Rector of UzhNU Volodymyr Smolanka was granted the title of Honorary Senator of Szeged University

On Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the solemn meeting of the Senate of the University of Szeged (Hungary), the rector of Uzhhorod National University, Volodymyr Smolanka, was awarded the honorary title of Senator Honoris Causa for special achievements in the field of education and science. The award was presented by the University of Szeged Rector, Professor Laszlo Rovo.

In addition to the Ukrainian scientist, the title of Senator Honoris Causa of the Senate of the University of Szeged was granted to two professors from the US, Belgium and Hungary.

Szeged University is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Hungary. It was founded in 1872 in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozhvar at that time) in Transylvania. After the First World War, the city ended up outside Hungary and in 1921 the university moved to Szeged.

 Today, 12 faculties of the university train specialists in law, medicine, dentistry, pharmaceutics, economics, engineering, natural sciences and informatics, agriculture, pedagogy, music, arts and a number of other specialisms. 

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