors to the event were able to learn about the institution's strengths, such as its long-established technical fields, student competition teams and sports opportunities.

Széchenyi István University's SZEnergy Team of students came 4th in the Shell Eco-marathon Autonomous Programming Competition (APC), beating famous universities such as Berkeley, California, among others. The team members were welcomed at the Automotive Industry Research Centre. The University, which is at the forefront of engineering disciplines, is committed to providing practical training and promoting talent.

The SZEnergy Team, a team of students from Széchenyi István University, has won first place in Europe's largest energy efficiency competition, the Shell Eco-marathon in Assen, the Netherlands. The Győri team managed to cover a world-record 284 kilometres on 1 kilowatt-hour of energy, beating teams from major technical universities such as Munich, Toulouse and Milan.