The European Union's research and innovation framework programme will be launched this year with a budget of EUR 100 billion, with topics of the tender to be determined on the basis of proposals from large technology platforms such as the European Service Network of Mathematics for Industry and Innovation. In December, the organization elected Dr Zoltán Horváth, professor at Széchenyi István University, as its new president.

Széchenyi István University has significantly improved its position in QS's latest list of higher education institutions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The result shows that the institution is performing even better in the areas of education, research, internationalization and collaboration with industry. Further progress is already facilitated by the model change.

Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme Call for Applications 2020-2021 now open

The aim of the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship programme is to promote the internationalisation of Hungarian higher education. Established by the Hungarian Government in 2013, it is supervised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and managed by the Tempus Public Foundation.