At the opening ceremony of the SZTE Faculty of Agriculture, Levente KOMAREK Ph.D., vice-dean of education, presented the enrolment data of the Faculty.

During this year's general admission procedure, 232 students were admitted to the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Szeged, while 53 students were admitted during the supplementary admission procedure. On bachelor level, students study agricultural- and business digitalization, economic and rural development agricultural engineering, agricultural engineering and wildlife engineering; in the higher education vocational training, they can start their higher studies in the field of medicinal plants and herbs, agriculture and stud farming", explained Levente KOMAREK Ph.D., vice-dean of education.

A significant number of those who successfully enrolled, receive state-supported training. In addition to the graduate courses, postgraduate courses, professional horse breeding engineer/specialist, agricultural valuation engineer/specialist consultant, and plant protection engineer will also start in the 2024/2025 academic year, thanks to which we will be able to welcome a total of around 320 new students to the Faculty of Agriculture in September, 2024 - summarized Levente KOMAREK Ph.D.

Edit MIKÓ Ph.D., dean, thanked the first-year students for choosing the SZTE Faculty of Agriculture for further studies.

“You are lucky to be studying at one of the best universities in Hungary and to have chosen one of the most beautiful professions. Make friends, get to know each other, because one of the most important things in life is a network of relationships. Get to know the people you can turn to when you are stuck, when you are unsure, or when you need to share your joy with someone. Strive to know yourself, to help those who are stuck or unsure, and to rejoice in the success of the other. If I could put only one thing in your bag, it would be to never believe your eyes, never accept everything unconditionally, always have questions, be curious, don't be afraid to ask what you don't understand or what you are unsure about. Asking is the first step to learning and growing. Every great innovation started with a question. The questions asked today may be the ones that can answer the future"- said Edit MIKÓ, dean.

After the student pledge, Edit MIKÓ, dean of the SZTE Faculty of Agriculture, welcomed the first-year students with a handshake, and then Péter MÁRKI-ZAY, the mayor of Hódmezővásárhely City, gave a welcome speech.

Among the others, he highlighted that it is a matter of great pride that the University of Szeged is one of the best universities in the world, and that Hódmezővásárhely hosts one of the faculties of this excellent institution, the Faculty of Agriculture; connected with Szeged, and now also with the tramtrain. He added that the location of the ceremony, the 130-year-old City Hall, is a worthy pride for Hódmezővásárhely, a Hungarian city with one of the largest areas and basically based on agriculture. Péter MÁRI-ZAY, mayor, wished the students success in their academic work. He added that those sitting here should not forget that, as students dealing with agriculture, it is up to their generation to find a solution to the increasingly pressing problems of climate change.

Together with the new students, the 2024/2025 academic year began for more than 900 students of the SZTE Faculty of Agriculture.

"I live in Hódmezővásárhely, my family works in agriculture and I would also like to work in this profession, which is why I chose the three-and-a-half-year bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering," said Bence RAKONCZAI, a first-year student at the SZTE Faculty of Agriculture.

“Being close to nature was given for me, for example, I have been fishing since I was a child, so I first applied for the bachelor's program in wildlife management because of the proximity to nature and the dignity of hunting. My godfather hunts, he was employed by one of the local hunting companies, but I had no other family ties to hunting, I am primarily interested in wildlife management," added Kristóf KOCSIS, a first-year student.