Canon Law Institute (KJPI)

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ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

The Canon Law Institute, which has been in operation for more than fifteen years, provides academic training in the field of the Catholic Church’s own law, making it unique in the region. Furthermore, it promotes and standardizes the high-quality operation of ecclesiastical courts in Hungary, as well as in neighboring countries (Serbia, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine). Founded by the Holy See and endowed with faculty rights (“ad instar facultatis”), the Institute not only provides training recognized on behalf of the Holy See, with the authority to confer all academic degrees, but the Hungarian State also recognizes the MA and PhD degrees earned here.

In addition to education, the Institute has placed significant emphasis from the very beginning on internationally outstanding professional research and the dissemination of its results. All of this is guaranteed by a faculty of professors who are esteemed and recognized worldwide (Dr. Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi, O.Praem., Dr. Géza Kuminetz, Dr. Péter Szabó, Dr. Katalin Hársfai, Dr. György Lefkánits, Dr. Balázs Schanda, Dr. Philippe Gudenus, Dr. Csaba Szilágyi). A key component of this is our special collection of canon law literature, which is unique in Europe.

The work carried out by the Postgraduate Institute of Canon Law in various fields further reinforces the conviction that the teaching and research activities conducted here are in no way inferior to the standards of the traditional pontifical faculties of canon law in Rome, a fact that lends widespread recognition to the value of the diplomas and academic degrees earned in Budapest.