Five new Honorary Doctors were inaugurated at the University of Pécs
08 November 2016
Doctor Honoris Causa titles and Doctor et Professor Honoris Causa titles, ministerial certificate of merit, honorary professor, honorary docent and habilitated doctor degrees were conferred at the ceremonial meeting of the Senate of the University of Pécs held on 9th November. On this solemn occasion a special diploma was also conferred on the 3000th international student of the UP.
In accordance with the requirements stipulated in the doctoral statutes of the University of Pécs the Senate of the University confers the degree of honorary doctor upon those people from Hungary and abroad who:
• have achieved outstanding results in their respective fields for several decades,
• have gained international recognition,
• have maintained close links with the University of Pécs,
• have rendered the university and the Hungarian sciences outstanding services,
• and the recognition of whose activities, by conferring upon them the honorary doctor title, boosts the prestige of the University of Pécs.
Dr. József Bódis, rector of the University of Pécs greeted the guests of honor, the doctors to be inaugurated, the representatives of the university, and then he shared his thoughts on Hungarian Science Festival.
Doctor Honoris Causa title was conferred on:
Doctor et Professor Honoris Causa title was conferred on:
Ministerial certificate of merit was awarded to:
- Attila Schmidt.
The Senate of the University conferred honorary university professor titles and and the silver badge with the UP's coat of arms upon:
- Dr. Valentyina Végvári.
The Senate of the University conferred honorary university docent titles and and the silver badges with the UP's coat of arms upon:
- Dr. Miklós Angyal,
- Dr. Róbert Garamvölgyi,
- Dr. Margit Koósz,
- Dr. Sándor Károly Mogyorósi,
- Dr. Józse Palotás,
- Dr. István Takács,
- Dr. Éva Ladányi.
A special diploma was also conferred at the ceremonial meeting of the Senate of the University of Pécs. One of the most important strategic objectives of the University of Pécs is internationalization, increasing the number of foreign students significantly. The 3000th international student of the UP was awarded, who comes from Egypt and studies at the Faculty of Humanities international relations.
The 3000th international student of the University of Pécs:
- Mohamed Omar Youssef Shaaban Mahmoud, student of the Faculty of Humanities
The Habilitation Committee conferred habilitation doctorary certificate:
in the field of architecture:
- Dr. Csaba Jakab,
- Dr. Anthony Gall.
in the field of earth sciences:
- Dr. Miklós Bánhidi.
In the field of pedagogy:
- Dr. Balázs Németh.
We would like to congratulate our new honorary doctors and every honoured, we wish them to continue raising the reputation of the University of Pécs with their work!
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