For the new academic year, nearly six hundred students arrive at the University of Dunaújváros, which shows a decent increase compared to the data of last year.
A second admission procedure has been completed as well for those students, that did not manage to get to the desired university for the first try thus number of admitted students at University of Dunaújváros is complete now. Just within the framework of the second admission, altogether 58 students earned the possibility to continue their studies in Dunaújváros, which is also a large increase compared to the previous term. According to the general and second admission procedure, a total of 496 newly-enrolled students can start studying in September, which is 5.6 percent higher than last year. Together with more than a hundred foreign students, nearly six hundred students will begin the semester in two weeks.
Our Rector and our Vice-rector for General and Academic Affairs (photo by dunaujvaros.com)
According to Dr. habil István András, rector of the university the number of students is growing slowly but surely, which is confirmed by more than a hundred International newcomers. International students arrive from a total of thirty countries most of them from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. A significant part of them can begin their studies within the framework of Stipendium Hungaricum and Young Christians scholarship programs. According to Dr. András their intention remains to continue to strengthen the student-centered approach which can help to avoid to have falling numbers.
Soon the lessons start for the students but before launching, the freshman’s camp welcomes the newbies from September 6th, Thursday until September 9th Sunday. In the evenings, Rockbox, Névtelen Utca and Dj. Juhász Laci will entertain the participants.
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The representatives of the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE), Yang Ling Deputy Director, Han Hansen Deputy Director of International Cooperation Unit, Da Huo Program Director of International Co-operation Department and Wang Jing, The Head of the China Office of the University of Dunaújváros visited our university on the 5th September.
The delegation was received by Dr. István András PhD, Rector, Dr. Mónika Rajcsányi-Molnár PhD, Vice Rector of General and Academic Affairs and Kiss Ádám Sándor, Chancellor and Katalin Gyöngyössy, the Head of the International Relations Office.
The cooperation agreement between UOD and CSCSE was already signed in 2017. In China, CSCSE’s International Cooperation Department coordinates and supervises the international student exchange programs and the higher educational collaborations of the Chinese universities with partner universities from other countries. Furthermore the CSCSE is responsible for the adoption of the certificates and diplomas of Chinese students that they receive following their completed part-time or full-time studies abroad. The adoption procedure of the bachelor and master degree certificates of the Chinese students who studied in Hungary is essential to the Chinese students for their employment in P.R.C. Besides these tasks CSCSE provides supervision for the internationally acknowledged „Higher National Diploma” study programs at the universities in China, after the successful completion of which more and more students decides to apply for starting bachelor degree studies in English language at the University of Dunaújváros.
We believe that due to this meeting with CSCSE the already existing cooperation with Chinese partner universities will be extended and improved and it will also open opportunities for the establishment of new partnerships with universities in China.
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The University of Dunaújváros was the host of the IV. International Economic and Business Congress, what was held on the 28th and 29th June. The conference was established with the cooperation and support of the Turkish-Hungarian Businessmen Association.
Before the conference, dr. habil István András, rector of the University of Dunaújváros, dr. Mónika Rajcsányi-Molnár, vice-rector and dr. László Balázs, director of the Institute of Social Sciences received a delegation of the organizers and several university leaders. The discussion also focused on making closer links between universities.
After the meeting, the International Economic and Business Congress / ICEB'18 /, which was held for the fourth time in cooperation with researchers and business leaders from Turkey and representatives of 19 other nations, began.
The two-day conference is visited by several renowned professors from different universities and more than 100 scientific studies are presented. The event also plays an important role in strengthening cultural relations between participating countries, in addition to promote scientific research and catalyzing academic cooperation. For more information about the congress, visit www.icebconference.org.
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The visit of the ABRUEM (Associação Brasileira dos Reitores das Universidades Estaduais e Municipais) delegation to Hungary was organized Hungarian Rectors’ Conference. The members of the association that represents 46 universities paid a visit to Dunaújváros as well.
On Wednesday management and directors of institutes of our university received the delegation of 22 members consisting of rectors and vice-rectors of Brazilian institutions. Our rector, Dr. habil István András greeted the guests then dr. Mónika Rajcsányi-Molnár, vice-rector held a presentation in which she introduced our university. Then Aldo Nelson Bona, president of ABRUEM explained that the intention of their visit was to seek for new bilateral cooperation in Hungary that would allow them to start common projects in the area of education and research development. The association that currently counts 46 public universities has together more than 900.000 students.
The connection that binds the University of Dunaújváros together with the South-American country is not new at all. Our institution welcome 69 students between 2013 and 2015 for part-time studies thanks to the Science Without Borders scholarship. It is an integral part of the internationalization to establish and efficiently maintain connection with South-American, especially to Brazilian partners. Within the framework of our International Campus project ever since 2015 we are actively building our relationships outside of Europe as well, and for now we have 8 Brazilian higher-educational institutions among our partners. With them we seek opportunities for student and lecturer exchanges and for elaborated researches. With the university UNIS Educational Group located in Varginha for example we successfully handed in our common application for the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility programme. Within two years 3 students and 12 staff mobilities were carried out between the institutions.
Based on the International Campus project our university has started its own scholarship programme called “Study and More” that provides students with the opportunity of spending a semester at the University of Dunaújváros for free. Thanks to this possibility we could welcome 15 students form 4 different partner universities from Brazil and we expect other 4 students in the upcoming semester too.
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On 22 June, the University of Dunaújváros held its graduation ceremony, where among others, 35 international students received their diploma.
In his speach, Dr. habil. István András, Rector of UOD congratulated all graduates and expressed his hopes that beside the theoretical and practical knowledge they have studied, they also could gather unforgettable experiences and memories, and ensured that the doors of UOD are allways open to former students as well.
On behalf of the international students, a graduate from the Mechanical Engineering master program, Yassine Chahboub from Morocco said goodbye to the university by holding the following farewell speach:
"Jó napot! Good Morning,
Respected Rector, Teachers, Parents,
I want to welcome you all to this wondrous event celebrating our graduation ceremony.
I am honored to deliver this speech on behalf of the international students.
The University of Dunaújváros was the best choice for us to continue our studies and to be the first step towards our professional career.
The University of Dunaujvaros was not just a place where we registered ourselves in different lectures and exams but it was a place where we met new friends and together we built a strong bond through our social relations.
Saying goodbye is not an easy thing for any of us, and knowing that today will be our last day in the university gives the same painful feeling as when we left our homeland.
We would like to thank all our professors for their kindness and availability during good times and bad times.
The international office with all its wonderful and compassionate members, who helped us to get easily integrated in the society, they were always available and kind - answering our questions and solving our problems was their priority
We will never forget the memories that we had during the trips and events organized by the university.
Thanks also to the student office for their continuous efforts.
We will forever be grateful to the university for pointing us in the right direction towards the path of success.
Our adventure starts today…
Thank you all! Köszönöm!"
Congratulations to all our fresh graduates!
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University of Dunaújváros has launched its project called HASIT five years ago that aims to reduce the drop-out rate of students. This semester was closed with a conference.
The conference was opened by Dr. habil András István the rector of the university followed by the speech of Dr. Solti Péter the president of Klebelsberg Center.
Six lectures was presented on the conference:
- The Student Support Program (HASIT) in Support of Tertiary Structural Transformation (Dr. habil Rajcsányi-Molnár Mónika, Educational and General Rector-deputy, DUE)
- The renewing of the AVATAR-project (Verasztó Sándor, DUE)
- Personal-based career orientation guidance (Dr. László Balázs TTI Institute Director, College Professor, DUE)
- The impact of the students' living conditions on the success of the study (Duráczky Bálint, HÖOK)
- In-entry competence measurement at the first year students of the University of Neumann János (Dr. Török Erika Deputy Dean of Education, Neumann János University GAMF Faculty)
- VR Learning - education interestingly, memorably, and effectively (Dr. Horváth Ildikó Associate Professor, VR Center Director, Széchenyi István University)
The conference was closed by dr. Szabó Csilla Marianna, project manager of HASIT project and head of University of Dunaújváros’ Teacher Training Center, who thanked the work of the lecturers and the developers of HASIT.
The event was followed by a press conference held by Dr. habil Rajcsányi-Molnár Mónika and Dr. Szabó Csilla Marianna.
As we learned from Dr. Rajcsányi-Molnár Mónika the University achieved big successes in keeping students and supporting them in their studies. It was raised the attention of several other home institution as well as some foreign institutions, so that they have started their mission that aims introducing HASIT to other institutions.
Dr. Szabó Csilla Marianna explained that the AVATAR project has went through several changes. Through several projects they tried to help students in gaining admission to higher education and in successful positioning on the labor market after completing their studies.
At the press conference it was also mentioned that they consider strengthening internal communication extremely important, so that they created the HASIT prize, which is awarded each year in the best performing student, educator and specialist category.
Plans include creating photo walls and floor matrices what physically displays the program in the university area.
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