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The University of Debrecen A brief introduction

The University of Debrecen A brief introduction. The City of Debrecen. More than 650 years of history The 2nd largest city in Hungary Population: ca. 25 0,000 230 km east of Budapest In the Northeastern part of the Great Plain A university town serving students’ needs.

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The University of Debrecen A brief introduction

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  1. The University of DebrecenA brief introduction

  2. The City of Debrecen • More than 650 years of history • The 2nd largest city in Hungary • Population: ca. 250,000 • 230 km east of Budapest • In the Northeastern part of the Great Plain • A university town serving students’ needs

  3. History of UD 1538 – The College of the Reformed Church in Debrecen is established. 1912 - Founding of the Hungarian Royal University with the Faculties of Arts, Law, and Theology. 1918 - The inaugural ceremony of the Main Building of the Medical Faculty by King Charles IV of Hungary. 1950 – The Faculty of Science is established. 1951 - The university is divided in three parts (Academy of Theology, Medical School, Lajos Kossuth University of Arts and Sciences). 1998- Federation of Debrecen Universities is founded. 2000 - The federation is transformed into the unified University of Debrecen with all the customary faculties and 20,000 students

  4. Facts and Figures • Established: 1538 (1912) • 14 faculties • medical and health sciences, agriculture, food and environmental sciences, arts, music, social sciences, natural sciences, ICT, engineering • 7 campuses (5 in Debrecen, 1 in Nyíregyháza and 1 in Hajdúböszörmény) • 29.000 students • 5664 international students (20%) • 1550 lecturers • student-lecturer ratio 20:1

  5. UD’sposition in major rankings • Name • Publisher • Position • Webometrics • Cybermetrics Lab, Consejo Superior de InvestigacionesCientíficas (CSIC), Spain • 591 • QS World University Rankings • UK basedQuacquarelli Symonds (QS) in partnership withDutchbased ELSEVIER • 601-650 • CWUR • Center for World University Rankings, SaudiArabia • 667 • THE World University Rankings • Times Higher Education (THE) • 601-800 • BRICS • BRICS & EmergingEconomiesRankings, (THE) • 67 • U-Multirank • European Commission • (seechart) • URAP •  Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University • 550

  6. QS Rankingsbysubjectarea

  7. Education • 89 undergraduate programmes • 88 graduate training programmes+ 86 teachertrainingprogrammes • 5 single-cycle programmes + 170 teachertrainingprogrammes • 7 postgraduate specialist trainings • 23 doctoral schools

  8. Research University • University of National Excellence 2013 • Talent management program „TalentUD” • 6 spin-off companies • focus areas: pharmaceutical research, food science, medical biology and sport sciences • 23 doctoral schools in the following areas: • Arts and Humanities • Medical Sciences • Natural Sciences • Social Sciences • Agricultural Sciences

  9. Programmes in English • 60 accredited degree programmes running in English • Single-cycle medical trainings • Numerous undergraduate and graduate trainings: • Engineering, IT and Natural Sciences • Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Business, Management, Economics, Law

  10. Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Programme (ICM) Erasmus+ ICM programme since 2015, grants for academic/ student mobility Partnerships with non-EU countries University of Debrecen: partnerships with 20 countries, including Iran (2017-2019) Partner: Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) Field of cooperation: academic exchange between the Doctoral Schools of Mathematics

  11. Hungarian - Iraniancollaborations The lastimportanteventaboutthe business possibilitiesinFebruary, 2017 Hungarian-Iranian Business Forum, Budapest, Hungary, Facts: balance of trade betweenthetwocountries 30 mEUin 2015 Scientificcollaborationsfocusesontheagriculturalfields LastBilateralProjects had beenstartedat 2017 InvolvedfromtheHungarianside: Pannon University and National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre

  12. New situationinthepolicalgackground Afterthe American ElectionthenewPresident of US pulled out thenucleardeal, which had beensignedbythetwogoverments. Reimposingthe US sanctions. Iranian businesses areunderseverepressureMrTrump’saggressiveactionshaveputonallaspects of theIranianeconomy. TheyalsounderlinethechallengesfacingGermany, the UK and France, the European signatoriestothedeal. The European powersareseekingtoensureIran is stillabletoaccruesomebenefitfromtheaccordthrough trade with European entities. Butthereare no simplesolutions.

  13. Possiblewaytodevelop a Hungarian - Iranian ‚financialcollaboration’ Howcanwesetup a financialcooperationinthepresentinternationalsituation? Idea: tosetup a Private Equity FundBasedTrust Fortheinvestments of thejointventureplants - tofund a Trust

  14. Creation of trusts and theirformalities

  15. Transfer of ownership, Trustee Settlor orrightsorclaims Legalrelationshipof fiduciaryasset management Beneficiary Legalrelationbetweentheparties of thetrustrelationship

  16. Role of the ‚players’ in a trust Lack of legalrelationship Right to request the Right of revocation, release of the assets, Right of termination Right tocheck, Righttocheck, Right toinformation, Lack of right togive Lack of right to give instructionsinstructions Settlor Beneficiary Trustee

  17. The statutorybackground of theHungariantrust Relavantlaws: • Civil Code of Hungary (Act No. V of 2013), § 6:310–330. • Act No. XV of 2014 ontrustees and therules of theiractivities. • Governmentaldecree No. 87 of 2014 onsomerules of thefinancialsecuritiesofthetrusteecompanies. 2. Types of trustees: • Professional trusteecompanies (licensedbythe National Bank of Hungary). • Ad hoc trustee (anybody, butonlyin 1 trustlegalrelationship, thedeedshall be registered).

  18. Thankyouforyourkindattention!

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