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  • Former IOC President Thomas Bach awarded honorary doctorate by HUSS

    The Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS), which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, has awarded an honorary doctorate to Thomas Bach, the recently retired President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

  • German and Hungarian teams win title at the Budapest European Universities Volleyball Championship

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (men) and Hungarian University of Sports Science (TF) (women) were crowned as champions at the European Universities Volleyball Championship held in Budapest. The event concluded on Sunday with nearly full-house finals and a closing ceremony.

  • "Volleyball: TF can prove its worth on the international stage as well."

    The organization of the European Universities Volleyball Championship, starting with the official opening on Sunday, is a significant accomplishment for the Hungarian University of Sports Science (TF).

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Sport without borders – Representatives from Guangzhou Sport University pay a visit to Hungarian University of Sports Science
Hungarian University of Sports Science
September 16, 2025

On Tuesday, representatives of Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS) and Guangzhou Sport University (GSU) discussed opportunities for cooperation between the two institutions, including sports science and football coach training.

The poster submission deadline for the 3rd Biomechanics Symposium has been extended
Hungarian University of Sports Science
September 16, 2025

Participants can now upload their posters until September 22 for the 3rd Biomechanics in Sport and Ageing Symposium: Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, organised by Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS) and the Department of Kinesiology. The even will be held at HUSS on October 13 and 14.

Invitation to Soroosh Mozaffaritabar’s doctoral public defence
Hungarian University of Sports Science
September 11, 2025

The Doctoral School of Sport Sciences of the Hungarian University of Sports Science invites you Soroosh Mozaffaritabar’doctoral public defence.

The EASM2025 Conference concluded with a spectacular ceremony at an impressive venue in Budapest
Hungarian University of Sports Science
September 8, 2025

The 33rd edition of the EASM conference held in Budapest ended with an eventful programme featuring award ceremonies, speeches, and a traditional folk dance performance. The host of the event, Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS), is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025.

Gergely Csurilla's Research Reaches Final Round in the New Researcher Award at EASM2025
Hungarian University of Sports Science
September 5, 2025

Gergely Csurilla, a researcher at the Centre for Sport Economics and Decision Sciences at the Hungarian University of Sports Sciences (HUSS), has been selected as one of the top three finalists in the New Researcher Award competition at the EASM2025 conference, with his academic paper.

Péter Szájer re-elected as technical committee member at World Aquatics
Hungarian University of Sports Science
September 4, 2025

Péter Szájer, an assistant professor at Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS), is beginning his second term at World Aquatics.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Functioning
Hungarian University of Sports Science
September 4, 2025

Professor Ákos Koller and his excellent colleague Johanna Takács, along with two young undergraduate researchers, Darina Deák and Beáta Seregély, published an insightful article in the Q1-ranked journal LIFE (Basel).

EASM 2025 conference opens with inspiring evening at HUSS
Hungarian University of Sports Science
September 3, 2025

The Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS) hosted the opening evening of the EASM 2025 conference to be held at HUSS between 2 and 5 September. The opening ceremony included welcoming distinguished guests, inspiring speeches, and vibrant performances.

Covid-19 research at HUSS on post-vaccination syndrome
Hungarian University of Sports Science
August 26, 2025

In recent days, an interesting article was published in the journal Vaccines on the adverse side effects of mRNA-LNP-based COVID-19 vaccines, specifically Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty and Moderna-Spikevax, by Professor János Szebeni and Professor Ákos Koller, the Chairman of Hungarian University of Sports Science’s (HUSS) Scientific Council.

HUSS’s the newly appointed honorary doctor, Thomas Bach delivers a speech – video
Hungarian University of Sports Science
August 25, 2025

Thomas Bach, the recently retired President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the newest honorary doctor of Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS), spoke with great emotion and admiration about HUSS and the Hungarian Olympic movement.

Former IOC President Thomas Bach awarded honorary doctorate by HUSS
Hungarian University of Sports Science
August 21, 2025

The Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS), which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, has awarded an honorary doctorate to Thomas Bach, the recently retired President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Thomas Bach’s honorary doctorate ceremony to take place at Hungarian University of Sports Science
Hungarian University of Sports Science
August 18, 2025

The Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS) will once again host a prestigious event. On August 20, 2025, Hungary’s national holiday, Thomas Bach, former President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be conferred an honorary doctorate degree. The ceremony will take place in the university’s Athens Hall at 10:30 am.

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In recent days, an interesting article was published in the journal Vaccines on the adverse side effects of mRNA-LNP-based COVID-19 vaccines, specifically Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty and Moderna-Spikevax, by Professor János Szebeni and Professor Ákos Koller, the Chairman of Hungarian University of Sports Science’s (HUSS) Scientific Council.

A new study involving researchers from Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS) has been published in Sports, an international journal with a Q1 ranking and an impact factor of 2.9. The article investigates the relationship between external and internal load indicators among elite youth soccer players.

The study titled “Novel, Sport-Specific EMG-Based Method to Evaluate Movement Efficiency in Karate Punching” was recently published in the prestigious Q1-ranked journal Sports (impact factor: 2.9), the result of exemplary collaboration among three departments of Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS).

The April 2024 study published by the Hungarian University of Sports Science’s (HUSS) Research Centre for Molecular Exercise Science led by Professor Zsolt Radák, earned a shared second-place Best Scientific Paper award from the Anatomical Society of the United Kingdom, founded in 1887.

Here is the great opportunity for young researchers, including those from the Hungarian University of Sports Science (TF).

Eszter Pocsai, a PhD student at the Hungarian University of Sports Science (TF), gained important experience at the LISiN Laboratory in Turin.

Professor Zsolt Radák, Head of the Centre for Molecular Exercise Biology, has successfully applied for funds provided by the ADVANCED grant programme of the National Research Excellence Programme with the research project titled "The effect of lactic acid and exercise on DNA methylation and epigenetics".

A publication award of GeroScience, a renowned American academic journal on ageing, was given to Professor Zsolt Radák, Vice-Rector for Science and Innovation.

Toni Arndt will hold a lecture on advanced footwear technology and its performance enhancing effects at the Hungarian University of Sports Science (TF) on 28 June. 

A new research finding of a Spanish research group supports the neurogenic theory of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) that was put forward by Dr Balázs Sonkodi, senior research associate of the Hungarian University of Sports Science.

At the 2024 American Physiology Summit to be organised in Long Beach in April, researchers from the Hungarian University of Sports Science will present topics closely related to elite sport.

Professor Honoris Causa Tibor Hortobágyi, PhD, research professor, Department of Kinesiology, published a review as a senior author of an international consortium comprising 10 authors from five countries.

Ákos Koller, Professor Emeritus of the Hungarian University of Sports Science, has received the Eugene M. Landis Research Award in Rhode Island, USA.

Dr habil Miklós Bánhidi, supervisor of the School of Sport Sciences at the Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS) and his student Leny Keo recently paid a scientific visit to Cambodia.

Dr. Ákos Koller, professor oat the Hungarian University of Sports Sciences has received an important recognition. This year he was awarded the Eugene M. Landis Research Award given by the American Microcirculatory Society.

Dr Tibor Barna, retired Associate Professor of the Hungarian University of Sports Sciences (HUSS) presented the results of a research lasting for two years in Belgrade this September.

Dr Ákos Koller, Professor Emeritus of the Hungarian University of Sports Sciences (HUSS) and his research team are investigating what Covid-19 does to the brains of physically active and inactive people. Hungarian news portal index.hu cites that their research may answer the question whether there is a link between fitness, exercise and the duration or severity of symptoms.

The Research Center for Molecular Exercise Science, led by Dr. Zsolt Radák, has successfully submitted a grant application to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) post-Covid 2021-28 Grants Scheme.

You are cordially invited to the bilingual conference on innovation and sports, organized by the Hungarian National Trading House and the University of Physical Education of Budapest. Our aim is to foster dialogue on recent findings and innovative ideas, methods as well as to stimulate further processes of turning ideas to success.

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