Our Erasmus Diaries series continues with a new story from one of Károli’s students. This time, Bálint Kovács, a second-year Dutch Studies student at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, takes us to Brussels, where he is spending the autumn semester of the 2026/27 academic year as an Erasmus+ student at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has recently announced the recipients of the 2026 Japan Foreign Minister’s Commendations, among which is Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary.

We warmly invite all interested students to take part in the Michiel de Ruyter Memorial Sailing Regatta, to be held on 28 October 2026! The regatta will take place in Balatonszemes, on the waters of Lake Balaton in front of the BAHART Marina in Balatonszemes.

On 23 September, Károli Gáspár University hosted its 5th Károli Sports Day at the Riz Levente Sports and Events Centre, welcoming a record number of more than 3,000 students for a full day of sport, movement and community.

As part of the training project “Arbitration and Other Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods” organised by the Hungarian Arbitration Association (MVbE) and the Education Committee of the Budapest Bar Association, Prof. Dr. Ádám Boóc, Vice-Dean for International Affairs and Science and Head of the Institute of Private Law at the Faculty of Law of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, delivered a lecture entitled “Third Parties in Arbitral Proceedings” on 17 September 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Following the lecture, he also took part in a panel discussion with Dr Kinga Tímár, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), and Dr Richárd Schmidt, President of the Hungarian Arbitration Association.

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, in cooperation with Khazar University, Baku, will host the 6th International Conference on the Philosophy of Language, Literature, and Linguistics (ICPL 2027) in Budapest on 7–8 May 2027. The central theme of the conference is the impact of artificial intelligence on higher education, reflected in its title: “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Higher Education: Support, Tolerance, or Restriction.” The two-day hybrid conference will be hosted at the Károlyi–Csekonics Palace of Károli Gáspár University.

Join us for an inspiring evening with H.E. Penny Dewi Herasati, Ambassador of Indonesia to Hungary, at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. The lecture will offer students an opportunity to learn more about Indonesia and international relations, and to engage directly with the Ambassador.

At the beginning of the new academic year, Károli Gáspár University organised an Orientation Week for nearly 300 international students arriving from 26 countries. The programme was designed to help newcomers get to know the University, one another and Budapest, while starting their studies at Károli with useful information and shared experiences.