The Faculty of Law is the oldest faculty of the University of Pécs, which respects and preserves the traditions of the university founded in 1367 and the training of lawyers in Pécs. Its direct legal predecessor was the XXXVI. The Royal Hungarian Elizabeth University, founded in Bratislava by article XXV. article of law placed (temporarily) in Pécs. The Faculty of Law opened its first semester in Pécs in the autumn of 1923. The professors of the Faculty were in part teachers of the Episcopal Law Academy, which previously functioned until 1923. The Faculty of Law of Pécs is the only faculty of the Royal Hungarian Elizabeth University that has been operating continuously since 1923. He gave a number of excellent scientists and educators to the legal profession: Nándor Óriás, Albert Lrk, Ferenc Faluhelyi, among others. For example, László Sólyom and Ferenc Mádl, President of the Republic, Péter Darák,The first university of Hungary was established in Pécs by King Louis I of Hungary in 1367, the letters patent issued by pope Urban V, similar to that of the University of Vienna. The university existed for a few decades, then split into two schools, one of jurisprudence and one of theology in the course of the 15th century. The university was completely discontinued during Ottoman occupation, then restarted in 1785 by Joseph II moving the Royal Academy from Győr to Pecs. In 1802 the Royal Academy was moved back to Győr by the order of Francis I, and higher education was discontinued in Pecs until 1833, when the bishop of Pecs in conjunction with the city senate founded the Pecs Academy, comprising a legal and a philosophical faculty.The modern University of Pécs was founded in 1912, and was originally located in Pozsony (now Bratislava, Slovakia). Following World War I Pozsony became part of the newly formed Czechoslovakia. In 1921, the university moved to Pécs, where it remained to this day. In 1951 the medical faculty was separated from the university, and till 2000 was a separate institution. The university was renamed Janus Pannnonius University in 1982. The present University of Pécs was created on January 1, 2000, via the merger of Janus Pannonius University, the Medical University of Pécs and the Illyés Gyula Teacher Training College of Szekszárd.In 2004 the Pollack Mihály Technical College is transformed into a full-fledged university faculty under the name of Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering. In 2005 The Faculty of Adult Education and Human Resources Development is established as the tenth faculty of the University. The College of Health Sciences becomes a full-fledged university faculty under the name of Faculty of Health Sciences in 2006. The name of the Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering becomes Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology In considering the merger of the Faculty of Adult Education and Human Resources Development and the Illyés Gyula Teacher Training College of Szekszárd the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development is formed. In 2015 the university had nine faculties. In 2016 The Faculty of Pharmacy will soon be established, and as a result, the University of Pécs will once again, feature ten faculties. After World War I, when Hungary lost most of its territory, the university was re-established in 1923 from Elisabeth (Erzsébet) University which escaped from the city of Pozsony (Bratislava, presently the capital city of Slovakia). The Elisabeth University of Sciences had four faculties (Arts, Law, Medicine and Theology) with several outstanding professors teaching in the Medical School (Pál Heim, Béla Entz, Géza Mansfeld, just to mention a few of them). In 1951 the Medical School became a separate, independent institution under the name of the Medical University of Pécs. It underwent substantial infrastructural development in the 1960s and 1970s: the new clinical and basic science blocks were built during this period. Besides the general medicine program, training in dentistry and pharmacy were launched in 1973 and 2001. Meanwhile, the English Program in General Medicine was implemented in 1984, the first medical education program of its kind in Central Europe. A similar German Program was initiated in 2004.The educational, research and administrative infrastructure of the Faculty remains unchanged. The faculty provides high quality training to more than 2,000 students. Exquisitely renovated buildings, preserving the architectural traditions and the former patina, but also prepared for the technical challenges of the future await the students. Air-conditioned lecture halls designed by interior designers, a high-quality library, a computer park and free internet access are available to the audience. The faculty units are currently located in three buildings. The European Center, the European Documentation Center and the Faculty Library are housed in the Knowledge Center handed over in 2010.
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