Facts & Figures

Károli Gáspár University was founded by the Reformed Church in Hungary. This fact is duly reflected in the official name of the institution: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary.
The university was named after Károli Gáspár, the Calvinist pastor, who prepared the first complete Hungarian translation of the Bible in 1590.
The university was established in its present from in 1993 but its history roots back to 1839.
Besides Budapest, the university has campuses in the cities of Kecskemét and Nagykőrös.

 

over 8,600 students enrolled to the 2022/2023 academic year at the University,
which comprises of the following 5 faculties

• Faculty of Economics, Health Sciences and Social Studies
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Pedagogy
• Faculty of Theology

Education and research activities are carried out by 15 institutes and 52 departments belong to the five faculties altogether.
Over 600 academic staff members teaching at 38 (BA, MA, single-cycle) degree programmes.
3 Doctoral Schools in history, law and theology offer PhD programmes.
158 International partner institutions in 37 countries.
Over 180 international exchange students visited the university in the academic year of 2022/2023
5  Student Residence Halls providing over 500 places for the students of the university
8 university sport teams.
More than 150 000 books are kept in the libraries of the university.