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Budapest Times
24-03-2025
- Business
- Budapest Times
Hankó: Success of young people is the success of the nation
Balázs Hankó said 3,042 students participated in the Pannonia Scholarship Program in the first semester. Balázs Hankó, the minister of culture and innovation, said Hungary's interest lies in the success of its university students 'because the success of young people is the success of the nation'. Speaking at a press conference on the results and future plans of the Pannonia Scholarship Program launched one year ago, Balazs Hankó said 3,042 students participated in the program in the first semester. They studied at leading universities in the United States, Japan, China and the United Kingdom. With the number of participants set to reach 5,000 in the second semester, at least 8,000 students, instructors, and researchers a year will gain experience thanks to the programme, he added. Hankó said 'Brussels failed to exclude Hungarian students from international relations without any moral and legal basis' because 'we are successful, and we came up with something better, something new'. This is the Pannonia Program, which 'showcases the excellence of Hungarian higher education and Hungarian students', he said. Because the government wants to provide every opportunity for university students, it will spend 10 billion forints (EUR 25.1m) on the program this year, just as in 2024, the minister said.
Budapest Times
11-03-2025
- Business
- Budapest Times
Pannonia Program helps 3,000 Hungarians to study at world's leading universities
Minister Hankó said the scheme was designed to resolve issues around the Erasmus European higher education program. Balázs Hankó, the minister of culture and innovation, said that in its first semester, the government's Pannonia Program offered an opportunity to some 3,000 Hungarian students to study at the world's leading universities. Speaking on public radio on Tuesday, Minister Hankó said the scheme was designed to resolve issues around the Erasmus European higher education program, adding that foreign partners of Pannonia fully accepted Hungarian credits, while students are granted scholarships of 1.6 million forints (EUR 4,000) as opposed to 1 million forints under Erasmus. Hungarian universities have ties to 4,045 universities across the world, which serve as a good basis for the scheme, the minister said. 'Hungarian universities can make direct contact with other universities and will be more familiar with each other's profile and curriculum … they can select partners from the whole world not just from Europe,' he said.
