The number of people admitted has never been as high as this year, emphasized Prof. Dr. Péter Sótonyi, rector who opened the 236th academic year of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest on September 9th, 2022. As the third veterinary training institution in the world after Lyon and Vienna, veterinary education started in Pest, highlighted János Csák, Minister responsible for Culture and Innovation in his speech. At the ceremony, Professor Sándor Belák, an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, was inaugurated as an honorary doctor of the university.
In his opening speech, Prof. Dr. Péter Sótonyi said that 160 students were admitted to the Hungarian-language veterinary training, and 260 students from 62 countries of the world began their studies in English and German.