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Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School
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Ranked Course Registration
In regards to ranked course registration, the date of application does not play any role in the ranking. The point of ranked course registration is that students are given a score based on their grade point average of their previous semester and on their extra points, such as how close they are to graduation, how many times they have taken a course, whether they have reviewed the work of their tutors, and whether they have taken SZTE bonus courses. This score is public, so all students can see where they are in the queue for a particular course and whether they have a chance of getting in.
After having registered for a course, every student receives a score, which will serve as the basis of the ranking hierarchy. The applicants will have access to their own scores and will receive up-to-the-minute information as to the minimum score required to be admitted to the course. The minimum score means that the algorithm ranks student scores in a descending order — from highest to lowest. If there are students with identical scores, e.g., there are 10 students with the same score and there are only 5 places left, then their admission to the course is not yet certain. Students can continually register for courses announced during the ranked course registration period, so they are urged to keep checking the increasing number of courses on offer.
Latest news
The University of Szeged and MSD have established a joint Pharmaceutical Industry Partnership Department, marking a new chapter in their collaboration. This initiative builds on a long-standing partnership – further strengthened in 2023 through clinical trial cooperation – and seeks to foster innovation in research, education, and pharmaceutical development. The agreement was officially signed in Szeged by Prof. Dr. László Rovó, Rector of the University of Szeged; Prof. Dr. Ildikó Csóka, Director-General for Strategic Planning; Prof. Dr. Zsolt Szakonyi, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy; Sean R. Smith, Managing Director of MSD Pharma Hungary Kft.; and Dr. Szabolcs Barótfi, Director of Clinical Research at MSD Hungary.
On May 12, the University of Szeged held an official ceremony to inaugurate its new research unit: the Host–Pathogen Interaction Center. Located within the Institute of Biology, the Center features Hungary’s only in vivo experimental station of its kind, alongside five newly renovated laboratories. This state-of-the-art facility is designed to support the development of antimicrobial therapies, with a particular focus on antifungal treatments – addressing a pressing yet often overlooked public health concern. The project was made possible through both professional and financial support from Katalin Karikó, an SZTE alumna and recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
The origins of the University of Szeged date back to May 12, 1581, when István Báthory established the Jesuit College in Cluj-Napoca – an institution recognized as SZTE's legal predecessor. Exactly 444 years later, the University marked this anniversary with a symbolic “birthday gift”: the signing of two strategic partnership agreements. Supported by two of South America’s leading scientific and healthcare institutions, these partnerships are set to position SZTE among the global research elite in emerging and internationally significant fields of healthcare research and education.
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