Researchers of the University of Debrecen have made a major breakthrough in the observation of living cells. In fact, they have constructed a unique video-microscope system the use of which opens up new vistas in cancer research and pharmacology.

The Department of German Studies is to hold this year’s German Majors’ Week (GMW) in cooperation with German Cultural Forum of Debrecen by introducing a series of lighter and non-scholastic functions into the range of professional and academic events arranged with the proverbial German precision.

Members of a delegation from China, who have visited the University of Debrecen recently, would be very much interested to find out about the details of student and staff mobility as well as participation possibilities in English-language doctoral programs at UD.

Hungarian experts practicing transplantation surgery at the University of Debrecen could get ahold of the most recent state-of-the-art information on the derivation of organs from brain-dead donors as presented by the most highly acclaimed transplantation surgeon from the Netherlands.

Students and instructors at the Faculty of Engineering do not even get a chance to “let the steam off” these days, as they are working on preparing the alternative fuel vehicles of their own design to enter a domestic and the international Shell Eco-marathon Europe race to be held later in London.

The University of Debrecen is coming through flying colors in two dimensions ranked by U-Multirank. The global university comparison site ranks as many as 1,500 higher education institutions out of 99 countries, including 11 Hungarian universities.

The event called International Food Day is going to be held at the University of Debrecen a week later than originally planned, on May 5th. The scheduling has been changed due to the unfavorable weather conditions forecast for the end of April.

The pharmaceutical programme of the University of Debrecen is among the top 200 in the world, while the biology programme is the strongest in Hungary. In addition the most recent QS ranking also listed the institution among the world’s best universities in medical, agricultural and natural sciences.

The Department of Italian Studies at the University of Debrecen is to host a two-day international conference under the title Fantasy and the Fantastic in the Art of Giuseppe Bonaviri. The central theme of the event is the life and works of the recently deceased Sicilian writer.

Multicultural cookie corner, information stands and presentations awaited interested participants at the event jointly organised by the University of Debrecen and Tempus Public Foundation. Erasmus, Europe’s largest student exchange programmes is 30 years old this year.