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.
As an international alumni volunteer, you can get benefits from the Alumni Network Hungary to build your carrier. Either you search for your first volunteer project as a fresh graduate, or you are an experienced volunteer, the Alumni network Hungary has a wide range of opportunities to find your place. Join our volunteer team for the next two years and be our network mobilizers!
Space research is aimed to be an increasingly important field in the scientific portfolio of the University of Debrecen. UD has recently been visited by the first Hungarian cosmonaut, where he learned about the university’s space research program that includes solutions for long-term stay in space, space diet and sustainable cultivation practices among others.
In July the presenter of the Alumni Hungary Webinar Series was the internationally acclaimed ethologist, Ádám Miklósi, the head of the Ethology Department and the director of the Institute of Biology at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE). In his webinar, Professor Miklósi showed how ethology, the scientific study of animal behavior, can help the development of social robots.
More than two hundred surgeries are performed in Hungary every year to correct the developmental disorder known as the funnel chest that affects every six thousandth child. Recently, a process with 3D printing has been developed in Pécs, with the cooperation of doctors, engineers, 3D designers and metalworking professionals. The University of Pécs made an interview with thoracic surgeon Dr Zalán Szántó who invented the new method that has a huge opportunity in surgical procedures.
The time has come to introduce our international alumni volunteer team with 34 people from 17 countries speaking 23 different languages. In the second chapter of our volunteer series, you can read Mirhadi Samidzada’s story from Azerbaijan! He studied in Hungary in 2017 at Károli Gáspár University and now he is a lawyer in a Bridge Group of Companies!
As the last part of our alumni interviews you can read the story of Basak Dilara Özdemir-Lakatos, who is a former student of Liszt Academy and a brilliant pianist and composer. She also works at the Hungarian State Opera, where she accompanies the ballet dancers on the piano. In this interview formerly made by the Tempus Public Foundation’s International Alumni Team she talked about the beginnings, the challenges and why she loves Hungary so much.
Get inspired by the stories of our alumni! This time you can read a former interview with paediatrician MD Abdulrahman Abdulrab Mohamed, who was the doctor of the Year in 2016. He has been living in the Hungarian town, Gyula for more than 20 years now. He talked about the beginnings, his job, community work and the motivations that made him choose Hungary as his home country.
Get inspired by the stories of our alumni! In the next few weeks you can read three interviews that were previously made with our senior alumni members. First meet Dr. Luis Fernando Murillo, a genuine world citizen, who lived, studied and taught in numerous countries all around the world. He found his home in Hungary as a professor and also as a Stipendium Hungaricum student at ELTE. The interview was made by our international alumni volunteer Zahar Akkad.
Seven Hungarian universities are listed on the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking, which is one of the most influential university rankings in the world. On the list, which is led by MIT, Stanford and Harvard, the best positions amongst Hungarian universities were taken by the University of Szeged and the University of Debrecen.