Each year Santa Claus, or in Hungarian, the Mikulás traditionally visits the homes of Hungarian children the night before Santa Claus Day on 6 December and leaves various tasty treats in their shoes. It is a nice custom that children love, here you can read the story of this more than hundred-year-old tradition.
Calls for applications for Bilateral State Scholarships in Hungary for study visits, full-degree studies and partial/semester studies during the academic year 2023-2024 are now open!
At most Hungarian Universities exam period usually starts in early or mid-December, which means it’s time to start organizing your notes and visit the library for literature. To help you prepare your exam schedule, we have collected the most important dates for some universities. Check it out!
Dr. Gábor Kemenesi, a key virologist at the National Laboratory of Virology in Pécs, and a member of Hungary’s COVID-19 Task Force was the speaker of the Alumni Hungary Webinar series in November. He gave an exciting presentation on global pandemics and the consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic. We interviewed him about his research field and the role of communication in science.
“We set up real-time virtual connection arching over borders and continents with our self-driving vehicle, and the visitors were also taken on a test drive,” Zsolt Szalay, Associate Professor of the Department of Vehicle Technology of the BME summarized his experiences briefly of the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS World Congress).
We are pleased to inform you that the Stipendium Hungaricum Call for Application for the 2023/2024 academic year has been published!