The University of Szeged traces its origins back to 1581 with the foundation of the Academia in Cluj (Kolozsvár). In 1872 the Hungarian royal university was established and the university operated in Cluj until 1921 when it was moved to Szeged. The year 2000 was a milestone in the history of the university: the higher education institutions of Szeged were integrated under the name University of Szeged.
At present the University has 12 faculties covering the fields of arts, sciences, law, economics and business administration, engineering, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, health sciences, education, agriculture and music. It also provides quality education at the levels of Bachelor, Master, scientific (PhD), higher-level vocational and postgraduate specialist training programmes.
The University of Szeged is one of the most popular universities in Hungary, occupying high places in all the international rankings. The number of its academic research and teaching staff reaches 2200 teaching and training up to 21 000 students. It has been considered for years as one of the world’s best 500 universities and it is known as a green institution. It offers a broad range of educational opportunities to home and foreign students. The University of Szeged is committed to helping students to make the most of their talents and abilities.
A number of outstanding professors work and have worked at the University of Szeged, including Nobel Laureate Albert Szent-Györgyi, who was the first to isolate Vitamin C, extracting it from Szeged paprika.
The University’s educational mission also embraces medical assistance, conducting internationally competitive research activities and fulfilling its role as a research university. The wide scope of its research and creative activities include basic and applied research, creative arts, product and service development.
The University of Szeged, from a research perspective, enjoys clear strengths in the life sciences; specifically in neuroscience, cardiology and pharmacology as well as in mathematics and informatics. The research groups in the field of chemistry form a strong cluster. The University is now expanding its interdisciplinary research, launching several projects between the faculties of medicine and informatics such as “telemedicine”.
The University is also making great efforts to include the humanities, social and natural sciences departments in its interdisciplinary approach. Linguistics, modern languages, chemistry and biological sciences are also growing research areas.
The University has been developing a laser research centre, Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) in partnership with other universities in Romania and the Czech Republic. It should lead to new opportunities for the University in fundamental research, applied research and partnerships too; particularly in industries such as pharmaceuticals and aerospace. The University works in close cooperation with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in three key research areas, namely in natural sciences, humanities as well as in life sciences.
塞格德大学的历史可追溯至1581年克卢日（Kolozsvár）学院的建立。1872年匈牙利皇家大学成立后，该校一直于克卢日运营直至1921年迁至塞格德。2000年成为该校历史上的里程碑——塞格德的高等教育机构整合为塞格德大学。目前，该大学设有12个学院，涵盖艺术、科学、法学、经济学与工商管理、工程学、医学、药学、牙科、健康科学、教育学、农学和音乐领域。同时提供学士、硕士、科学博士（PhD）、高等职业及研究生专业培训课程等优质教育。塞格德大学是匈牙利最受欢迎的大学之一，在所有国际排名中均位居前列。其学术研究与教学人员数量达2200人，培养的学生多达21000名。多年来，该校一直位列世界500强大学，并以绿色校园著称。它为国内外学生提供了广泛的教育机会。塞格德大学致力于帮助学生充分发挥他们的天赋与才能。塞格德大学拥有众多杰出的现任和前任教授，其中包括诺贝尔奖得主阿尔伯特·森特-哲尔吉，他是首位从塞格德辣椒中提取维生素C的科学家。

该校的教育Mission不仅涵盖医疗援助，还包括开展具有国际竞争力的研究活动，履行其作为研究型大学的职责。其广泛的研究与创新活动涉及基础与应用研究、创意艺术、产品与服务开发等领域。塞格德大学在生命科学领域，尤其是神经科学、心脏病学和药理学，以及数学和信息学方面，展现出显著的研究优势。化学领域的研究团队形成了强大的集群。该校目前正拓展跨学科研究，在医学与信息学院之间启动了多个项目，例如“远程医疗”。该大学也在大力推动人文、社会科学和自然科学院系参与其跨学科研究。语言学、现代语言、化学和生物科学也是日益壮大的研究领域。该大学与罗马尼亚及捷克的其他高校合作，正在开发一个激光研究中心——“极端光基础设施”（ELI）。这将为该校在基础研究、应用研究及合作伙伴关系方面带来新的机遇，尤其是在制药和航空航天等行业。该大学与匈牙利科学院在三个关键研究领域密切合作，即自然科学、人文科学以及生命科学