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From Soviet barracks university hostel

The buildings which can be seen here were hussar barracks originally. These were the buildings of the Soviet army's soldiers later. Entirely until the change of regime (1989), the city's leaders started thinking then, what it would be possible to use the buildings for after the modernisation...

Education based on the tradition of several hundred years — the Reformed College of Debrecen was founded in 1538 — has gained more and more ground in Debrecen. This expression should be interpreted literally as due to the development of the Kassai Street campus the University of Debrecen and also the city of Debrecen has enriched with many new and stylish buildings, faculties and cultural centers.

One time it was the symbol of permanence, nowadays it's rather referred as the city of meetings. However, Debrecen principally is an educational town the motor of which is the University of Debrecen. Among the country's oldest and largest universities this one in Debrecen offers the broadest scope of education and research with more than 20 thousand students, 13 faculties, 2 individual institutes and 20 PhD schools.

Debrecen

For several hundred years Debrecen has been the natural centre of culture, economy and commerce in the Northern Great Plain region. Thousands of visitors come each year to this city which has a wealth of cultural relics and historic and ecclesiastic sights, as well as its festivals and spa. The medieval settlement was established at the meeting point of three regions; the Nyírség, the Hajdúság and the Hortobágy. The trade route connecting Transylvania with Upper Hungary (today Slovakia) and Poland crossed the town thus elevating it to significance. Due to conscious land purchasing policies Debrecen's territory was extended significantly during the 16th and 17th century and thus its border reached as far as the River Tisza. Based on aristocratic and religious values, the strict Calvinist leadership of the city always bore the interests of the populace in mind, efficiently protecting them. It is not by chance that Debrecen is the capital of Protestant theological education, a stronghold of the Hungarian Reformed community to this day. (Source: Vendégváró & campushotel.hu).