Knowledge Centre

City of Schools

The number of the approximately 22 thousand students equals the population of a middle-sized Hungarian town, while the number of teachers equals that of a village.

Technical school training courses are adjusted to the needs of the local environment, at the same time training is flexible and reacts fast to new demands.

Language training shows dynamic growth in the city. The majority of institutions offers secondary and tertiary language training. Currently 5 dual language schools operate in the city, where students can continue their studies in English, French, German or Spanish. As for the education level, Szeged has nationally outstanding indicators.

Among cities of county rank, 23 per cent of the 25+ population have a college or university degree. The degree rate is the highest in Szeged, thus Szeged is an excellent place to implement educational or R&D&I plans.

The twelve plus one faculties of the University of Szeged and its Teacher Training Centre offer hundreds of training courses, including bachelor, master, integrated, undivided and doctoral training courses, higher education specializations, various postgraduate courses and adult education programmes. The strength of the University of Szeged lies in its diversity.

Distribution of Students among Faculties (in academic year of 2017-2018)

After Budapest, Szeged is the second largest educational, research and cultural centre of the country. Besides terciary education, the primary and secondary education systems are also well-developed. A total of 17 nurseries, 65 nursery-schools, 34 elementary schools, 19 high schools, 21 secondary schools and vocational schools operate in Szeged.

Almost 15 thousand students attend the elementary and secondary schools in the city.

Bilingual Elementary Schools:

Szegedi Imre Madách Hungarian-English Bilingual Primary School
Address: Madách u. 20., 6721 Szeged (there are two Hungarian-English bilingual classes and one sports-English class at each grade)

Tarjáni Bilingual Primary School and Elementary Arts School
Address: Építő u. 9., 6723 Szeged (Hungarian-German, Hungarian-English bilingual classes)

Model High School and Primary School of the University of Szeged (French)
Address: Szentháromság u. 2., 6722 Szeged (two foreign languages taught in high class number)

Bilingual High Schools:

Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School (English)
Address: József Attila sgt. 118-120., 6723 Szeged. To practice the language, their students spend four months in England every year.

Model High School and Primary School of the University of Szeged (French)
Address: Boldogasszony sgt. 3-5., 6722 Szeged, French bilingual high school with high admission rate.

Szegedi Radnóti Miklós Experimental High School
Address: Tisza Lajos krt. 6-8., 6720 Szeged, one of the high schools with excellent school achievement in the country, the majority of their students continues their studies in universities abroad.

International School:

Szeged International Primary School
The Szeged International Primary School has been opened with one preshool group, and 1st to 4^th grade classes on September 1 2017. They use the teaching programme of International Primary Curriculum (greatlearning.com/ipc). Younger children are welcomed at Teddy’s Club English-Hungarian Day care (teddysclub.eu/en) Nursery since 2006. Website: www.szegedips.com

ELI-ALPS Research Centre

Based on European Union decision, the implementation of the investment of Extreme Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Pulse Source, i.e. ELI-ALPS Laser Research Centre was started in Szeged in 2013. The ELI laser infrastructure creates a unique set of research tools for international end-users in the region and also in the world, and ensures the innovative competitiveness of the country. With its partner network and the collaborating higher education institutions, the ELI contributes to strengthening the labour market and the knowledge-based society of Hungary.

The primary objective of the ELI-ALPS investment with planned budget EUR 240 million is to establish a laser-based unique research institute which provides ultrashort, even attosecond (10¹⁸), light pulses between THz (10¹² Hz) and X-ray (10¹⁸-10¹⁹ Hz) frequency range with high repetition rate for basic and industrial research.

By constructing three laser facilities, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania will simultaneously implement the ELI project with a coordinated research strategy.

1. Development and parametrization of attosecond light sources

The ELI-ALPS lasers will generate unique attosecond pulses and pulse trains in the VUV and X-ray spectral regions. Generation, measurement and characterisation of the extreme pulses is non-trivial and will require the development of new technologies, optical devices and measurement techniques.

2. Biological imaging applications

High-definition nanometre (10-9 m) imaging of functional biological materials in a biological environment is essential to understanding the connection between structure and function in these materials.

3. Biomedical applications

Energetic ions, generated from secondary sources, will facilitate radiobiological research and contribute to the advancement of cancer therapy.

4. Research on the fields of energy and chemistry – from solar cells to artificial photosynthesis

Time-resolved real-time imagery of chemical changes, reaction pathways and kinetics of advanced solar cells, batteries and pharmacutical materials will be possible at ELI-ALPS. These time-based processes will have atomic resolution.

5. Peak power photonics

ELI-ALPS will have a development laboratory environment for developing high-power short-pulse laser systems.

Innovation Centre

The R&D potential of the city is outstanding, which determines future development directions for the economy.

Several sectors with great growth potential are present in Szeged, e.g. ICT, life science and laser technology, together with related numerous basic and applied research projects.

Five internationally renowned research institutes can be found in the city. The Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences conducts mainly basic research activities, including genomics, which is a key area of interest in the whole world. The Cereal Research Non-Profit Ltd. is the plant breeding centre of the Southern Great Plain, and its research results are globally recognised. The task of the Biotechnological Research Institute at the Bay Zoltán Non-profit Ltd. for Applied Research is to support the practical use of research results. The Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine (HCEMM-MOLMEDEX) is implemented as a result of the cooperation of the University of Szeged, University of Debrecen and the Semmelweis University from HUF 15.6 billion. The centre is set to diagnose widespeard heart, vascular system, cancer and inflamed diseases.

Thanks to the world-famous laser physicists and the laser physics school at the University, Szeged (together with Prague and Bucharest) received the opportunity to implement the ELI-ALPS Laser Research Centre, one of the largest scientific investments in Europe. The purpose of the Extreme Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS) project is to establish a laser-based, unique, European research institute where laser pulses and light sources generated by them will be accessible for international researchers. The Centre, which is being built in Szeged with European Union support amounting to over HUF 70 billion, is outstanding by being capable of generating an extremely large number of impulses of very short duration within one second. The facility is not only capable of examining ultrafast elementary physical processes, but also provides unique infrastructure in the world for basic and applied research performed with extremely great time break in the fields of physics, biology, chemistry, medicine and material sciences. The staff at the Laser Research Centre and at the University collaborate in organizing their research projects and training programmes on the basis of cooperation agreement. The building complex of the research centre has been completed by the spring of 2017, and the institution may operate fully from 2019.

In the next few years a brand new European knowledge city will be built next to the ’superlaser’ ELI. The new science and industrial park (Science Park) is going to be constructed in several stages, taking into consideration the needs of its future inhabitants. The park will gradually become operative through the settlement of knowledge and innovation oriented R&D companies, and through the construction of new offices, laboratories and company seats. Start-up businesses using the results of the laser research centre and successful companies appealed by the city’s inspirative environment are welcomed in the Science Park.

Besides the research insitutes operating in the city, the role of the spin-off companies of the university and the Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is also significant. As the ambassadors of knowledge transfer, they also committed to research development and biotechnological utilisation of results.

The interdisciplinary contellation in Szeged is unique in Europe and also in the world, especially regarding the mainstream science fields. The researchers attracted here by the ELI-ALPS may widen this local knowledge base since the laser technology complements the outstanding medical, biological, biotechnological and IT potentials of the region well. All this means a huge potential and opportunity to attract and settle R&D businesses, furthermore to keep highly qualified labour force here.

R&D&I at the University

Based on the number of R&D positions and facilities, Csongrád-Csanád County (more precisely Szeged) is the most significant R&D centre in Hungary excluding the capital. Though the majority of the R&D positions is in the terciary education sector, the number of R&D staff working for the business sector is the highest here after the capital and Pest County.

The University of Szeged is one of the five research universities in Hungary. Research has a prominent role in the life of the institute, meaning basic research primarily but applied research projects are also quite often undertaken. The University has partnerships with several nationally or internationally successful companies like Audi, Nokia, GE Healthcare, TEVA, Richter Gedeon, Egis, Ericsson, Hungarian Telekom, Telenor, the Hungarian Oil and Gas Company (MOL) and Solvo Biotechnology to apply the university’s research activity successfully in industrial environment.

The principal aim as a research university is to create and utilize intellectual products by exploiting the synergy of its educational and research activities. The university believes that the task of the university in the 21 century is to produce new know-how with its economic and social transfer, which is not possible just locally. The precondition for competitive knowledge creation and transfer is the presence in the international market, the success in the international competition for scientists, students and research orders, furthermore establishing network operation in cooperation with other universities, the business sector and private research facilities.

Leading research fields at the University of Szeged

• Immunology
• Neurobiology
• Preclinical Pharmacology
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Innovative Social Sciences
• Nanotechnology and Material Sciences
• Laser Physics
• Software Engineering
• Genetics

For more information on the above research fields see the menu called ’R&D&I Fields of the University’ on this website.

The Directorate for R&D and Innovation performs the R&D and innovation tasks of the University of Szeged under the control of the Vice Rector of Research and Innovation. The tasks of the Directorate are to manage and promote the R&D and innovation activities, industrial relations of the University of Szeged, furthermore to develop, manage and transfer the intellectual assets portfolio of the university.

For further information please visit the website: www.inno.u-szeged.hu

R&D&I Fields of the University

Leading research fields at the University of Szeged are the followings:

Neurobiology
Through exploring the features of nerve cells and neural networks, results of neurobiological research conducted in recent years help understanding brain activites, neurodegenerative and neuroprotective processes. Research teams at the University of Szeged have achieved remarkable results in this field, thus contributing to the treatment of common problems such as pain sensation, headache, and also to the treatment of special injuries and diseases e.g. traumatic brain injuries, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

Immunology
The globalization and urbanization processes of the past few decades has changed significantly the lifestyle of citizens in developed countries with such negative consequences as allergic and other immune disorders becoming a common disease. Present processes allow us to conclude that this tendency continues, making immunology an even more significant field of research. At the University of Szeged, the behaviour of immune organs is studied both on genetic and cellular level together with immune responses and diseases with immunologic background, thus our scholars contribute to finding solutions for several common problems from skin diseases to allergy.

Genetics
As part of genetic research at the University of Szeged, researchers use genetic analyses of animals to deduce the biological features important for human health, regarding hormone regulation in particular. Besides, extensive clinical genomic tests go on at the University aiming to explore the genomic factors in the background of certain diseases and to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic methods through their utilisation.

Preclinical Pharmacology
Researchers at the University of Szeged analyze equally herbs, aroma plants, toxic agents and new potential drug compounds to define and prove the effects of certain molecules, specifying their fields of application, thus providing an extensive basis for clinical pharmacology.

Clinical Pharmacology
Extensive clinical pharmacology research is pursued in the departments of the Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center at the University of Szeged. These researches aim to study the efficiency, effect mechanisms, side effects and side effects modification possibilities of new drugs and drug combinations. Based on the results, new pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic methods are developed. A Research Laboratory for Human Phase I Clinical-pharmacological Trials operates at the University. Alongside with phase I. and bioequivalence tests, a great number of phase II-IV tests are conducted in the institution.

Environmental Science
Depletion of natural resources requires technological developments essential for intensive resource utilisation. Environmental technology research study the possibilities of using waste as raw material for producing energy, and the more efficient utilization methods of natural resources such as solar energy. Besides resource utilization, other important directions of environmental scientific research are the more accurate identification of geographic and geologic processes, furthermore environmental reconstruction.

Laser Physics
In the recent decade, the application of lasers has greatly changed the direction of research in material and medical sciences, and it has significantly increased the accuracy of measuring. Development of the laser technology opens the window for the study of the dynamics of the extremely fast molecular, even nuclear, elementary processes today. Laser technology researches conducted at the University of Szeged are based on decades of scientific tradition and scholarly professionalism, and the research laboratories are equipped with internationally outstanding infrastructure. The two terawatt peak power titan-sapphire laser system (TeWaTi) which is unique in Hungary, the internationally acknowledged High Intensity Laser Laboratory (HILL), and the ELI-ALPS ‘superlaser’ implemented in Szeged as a European Union common research infrastructure of a EUR 200 million investment altogether provide excellent technical facilities for future research.

Nanotechnology and Materials Science
The main stream of materials science research involves the research of properly functionalized nanometals of controlled size and shape that can be applied widely in biological, chemical, electronic and optical systems in several fields of diagnostics, medicine and industrial production. Materials science research that may lead to the discovery of self-cleaning surfaces, the more efficient utilization of solar energy and industrial solvents is also important. The latter may play an important role in degrading pollutants and exploiting raw materials.

Information Technology and Software Development
At the University of Szeged, extensive research is pursued in the fields of online algorithm development and artificial intelligence with results relevant for language technology. Software quality research that deals with the analysis of the problems present on the code level of software products helps prevent or delay software ‘aging’. Software based life quality increasing developments are also important, having remarkable achievements in the fields of telemedicine and agriculture. Computer optimization bears ever greater economic relevance, the spectrum of research concerning this branch is continuously expanding to incorporate non-linear optimization and microsimulation. Results of such research contribute to traffic modelling, production simulation or even the solution of various ranking problems.

For further information on the above mentioned fields please read the university’s publication called

„Excellence in Reasearch and Innovation”

or visit the university’s website at www.u-szeged.hu.

The Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

The Biological Research Centre (BRC) was founded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1971. It consists of four institutes (Biochemistry, Biophysics, Genetics, Plant Biology), reflecting the interdisciplinary character of modern biology. The main task of the institutes is the acquisition of new information, research groups are therefore free to choose their own research objectives. The majority of the research projects are in the frontline of modern cell and molecular biology research. In 2000, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) granted the BRC the illustrious title of European Center of Excellence.

Scientific and research partnerships play an important role in the activities of BRC. Their research groups have been participating in the work of numerous international and national research consortia successfully. In addition to fundamental research, the proportion of applied research is increasingly significant. The operation of the DNA chip laboratory, the Silicon Graphics informatical laboratory and a mass spectrometer suitable for protein microsequencing opens the way for BRC to join new research efforts based on the results of whole genome projects. Close to 70 patent applications have been filed from the BRC in the course of the operation of the institute.

The BRC presently has 450 employees, 240 of whom are researchers; in addition, 8 persons participating in extracurricular training within the framework of the International Training Course (ITC) and 66 PhD students from a variety of PhD schools also directly take part in research activities.

Research is conducted within the framework of active national and international cooperations; the most important such projects are funded by OTKA (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund), NKTH (National Research, Development and Technology Office), EU Scientific Framework Programs, the Wellcome Trust, the Human Frontier Science Program and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In the past five years researchers working in the BRC have published their results in more than 200 publications in international journals, including the prestigious Nature and Science. Publications from the BRC have received nearly 9000 citations from members of the international research community during the past five years.

Services of BRC:

• Funcional Genomics
• Proteomics
• Cellular Imaging
• DNA sequencing
• New generation sequencing
• DNA Synthesis
• Animal house

For further information please visit the webpage : www.brc.hu

BAY-BIO

Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research is Hungary’s leading applied research institution. Its Biotechnology Division (BAY-BIO) was established on 24th September 1993 by the Ltd.’s legal predecessor, Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research, as the first institute established by a foundation.

The main objective of the Biotechnology Division is to fulfill its research and development tasks at the highest possible professional level, in line with the represented applied research directions. The institute aims to develop cutting-edge technological solutions which can contribute to the establishment and sustainment of a clean and liveable natural environment. In line with the key objectives of the Company, BAY-BIO’s mission is to implement technology transfer, i.e. to realize the industrial, economic utilization of research-development achievements; to accomplish and publish adaptable research findings in the field of biotechnology.

Due to the flexible approach and comprehensive professional background established in the area of applied research, BAY-BIO can provide creative, innovative solutions and answers to the biotechnology-related problems and questions of its partners. The long-term strategic partnerships with present and future partners ensure the continuous development of the Biotechnology Division, as well as its significant contribution to the sustainable development of the built environment.

In cooperation with the other institutes of the Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research, BAY-BIO implements the following tasks:

• ensure applied research background for national and international corporate partners
• implement own goal- and product-oriented projects via participation in tenders
• provide a cutting-edge service portfolio for its partners
• practice-oriented education.

More information about BAY-BIO in Hungarian can be found at the website of the institute: www.bayzoltan.hu

Contact person: István Kiss, dr., Division Director
Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research
Biotechnology Divison (BAY-BIO)

Address: Derkovits fasor 2., H-6726 Szeged
Telefon: +36-30/637-3375
E-mail: istvan.kiss@bayzoltan.hu
Weboldal: www.bayzoltan.hu

Higher Education

As a prestigious higher education institution with rich traditions, the University of Szeged is committed to maintaining quality education on all levels including Bachelor, Master, Doctoral programmes, higher education specializations and advanced specific trainings.

The title of ’University of National Excellence’ was awarded to the three most outstanding national higher educational institutions, the Eötvös Loránd University, the University of Debrecen and the University of Szeged in 2013.

According to the well-respected academic rankings, the University of Szeged is among the world’s top universities. It is the 15th best university on the QS university ranking list on Emerging Europe and Central Asia, and it is the 14th greenest university in the world among institutions located and operating in inner city area.

A great number of students are trained in the higher education institutions in Szeged. Almost 22,000 students studying at 12 faculties of the University of Szeged may choose from 90 bachelor, 142 master and 135 undivided studies, 19 postgraduate higher education programmes and 44 specialized postgraduate courses. 19 doctoral schools operate within the institution. The training and research work of the university is supported by the activity of 2,200 researchers and instructors including 9 full members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 130 D.Sc. and 942 instructors with PhD degrees.

Fields of education and science at the University of Szeged

Training fields

• Agriculture,
• Arts,
• Economics,
• Informatics,
• Law,
• Engineering,
• Creative Art,
• Art of Mediation,
• Medicine and Health Sciences,
• Teacher Training,
• Olympic Sciences,
• Social Sciences,
• Natural Sciences.

The 19 Doctoral Schools allow students to gain a PhD degree in the following fields:

• Arts,
• Engineering,
• Medicine and Pharmacy,
• Social Sciences,
• Natural Sciences.

The general introductory publication of the University: www.u-szeged.hu/brochures
For further information about studies at the faculties: www.u-szeged.hu/faculties

Inseparably from education, the University of Szeged is dedicated to conducting internationally competitive research work and to advancing its research university character.

The nationally acknowledged tertiary education in Szeged is based on outstanding research activity in the fields of biotechnology, information technology and material sciences. With additional research fields at the university, the research work conducted by almost 2,200 researchers and instructors is internationally significant, and nationally prominent.

Leading research fieds at the University of Szeged

• Neurobiology
• Preclinical Pharmacology
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Genetics
• Nanotechnology
• Material Sciences
• Laser Physics
• Software Engineering
• Biotechnology And Environmental Technology
• Immunology

The principal aim of the university is to create and utilize intellectual products by exploiting the educational and research activities of the institution. The Directorate for R&D and Innovation performs the R&D and innovation tasks under the control of the Vice Rektor of Research and Innovation in the University of Szeged. The tasks of the Directorate are to manage and promote the R&D and innovation activities, industrial relations of the University of Szeged, furthermore to develop, manage and utilize the intellectual assets portfolio of the university.

Further information: www.inno.u-szeged.hu

IT Training

Serving one of the key sectors of economy, IT training at the Department of Informatics at the Faculty of Science and Informatics includes three study programmes, namely Business IT specialist, Software IT specialist and Engineering IT specialist. IT students also may choose an IT teacher training programme during their studies. The Institute of Informatics has been operating as an independent unit of the Faculty of Science and Informatics since 1990.

BSc, MSc and teacher training programmes of the Department of Informatics are as follows:

• Business Information Technology, BSc
• Engineering Information Technology, BSc
• Software Information Technology, BSc
• Business Information Technology, MSc
• Engineering Information Technology, MSc
• Teacher of Informatics, MA
• Software Information Technology, MSc
• Teacher of Informatics and a chosen subject (‘undivided’ / integrated teacher trainingprogramme)

There are six departments at the Institute of Informatics:

• Department of Image Processing and Computer Graphics
• Department of Technical Informatics
• Department of Foundations of Computer Science
• Department of Computer Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence
• Department of Computational Optimization
• Department of Software Engineering

The Research Group on Artificial Intelligence of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences works in strong partnership with the Institute both in the fields of education and research.

The doctoral programme was launched at the Institute in 1993; at first, it operated as the Doctoral Program on Computer Science at the School on Mathematics and Computer Science, now that of the Doctoral School of Computer Science

IT training serves the labour demand of one of the key sectors of economy. The university provides all levels of training in IT training programmes, thus BSc, MSc and PhD programmes. The Bachelor and Master programmes can be chosen both as full-time courses or correspondence courses. IT students also may choose an IT teacher training programme during their studies.

Approximately 250 students graduate from the Institute of Informatics annually.

Website of the Institute of Informatics at the Faculty of Science and Informatics: www.inf.u-szeged.hu

Economics and Business Administration Training

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Univeristy of Szeged offers training in management, business and marketing as well as finance and public accountancy as full-time BA courses.

Business and marketing major is also available as a correspondence course. The Faculty offers the following Master programmes: Public Policy and Management, International Economy and Business, Marketing, Finance, Regional and Environmental Economic Studies, as well as Master of Business Administration (MBA). The Mangement BA course and the International Economy and Business MA course are available also in English.

As a four-semester shared higher vocational education, the faculty of Economics and Business Administration together with Juhász Gyula Faculty of Education train future specialists– bank admisnistrator, small and medium-sized enterprises manager, financial assistant, accounting administrator – handling everyday economy related cases with ease.

Webpage of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Univeristy of Szeged: www.eco.u-szeged.hu

Engineering Training

Bachelor programmes of the engineering training are offered by the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Science and Informatics and Juhász Gyula Faculty of Education. Materials engineering, bioengineering and environment engineering are available both as a full-time programme and as a correspondence course at the Faculty of Science and Informatics. Juhász Gyula Faculty of Education offers the IT specialization within the technical teacher BA programme.

The Faculty of Engineering waits prospective students with BSc programmes of food engineer, agribusiness and rural development engineer, mechanical engineer in agriculture and food industry with the related various fields of study. The acquired academic knowlegde enables graduates to find jobs not only in the fields of agriculture or food industry in a narrow sense but also in the related fields, such as the commercial or service sectors.

The Faculty of Engineering has launched dual engineering training programme, thus higher education and labour market’s demands can get closer to each other. Undergraduate students participating in the dual training programme can acquire high level academic knowlegde during their studies, and they can apply all that knowledge also in practice, making their knowledge really competitive. The number of companies participating in the programme is increasing in Szeged and also in the country.

Companies participating in the dual engineering trainning programme with location in Szeged are the following:

• Contitech Rubber Industrial Kft.
• Ferroép ZRt.
• Pick Szeged Zrt.
• Szegedi Sütödék Kft.
• Szegedi Paprika Zrt.
• Alukonstrukt Kft.
• Szegána Kft.
• Transcommers Kft.
• Sirema Kft.

Website of the Faculty of Engineering at University of Szeged: www.mk.u-szeged.hu

Health Sciences Trainings

Medicine and health sciences trainings at the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Studies, the Faculty of Dentistry,  and the Faculty of Pharmacy provide well qualified health care workers.

Training at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Szeged is in Hungarian, English and German. Besides the twelve-semester medicine training, the faculty provides professional training in resident system, regular in-service trainings to support regional health care. English-Hungarian medicine specialized translator in-service training is also available at the faculty. Credit system is used in education, almost thousand Hungarian students and eight hundred foreign medical students from more than 30 countries participate in the study programmes. There is also pre-med training for the summer anatomy courses at the faculty, and foreign BSc graduates can join English and German training programmes also within summer courses.

Clinics operating at the Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre are responsible for the patient care in the region and Szeged, for clinical disciplines and practical training, clinical and pharmaceutical research. As a regional centre, the clinical centre ensures medical care on 1,433 active and 357 chronic beds for almost 250 thousand people.

The Faculty of Dentistry was established in January 2007. Dentistry training started in Szeged in the fifties, it transformed into specialized dentistry training in 1960, and the independent dentistry academic field was established in 2001. Its a local speciality that freshly graduated dentists can treat people’s teeth fully. The Faculty of Dentistry welcomes also foreign students, since the training is available in English from 2004.

The pharmacy training proceeds through 10 semesters, studies can be completed in Hungarian or in English. Students having medium level English language knowledge at the time of their admission can partake in English-Hungarian specialized translator in-service training during their undergraduate studies.

According to pharmacy year-books’ data, almost half of the pharmacists in Hungary graduated in Szeged. The Faculty of Pharmacy offers postgraduate studies with 15 fields of studies for the alumni of this and other universities.

The Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Studies trains degree holder workers essential in health care. Their bachelor courses are: the eight-semester nursing and patient care, health care and disease prevention specialist, the five-semester imaging diagnostics and interventional assistant, the six-semester obstetrix and the seven-semester social work. The courses of the faculty are quite popular since their graduates are sought for in whole Europe, they are welcomed workers in every member state of the EU.

Website of the Faculty of Medicine: www.med.u-szeged.hu/english
Website of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Studies: www.etszk.u-szeged.hu/english
Website of the Faculty of Dentistry: www.stoma.u-szeged.hu/english
Website of the Faculty of Pharmacy: www.pharm.u-szeged.hu/english

Arts Training

Considering either the number of instructors or that of the students, the Faculty of Arts belongs to the most populous faculties of the Univercity of Szeged with its 4,500 students.

16 bachelor, 47 master, numerous undivided teacher trainig courses, furthermore 5 doctoral schools with 33 training programmes wait prospective and present students, who leave the university with excellently convertible knowledge meeting labour market demands and with quick employment prospects according to recent reports.

The high academic quality of training and research is guaranteed by the nationally high number of scientifically acknowledged instructors. Through the exchange programmes (ERASMUS+, DAAD) with European partner universities, students can increase their academic knowledge and develop their language skills by choosing from numerous foreign training programmes. The faculty gives students academic freedom to build their portfolio from the wide range of minor trainings, specialties, optional subjects in accordance with their key interests and vision for the future.

The bachelor programmes of the arts training are offered by the Faculty of Arts and the Juhász Gyula Faculty of Education. The students can choose from English and American studies, German studies, Eastern languages and cultures, Hungarian, ethnography, ancient languages and cultures, pedagogy, psychology, French studies, Italian studies, Spanish studies, philosophy, Slavonic studies (Bulgarian, Czech, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian), history bachelor programmes when entering the Faculty of Arts. Bachelor programmes of arts training are andragogy, Romanian studies and Slovakian studies at the Juhász Gyula Faculty of Education.

More than one thousand arts, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish and Serbian, graduates with advanced language knowledge leave in total every year. The Faculty of Arts offers social science and economics specialized postgraduate translator and interpreteur courses in English, German and French each year.

Website of the Faculty of Arts: www.arts.u-szeged.hu/english
Website of Juhász Gyula Faculty of Education: www.jgypk.u-szeged.hu/english/education/institutions

Foreign Language Training

Language training shows dynamic growth in the city. The number of institutions offering secondary and tertiary language training is on the increase. Currently five dual language schools operate in the city. As a result, almost 40 per cent of those actively employed speak at least one foreign language at advanced level in the city. English, German, French, Italian and Spanish are spoken most frequently.

There are two English-Hungarian nursery-schools in the city, one of them receives also a nursery group.

Due to health training, many learn Latin; in addition, Russian, Romanian, Slovakian, Ukrainian, Greek and Serbian are also spoken by the nationalities living in the county or in the border zone.

Almost every faculty of the University of Szeged offers foreign language training on bachelor, master, integrated, undivided and doctoral training levels, thus approximately 3,200 foreign students study in the city. Thanks to the advanced level and high reputation of foreign language training established three decades ago, students arrive in Szeged from more than 100 countries of the world, including the USA, Germany, Belgium, France, China and Japan, which makes city life vivid and colourful. Languages of training: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian.

The following faculties of the University of Szeged offer (besides Hungarian) foreign language training:

• Faculty of Agriculture
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Dentistry
• Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
• Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Music
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Science and Informatics

Wide range of courses wait students on different training levels: they can study for a bachelor degree (BA/BSc) or master degree (MA/MSc), or as a PhD.

Considering instructors teaching in foreign languages, student exchange programmes and international research collaborations, both academic training and research activity is of international level.

Further information on foreign language bachelor, master, undivided and PhD courses of the University of Szeged can be downloaded from www.u-szeged.hu/brochures

Vocational Training

Similar to the 44 centres for vocational education and training in Hungary, the Szeged Centre for Vocational Education and Training was established on July 1 2015. It operates 10 vocational training institutions at 14 locations in towns of Szeged and Mórahalom now. Its director-general is Angyalné Kovács Anikó.

As major task, the Szeged Centre for Vocational Education and Training offers special high school, secondary technical and vocational school training and adult education, furthermore non-public education activity related to the training work, finally manages high level adult education.

The mission of the centre is to give safe and marketable job to as many people as possible, furthermore to train prepared workers satisfying labour market demands together with companies and enterpises.

Almost 7,500 students study in institutions of the Szeged Centre for Vocational Education and Training now. The practice oriented training is in the focus. Students do practice classes at school and at companies, too, to get prepared to their job in real working conditions. Students studying scarce job receive significant grants. The Szeged Centre for Vocational Education and Training has partnership with more than thousand companies, public institutions and organizations in traineeship or communal work. 

Secondary Education

Elementary Educations

Nursery Schools