The annual ritual of Busójárás dates back to hundreds of years, celebrating the end of winter and the beginning of spring. The UNESCO-recognised event lasts approximately for one week in the small town of Mohács, located in southern Hungary, near the city of Pécs. For the first time since the pandemic, this year the carnival will take place between 24 February and 1 March!
We have a new volunteer team for the next two years with 40 members from 28 countries and speaking more than 20 different languages. In this chapter of our volunteer series, you can read Vishant Pratap Singh’s story from India! He studied in Hungary between 2019-2021 at the University of Miskolc and now he’s a Financial Reporting Analyst at Citi Bank in Budapest.
Known locally as “farsang”, Hungary has multiple unique traditions in February when it comes to costumes and celebrations. In our next article we have collected everything you need to know and some tips as well, if you want to join the festivities!
On 29 December 2021, the Vientiane Office of the Embassy of Hungary in Bangkok organised the first alumni meeting of former Stipendium Hungaricum students.
The Alumni Network Hungary has a small but enthusiastic volunteer group from 28 countries, with whom we create more and more opportunities for future cooperation. The renewed International Alumni Volunteer Program was launched in the summer of 2021 and during autumn 40 active alumni members were selected to help build up the network globally. Read more about them and get inspired!
Jawad Mustafa graduated a few months ago with a master’s degree in infrastructure engineering from Széchenyi István University of Győr. After half a decade in the job market, the young Iraqi decided to continue his studies in the city of rivers, and he says even today he would not have done things differently. Here you can read the interview of the university with him about his study experience.
Prof. András Dinnyés is a leading researcher of embryology, cloning, and stem cell biology both in Hungary and worldwide. As the speaker of the December edition of the Alumni Hungary Webinar Season, he held a fantastic presentation on genetic reprogramming and DNA revolution. We interviewed him on this highly interesting field which truly brings a new shift for medicine.
The coordinator of the University of Pécs made a short interview with Anna Ronczyk, who finished her studies at the Faculty of Business & Economics in 2020, to tell us about her experiences during her studies and after her graduation.
The Hungarian film director, Kristóf Deák won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2017 with his short film Sing. (Mindenki in Hungarian). In the November edition of the Alumni Hungary Webinar Series he held an exciting webinar about storytelling and the art of filmmaking. We asked him about his experience as a film director and about his recent work.
The time has come to introduce our international alumni volunteer team with 34 people from 17 countries speaking 23 different languages. In the next chapter of our volunteer series, you can read about Zaher Akkad story from Syria! He did his MSc in Hungary between 2017-2019, and now he is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Logistics at the University of Miskolc.