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The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Szeged is a large research university located in Hungary¡¯s Southern Great Plain.

It offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programmes across 12 faculties, spanning the arts, humanities, sciences and medicine.

Around one in 10 students are drawn from overseas, with around 100 countries represented in the student body, and a number of academic programmes are offered in languages other than Hungarian, including English and German.

The institution also has a strong reputation for industry collaboration and innovation, and hosts one of Europe¡¯s most advanced laser research centres.

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Szeged traces its history back to 1872, with the foundation of the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kolozsv¨¢r, in what is now the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca.

Following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the institution moved to Szeged in 1921 as Franz Joseph 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and shortly afterwards its most notable academic, Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi, started work. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1937, for identifying vitamin C and extracting it from paprika.

Franz Joseph 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ moved back to Cluj-Napoca in 1940 so the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Szeged was formed in the old premises, mainly employing former staff Franz Joseph staff.

In 1962, the Szeged institution took on the name Attila J¨®zsef 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, honouring a Hungarian poet who had been a student during the 1920s.

The name 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Szeged was readopted in 2000, when the university merged with a series of other higher education institutions in the city, including Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi Medical 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and Gyula Juh¨¢sz Teacher Training College.

Szeged is Hungary¡¯s third-largest city, with a population of around 170,000.