The Senate of Semmelweis University has audited the introductory programmes of both rector candidates, Dr. László Hunyady and Dr. Béla Merkely at the Senate meeting held on December 14, 2017. The Senate elected Dr. Béla Merkely, Vice-Rector for Clinical Affairs, President of the Clinical Centre and Director of the Heart and Vascular Centre as the forthcoming rector via secret ballot.
Tempus Public Foundation relaunched its call for applications for foreign applicants to conduct short or long-term research in Hungarian higher education institutions or any research institutes in the academic year 2017-2018 within the framework of the Bilateral State Scholarships programme.
The delegation of Semmelweis University has visited two Chinese universities and also participated in a conference about Traditional Chinese Medicine. Our institution was represented by Dr. Zoltán Zsolt Nagy, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Dr. Marcel Pop, Director of International Relations. The major aim of their visit was the reinforcement of the current partnerships with Chinese institutions, the establishment of new research collaborations and the continuation of the previously started negotiations related to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) education. Dr. Yu Funian, a guest lecturer of the Faculty of Health Sciences and appointed commissioner of the TCM education of Heilongjiang University in Hungary as well as Dr. Xia Linyun, Teacher of TCM of the Faculty of Health Sciences also joined the delegation.
Semmelweis University is ranked as 301-400 according to the recent international ranking list prepared by Times Higher Education (THE) in the categories of both life sciences and clinical-, pre-clinical- and health sciences.
A two-day conference was organised by the Directorate of International Relations together with student associations to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Erasmus programme. The exchange programme was launched in 1987 with the aim of enabling students to experience different cultures, educational systems and methodologies. Semmelweis University joined the initiative 20 years ago and now an average of 150 students per year spend a semester in an another European country and an equal number of foreign students come to study here as well.
Tempus Public Foundation (TPF) with the cooperation of 8 Hungarian higher education institutions and the Hungarian Rectors’ Conference attended the „Salao do Estudante 2017” education fair organized in three cities in Brazil – Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.