SzSA YearBook 2016/17
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RESEARCH CENTERS<br />
RESEARCH CENTERS<br />
UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED<br />
The University of Szeged is one of the leading universities<br />
of Hungary, committed to maintaining quality higher education.<br />
The University was established by the integration of Attila<br />
József University, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University,<br />
Szeged College of Food Industry, Gyula Juhász Teacher<br />
Training College and the College of Agriculture in Hódmezővásárhely.<br />
The University of Szeged offers a wide range<br />
of educational opportunities for the students: hundreds of<br />
basic, master, doctoral and higher educational professional<br />
training programs, just like adult training and postgraduate<br />
specialist training courses. With its nearly 25,000 students<br />
and 7,000 employees (out of which 2,400 are academic<br />
researchers and teachers), the University of Szeged is<br />
one of the largest institutions of the Southern Great Plain<br />
region. Teaching and research are performed by the 12<br />
Faculties while medical health care is the task of the Albert<br />
Szent-Györgyi Health Center. The mission and aim of the<br />
University is to cultivate science and internationally competitive<br />
research work and to advance its research university<br />
nature.<br />
BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER<br />
The Biological Research Center (BRC) is an outstanding<br />
institution of the internationally acknowledged Hungarian<br />
biological research. It was founded in 1973. The 4 institutes<br />
of BRC - the Institutes of Biophysics, Biochemistry, Genetics<br />
and Plant Biology - employ about 260 scientists whose work<br />
is hall-marked by highly appreciated international scientific<br />
publications and patents. The research topics include several<br />
fields of molecular and cell biology from the industrial<br />
utilization of bacteria through controlled improvement of<br />
cultivated plants to the problems of human health and<br />
environmental protection. BRC is mainly a scientific basic<br />
research center, but scientists of BRC play an initiative<br />
role in the foundation and promotion of biotechnological<br />
companies, as well as in educational duties. The successful<br />
activity and high-level scientific research pursued in BRC<br />
were also acknowledged by the European Molecular Biological<br />
Organization (EMBO) and in 2000 the European Union<br />
awarded the title of “Center of Excellence“ to BRC.<br />
(http://www.brc.hu/about_brc.php)<br />
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