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Alumni and Network
Verein Deutscher Akademiker aus Ungarn e. V.
TU Dresden has always had The association regularly publishes
Hungarian students. The double alumni news, three times a year,
cultural bond formed between the with articles in Hungarian and
alumni during their four to five German. To mark the association’s
years of study lasts a lifetime. The tenth anniversary, there was a
most active among them founded commemorative edition with
the Association of German Aca- biographies, anecdotes and photos
demics from Hungary (DU) in 1994. of the alumni.
It is committed to Hungarian
alumni from all German universi- These activities are complemented
ties; however, many members of by events, excursions, children’s
the association have their academic programs and gatherings organized
roots at TU Dresden. by groups of friends in a particular
region or by a particular year of
The association is committed to alumni.
maintaining contact between its
members and also wants to help The association currently has
deepen German-Hungarian around 1,200 members, more than
relations. An important part of the half of whom studied in Dresden.
DU program is the annual confer- TUD alumni can be found on both
ence, in which topics from the field the association’s board and the
of business and culture are supervisory board.
discussed - usually from a special
Tamas Bornemissza has been running German-Hungarian-Euro- pean Association head, Tamas Bor-
the DU for a number of years. perspective. It deals with topics nemissza, is looking forward to
such as 1,100 years of German-Hun- welcoming new members from all
garian relations, bilingualism, age groups: “Especially newly
Germans and Hungarians, seen graduated or current students who
through the eyes of their neighbors are still living in Germany. What
or Patriotism in the EU. connects us? We communicate with
one another and understand each
The cultivation of German student other with half-German-half-Hun-
traditions at Kinderfasching and garian words,” he says.
Oktoberfest are among the associ-
ation’s most popular activities. Susann Mayer
Contact
Verein Deutscher Akademiker aus
Ungarn e. V.
(Hungarian Német-diplomások
Egyesülete)
✉ info@nemet-diplomasok.hu
nemet-diplomasok.hu
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