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.

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.

Orientation Week has officially begun at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, welcoming nearly 300 international students from 26 countries around the world.

We would like to call your attention to an approaching conference with worldwide participants that commemorates the 75^th anniversary of the adoption of the UDHR.

The Orientation Day for the 2023/24 Fall semester took place on 4 September 2023. The students received a welcome pack after registering and were warmly welcomed by Rector Prof. Dr. László Trócsányi. The Rector started his speech with the university’s motto: “Károli. Community. Quality.” He emphasized the importance of the community and encouraged the students to be active in events and meet new people. To support the new international students’ community, he offered assistance. He invited his colleague from the Sports Office to spread news about Károli’s sport events. International students can participate in sports free of charge. After the Rector’s welcome, Dr. Gábor Szalai, Director of International Relations introduced the Erasmus coordinators from the faculties.

Prof. Dr. Róbert Szuchy, Vice-Rector of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Chuch in Hungaray, participated today (25/09/2022) in the opening ceremony of the external training of the Faculty of Pedagogy of Károli Gáspár University in Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mures), where teacher training is taught in Hungarian. The ceremony took place in the Castle Church.

We are proud to announce that our CEEPUS Institutional Coordinator, Ms. Virág Zombory was given the “Coordinator Award” at the National Meeting of International Coordinators held from June 29^th to July 1st, 2022, in Pécs. The event was organized by Tempus Public Foundation and was attended by 153 employees of 45 domestic higher education institutions dealing with the Erasmus+ and CEEPUS programs. The conference provided many opportunities for the formal and informal exchange of ideas related to the foundation for the next academic year's application period for colleagues dealing with international scholarship programs.

Rector’s Order No. 11/2021 (IX.03.)/R on the organization and implementation of the Academic Year 2021/2022 during the period of state of danger (amended and consolidated by Rector’s Order No. 12/2021 (XI.02)/R, Rector’s Order No. 15/2021 (XI.22)/R, Rector’s Order No. 16/2021 (XII.02)/R, Rector’s Order No. 3/2022 (I.20)/R, Rector’s Order No. 5/2022 (II.07)/R and Rector’s Order No. 9/2022 (III.07)/R)