About the University of Szeged

About the University of Szeged:

The predecessor of the university is the University of Kolozsvár (University of today's Cluj-Napoca), founded in 1872 by Emperor Franz Joseph I., which had to move to Hungary after the Treaty of Trianon in 1921, and was restarted in Szeged.

Among its teachers were Albert Szent-Györgyi, one of the founders of the Faculty of Science, who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 for his discoveries in connection with Vitamin C.

Today it has 12 faculties, almost 30 000 university students, and altogether 134 majors. Its teachers are 1 393 in number, among them there are 18 academicians, 123 academic doctors and 818 have Ph.D. degree.

The University of Szeged Congress Centre operates as a Study and Information Centre, as well, rated by OECD as one of the world’s most important educational investments in 2005. The fabulous University Library, the modern Computer Area and the Student Union Offices provides both studying and recreation opportunities for students, teachers and visitors at the same time.

The University of Szeged Congress Centre seeks to be the first Green Congress Centre in the country of Hungary, it won "The Green Office Improvement of 2009" Prize.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Szeged
http://www.u-szeged.hu/

More information about the University:
http://www.u-szeged.hu/

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