1. The University of Debrecen A brief introduction

2. The City of Debrecen More than 650 years of history
The 2nd largest city in Hungary
Population: ca. 250,000
230 km east of Budapest
In the Northeastern part of the Great Plain
A university town serving students’ needs

3. History of UD
1538 – The College of the Reformed Church in Debrecen is established Founding of the Hungarian Royal University with the Faculties of Arts, Law, and Theology The inaugural ceremony of the Main Building of the Medical Faculty by King Charles IV of Hungary – The Faculty of Science is established The university is divided in three parts (Academy of Theology, Medical School, Lajos Kossuth University of Arts and Sciences) Federation of Debrecen Universities is founded The federation is transformed into the unified University of Debrecen with all the customary faculties and 20,000 students

4. Facts and Figures Established: 1538 (1912) 14 faculties
medical and health sciences, agriculture, food and environmental sciences, arts, music, social sciences, natural sciences, ICT, engineering
7 campuses (5 in Debrecen, 1 in Nyíregyháza and 1 in Hajdúböszörmény)
students
5664 international students (20%)
1550 lecturers
student-lecturer ratio 20:1

5. UD’s position in major rankings
Name
Publisher
Position
Webometrics
Cybermetrics Lab, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
654
QS World University Rankings
UK based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in partnership with Dutch based ELSEVIER
CWUR
Center for World University Rankings, Saudi Arabia
694
THE World University Rankings
Times Higher Education (THE)
BRICS
BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, (THE)
U-Multirank
European Commission
(see chart)
URAP
 Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University
620
Name
Publisher
Position
Webometrics
Cybermetrics Lab, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
591
QS World University Rankings
UK based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in partnership with Dutch based ELSEVIER
CWUR
Center for World University Rankings, Saudi Arabia
667
THE World University Rankings
Times Higher Education (THE)
BRICS
BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, (THE) 67
U-Multirank
European Commission
(see chart)
URAP
 Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University
550

6. QS Rankings by subject area
Position
Agriculture and Forestry
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Mathematics
400.
Modern Languages
300.
Medicine

7. Education 89 undergraduate programmes
88 graduate training programmes+ 86 teacher training programmes
5 single-cycle programmes teacher training programmes
7 postgraduate specialist trainings
23 doctoral schools

8. Research University University of National Excellence 2013
Talent management program „TalentUD”
6 spin-off companies
focus areas: pharmaceutical research, food science, medical biology and sport sciences
23 doctoral schools in the following areas:
Arts and Humanities
Medical Sciences
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
Agricultural Sciences

9. Programmes in English
60 accredited degree programmes running in English
Single-cycle medical trainings
Numerous undergraduate and graduate trainings:
Engineering, IT and Natural Sciences
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Business, Management, Economics, Law

10. Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Programme (ICM)
Erasmus+ ICM programme since 2015, grants for academic/ student mobility
Partnerships with non-EU countries
University of Debrecen: partnerships with 20 countries, including Iran ( )
Partner: Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT)
Field of cooperation: academic exchange between the Doctoral Schools of Mathematics

11. Hungarian - Iranian collaborations
The last important event about the business possibilities in February, 2017 Hungarian-Iranian Business Forum, Budapest, Hungary, Facts: balance of trade between the two countries 30 mEU in 2015 Scientific collaborations focuses on the agricultural fields Last Bilateral Projects had been started at 2017 Involved from the Hungarian side: Pannon University and National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre

12. New situation in the polical gackground
After the American Election the new President of US pulled out the nuclear deal, which had been signed by the two goverments. Reimposing the US sanctions. Iranian businesses are under severe pressure Mr Trump’s aggressive actions have put on all aspects of the Iranian economy. They also underline the challenges facing Germany, the UK and France, the European signatories to the deal. The European powers are seeking to ensure Iran is still able to accrue some benefit from the accord through trade with European entities. But there are no simple solutions.

13. Possible way to develop a Hungarian - Iranian ‚financial collaboration’
How can we set up a financial cooperation in the present international situation? Idea: to set up a Private Equity Fund Based Trust For the investments of the joint venture plants - to fund a Trust

14. Creation of trusts and their formalities

15. Legal relation between the parties of the trust relationship
Transfer of ownership,
or rights or claims
Legal relationship of
fiduciary asset
management
Settlor
Trustee
Beneficiary

16. Role of the ‚players’ in a trust
Lack of legal relationship
Right to request the
Right of revocation, release of the assets,
Right of termination
Right to check, Right to check,
Right to information, Lack of right to give
Lack of right to give instructions instructions
Settlor
Beneficiary
Trustee

17. The statutory background of the Hungarian trust
Relavant laws:
Civil Code of Hungary (Act No. V of 2013), § 6:310–330.
Act No. XV of 2014 on trustees and the rules of their activities.
Governmental decree No. 87 of 2014 on some rules of the financial securities of the trustee companies.
2. Types of trustees:
Professional trustee companies (licensed by the National Bank of Hungary).
Ad hoc trustee (anybody, but only in 1 trust legal relationship, the deed shall be registered).

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