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.
Between 24 and 31 October, the delegation of Study in Hungary will visit Brazil and Argentina to take part in more events in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires to promote Hungarian higher education, and scholarship programs and to provide platforms for academic and professional networking. In the organization of the Consulate General of Hungary in Sao Paulo, the Embassy of Hungary in Buenos Aires, and Tempus Public Foundation there will be two alumni meetings in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires where participants can network, get to know each other and share their Hungarian study experience.
This year two Hungarian scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy: Katalin Karikó for Medicine and Ferenc Krausz for Physics. We congratulate the winners!
The presenter of the Alumni Hungary Webinar in September was our former alumni volunteer, Zahra Fuladvand, who is a well-recognized performance artist from Iran. She did her DLA research at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts with the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship and created more of her artworks in Hungary. We asked her about her art, inspirations, and her connection to the Hungarian contemporary art scene.
Since 2018, Beáta Nagy, University Professor has represented our institution as a board member, and from now on the university is the only Hungarian university to participate in the work of the organisation as a founding member, alongside the most important sociological workshops.
On 27 September, the presenter of the Alumni Hungary Webinar will be performance artist and former alumni volunteer, Zahra Fuladvand. She will introduce her DLA research conducted at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, which explores the relationship between humans and their environment in the context of ritual ceremonies and performance art.
The official language of Hungary is complex and unique, it is among the 24 official languages of the European Union. Despite the country’s location in central Europe, its dialect is nothing like those spoken in its neighbouring nations. It is a member of the Finno-Ugric language family the languages of many nations have influenced itations throughout history, none of the neighbouring languages of Central Europe resembles Hungarian. Let’s check what makes the Hungarian language so special!
Our alumni community and network are growing day by day and have reached 10K members. Some of them decided to organize small groups (chapters) to keep in contact or build professional collaboration with each other. In 2022 our alumni volunteers launched 6 different new alumni groups (4 local and 2 professional) giving a chance for the members to join. In our new column, we collected the newly developing chapters, launched by our volunteer, and feel free to join them!
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 Liu Beier’s story from China! He studied for his bachelor's degree in Hungary between 2017-21 and now he’s studying at the University of Pécs.