2026. March 13., Friday

Highlights

The Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory cordially invites you to a lecture by Mr. John N. Zarian on Thursday, March 19, 2026.

In Between April 23 and 25, 2026, the Mémorial de la Shoah (Paris) will organize an English-language seminar in Cluj-Napoca, in collaboration with the University of Szeged and the Babeş–Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca.

The deadline for abstract submissions is March 31, 2026, and final papers are due in June 2026. This year, prizes are €2,000 for first place and €500 for second place.

To mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Embassy in Hungary is launching national creative competitions, all inspired by the theme of Freedom250.

The University of Szeged (SZTE) continues to strengthen its international standing, once again ranking among the world’s leading universities in the latest subject rankings published by Times Higher Education (THE). According to the most recent assessment, SZTE is the only Hungarian institution to appear on all 11 THE subject excellence lists this year. As part of this strong overall performance, the University achieved a shared first place nationally in Law, underscoring the competitiveness and academic impact of its legal education and research.

The University of Szeged will host its upcoming Counselors’ Engagement Day on March 11–12, 2026. Organized by the Office for International Academic Programs – a division of the University’s Directorate for International Affairs and Public Relations – the event is designed to deepen engagement with high school counselors from around the world. Through this initiative, the University of Szeged seeks to strengthen ties with high schools by fostering collaboration and offering valuable insights into the academic programs and resources available to prospective students.

The closing ceremony of the Gateway Program was held on December 16, 2025, during which twenty-one certificates were awarded, marking the conclusion of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences’ Chinese–Hungarian student exchange program for the fall semester of the 2025-2026 academic year.

For three days in mid-November, diplomacy took center stage in the building of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the University of Szeged. The Diplomacy Days 2025 event series, organized by the International and Regional Studies Institute, addressed students interested in the world of diplomacy in an unconventional way, equipping them with deeper, practice-oriented knowledge. The event successfully fulfilled its purpose, and it clearly calls for continuation.

The University of Szeged is pleased to announce that applications for the 2026 Spring Intake of its international self-financed study programs will open on October 15.