{"id":5990,"date":"2024-01-12T14:53:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T13:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/?p=5990"},"modified":"2024-03-22T14:54:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:54:36","slug":"the-aim-of-szechenyi-istvan-university-is-to-be-competitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/the-aim-of-szechenyi-istvan-university-is-to-be-competitive\/","title":{"rendered":"The aim of Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University is to be competitive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>According to the decision of the Hungarian President Katalin Nov\u00e1k published in the Hungarian Gazette, Prof. Dr. Ferenc Friedler may continue to be the Rector of Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University for the next three years. His candidature was previously supported by both the Senate of the institution and the Board of Trustees of the Foundation. In Sz\u00e9chenyi University&#8217;s governance model, the Rector is the Vice President for Academic Research, who works with the President and the three other Vice Presidents to promote the development of the institution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mandate of Prof. Dr. Ferenc Friedler, Rector of Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University, was until 31 December 2023. Therefore, the Board of Trustees of the Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University Foundation, which has announced a call for applications to fill the post. The text of the call for applications was prepared by the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the deadline of 18 October last year, only one candidate, Prof. Dr. Ferenc Friedler, submitted his application, which was reviewed and supported by the Senate at its meeting on 30 October. Subsequently, the Board of Trustees of the Foundation evaluated the application and unanimously supported it. The Foundation has accordingly sent the proposal for the appointment of Prof. Dr. Ferenc Friedler as Rector to the Ministry of Culture and Innovation. The decision on the appointment for a three-year period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026 was published in the 11 January issue of the Hungarian Gazette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University aims to contribute to the development of the region through high quality education, research focused on state-of-the-art technologies, sustainability and close relations with companies, social and civil organisations. In order to promote this, the institution has over the past year created a management model that enables it to compete in the domestic and international higher education space. Alongside the President of the University, the Rector and Vice President for Academic Research, Prof. Dr. Ferenc Friedler, is working to further strengthen the academic performance of the institution, together with three other Vice Presidents, in the further development of key areas. As Vice President for General and Educational Affairs, Dr Zsolt Kov\u00e1cs helps to continuously improve the courses, paying great attention to ensuring that the university provides students with up-to-date knowledge that can be put to good use in practice. Dr Eszter Luk\u00e1cs, Vice President for International Affairs and Strategic Relations, will focus on enhancing the global visibility of the institution by further increasing the number of international students, diversifying international relations and improving the university&#8217;s position in the world rankings of higher education. As Vice President for Research and Innovation, Professor Dr J\u00f3zsef Bokor contributes to the development of these two future-shaping areas, supporting the work of the institution&#8217;s competence centres. In collaboration with them, Prof. Dr. Ferenc Friedler, Rector and Vice President for Academic Research will focus on further strengthening the scientific performance of the University. In the past year, one sixth of the institution&#8217;s science metrics achievements were attributable to his activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"602\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/i3ZN93tBwmd_QXqmXiy7XO7bmN4A472_H27ekuENVbCJ-v7Ii9qgGYrYLDeqvHNcMAEr1SGzO12x1F1BUA-Smn8hAl8j9DxHtj6o1YYOZBxfUdOdPy6xz3DI3-BAcMRS5nx9rqlVtYVpCxk3NkcFqmI\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The leadership of Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University: President Dr. B\u00e1lint Filep, Rector and Vice President for Academic Research Prof. Dr. Ferenc Friedler, Prof. Dr. J\u00f3zsef Bokor, Vice President for Research and Innovation Prof. Dr. Eszter Luk\u00e1cs, Vice President for International Affairs and Strategic Relations and Dr. Zsolt Kov\u00e1cs, Vice President for General and Educational Affairs (Photo: Csaba J\u00f3zsef M\u00e1jer)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;It is a great responsibility and honour for me to work with the leaders of the university to ensure that our institution achieves the best possible outcomes in today&#8217;s rapidly changing world for all stakeholders, including our students, staff, partners and the wider region. I intend to continue to work towards this goal in the coming period&#8221;, <\/em>emphasised Prof. Dr. Ferenc Friedler, Rector and Vice President for Academic Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Ferenc Friedler is a Sz\u00e9chenyi Award-winning researcher in mathematical modelling and optimisation and their application into engineering, who, as a professor, scientist and a leader based on his one-year joint work, has the knowledge and experience to contribute to the further development of the university and to realise the potential of our institution, in cooperation with his colleagues and fellow leaders<\/em>&#8220;, said Dr. B\u00e1lint Filep, President of Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.sze.hu\/the-aim-of-szechenyi-istvan-university-is-to-be-competitive-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/admissions.sze.hu\/the-aim-of-szechenyi-istvan-university-is-to-be-competitive-<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the decision of the Hungarian President Katalin Nov\u00e1k published in the Hungarian Gazette, Prof. Dr. Ferenc Friedler may continue to be the Rector of Sz\u00e9chenyi Istv\u00e1n University for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5991,"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5990\/revisions\/5991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkk-web.sze.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}