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University of Szeged

University of Szeged

About us  --  Facts and Figures

Facts and figures


The University of Szeged (SZTE) is located in the sunniest city of Hungary attracting thousands of young people due to its lively, urban lifestyle and colourful festivals.


Since Hungary is a member of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), it also has EU accreditation. SZTE has been the best university in Hungary for years, according to the international QS World University Rankings.


Outstanding professors have worked at the university, including the Nobel Laureate Albert Szent-Györgyi (1937), who was the first to isolate Vitamin C, extracting it from Szeged paprika.


It is a research university with 12 Faculties, covering 700 research areas at 19 Doctoral Schools. Scholarships, such as the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme assist students from various regions of the world to attend the University.


Our student body grew to 21000, in which the number of international students exceeds 3700 coming from 114 countries.


International study programmes have been available at the University of Szeged for three decades. SZTE offers international degree programmes at Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D in the below study field:

  • Agriculture

  • Business & Economics

  • Food Engineering

  • Humanities

  • Health Sciences

  • Law & Political Sciences

  • Math & Informatics

  • Music

  • Natural Sciences

  • Social Sciences

SZTE Experience


PhuongPhuong Thu Tran - Faculty of Economics - Business Administration and Management

I live in Budapest, and I commute by train to Szeged every day. It’s not a huge distance for me, I got used to travelling back home. I study, watch the scenery or the people. Once I lost my wallet, and everyone around me tried to help. One of them offered to give me some money, another one offered to take me where I had to go. I love Szeged, Hungarians and nice, and I like the cuisine, though the spicy food is not spicy enough for my taste. I’m very happy to study here. At the Faculty of Economics, the program is practice-oriented, we get a lot of useful information and a lot of opportunities are offered by our professors.


simsonSimson Ndadaleka Shaakumeni - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - PhD Studies

I heard about Stipendium Hungaricum from a fellow countryman. I would love to teach at a university one day, but a Doctorate degree is often required in order to do so. That is why I came to Szeged, where I am currently working on my doctoral thesis in educational science – my special field of interest is scientific literacy of students. Life is completely different in Namibia; it is mostly a rural country and agriculture is still hardly mechanised and many homesteads in villages in the countryside are built of wood. The weather is totally different from the one in Szeged, the cold and icy weather caught me by surprise after returning from Christmas holiday, I didn’t have proper shoes so my feet were constantly freezing.

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