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.

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)

The opening ceremony of the academic year 2020/2021 took place on 7 September 2020 in the Reformed Church „Hálaadás” in Budapest, amidst safety regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The official inauguration of the brand new building of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences took place on 1 September 2020.

Over 140 students from 35 countries started the semester at Károli this September.

The Faculty of Teacher Training opened its new Budapest campus on 9 September. The fully renovated school building is located only a few minutes away from the campus of our Faculty of Law. About 1000 students have started their academic year at the new campus building. The development was realised in close cooperation with the municipal government of the 4th District of Budapest.

The opening ceremony of the new academic year took on 9 September 2019, during which the new Rector of the university, Prof. Dr. József Zsengellér was inaugurated.

The opening ceremony of the academic year of 2018/19 was held in the church of the Budapest-Fasori Reformed Congregation on the 3rd of September 2018 where first year students were formally admitted to the university.

On the 4^th of September 2017, Prof. Dr. Péter Balla, the rector of our university officially opened the 2017/2018 academic year at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary.

The Orientation Week for recently arrived international students was held between 5-9 September.

78 students representing 18 countries from three continents (Asia, Europe and North America) participated in the event.  Besides the necessary enrolment administration to start studying at Károli Gáspár Universty, the Orientation Week included lectures about Hungarian history, language, customs and behaviour, a Budapest sightseeing tour, and an international lunch where the participating students prepared their national dish.

One of the highlights of the week was the presentation contest of the international students about various aspects of Hungarian life and culture.

We wish all our incoming students a very successful and pleasant stay at KRE!

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary started the new academic year with a record number of fresh students.

All in all 2 750 students were admitted for the academic year of 2015/2016, which means that 309 more students can start their studies at Károli University than the year before.

Since 2008, the number of fresh students admitted to the University has been continuously growing: their number has more than tripled during the last 7 years.

On the 18th of September Rector Prof. Dr. Péter Balla – among representatives of other universities – in the framework of a signing ceremony has formally signed the Magna Charta Universitatum in Bologna. Thus Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary has joined the international higher-educational organisation, counting almost 800 members in more than 80 countries.

Magna Charta Universitatum, the charter supporting the autonomy of higher education institutions and academic freedom, and its executive organisation were established in Bologna 1988, celebrating the 900th anniversary of the founding of the University of Bologna.

Photo: http://www.magna-charta.org/

The two-year long Hungarobox Learning Partnership project has been successfully concluded. The project brought together five institutions from Finland, Estonia, Germany, Hungary and Italy, each of them dealing with adult education and the teaching of Hungarian as a foreign language. Hungary was represented by Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary in the project.

The main goal of the project was to share and change experience and good practices among the partner organisations, especially in the field of teaching vocabulary, lexicography and terminology and to get acquainted with other educational institutions’ practices.

In the framework of the international cooperation a multilingual online glossary has been prepared as well, containing commonly used vocabulary and expressions of the topic of Information Communication and Technology in the languages of the partners, combined with an exercise package. In addition to partner meetings, workshops and seminars for teachers of Hungarian have been organised as well.

All achievements of the project will be available on the webpage of Hungarobox soon:  www.hungarobox.eu

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.