The gift shop of the University of Debrecen is now open at a new location: on the ground floor of the recently inaugurated Learning Center. The opening hours of the new UD Shop, which takes up a much larger floor space than it used to have in the Main Building, are Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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The building of the new Learning Center is going to be available for use by the students of the University of Debrecen as of Monday. The multifunctional, state-of-the-art, triangular building, situated between the Main Building of the university and the sports facilities of DEAC [Debreceni Egyetemi Atlétikai Club – UD Athletic Club] next to Dóczy utca, is primarily meant to host and facilitate individual and group-based learning activities.
Members of an official delegation from Kazakhstan, representing the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan), have visited the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Debrecen in order to learn about research conducted here in the fields of biology, botany, genomics and microbiology.
The network made up of research units of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management of the University of Debrecen is the only cluster that has made it to the TOP50 list of research infrastructures in the field of agricultural and food sciences, compiled by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office.
Several of the research facilities of the University of Debrecen appear on the list of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, which contains the best 50 Hungarian research laboratories.
The University of Debrecen is still listed among the best 40 higher education institutions in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region ranking of the QS World University Rankings. In addition, UD has jumped to place 204th in the Green Metric sustainability ranking.
At its meeting held on 9 December 2021, the Senate of the University of Debrecen made a decision regarding the preferred candidate for the position of Rector. The Senate recommended the appointment of Zoltán Szilvássy as Rector by the Board of Trustees of the foundation maintaining the university. The Senate also made decisions about the launch of new courses, business partnerships, and the amendment of several regulations.
New medical doctors, Hungarian and foreign nationals as well, took the Hippocratic oath at the ceremonial council meeting of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Debrecen on Saturday. At the event, which was organised in line with the strict anti-epidemic measures, 67 medical doctors received their diplomas.
A spectacular time-lapse video has been made to present the construction works of the Learning Center. The construction of the multifunctional learning center of the University of Debrecen began in the spring of 2020.
The University of Debrecen has been ranked 25th in the Eastern European thematic rankings of the SCImago Institutions Rankings. In the field of energy, UD has outperformed prestigious institutions such as the Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), the Jagiellonian University (Poland), and Charles University (Czech Republic).