News, events

Drawing contest for primary school and secondary school students

Attention! The Confucius Institute of the University of Miskolc announces a regional drawing contest for students!
The competition is open to students from the North-Hungarian region in two categories:
1. primary school pupils
2. secondary school students
The theme of the competition is: Year of the Dragon
You can create your artwork using any technique you like. The artwork needs to be related to Chinese culture, especially the dragon, the year of the dragon.
Valuable prizes will be offered to the first three winners in each category.
Entries are welcome until 26th May!
Please contact us at china@uni-miskolc.hu with any questions.
We wish you all a joyful creation!

XXIII. "Chinese Bridge" international Chinese language competition for university students

The Department of Culture and Education of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Hungary, in cooperation with the Confucius Institute of Pécs, is organizing the traditional competition for university students.
The competition is open to students aged 18-30 years (born between 01.01.1994 and 31.12.2006.) who are Hungarian citizens, who did not grow up in China, and whose native language is not Chinese.
The Hungarian round of the competition will be held on 24 May in Pécs, Hungary, where students will give a four-minute speech (maximum 70 points) and a three-minute Chinese cultural performance (maximum 30 points). The jury will award one first, two second and three third prizes, as well as special prizes.
The competition will be open for the students from each Confucius Institutes who are judged by the jury to be the best in the semi-finals.
The Miskolc semi-final will be held on 19 April at 2:00 pm in our Institute.
We encourage everyone who meets the entry requirements to participate in this prestigious competition. You can register by contacting our teachers, or at china@uni-miskolc.hu.

China day at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - 20th March 2024.

On the 20th March we visited the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, where interested students could learn about the China-related courses of the Faculty, the activities of the Confucius Institute, the Beijing University of Chemical Technology and the current scholarship opportunities to China. Thank you to the Faculty and the Institute of Applied Social Sciences for inviting us!

The university news can be found at the following link:

Kínai tanulmányok, ösztöndíj-lehetőségek | Hírek - Miskolci Egyetem (uni-miskolc.hu)

Jelly festival 2024.

On the 9th and 10th of March (Saturday and Sunday), our colleagues also contributed to the activities of the University at the Jelly festival. Thank you all for your interest!

Our New Year's events II. - Lantern festival 2024.

On 25 February, Miskolc Music Palace was the venue for an unforgettable celebration for all those who are interested in China and love Chinese culture. We are very grateful that so many people attended our Lantern Festival, which attracted a larger audience than ever before. Nearly 400 people celebrated with us to mark the end of Chinese New Year celebrations.
The dragon dancers of the Hungarian Chan Wu Association created a real festival atmosphere for us. Besides entertaining the guests, the ritual dance also ensured good luck for 2024, the Year of the Dragon.
The audience was delighted to participate in various craft activities, such as origami making (with Gyula Neszádeli) and calligraphy. There was also a great success in trying on Chinese costumes and taking photos in them in front of our special background. Thank you to those who participated in our online game (#chinainmiskolc) related to the dress fitting. Our lucky winner went home with a nice gift.
Our guests were entertained by a stage show featuring recitations, singing, piano playing and dancing by our talented students and teachers, and were also introduced to the Year of the Dragon.
Thank you to BioHarmony Tai Chi Association and Wing Tsun Kung Fu Club for their performances and demonstrations!
Many nice prizes were won in our lottery draw. We also rewarded the most enthusiastic follower of our Facebook page.
We ended the evening with a shared food tasting, where we offered spring rolls and jiaozi (Chinese meat bag) alongside Chinese tea.
Many thanks to everyone who celebrated with us, thank you for your enthusiastic participation and positive feedbacks! What can come next but a happy and prosperous Year of the Dragon, that’s what we wish you all!

More photos of the event can be viewed by clicking on the Facebook links below or here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBfHUy

Our New Year's events I.

We have entered the Year of the Dragon in 2024. The dragon is a symbol of good luck in Chinese culture, indicating prosperity and peace for the year ahead. To welcome this new year, our Institute organized a series of colorful cultural activities.
The opening ceremony of the Chinese New Year Series Events took place on February 8th at Zrínyi Secondary School, with nearly one hundred participants – students from Zrínyi, Herman and Balázs Győző High Schools. Our directors presented certificates and prizes to the award-winning students, congratulating them and encouraging them to strive for further achievements. Following that, a representative of the award-winning outstanding Chinese language students made a speech in Chinese, expressing their gratitude and hope for greater progress in Chinese learning in the New Year. Finally, the students enjoyed the joy of Chinese culture during the dumpling-making activity.
On February 12th and 13th, the main hall of the University of Miskolc became the center of our Institute’s Chinese language course promotion activities, with over 150 participants. Here, participants could taste authentic dumplings and prawn crackers, enjoy tea and conversations, experience the charm of calligraphy, learn the skills of paper cutting and origami. Each activity attracted numerous Hungarian and foreigner students and also University teachers.
The celebrations of the Chinese New Year were crowned by the Lantern Festival on 25th February, on which we will report in a separate article soon. Thank you to all our students and visitors for celebrating together!

Lantern Festival - 25th February 2024.

We are pleased to invite you to our Lantern Festival on Sunday, 25th February from 3 pm at the Music Palace! We will be expecting you with real Chinese dragon dance, special arts and crafts programs, musical delicacies, tea and food tasting. Celebrate with us!

Other courses

For beginners, we recommend our HSK1 courses. For students of the University of Miskolc, it can be taken as an optional course with 2 credits in Neptun, subject code REKKNYK01. You can choose either a native speaker of Hungarian or Chinese. See the poster below for details.

In the CHINESE TEA CULTURE CLASS you will learn a wide range of interesting facts about the different types of tea, their origins (there are more than you think ;-)), taste them, learn how to prepare them and participate in the traditional Chinese tea ceremony!

Experiencing Chinese Culture

EXPERIENCING CHINESE CULTURE is a new course that will introduce you to the most interesting elements of Chinese culture in a practical way! In this course, you will not only listen to lectures, but you will also learn as an active participant - e.g. by cooking, paper cutting, calligraphy painting, kungfu exercises!
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- use chopsticks and cook the famous (and very tasty) meat bag, or jiaozi,
- make tea according to the Chinese tea ceremony,
- create traditional Chinese window decoration paper cut-outs,
- learn the basics of Chinese characters and try your skills at calligraphy,
- practice basic Kungfu techniques and poses,
- try your skills at Chinese painting.
For students of the University of Miskolc, it can be taken as a 2-credit elective course in the Neptun system, with the course code REKKTCC.
If you can't find the course in Neptun, if you have any technical difficulties, or questions, please contact us at china@uni-miskolc.hu.
CHINESE CULTURE - LEARN IT, TRY IT, EXPERIENCE IT!

We warmly welcome our new Chinese Director, Prof. Zhao Jing

The new Chinese director of our Institute, Prof. Zhao Jing, has arrived at our Campus!

Zhao Jing is a research professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, in the field of Materials Science, within which she deals with biodegradable polymer drug carriers. She obtained her doctorate (PhD) at the University of Newcastle in Great Britain.
In the last two decades, she was the director and then president of the materials science workshop at the University in Beijing. She has several decades of experience in the field of scientific organization.
We are pleased to welcome her and wish her success in her work in Hungary.

Our courses - 2024. Spring Semester

We warmly invite you to our courses below!

Attention! NEW COURSE: Experiencing Chinese Culture (more details will be published soon)

Visit of the delegation from Beijing University of Chemical Technology

From 6 to 8 November, we had the pleasure to host a delegation of 4 guests from our Institute's founding university, the Beijing University of Chemical Technology. After years of isolation, it was a great pleasure to meet in person with Prof. Dr. WANG Feng, Vice President, Prof. LIU Guangqing, Dean, Dr. ZHU Baoning, Director and Ms ZHANG Wan, Chief Officer.
During the visit, the guests had working discussions with the management of our University, the Director of International Relations and the Director of our Institute. They also learned about the scientific workshops and modern laboratories of several faculties of the University, as well as about our Chinese education activities at the Zrínyi Ilona High School. Dr. Ernő Takács introduced the significant history of Hungarian-Chinese geophysical relations to the delegation and they also visited BorsodChem.
In addition to the professional programmes, we had the opportunity to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Confucius Institute in the Music Palace together, where talented students of the Béla Bartók Music Faculty entertained our guests.
It was a great pleasure and honour for us to spend this time together, further strengthening the good relationship between our institutions. The members of the delegation expressed their satisfaction regarding our work and highly appreciated the achievements and partnership of our University.
We hope to meet again in the near future!

Chinese classes at the Herman Ottó High School

We are pleased to report that Chinese language classes have started in October at Herman Ottó High School! This further increases the number of secondary schools where our teachers give Chinese language classes.
16 enthusiastic high school students of Herman High School started their Chinese studies this month, with the help of our volunteer teacher Zhu Qi, in a vocational course, one afternoon per week. We thank the management of the high school, Director Péter Madarász, for the support and for the efficient organisation of the group.
We warmly welcome the students of Herman High School to the family of the Confucius Institute and wish them all the best for their studies!

Suzhou Exhibition

The Chinese Cultural Centre in Budapest loaned us the special exhibition material, which was open to the public in the old lobby of the University of Miskolc (ground floor of building A/4) in October 2023. The exhibition entitled "Impressions of Suzhou City" featured wonderful photographs and real art treasures, and was enjoyed by a large number of visitors. We are grateful for the support of the Chinese Cultural Center, President Jin Hao and his colleagues for allowing us to organize this beautiful exhibition, celebrating the 10th anniversary of our Institute.

Researchers' Night 2023.

Among our other events, we did not forget the Researchers' Night. Thank you to everyone who came to play, create and celebrate with us on the evening of 29 September. We hope you had a great time! We look forward to welcoming you to our future events as well as to our language and culture courses!

Language exam: 3rd December - application is open!

We are pleased to announce that our Institute is going to organise HSK and HSKK language exams again on 3rd December! The online application is now open, the deadline for applications is 6th November (24:00 Beijing time!)
More information about the language exam can be found on our website: https://konfuciusz.uni-miskolc.hu/exam
The results of the exam will be available at www.chinesetest.cn in about one month after the exam. Certificates will be sent to our Institute approximately 2 months after the exam.

Further news about the visit of the Ambassador (4th October 2023)

You can read the article shared by BUCT (Beijing University of Chemical Technology) about the visit of the new Chinese ambassador to our university. "The newly appointed ambassador to Hungary, Gong Tao, visited the University of Miskolc and the Miskolc Confucius Institute":

https://news.buct.edu.cn/2023/1009/c2108a182523/page.htm

Our infograph about the event:

Visit of the Ambassador - 4th October 2023.

On 4th October (Wednesday), His Excellency Ambassador Gong Tao and his delegation paid a visit to our University and to our Institute. We are very honoured that we had the opportunity to welcome the Ambassador! You can read the university news of the event here:

A Miskolci Egyetem is erősíti a magyar-kínai oktatási-kutatási kétoldalú kapcsolatokat | Hírek - Miskolci Egyetem (uni-miskolc.hu)

Video news about the event, interviews with H.E. Ambassador Gong Tao and Rector Prof. Zita Horváth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYjrGUisV4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpYsgERoecc

Researchers' Night - 29th Sept. 2023.

This year, the Mid-Autumn Festival and Researchers' Night (29th September) happen to fall on the same day, so our activities at the latter event will be linked to the holiday. Join us to admire the spectacular full moon, and taste some mooncakes and tea.

Our sessions start from 6pm in the Confucius Institute (Building A/1. 1st floor) - we welcome children and adults with games, ping-pong and surprises.
Join us for the Mid-Autumn Festival evening!
See our highlighted programmes on the poster below (...and there's lots more to discover on location)

„Music Silk Road: Miskolc – Beijing” festive concert

On 8th September, the "Music Silk Road: Miskolc - Beijing" concert was held with a great success, co-organised by our Institute, and the 60 years old Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Miskolc.
We are honoured that several prominent partners of the University and our Institute accepted the invitation to attend the double anniversary celebrations and were present in person.
Together with the music-loving community of Miskolc, those who celebrated with us had an unforgettable musical experience.
We warmly congratulate to the artists who performed on the event: internationally renowned conductor Helge Dorsch, the Laiyin Opera Chorus and its talented singers, and the outstanding Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Miskolc. Thank you all for celebrating with us!

Festive concert - 8th September, 2023.

The Confucius Institute of Miskolc celebrates its 10th birthday! Our Institute was founded in autumn 2013 by the University of Miskolc, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, BorsodChem-Wanhua Group and Hanban.
The 60th Anniversary of the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Miskolc and the 10th Anniversary of the Confucius Institute Miskolc will be celebrated with a special concert: „Musical Silk Road: Miskolc – Beijing”.
The Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Miskolc and the 80 choir members and 12 soloists of the New Opera of Beijing (Laiyin Opera) will perform famous opera pieces and popular Chinese songs at this extraordinary event.
Concert date: Friday 8th September 2023. at 7:00 pm
Venue: the University of Miskolc Assembly Hall
Tickets can be purchased at: https://www.mso.hu/hu/online-jegyvasarlas

Come and celebrate with us!

Summer closure

☀️ Dear Students, Dear Visitors! We would like to inform you that from 31 July to 11 August our Institute will be closed, and administration will not be available.
First day of opening: Monday 14 August.
Thank you for your understanding. We wish all our students and visitors a pleasant summer holiday!
The Confucius Institute team

Language exam results! (11. June 2023.)

Dear students!

Today we received the results of the HSK and HSKK language exams of 11th June! You can pick them up in person at the UoM Confucius Institute, in the morning hours (8:00 - 12:00), this week (07.25 - 07.28).
Thank you to all who chose us as their language examination venue and congratulations on your achievements!

Chinese Bridge 2023.

The national final of the "Chinese Bridge" Chinese language competition for secondary school students took place on 9th of June. The competition was organised online by the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual Primary and Secondary School with the support of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Hungary. Our Institute was represented by 3 secondary school students who, in addition to presenting their language skills, also prepared high-quality artistic performances (singing, dancing, piano).
Levente Jakab (乐文) (student of Herman Ottó High School) won 3rd prize. Tímea Taricska (唐甜) and Zoé Gombár (卓伊) (students of Ilona Zrínyi High School) received the "excellent performance" award. We are very proud of all three of our students. Congratulations to them and their teachers Wang Zhichun, Liu Guoyan, Noemi Gergely and Chen Qingxin!

06-15-2023

Visit of the delegation from Dalian University of Technology

On 23.05.2023, we hosted three staff members from Dalian University of Technology, who visited the University of Miskolc in the framework of the Erasmus+ (KA107) credit mobility programme, organised by the Institute of Energy Engineering and Chemical Machinery, with the assistance of Dr. Katalin Voith, Senior Research Fellow. We thank Prof. Qiao Dongsheng, Prof. Tang Guoqiang and Dr. Yan Jun for their visit and their interest in the work of our institute!
We also gained many useful information during the meeting. We learned that Dalian University of Technology has more than 50,000 students of which many are international, studying not only engineering, but also in economics, social sciences, arts and humanities, including students from Hungary! It was interesting to hear about the pioneering research of Chinese colleagues in the field of fluid mechanics.
The activities of the colleagues from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics are a model for educational and research cooperation with Chinese partners.

News from our event - 1^st China Day

Thank you to all those who attended our 1^st China Day on 10 May at the University of Miskolc!

M1 News reported live about the preparations in the morning of the event. The interview with the Director of our Institute, Dr. Daniel Kuttor, can be found below:

Photo report of the University of Miskolc about our event (click on the Facebook logo to see the full post):

1^st China day

Come to China with us! Join us on 10 May, the first China Day at the University of Miskolc, and learn about China's many scholarship programmes! We will not only inform you about your opportunities, but also give you an insight into student life in China, and offer special cultural and entertainment activities!

Scholarships

China is one of the most popular study destinations in Asia for international students pursuing higher education. Colleges offer students not only degree courses (bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes) but also other courses (Chinese language studies, vocational training, including one-year courses and summer schools).

The current Chinese scholarship announcements are already published. You can find further information here.

Or visit the following website: https://tka.hu/celcsoport/81/osztondijkereso

Language exam

We are pleased to announce that our Institute will be holding a language exam on 11th June! For more information on the language exam schedule, please see the Exam menu.

To apply, please visit www.chinesetest.cn and select "Confucius Institute of University of Miskolc" as your institution.