University of Debrecen and Debrecen Summer School will continue their joint program of offering academic courses in English to international students in summer 2015. These courses cover a wide range of disciplines from the arts through history to natural sciences. All of them have been designed and will be conducted by faculty with substantial international experience. The range of this program is expected to be progressively expanded, thus providing students with opportunities for intensive studies complete with recreation and interesting tidbits of Hungarian culture.

The subject matters of the courses scheduled for summer 2015 are as follows:

19 July – 1 August 2015:

- Molecular Logic of Life: Basic Biochemistry and Glycolisation Analysis of Glycoproteins for the Biomedical Field

- Modern Hungary: Hungarian History and Culture in the 19th-20th Centuries

- Hidden Treasures of Hungary: Natural and Cultural Tourist Attractions in Hungary

- From Merry-Go-Round to The Turin Horse: Communist and Post-Communist Hungarian Cinema

2 – 15 August 2015:

- The Unknown Transylvania: Legends and Facts (History, Culture, Literature)

- Traveling with Invisible Baggage: A Historical and Literary Survey of Travel Writing on/in Hungary

- Clinical Psychology and Testing

- Hungarian Music History: The Colorful Story of a Nation

- A Tale of Two Cities: Debrecen, the Calvinist Rome and Eger, the Stronghold of Christian Europe

Attached please find the English-language course descriptions complete with DSS’s registration form. Applicants can express their wish to attend the course of their choice by emailing the latter with their details to debrecen@nyariegyetem.hu.

Application Deadline: 31 May 2015

For applicants who register and send the registration fee two months before the course starts DSS provides 5% discount on the tuition fee.

To ask for further information, please send an e-mail to Dr. Péter Szaffkó peterszaffko@yahoo.com or visit DSS’s official website (www.nyariegyetem.hu).