Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

With 4563 students, 305 faculty members, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is the biggest faculty of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. The faculty is known for academic excellence, the personalised attention paid to students and its friendly yet vibrant atmosphere.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is ranked 7th among all faculties nationwide (HVG Rankings 2025). The quality of education is ensured by dedicated faculty members, out of whom 91% hold a PhD degree. Talent development is an important mission of the faculty, which is well reflected in the 46 awards its students won at the 36th National Scholarly Competition held in 2023, in the third place for the total number of applicants and in the sixth place for student excellence among faculties in Hungary, and in the 94% employer satisfaction rate for its graduates.

To help students respond to the challenges they may face during their studies and in life, the faculty operates a Career Office, a Student Counselling Center, a Sports Office and an international buddy system.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences offers first-cycle (BA) programmes in English and American Studies, German Studies, Dutch Studies, East Asian Studies (Japanese, Chinese and Korean track), Communication and Media Studies, Hungarian Studies, Psychology, Sociology, International Relations, General Humanities and History, and second-cycle (MA) programmes in English Studies, German Studies, Dutch Studies, Japanese Studies, Communication and Media Studies, Psychology, Social Behaviour Analysis, and History as well as one-cycle and short-cycle Teacher Training Programmes in various subject areas. History and Psychology are also offered at doctoral level.

51 active research groups conduct research at the faculty both at national and at international level. Established in 2015, Benda Kálmán College of Excellence runs a boarding-school type talent nurturing programme emphasising community and Christian values, providing opportunities for the most talented students to participate in its eight workshops: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Psychology, History, Philosophy and Religions, Arts, Media and Art Pedagogy, Teacher Training and Social Sciences.   

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has five programmes that have been designed to host international students: a two-year MA program in English Studies, a two-year MA programme in German Language, Literature and Culture, a three-year BA programme in Psychology, a three-year BA programme in English and American Studies and an MA in Teacher of English Language and Culture. In addition, the faculty also offers a two-year joint degree programme in lexicography (EMLex) in German and English, with Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) as the coordinator institution of the consortium. Erasmus and overseas exchange students can choose from approximately 100-120 courses offered in a foreign language every semester.

Our students can take language courses in eleven foreign languages at the Language Education Center: English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Italian, Norwegian, Finnish, Portuguese, Chinese.

The faculty has on-going Erasmus + KA131, KA171 and CEEPUS projects. It also participates in the EUTELL EMDM, the EMLex EMJM programme, the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme and Scholarship for Christian Young People Programme, just as it offers its own Károli Christian Scholarship Programme.