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Between 25 and 31 October, the delegation of Study in Hungary will visit Vietnam to take part in an extensive event series in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to further develop the long-existing international connection between Vietnam and Hungary. In both cities, there will be alumni meetings for Vietnamese alumni who used to study or currently studying in Hungary. The meetings will provide networking opportunities for participants to get to know each other and to share their experiences of studying in Hungary.

Between 25 and 31 October, the delegation of Study in Hungary will visit Vietnam to take part in an extensive event series in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to further develop the long-existing international connection between Vietnam and Hungary. In both cities, there will be alumni meetings for Vietnamese alumni who used to study or currently studying in Hungary. The meetings will provide networking opportunities for participants to get to know each other and to share their experiences of studying in Hungary.

Each year several university rankings help to navigate among higher education institutions based on various criteria. It is a great honor to be part of these lists, and more and more Hungarian universities achieve to be included among the first best 1,000 institutions. Let’s see a quick overview of the most prominent rankings and the best results of Hungarian unis. 

From the food- and manufacturing industry to tackling climate crisis and energy resources, chemistry is essential in almost every part of our daily lives. Still, it is often considered a closed world only available to scientists. Dr. Gábor Lente, the head of the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Pécs, and the speaker of the Alumni Hungary Webinar series in September believes that chemistry should be brought closer to the non-professional audience too. We interviewed him about his experience as a chemist and about his current research.

On 23 September at 16:00 p.m. the Pak-Hungary Alumni Network (PHAN) is organizing an alumni meet-up in Islamabad at the office of the Foundation of Arts and Culture (FACE).

A new online platform has been launched with over 5.000 members selected from the Semmelweis Alumni Network. The aim is to bring the community closer and to share programs, career opportunities and social awareness. After the test launch, the entire Semmelweis alumni community, tens of thousands of people from over 70 countries around the world, will be able to use the platform.

Digital networking and continuous monitoring of the news have become an essential part of today's connectivity. Being a freshly graduated student or experienced alumni is a different stage of our life and there are many treasures in our huge alumni community. Damilia Arzybekova, our alumni volunteer, created the BudapestMate social media pages to encourage young people with exciting alumni life after studies and show carrier-ways with various professional backgrounds.

There were many alumni meetings around the world this year where some of our alumni volunteers participated. Here you can read about the collection from Kenya, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Laos and Kyrgyzistan!
 

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.

At the latest event of Semmelweis University’s Science and Business Salon, four winning teams from the Hungarian Startup University (HSUP) talent management programme presented their most innovative ideas from Semmelweis, who will develop these concepts further with the help of their mentors. The winning projects include a smart medicine dispenser, an educational card game, an educational platform for university students and a dance training video for wheelchair users.