Hungary and Azerbaijan team up: New universities, scholarships, and even Attila the Hun exhibit!

Universities in Hungary and Azerbaijan will strive to build closer cooperation, the minister of culture and innovation said on Wednesday after talks with the education minister of Azerbaijan in Baku on Wednesday.

Balázs Hankó added that the two countries were also preparing to implement joint cultural projects.

Concerning the details, the minister said that Hungary’s Gödöllő University of Agriculture and Life Sciences would open an agricultural faculty in Azerbaijan, while Budapest’s Technical University (BME) was preparing to launch cooperative projects with that country.

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Currently, there are over 660 Azeri students studying at Hungarian universities, Hankó said, adding that preparations were underway to ensure that Hungarians could study at universities in Azerbaijan by way of a scholarship programme. The programme, he added, would facilitate studies in agriculture, engineering, IT, technology and economics, which he said could contribute to the development of bilateral economic ties.