We would like to inform the interested applicants that the deadline for admission to the two new English-language LL.M. programs: the LL.M. in Digital Economic Legal Expert and the LL.M. in Energy and Natural Resources Law has been extended to September 16, 2024.

A delegation from Hansung University in Seoul visited our university on September 2, 2024. The guests, including President Chang-Won Lee, Ph.D., were received by Prof. Dr. Péter Balla, Vice-Rector for International Relations, Prof. Dr. Péter Furkó, Vice-Rector for Science and Research, Prof. Dr. Géza Horváth, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Judit Nagy, Vice-Dean for International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. habil. Mózes Csoma, Head of the Department of Korean Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Dr. Gábor Szalai, Head of Office, International Relations Office. The meeting was also attended by His Excellency Hong Kyudok, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Hungary.

Prof. Dr. Zoltán J. Tóth, Dean of the Faculty of Law, participated in the IVR 2024 Congress in Seoul from 8-12 July 2024. In the framework of the programme, he held talks with Professor Beomsik Jang, Rector of Soongsil University, and Professor Tae Kyun Yoo on 9 July. He also met with Professor Ihm Sahng Hyeog, Head of the Institute of Legal Studies and Head of Korean Law & Society, and with professors at the Institute. During the talks, the two sides discussed possible future professional, research and educational cooperation and shared their experiences.

On July 1, 2024, international students and postgraduate specialists received their diplomas in the Council Hall of the Faculty of Law.

The graduation ceremony for international students at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was held in the Cigar Room of the Károlyi-Csekonics Palace on 28 June. On this occasion, diplomas were awarded to fourteen students, including three Egyptians, three Hungarians, two Kosovars, one American, one Pakistani, one Montenegrin, one Kenyan, one Syrian, and one Kazakh citizen, graduating from the English language BA program in Psychology and the Hungarian language MA program in History.

The Reformed Church of Hungary has announced an open architectural competition for the design of the new campus of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (KRE) in Ferencváros. 42 architectural firms submitted valid entries. The winning entry was selected by a jury of experts from Archikon Architects, Budapest, which is 35 years old this year. In addition to the experts delegated by the Reformed Church, the jury was composed of Zoltán Erő, Chief Architect of Budapest, Krisztina Baranyi, Mayor of Ferencváros, Tihamér Szalay, Vice President of the Hungarian Chamber of Architects, and Gyula Balázs Csáki-Hatalovics, Chancellor of the University. The jury was chaired by Regő Lánszki, National Chief Architect and State Secretary of the Ministry of Construction and Transport, and co-chaired by Balázs Fürjes, Head of University Development. The results of the competition were announced on Monday evening.

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (KRE) is proud to announce the launch of two new English-language LL.M. programs this fall: the LL.M. in Digital Economic Legal Expert and the LL.M. in Energy and Natural Resources Law. These new programs will also be available online, allowing a global audience to join KRE's renowned educational community from all over the world.

The Symposium of the Law of Digital Age took place in Budapest as part of the 100th anniversary of Turkish-Hungarian relations. Organized in collaboration between Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Law and Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem), the symposium witnessed significant discussions among Turkish and Hungarian academics on digitalization and artificial intelligence. In the opening speeches, both the Rector of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Prof. Dr. László Trócsányi and the Dean of Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Law, Prof. Dr. Neslihan Karataş Durmuş expressed their wishes for the continuation of cooperation. The symposium focused on the digitalization and/or the use of artificial intelligence in various legal disciplines including arbitration, tax law, labour law, civil law, migration law and civil procedure. Participants discussed the challenges posed by digitalization and/or artificial intelligence in Turkish and Hungarian law and deliberated on future steps. The symposium was hailed as a significant milestone in the academic world.