Almost one hundred students from a total of thirty-one different countries are going to learn about the Hungarian language and culture at this year’s Debrecen Summer School. The youngest participant is only fifteen years old, while the oldest is eighty, in a program that runs from July 20 through August 14. At the ceremonial opening held on Monday in the University Church Building, scholarship awardees also received their certificates.
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As the conclusion of its Hungarian tour, the Kunqu Theater from Suzhou, China, gave a performance on Tuesday, July 14, at the oDEon Theater in Debrecen, with its artists presenting excerpts from the most beautiful pieces of the more than 600-year-old Kunqu opera. The performance was arranged by the Confucius Institute at the Faculty of Humanities (BTK) of the University of Debrecen (UD) in collaboration with the China Cultural Center in Budapest and Ott-Home International Meeting Point of Debrecen.
The Spanish Ambassador to Hungary visited the University of Debrecen on Tuesday, June 16, during the course of his recent trip to Debrecen. Luis Ángel Redondo Gómez and the members of his delegation familiarized themselves with a program launched a year ago at the Department of Spanish Studies within the Institute of Mediterranean Languages and Cultures at the Faculty of Humanities.
Americans of Hungarian descent visited the Summer University on Monday. During the day, they toured the Egyetem tér campus and learned about methods for studying the Hungarian language, after which they visited the city’s sights. During their trip to Hungary, they are visiting numerous locations in the region, including Tarcal, Mád, Szilvásvárad, and Boldogkőváralja.
Recent developments in ancient Greek and Roman epigraphy and papyrology were in the focus of a two-day international conference on epigraphy, held on May 7 and 8, 2026, by the Department of Classical Philology and Ancient History at the Institute of History, Faculty of Humanities (BTK) of the University of Debrecen (UD). After the delivery of a welcome address in honor of founder György Németh in Sándor Karácsony Hall of the Main Building, the most distinguished Hungarian and international scholars in this field presented their latest research findings.
The Institute of History of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen and the Department of Military History of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń held their second joint Polish-Hungarian international historian symposium in Poland. The English-language conference served as a venue for experts in modern and contemporary history to disseminate their recent research.
The journal of the Institute of English and American Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Debrecen has advanced significantly in the SCImago Journal & Country Rank. The biannual Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies received a Q2 rating in two categories and a Q3 rating in two other areas, further strengthening its international reputation and prestige.
Students at the University of Debrecen (DE) will soon be able to learn about U.S. history through a new hybrid course. The program is being developed through a collaboration between faculty members of the English-American Institute at the Faculty of Humanities. UD, (BTK) and Earl Mulderink, a professor of history at Southern Utah University (SUU), under a cooperation agreement signed last year to promote educational and research projects.
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Debrecen has been ranked among the world’s top 550 institutions. For the first time in its history, the faculty has been included in the Quacquarelli Symonds 2026 subject rankings among the world’s top 550 institutions.