Top Hungarian university to cooperate with Japan

The Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest (ELTE) and Japanese machine manufacturer JASCO Corporation have signed an agreement on pharmaceutical development, the university’s innovation centre said on Thursday.

Under the agreement, JASCO will use an ELTE-developed method to determine the secondary structure of enzimes, the company said.

Balázs Hankó, the state secretary for innovation and higher education, said the government was aiming to have Hungary among the 10 top innovators of Europe by 2030, and among the top 25 worldwide.

To achieve that goal, Hungary must boost the number of researchers and Hungarian companies’ innovation capabilities, Hankó said. That is only possible in coordination with economic players, he added.

The government launched the Neumann János Programme to strengthen postgraduate training and to link universities and economic players, he said. It will strengthen the protection of industrial rights, ease the financing of innovative enterprises, and provide grants to increase the number of postgraduate students, Hankó said.