Today, on November 5, 2026, I presented a report to the Senate on the goals, developments, achievements, and successes of my eight-and-a-half-year term as rector, which we have accomplished together with the university community \u2013 its faculty, researchers, healthcare workers, supporters, and students.<\/p>\n
The Senate approved the Rector’s Report unanimously, with full consensus.<\/p>\n
Click here to read the Rector’s Report.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n I have fulfilled my duties in all three fundamental areas of academic activity \u2013 education, research and development, and patient care.<\/p>\n Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, our institution has continued to perform outstanding work thanks to the contributions of our students, faculty, nurses, and doctors. Since then, the university has grown to become the country\u2019s largest provider of patient care.<\/p>\n Semmelweis University, ranked as the leading university in Central and Eastern Europe, has been ranked among the world\u2019s top 250 higher education institutions.<\/p>\n The number of both Hungarian and international students has reached an all-time high.<\/p>\n With its two-stage Curriculum Reform, Semmelweis University has adopted the most advanced model of medical and health care education in the world.<\/p>\n We have achieved significant successes in the construction and infrastructure development of the university in collaboration with the community of Semmelweis Citizens.<\/p>\n I expressed my appreciation to the members of the Senate for their joint efforts, hard work, and dedication, and I take this opportunity to thank all Semmelweis Citizens.<\/p>\n I hereby inform all members of the university community that, as stated in the letter below, I am resigning from my position as rector effective January 1, 2027.<\/p>\n To the Board of Trustees,<\/em><\/p>\n I, the undersigned Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely, University Professor and Rector of Semmelweis University, hereby resign from my position as rector, effective January 1, 2027, in view of governance and trust-related challenges with the Board of Trustees and to ensure the continued development of the university. Pursuant to Section 29 (3), as applicable in accordance with Section 37 (8) of the Act on National Higher Education, I respectfully request the Board of Trustees to forward my resignation to the President of the Republic through the Minister of Children and Education. During the remainder of my term, I will continue to ensure the continuity of the lawful performance of the duties of the rector.<\/em><\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/em><\/p>\n Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely<\/em> Today, on November 5, 2026, I presented a report to the Senate on the goals, developments, achievements, and successes of my eight-and-a-half-year term as rector, which we have accomplished together with the university community \u2013 its faculty, researchers, healthcare workers, supporters, and students. The Senate approved the Rector’s Report unanimously, with full consensus. Click here to read the Rector’s Report.\u00a0<\/a> I have …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102255,"featured_media":49884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,259],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-semmelweis-world","category-x-fokuszban"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49882"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49888,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49882\/revisions\/49888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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