A record number of students applied to the VI of Miskolc University. for the Chemical Industry Career Orientation Day (VEPONA).
On Wednesday, April 24, the University of Miskolc and the leading chemical companies in the region, BorsodChem, MOL Petrolkémia and the KISS group of companies, devoted a whole day to the promotion of the chemical industry career path and related training. This year, 700 secondary and primary school students from 30 educational institutions in the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén were interested in the large-scale event. VEPONA was organized by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics and the Faculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering. The Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BOKIK) assisted with the transportation of the participants with buses.
Members of our editorial staff attended the opening held in the Hall of Fame of the University of Miskolc, where, as part of a spectacular experiment, rector Zita Horváth Emöke Sikora, with the help of a scientific associate of the Faculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering, let the spirit of the chemical industry out of the bottle after thanking the organizers who made the event possible. The speakers Tamás Mende organiser, university associate professor, lecturer of the Faculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering.
“There is no more joyful moment in the life of a university lecturer and leader than when the biggest hall of our university is full of young people. Then we can feel that our work has meaning and that the University of Miskolc has a future, as a result of which the economy of the county, including the chemical industry, has a future,” he said in his opening speech Zita Horváthrector of the University of Miskolc.
He pointed out that Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is the largest chemical industry center in the country, which can only be maintained if the supply of specialists is continuously ensured. For this, there is a full-time bachelor’s degree in chemical industry in Miskolc, a correspondence course in Kazincbarcik, there is a master’s degree and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics can specialize in chemical machinery.
“Today is about showing the attractive, practical side and beauties of the chemical industry. As a result, I will later be able to welcome as many young people as possible to one of our courses at the opening of the school year. The aim of the University of Miskolc, which strives to impart the highest quality professional knowledge, is for young people to find their prosperity in this city and county. They should not have to go to Budapest, Transdanubia, or abroad, but find a long-term perspective for a good salary at the companies here,” explained the rector.
Research associate Emőke Sikora, a member of the university’s women’s basketball team, told the students how chemistry became her favorite subject, despite the fact that everyone around her thought it was difficult.
