A delegation of four from the University of Debrecen in Hungary, led by Attila Jenei, vice-rector for international affairs, and Ferenc Kun, vice-rector for research and innovation, visited the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) from Nov 1 to 2. BIT Vice-President Zou Meishuai met with the delegation.

At the Beijing campus, Zou welcomed the delegation and briefed them on the university's recent developments in reform and discipline construction. He described the University of Debrecen as a long-established institution with a strong reputation in Europe, and noted that the two universities have built a solid foundation for cooperation with broad prospects.

Jenei expressed thanks for BIT's hospitality and introduced the University of Debrecen's educational characteristics, its strong disciplines, as well as the industry and innovation landscape of the city of Debrecen.

Kun presented the university's research layout, key research directions, and its needs in international research cooperation. The two sides held in-depth discussions on cooperative education, research collaboration, and faculty and student mobility, and reached consensus on a number of areas.

At the Zhuhai campus, the delegation visited the Innovation Center for Advanced Energy Materials and Intelligent Batteries, and the Laboratory of Efficient Catalysis and Energy Conversion, and attended a discussion session. The two sides noted that the Zhuhai campus, leveraging its location in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, has been advancing talent cultivation, frontier research, and industry-academia-research integration, and expressed the hope of identifying areas of common interest and carrying out cooperation at multiple levels and in a wide range of fields.

The University of Debrecen, located in Debrecen, Hungary's second-largest city, was founded in 1538. With nearly 30,000 students and more than 500 research laboratories, it has built strong capabilities in natural sciences, engineering technology, and interdisciplinary research, and is a higher education institution of considerable standing in Central and Eastern Europe.