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The Alumni Network Hungary celebrated the achievements of its volunteers and alumni chapters in 2023 with a series of publications highlighting their contributions to the community. The network recognized the great effort of volunteers who organized events, provided mentorship, and promoted Hungarian culture, and praised the efforts of alumni chapters that created opportunities for networking, professional development, and cultural exchange. 

The concept of the Book of Your Life aiming to support the integration of international students arriving at ELTE has been selected as one of the best by the jury of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) The Amsterdam-based foundation and its partners are supporting the project of the ELTE University Library and Archives.

We are heading to the end of 2023, the year we’ve celebrated anniversaries, reached 10,000 members, launched new alumni chapters and connected the alumni members from all over the world. This challenging, enormous work has been done by our volunteers, whom we are proud of, and we put them first this year. We appreciate their effort and let’s read their wishes and hopes for 2024!

This year the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme celebrates its 10th anniversary with a series of events. As part of the celebration, the Welcome event of the new scholarship holders, followed by the International Conference of the Stipendium Hungaricum Partners took place between 20 and 22 November, where more of our alumni members participated in workshops and round table discussions. 

We have a great and enthusiastic international alumni volunteer team of 22 people from 15 countries. Most of them decided to create an alumni chapter in their home country or make international professional alumni groups and some of them did great social media work. In the next chapter of our volunteer series, you can read Heemanshu Gupta’s story from India! He studied in Hungary between 2020-2022 at ELTE and now he’s CEO of Creative Youth Academy.

Between 24 and 31 October, the Study in Hungary team, and the representatives of five Hungarian universities visited Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires to promote Hungarian study- and scholarship opportunities through higher-educational forums, study fairs and alumni meetings. It was a great mission with many memorable moments. 

Between 24 and 31 October, the Study in Hungary team, and the representatives of five Hungarian universities visited Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires to promote Hungarian study- and scholarship opportunities through higher-educational forums, study fairs and alumni meetings. It was a great mission with many memorable moments. 

On 20 October, the International Centre of the Rector's Cabinet, University of Pécs organized a special event: the Pécs Diplomats' Forum combined with the 10th-anniversary celebration of the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship program.

We have a  great and enthusiastic international alumni volunteer team of 22 people from 15 countries. Most of them decided to create an alumni chapter in their home country or make international professional alumni groups and some of them did great social media work. In the next chapter of our volunteer series, you can read Berkay Yasar Senkalfa’s story from Turkey! He studied in Hungary between 2017 and 2020 at the University of Debrecen and now he’s finishing his Master’s degree in Health Sciences and Technology as an Excellence Scholar at ETH Zürich in Switzerland.