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The purpose of the unique Pető method is to provide assistance to children and young adults with motor disabilities originating from the damage to the central nervous system. The András Pető Faculty (PAK) of Semmelweis University, founded in 1950, holds the esteemed legacy of András Pető and serves as a global hub for conductive education. The faculty, led by Dean Dr. Andrea Zsebe Miklósné Tenk, is dedicated to advancing its education programs in both Hungarian and English, fostering collaborations with other higher education institutions. It offers cutting-edge, practical-oriented training for trainers, as well as comprehensive adult education programs on [...]

At the end of April, we held our first dissemination event about a new initiative at AIC: Our Model UN Club and shared some insights of our participation in the Model UN – BIMUN Conference. The teachers, Ms. Emese, Mr. Márk, and 5 chosen students have been working assiduously on a so-called ‘Pilot year’ of Model UN and preparing its implementation fully into our annual curriculum and school-year schedule.

In March 2023, Avicenna International College (“Avicenna”) signed a memorandum of understanding with Corvinus University of Budapest. Avicenna is a unique local high school in Budapest, that teaches Hungarian curriculum in English language to predominantly international students. Although the University has more than 250 international partners and works with many of the leading high schools in Hungary, this agreement is the first of its kind for Corvinus. The partnership is, therefore, a key milestone for both Avicenna and the University in their internationalisation objectives, since the College will provide quality international students with greater accessibility to Hungarian higher [...]

Avicenna International College Hungarian-English Bilingual High School held the Graduation Ceremony of the 2022–2023 academic year on the afternoon of May 4th. During this event the school bids farewell to the graduating high schoolers, and the graduates thank the teachers, staff and school mates for all the joyous memories they shared together.

On March 30, 2023, the Avicenna Holding (AH) had the honor to host the Hungarian Association of Corporate Financial Managers ( http://www.treasuryclub.hu/english/Index ) - also known as the Treasury Club - current session of its monthly professional meetings at the Orczy str. main building of AH. As host of the event, Dr. MirzaHosseini Shahrokh, AH President, welcomed the guests and briefly introduced the Holding's activities, then gave the floor to Mr. László Andorkó, foreign exchange market expert, the professional speaker of the event, who presented a keynote address on the topic of “What do the forecast indicators show about the [...]

The 1848 Hungarian revolution, also known as the Spring of Nations, was a pivotal event in Hungary's and Europe's modern history. The revolution grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, which was ruled by the Habsburg monarchy. Although the revolution ultimately failed, it remains one of the most significant events in Hungary's history, forming the cornerstone of modern Hungarian national identity. The revolution marked the beginning of a new era in Hungarian history, and it fundamentally changed the course of the country's political and social development. The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 is commemorated annually on [...]

At Avicenna we started in this year of 2023 to give our most dedicated and hard-working students unparalleled opportunities to take part in travel and study programmes in the so-called Erasmus Group Mobilities as part of our Erasmus projects, supported by the EU Commission, intent on a full swing internationalisation. These mobilities bring us closer to other EU high schools deepening ties at every level and building long lasting relationships for academic, career and friendship purposes. On 19 March we took a plane to Rome with 10 very motivated AIC students to make Avicenna history as the very [...]

For the first time, Avicenna International College organized a two-round English Language Competition for 6th-8th grade students, with the aim of covering all primary schools in Budapest.   The online round took place on 28 January 2023, for which 133 students registered free of charge, and the second, offline round was held on 13 March. The 118 students from 29 secondary schools with their teachers and parents mainly from Budapest assembled in the largest ground-floor auditorium, and sat around the tables allocated to their school, waiting to be called 10 minutes before their exams. The excited students were escorted by the [...]

On 13 March we decided to take out all of our Italian Erasmus students for the second weekend in a row as some of them are going to leave us in 2 weeks.This Sunday the weather was again very nice and permitting which was pretty unusual after a chilling cold Saturday with gale force winds. We went to the picturesque small town near Budapest called Sant'Andrea which is the Italian for Szentendre, on a day characterized by brightness, sunshine and clear sky. We took the suburban train from Batthany and walked into the city centre to discover the medieval [...]

On the first Saturday of March, we went out with a group of 9 Italian Erasmus students. Five of them arrived at Avicenna on 1 March joining the others who have been here since the beginning of January. The weather was fantastic, a brief but surprisingly intense summary day at the beginning of the astrological Spring allowed us to take to Gellert Hill and spend the late morning hours together on the slopes of Gellert visiting famous landmarks such as the statue of Gellert, the statue of Liberty, the almond -tree garden, the Castello Türke and the unforgettable Philosophers Garden [...]