The Booster core module is underway: The foundational talent profile of the STEAM Excellence Program (2025/26)

As highlighted in our previous article about the opening event (“The Engineers of the Future are Already with Us! The 2025/26 STEAM Excellence Program has Launched!”), the program is structured around five thematic talent profiles. Students select two of these profiles based on their interests and strengths.

Throughout October, the BOOSTER core module is taking place—led by Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Zoltán Rajnai and Prof. Dr. Kornélia Lazányi. Three sessions were successfully completed during the first week.

The sessions held on October 16–17, 2025, were not just for the scholarship students, but specifically about them. Prof. Dr. Kornélia Lazányi conducted workshops on self-awareness, career orientation, and career planning, while Viktória Tafferner-Gulyás led an online reading comprehension exercise in English.

Prof. Dr. Kornélia Lazányi remarked: “The sessions are designed to help these future talents discover the strengths, values, and motivations that drive them, and how to consciously integrate these into their career choices. Instead of generic tests, they participated in real self-awareness scenarios, playful exercises, and honest conversations.”

Here, students learned how to plan their careers strategically—not just focusing on “what they want to be,” but how to get there. Discussions covered goals, decision-making, motivation, stress, time management, and how to find one’s own path in the rapidly changing world of the 21st century.

Viktória Tafferner-Gulyás focused on the topic of “Artificial Intelligence and Society,” aiming to develop the students’ academic English vocabulary and critical thinking skills.

Following the session, the instructor stated: “The students expanded their academic vocabulary, practiced interpreting written texts and critical analysis, and reflected on the social implications of artificial intelligence.”

The Booster core module will continue through October with three more interesting and useful activities. These include techniques for effective learning (such as SQ3R), digital wellbeing, and an individual consultation module designed to help students finalize their talent profile selections.