{"id":43871,"date":"2025-02-13T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T05:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=43871"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:08:18","slug":"hungarian-scientific-community-of-the-future-debuts-at-students-scientific-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2025\/02\/hungarian-scientific-community-of-the-future-debuts-at-students-scientific-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian scientific community of the future debuts at Students\u2019 Scientific Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
Semmelweis University students sent in a record-breaking 550 submissions to this year’s Students\u2019 Scientific Conference (TDK), which was held in three venues on February 6-8. University students from outside Hungary also presented their research findings at the 14th edition of the International Students’ Conference. Compared to last year, there was a significant increase in the number of Hungarian and English presentations classified due to pending patents.<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cTalent is essential for success, but it is worthless without perseverance and willpower, and you will be demonstrating these virtues alongside your research at this year’s Students’ Scientific Conference. As Semmelweis citizens, it is particularly important that we embrace the lessons learned from the life of our namesake, Ign\u00e1c Semmelweis, that we should not be content with our daily routine, with our average performance, but should strive to offer something more,” said Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely, Rector of Semmelweis University, at the opening of the 69th Semmelweis University Students\u2019 Scientific Conference. He also stressed that he considers it of utmost importance to identify and support talented young people who can shape the future of science with their innovative ideas, not only based on his own experience with TDK but also the need to support the next generation of scientific researchers. He also pointed out to the students that TDK not only improved their skills and perseverance but also taught them to tolerate failure and endure success. Reflecting on the career of Ign\u00e1c Semmelweis, he also reminded the participants not to be discouraged if they did not perform as they had expected, as this could be a motivation to aim for better results next time. Also, since no researcher is spared rejection, it is worth holding on to one’s ideas and goals.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In his welcome address, Dr. Attila Szij\u00e1rt\u00f3, President of TDK and Director of the Department of Surgery, Transplantation and Gastroenterology (ST\u00e9G), reminded the participants that the Students’ Scientific Conference, a Hungarian specialty, was not only a platform for presentations but also an occasion when they could experience professional debates for the first time as candidates of the next generation of Hungarian intellectuals. The mentor-mentee relationship, while helping to ensure continuity between generations of the scientific community and the further development of scientific thinking, is not outdated, even in our rapidly changing world.<\/p>\n

In keeping with tradition, the Semmelweis University Outstanding TDK Educator Awards were presented. In the academic year 2024-2025, six mentors received this recognition from Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely and Dr. Attila Szij\u00e1rt\u00f3.<\/p>\n

Click here for the list of recipients.<\/a><\/p>\n
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