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On May 24, 2024, local time, 15 contestants from across Hungary competed at the 23rd Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students Hungarian Final in Pécs. The competition was hosted by the Cultural and Education Department of the Chinese Embassy in Hungary, organized by the Confucius Institute of the University of Pécs, Hungary, and co-organized by the Confucius Institutes of Eötvös Loránd University, Szeged University, Miskolc University, and Debrecen University.
In November 2, 2021, the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for Institute of Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual Education in Szeged, led by Judit Plesovszkiné Ujfaluczki, Director of the Szeged Education District Center, was held with strict epidemiological regulations.
The Coordination Center for the Development of Tourism Relations between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) and the Budapest Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China (CNTO Budapest) have developed and launched a 4-part online education series on China tourism.
The Hungarian-Chinese Friendship Association is Hungary's oldest non-governmental organization for the promotion of Hungarian-Chinese friendly and cultural relations.
We would like to inform our Partners and students that our Institution has moved to a new location from 16.08.2021.
The Hungarian final of the 20th Chinese Bridge Chinese Language Competition for foreign university students was held on the afternoon of May 28, 2021, and the following day the Hungarian final of the 14th Chinese Bridge Chinese Language Competition for high school students was organized on the morning of May 29, 2021.
We are pleased to report that the International and Regional Studies Institute at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the University of Szeged (SZTE ÁJTK) launches its Chinese specialization in the already existing Master Program in International Studies starting from the fall semester of the academic year of 2021/2022. On 15 January 2021, after many years of effort and hard work, the Education Authority of Hungary successfully accepted all the application materials required for the accreditation procedure.
The series of landscape painting lectures continues. Landscape painting is perhaps one of the best-known topics of Chinese painting themes. Traditionally, monochrome, large-format images created with ink always have a mountain or stone /rock that symbolizes permanence, and also some form of water (spring, stream, waterfall, lake, river ...) that represents constant change. The landscape, depicted with complex symbols, tells stories with intricate line aesthetics, the mysteries of which are guided by the artist, Janisz Horváth.
Annual accounts and preparations for the forthcoming year were held online by the European Confucius Institutes. The leaders of the University of Szeged also took part in the meeting. We learned that the only Chinese online language exam in the country was held at the SZTE Confucius Institute in Szeged.
This year in December, the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged organizes a „Chinese Talent Show” which is the national preliminary round contest for the forthcoming Chinese Bridge Competition in 2021.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, at 5 pm, Confucius Tea House will be organized again together with the Public Café House of Szeged.
A book presentation was held on September 23 at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Szeged (SZTE GTK), which was organized by the SZAB Economic Committee and supported by the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged.
On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at 5 pm, Confucius Tea House is organized again together with the Public Café House of Szeged.
On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at 5 pm, Confucius Tea House is organized again together with the Public Café House of Szeged.
The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at SZTE and the Economic Committee of SZAB is pleased to announce that the book entitled “Business culture in Japan, China and Korea” written by Richard Mohr, Gábor Osváth will be introduced at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
For many years now, we have been hosting hundreds of children on Panda Day, which was organized on the occasion of Children's Day on the terrace of the Giraffe House in the Zoo of Szeged.
As it was not possible to organize a paper-based language exam during the state of emergency, only the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged in Hungary provided an opportunity for Chinese language examinees to take online YCT and HSK language exams from their own homes. This type of exam organized for the first time in the world in May 2020 was successfully organized by the staff of our Institute, which finally took place on June 28, 2020 (Sunday).
This year in December, the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged organizes a „Chinese Talent Show” which is the national preliminary round contest for the forthcoming Chinese Bridge Competition in 2020.
YCT, HSK and HSKK Chinese language exams are going to be organized at the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged on 23 March.
On 17 November 2019 YCT language exams, and on 1 December 2019 HSK & HSKK language exams will be held at Confucius Institute at University of Szeged.
On 4 May 2019 (Saturday) at 6 p.m. Zheng Dasheng Chinese film director’s movie entitled „Bangzi Melody” (1 hour 40 minutes) will be screened at the Délvidék House in Szeged.
The exhibition entitled „Hungarians on the Silk Road – The Széchenyi expeditions and Sir Aurel Stein’s explorations in the heart of Asia” is a joint exhibition of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Ybl Creative House Buda, the PAIGEO Foundation, the Confucius Institute at University of Szeged and the SZTE Klebelsberg Library, which will took place in the SZTE József Attila Educational and Information Center between 19 March-1 April, 2019 in Szeged.
Due to the great success of the Chinese Bamboo Ink Painting Workshop, the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged organizes a Plum-tree flower Ink Painting Workshop at the Szent-Györgyi Albert Agora in Szeged.
At 6 o’clock on the evening of October 29th (local time), the cultural exchange of “2018 Embrace China: Chongqing Cultural Week” was held at the Conservatory of Music at the University of Szeged, Hungary. The activities were divided into two parts: the exhibition of Chongqing intangible cultural heritage and the traditional Chinese folk music performance. The audience from the Szeged area felt the charm of China’s intangible cultural heritage and was enchanted by the colorful Chinese traditional music.
Once again the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged organizes a Chinese Talent show for high school students in December.
The famous Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi (1823-1849) is a household name in China, but is the original Hungarian text of his poems so eloquent or tender as their Chinese renditions?
A bright moon is shining over the sea, a moment of happy reunion the world over (a line from a poem by ZHANG Jiuling, 678-740). In order to celebrate the Chinese traditional festival of the Mid-Autumn Festival and spread Chinese culture to the local populace, the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged (SZTE CI) in Hungary organized a series of varied and colorful cultural activities, with a positive result.
Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged has the pleasure to invite to the public symposium under the title of ‘Values of the World’ to be held on 13 October 2018 (Saturday) from 8.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. at the Rector’s Office, ground floor, Room V. (6720 Szeged, Dugonics square 13.).
On 8 October 2018 (Monday) at 12.10 the Hungarian language major students of Shanghai International Studies University together with the colleagues of SZTE Confucius Institute will recite Petőfi Sándor’s famous poem entitled ‘Would I were a river’ both in Hungarian and Chinese language.
This is the first time when the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged organizes a Chinese Bamboo Ink Painting Workshop at the Szent-Györgyi Agora in Szeged.
YCT language exam on 17 November 2018 at SZTE Confucius Institute
This is the second time that SZTE Confucius Institute organizes YCT Chinese language exam for children under the age of 14. The date of the exam is 17 November 2018.
SZTE Confucius Institute welcomes everyone to Confucius Day. The event has two parts. Firstly, from 3 p.m., our guests can take part in different kind of activities where everyone can learn more about China and its culture.
Together with our friends and students, the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged celebrates the arrival of autumn, the holiday of family and friendship on 25 September. According to Chinese traditions, the Moon is the most complete on the sky on this day. Chinese families get together at this time of the year to admire the shining full moon and eat some delicious mooncakes.
On 19 September 2018 (Wednesday) 5 p.m., Janisz Horváth, graphic artist, typographist and calligrapher, will provide a lecture on our next Tea House.
On September 1st, the annual International Fish Soup Festival was held on the Tisa River in Szeged.
The purpose of the “One Belt And One Road” in My Eyes Essay and Speech Contest is to provide Hungarian college students with an opportunity to share their own fabulous stories with “One Belt And One Road” and create a platform for communication and exchange of ideas. In order to enhance the understanding of the “One Belt And One Road” and gain better promotion and inheritance of the “One Belt And One Road” initiative.
Local time August 27th to 30th, in the registration week of the University of Szeged in Hungary, the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged (SZTE CI) held a series of Chinese cultural experience activities on the first floor of the University Library, aiming to motivate more Hungarian college students to learn Chinese and Chinese culture, and actively participate in Chinese studies at Confucius Institutes.
The team of Confucius Institute at University of Szeged also participates in the 22nd International Tisza River Fish Soup Festival that is to be held on 1st September 2018 in Szeged.
On the morning of September 5th, local time, the first batch of Hungarian majors of Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), accompanied by Dr. Anett Árvay, Director of the faculty of the Hungarian Studies, the University of Szeged, and Dr. Durst Péter, came to meet with the faculty of the Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged (SZTE CI)
On 2 December 2018, HSK & HSKK as well as YCT language exams are available at Confucius Institute at University of Szeged
On 19 December 2017 (Tuesday) 5.p.m, the Confucius Institute at University of Szeged invited
Due to the foundation of Confucius Institute at the University of Szeged, in the last five years, many thousands of people from the Southern region of Hungary had the chance to get familiar with the oldest civilizations to have ever existed in the world which is Chinese language and culture. Owing to the jubilee, the Institute held a grand ceremony where guests had the pleasure to enjoy several programs and gala performances.
