Second Phase of School Reopening Welcomed with More Optimism In the new phase of reopening, universities, secondary schools, and the upper grades of primary schools (may) return to on-site... 2021.05.10.
Universities to Reopen from Monday Universities will be allowed to reopen for students from Monday while observing strict protection measures, the innovation and technology ministry... 2021.05.08.
Budapest Leadership Insists on Fudan Referendum Debate on China's Fudan University's arrival hasn't simmered down in Hungary. Both the 9th district and Budapest's (opposition) leadership insists... 2021.05.07.
Opposition Calls on Fidesz MP to Step Down for Voting While Allegedly Infected With COVID Fidesz representative Zsolt Becsó was reported to the authorities by leftist green party Párbeszéd and the centrist Momentum Movement after... 2021.05.05.
PM Orbán: Hungary Expects Excellence from Its Universities Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday held talks with the heads of the supervisory boards of the foundations running Hungary's... 2021.05.05.
Opposition Turns to Constitutional Court over Ruling Parties Outsourcing Public Assets and Unis Opposition parties are turning to the Constitutional Court over the controversial law that outsources the operation of several universities and... 2021.04.30.
PM Orbán: Pandemic Fight Set to Enter New Phase Hungary's fight against the Covid-19 pandemic is about to enter a new phase, with the start of the evening-night curfew... 2021.04.30.
Gov’t Outsources State Assets and Unis to ‘Raise Competitiveness,’ Opposition Believes It’s Robbery Fidesz-KDNP members of the National Assembly, with the help of three independent MPs, voted in the law that transfers various... 2021.04.28.
Innovation Min Palkovics: Fudan Uni Site Won’t Rob Space from Student City The Southern City Gate project in Budapest will include plans both to build student accommodation quarter and a campus for... 2021.04.27.
Budapest Mayor Calls on Gov’t to Make Fudan Documents Public Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony has called on the government to make public all decisions concerning a campus for China's Fudan... 2021.04.22.
Gov’t to Modify ‘Lex CEU’ Law The Hungarian government is modifying the higher education law that led to Central European University ending its academic operations in... 2021.04.21.
Pázmány University Creating Campus in Central Budapest Hungary's Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE) will set up a new campus in central Budapest, integrating faculties located across the... 2021.04.17.
Budapest Mayor Shows What Student City Would Look Like Without Fudan Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony shared the simulated images of Budapest’s planned Student City, located in the same area as the... 2021.04.12.
Opposition Takes Stand Against University Reforms Hungary's opposition parties have taken a joint stand against the government's policy of putting certain universities under the control of... 2021.04.09.
Outsourcing of Higher Education Continues Despite Uncertainties The government has recently tabled the drafts about the transformation of several more universities. The reform involves huge changes, as... 2021.04.09.
Govt Submits Bills Placing Another Ten Unis with Foundations The Innovation and Technology Ministry on Thursday said it submitted bills to parliament that would transform another ten universities from... 2021.04.01.
Academic Employees Protest Government’s Higher Education Reform The forum of academic employees on Thursday rejected the government's bill of higher education reform, citing lack of wide-spread consultation... 2021.03.25.
DK: Money ‘By the Wheelbarrow Full’ Taken from Outsourced Unis The Democratic Coalition (DK) believes that "Fidesz cronies" are "taking home millions in pay by the wheelbarrow full from the... 2021.03.22.
Higher Education Restructuring in Hungary Rolls on The restructuring of Hungary's higher education system continues. In the latest news, the government will introduce a brand new, three-pillar... 2021.03.04.
Govt to Introduce Three-pillar System for Funding Universities The government is introducing a new three-pillar funding system for universities from September to better support various aspects of university... 2021.02.22.
Semmelweis University’s Cardiology Faculty Among World’s Top 100 Budapest's Semmelweis University (SOTE) has made great strides on the "US News Best Global University" list featuring 1,500 universities in... 2021.02.17.
