The University of Debrecen, as an elite research university, offers the widest range of programs in the country for students, who can study at an institution with outstanding academic values. As a University of National Excellence, the institution has training and research capacities and scholarly achievements in several disciplines, which contributes to its central role in the implementation of national strategy objectives. At the most popular university of the country outside the capital, there are close to 28,000 people studying, either on state scholarships or paying tuition fees. The number of international students is over 3,500 and this increases year by year. Besides Hungarian programs, students from outside Hungary can study in 54 English-language programs as well. With their educational, research, and development activities more than 1,500 faculty members in 14 faculties and 23 doctoral schools help graduating professionals enter the world of work successfully with a competitive degree in their hands.