Széchenyi István University played host to a delegation from Marymount Catholic University, Arlington, Virginia from 29 September to 1 October 2019. The members of the delegation were Dr Irma Becerra, President of Marymount University, Dr Stephanie Ellis Foster, Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at Marymount University, Mr Stefan J. Fedor, Member of the Board of Trustees of Marymount University and Ms Erika Fedor, Member of the Board of American Hungarian Heritage House. The delegation were accommodated at the University’s partner Famulus Business Hotel.

INVITATION TO AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

“Culture-based Development in Modern Cities: Experiences From Russia and Hungary”

All who are interested are invited to attend this international conference. The plenary speakers and the titles of their presentations can be found on the link.

DATE: 7th October 2019

TIME: 10:00

VENUE: Széchenyi István University, Győr, Egyetem tér 1, ROOM: ÚT. 114

Dr. Attila Kovács and Dr. Gábor Milics (colleagues at the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences) took a study tour at the Harper Adam University, Newport, UK last week. The aim of the excursion was to visit the leading edge institution of precision agriculture in Europe. Meetings included the following topics:

Széchenyi István University’s Faculty of Law is organising a three day Seminar in Comparative Government. The seminar, which will run from 30th September until 2nd October, comprises 16 contact hours plus networking. The course supervisor is Prof. István Strumpf and course coordinator is Prof. Péter Smuk.

On Saturday 13^th July, following the University’s formal degree conferment ceremony, international graduate students from fifteen nations celebrated their achievement in a special reception hosted by the Rector of Széchenyi István University, Dr Péter Földesi.

On 1^st July, in the setting of the newly opened Management Campus Building of Széchenyi István University, Győr, Dr Péter Földesi, Rector of the University, was presented with a lifetime achievement award in recognition of his support of the recent collaboration agreement between Széchenyi István University and Marymount University, Washington DC.

Dr Földesi was not present to receive the award in person in May when it was originally conferred on the occasion of the 14th Charity Ball, organized under the auspices of American Hungarian Heritage House (AHHH), in Washington DC. Consequently, Mr Stefan J. Fedor, President of American Hungarian Heritage House and member of the Board of Trustees at Marymount University, together with Mrs Erika Fedor, Board Member of AHHH, took the opportunity to hand over the prestigious award during their recent  visit to Széchenyi István University.  

4 July Conference celebrating:

150^th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

70^th Anniversary of Indian-Hungarian Diplomatic Relations

40^th Anniversary of Initiation of Yoga in Daily Life – The System, Hungary

The Technische Hochschule Graz (KuK Technische Hochschule Graz at the time of its foundation) – one of the partner universities of the Széchenyi István University – witnessed a unique and historic event on Thursday, June 27^th, 2019: the first ever two female Sub-Auspiciis PhD Awardees in the history of this prestigious, internationally renowned Austrian technical university were bestowed upon their doctoral degrees together with another two male Sub-Auspiciis PhD Awardees. It was exactly 100 years ago that the first female students were enrolled at TU Graz.

Tongji University originated as a German Medical School established in 1907.  Over a century later, it has become one of the top universities in China forming a strong cooperation with many multinational organizations including UNEP, UN-Habitat and UNESCO and many others. Tongji has valued the balanced development of four main functions: Education, Research, Outreach, and Building on Cultural Inheritance.

Anas Hawari, a Stipendium Hungaricum student on the MSc Marketing Programme at Széchenyi István University, has been presented with a special award for a video produced for a campaign promoted on the Study in Hungary website.

On Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 May, Széchenyi István University was proud to host two educational advisors from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Based in the Delft University’s Teaching Academy, Ms Johannetta Gordijn and Ms Alexia Lusing came to Győr with the purpose of introducing the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) and delivering two pilot training courses to members of the university’s teaching staff.

On 18^th May 2019, the 14^th Charity Ball, organized under the auspices of American Hungarian Heritage House, Washington, was held at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel.  During the evening, service awards were conferred on Dr László Szabó, Ambassador of Hungary to the United States, Dr Irma Becerra, President of Marymount University and Dr Földesi Péter, Rector of Széchenyi István University, Győr, in recognition of their support of recent collaboration initiatives between the two Universities.

Organised by Széchenyi István University’s Student Union (HÖK) in collaboration with the Győr branch of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN), on 30 th April a “Food Night” for international students was held in the University’s on-campus Széchenyi Restaurant. Around 80 students attended the event, which was in the form of a cookery competition  with national teams from a dozen countries competing to produce the best dishes from their national cuisines.

To round up Oxford Balliol College's rowing training camp in Győr, for the second year running a Széchenyi-Oxford Regatta was organised on the section of the River Moson-Danube which flows through the heart of the city centre. This year they were joined by teams from three Czech Universities and two Hungarian Universities. In both the women’s fours and in the men's eights races, the Széchenyi teams were the first to cross the finishing line. 

Dr Péter Földesi, Rector of Széchenyi István University and Dr Eszter Lukács, Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs, were in attendance at the event. Dr Lukács commented how great an honour it is for Széchenyi István University that Balliol College took the initiative to propose competing with our rowing teams. The goal is to make the Széchenyi-Oxford Regatta a tradition, allowing the University to showcase  the richness of student life at Széchenyi István University beyond academia, but more especially to highlight the excellent opportunities offered to our students in sports. Dr Lukács emphasized the fact that there could not be a better location for this event than Győr, a city of rivers where rowers can practice and compete in a wonderful environment with excellent facilities.

Teams from Oxford, Brno University of Technology and Széchenyi István University participated In the women's fours race. The Győr team were victors with second place going to Brno and, despite a valiant performance, Oxford finished in third place. In the men's competition likewise, the Széchenyi team was the winner.

We would like to welcome everybody to the second University Regatta, the closing event of the Oxford Balliol College training camp, which will take place on 15^th April at 17:00.

The event will take place in the Győr city centre section of the river, with men's eight and women’s four races over 1000 metres.

Henan University of Technology, Henan Province, China, is offering admission to their doctoral programmes. All the candidates will be sponsored by the Chinese Government. 

For further details please see here.

4th Industrial Revolution. Innovation. Digitalisation. Globalisation. We are experiencing never seen dynamics and fast-paced changes in our life. The way we work is transforming, and new opportunities arise, but how to get prepared for the unforeseeable future and its challenges? What are the main trends and what can we predict and learn from them? Do you know how to turn the vast amount of knowledge gained while in academia into an opportunity?

CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF WORK HELD AT SZÉCHENYI ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY

in cooperation with UNA-H to mark the Centenary of The International Labour Organisation

“The Future of Work and the Employment of the Future” -

The potential consequences of the Fourth Technological and Third Information Revolution in the World of Work

12^th March 2019

Within the framework of internationalisation (project number: EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00017) Dr. Monika Foltyn-Zarychta and Dr. Rafal Bula from the Faculty of Finance and Investments of UEK visited our University. Their invitation was initiated by Dr. Katalin Vagáné Kiss, who has participated at the International Week “New Frontiers in Finance and Accounting” organised by UEK several times in recent years.

The guest lecturers’ visit aimed at strengthening cooperation, enhancing joint research and teaching activities, as well as, sharing experience and best practice. During their stay the lecturers met the authorities of the University including Dr. Eszter Lukács, Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs, Dr. Adrienn Reisinger, Vice-Dean for  Scientific Research, Dr. Éva Happ, Vice-Dean for International Affairs of Kautz Gyula Faculty of Business and Economics, Dr. Gábor Kovács, Vice-Dean for Educational Affairs and research group leader, Dr. Melinda Hajdú-Smáhó and Dr. Norbert Kovács, academics.

On Tuesday 26th February, Dr Péter Földesi, Rector of Széchenyi István University and Dr Károly Jókay, Managing Director of the Fulbright Committee, signed a cooperation agreement. One of the principle goals of the collaboration is to invite lecturers and professors from the United States to be involved in the delivery of 24 new English-taught academic programmes to be launched in September 2019, within the University’s current internationalization drive.

ADMISSIONS NEWS interviewed Dr Péter Smuk PhD, Vice-Dean of the Deák Ferenc Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Head of the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Sciences and Professor who has been employed at Széchenyi István University since 2002.

Grants for the incorporation of postdoctoral research staff into the Catalan science and technology system, within the Beatriu de Pinós programme (BP 2018)

The purpose of the Beatriu de Pinós programme is to award individual grants for the employment and incorporation of postdoctoral research staff into the Catalan science and technology system.