On Saturday, 14 June, during the Festive Book Week, the volume Xántus and Borneo: A 19th century Hungarian naturalist on the island of Borneo, based on the joint research of the University of Debrecen and the Sunway University of Malaysia, will be presented. Published by Sunway University Press, the publication presents the accounts of János Xántus's 1870 voyage to Borneo in Hungarian and, for the first time, in English translation.
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The University of Debrecen and the University of Central Florida signed a framework agreement for joint pharmaceutical, medical and health science research, as well as in the fields of informatics and sports, at the 5th Hungarian Summit, a conference supporting American-Hungarian cooperation, in Debrecen. The leaders of the two institutions plan to further strengthen their cooperation through collaborations between professors, students and researchers.
Representatives of three Asian higher education institutions came to the University of Debrecen supported by iStudy to explore educational and research cooperation and to introduce Hungarian and foreign students to Chinese university and scholarship opportunities. The delegation members gained an understanding of the institution's education system, infrastructure and met students.
A delegation from the University of Debrecen participated in the China (Ningbo) - Central and Eastern European Countries Cooperation Forum and signed strategic cooperation agreements with leading Chinese institutions at the end of May. The visit by Vice-Rector General Károly Pető and László Stündl, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, will establish long-term scientific and educational partnerships with Zhejiang Wanli University and Zhejiang Pharmaceutical University.