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{{Short description|University in Hungary}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Pécs
 | native_name            = ''Pécsi Tudományegyetem''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.study-hungary.com/universities/university-of-pecs|title=University of Pécs – Study in Hungary|access-date=20 December 2016|archive-date=6 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706200057/http://en.study-hungary.com/universities/university-of-pecs|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pte.hu/|title=website of the Pécsi Tudományegyetem|access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>
 | other_name             = PTE, UP
 | motto                  = Magyarország első egyeteme
 | mottoeng               = Hungary's first university.
 | latin_name             = Universitas Quinqueecclesiensis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://archive.org/search?query=Universitas+Quinqueecclesiensis&sin=TXT |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
 | image                  = Logo univpecs.svg
 | image_size             = 135px
 | image_alt              = 
 | established            = {{start date and age|df=yes|1367}} (Medieval university)<br />{{start date and age|df=yes|1912}} (Modern university)
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | rector                 = Dr. Attila János Miseta
 | students               = 22,325 (2021)<ref name="about-university-pecs">{{cite web|url=https://pte.hu/hu/adatok|title=About the University of Pécs|access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Pécs]]
 | country                = [[Hungary]]
 | coordinates            = {{coord|46.07418280|18.23772200|region:HU-PS_type:edu_source:google|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]]
 | website                = {{official URL}}
 | colours                = {{color box|#154A74}} [[Blue (colour)|Blue]]
 | faculty                = 1485 (2021)<ref name="about-university-pecs"/>
 | academic_affiliations  = {{Unbulleted list|[[Compostela Group of Universities|CGU]]|[[European University Foundation - Campus Europae|Campus Europae]]|[[European Association for International Education|EAIE]]|[[European University Association|EUA]]}}
}}

The '''University of Pécs''' ({{langx|hu|Pécsi Tudományegyetem}} {{IPA|hu|ˈpeːt͡ʃi ˈtudomaːɲɛɟɛtɛm|}}, '''PTE'''; {{langx|la|Universitas Quinqueecclesiensis}}) is one of the largest higher education institutions in [[Hungary]]. The history of the university began in the [[Middle Ages]], when in 1367, at the request of [[Louis I of Hungary|King Louis I the Great]], [[Pope Urban V]] granted permission to found the institution. This made it the first university in Hungary and the fourth in [[Central Europe]]. The official successor of the university is the [[:hu:Erzsébet Tudományegyetem|'''Elisabeth University''']] of [[Bratislava|Pozsony]] (Bratislava), founded in 1912. In 1921, after Bratislava became part of [[Czechoslovakia]], the university was moved to Pécs in 1951, the Faculty of Medicine separated and existed as an independent institution, until it merged with the '''Janus Pannonius University''' ({{langx|hu|Janus Pannonius Tudományegyetem}}) in 2000, which united the other faculties in Pécs. This is how the current University of Pécs was created.

Approximately 22,000 students attend the university at the moment, 4,900 of whom are international students enrolled in English or German courses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://international.pte.hu/university/about-university-pecs|title = About the University of Pécs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://international.pte.hu/information-parents|title=Information for parents}}</ref> As a result, it ranks among the universities in the nation with the most students. The institution supports students' academic growth through a number of clinics and research institutes in addition to its ten faculties.

== History ==
=== Medieval university (1367–{{circa}} 1390) ===
[[File:Louis I (Chronicon Pictum).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|Louis I as depicted in the [[Chronicon Pictum]]]]
The medieval university of Pécs was founded in [[1367]]<ref name=upstory/> as the last in the first wave of Central European university foundations. (The first three universities in the region: [[Charles University|Prague]] ([[1348]]), [[Jagiellonian University|Krakow]] ([[1364]]), [[University of Vienna|Vienna]] ([[1365]]).) Historical public consciousness considers [[Louis I of Hungary|Louis the Great]] as the founder of the university, but the king's role in the foundation can be considered formal, as part of the Holy See procedure.<ref>Fedeles Tamás: „Eztán Pécs tűnik szemünkbe.” A város középkori históriája 1009–1526. "A középkori egyetem" 150-151. o., Pécs, 2011 {{ISBN|978 963 9893 43 6}}</ref> The operation of the University of Pécs was authorized on September 1, 1367 in a [[Papal bull|bull]] by [[Pope Urban V]], at the request of King Louis the Great of Hungary. The true spiritual father of the first Hungarian university was the contemporary bishop of Pécs, [[William of Koppenbach]], who, in addition to his ecclesiastical office (1361–1374), was [[Ispán|royal chaplain]] and secret chancellor, one of Louis the Great's important diplomats and confidants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/41228/1/aetas_2005_004_029-040.pdf|title=Petrovics István: A középkori pécsi egyetem és alapítója|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> [[File:Pécsi középkori egyetem címere.svg|thumb|left|100px|upright=1.2|Coat of arms of the medieval university of Pécs]] The University of Pécs was primarily intended for the proper teaching of church law and the Latin language, so that the Hungarian students of the time did not have to travel abroad if they wanted to attend university. In Pécs, the faculty of humanities and law can be taken for granted, so the medieval university was truncated. The Pope did not allow the establishment of the Faculty of [[Theology]].<ref>Fedeles Tamás: Studium Generale Quinqueecclesiense 560-561. o. (In: A Pécsi Egyházmegye története I. A középkor évszázadai (1009–1543). Szerk. Fedeles Tamás–Sarbak Gábor–Sümegi József. Pécs, 2009)</ref>  Very few written documents have survived about the medieval University of Pécs, and we hardly know anything about its functioning. We know a total of four teachers and seven students by name who can be proven to have taught or studied at the university. The most famous medieval professor in Pécs was the Italian Galvano di Bologna, who stayed in Pécs between 1372 and 1374.<ref>Font Márta: A középkori pécsi egyetem, http://www.jelenkor.net/archivum/cikk/358/a-kozepkori-pecsi-egyetem</ref> [[File:Pecs kozepkori egyetem feltetelezett epulete delnyugati nezet 2015 1.jpg|thumb|right|190px|upright=1.2|The supposed building of the medieval university of Pécs in 2015]]The second and last chancellor of the university was Bishop [[Bálint Alsáni]] of Pécs (later Cardinal) (1374–1408). The university was fundamentally linked to the person of Vilmos Bishop, and then began to decline after his death, finally ending sometime around 1390, it was almost certainly not functioning when the University of Óbuda was founded in 1395.<ref>Fedeles Tamás: „Eztán Pécs tűnik szemünkbe.” A város középkori históriája 1009–1526. 155. o. Pécs, 2011 {{ISBN|978-963-88572-1-7}}</ref> The modern Pécs University is not legally continuous with its medieval predecessor, we can only speak of an intellectual heritage. After that, university-level education did not exist in the city until the beginning of the 20th century, but the renowned and high-quality chapter school continued to exist.<ref>Fedeles Tamás: „Eztán Pécs tűnik szemünkbe.” A város középkori históriája 1009–1526, 147-150. o., Pécs, 2011.</ref> The supposed building of the medieval university in Pécs was excavated between 1978 and 1998 in the bishop's castle, east of the Golden Mary chapel, in the immediate vicinity of the [[Pécs Cathedral]], on its north side.<ref>Gerőné Sándor Mária: A pécsi középkori egyetem feltárásának és kutatásának újabb eredményei, http://www.jelenkor.net/archivum/cikk/340/a-pecsi-kozepkori-egyetem-feltarasanak-es-kutatasanak-ujabb-eredmenyei</ref> The definition of the building is disputed, many researchers do not agree that the medieval studium generale operated in the building.<ref>Fedeles Tamás: „Eztán Pécs tűnik szemünkbe.” A város középkori históriája 1009–1526, 155. o. Pécs, 2011 {{ISBN|978-963-88572-1-7}}</ref> In 2015, a permanent university history exhibition was opened in the restored building, with important medieval Gothic sculptural monuments.<ref>{{Cite web | title=A Középkori Egyetem | url=http://www.kozepkoriegyetem.hu/ | access-date=2025-03-22 | website=www.kozepkoriegyetem.hu}}</ref>

=== Modern university ===
In [[1785]] [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]] moved the headquarters of the Royal Academy from [[Győr]] to Pécs for about twenty years. It was not until 1833 that Bishop Ignác Szepesy, in cooperation with the city council, founded the Academy of Pécs, with faculties of law and humanities.<ref>|url = http://www.pecs.egyhazmegye.hu/puspokseg_tortenete.html#harom|title = A Pécsi Püspökség rövid története|chapter = Pécs szabad királyi város évtizedei|publisher = Pécsi Egyházmegye|accessdate = 2010-07-22|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090416123143/http://www.pecs.egyhazmegye.hu/puspokseg_tortenete.html#harom|archivedate = 2009-04-16</ref> For the lyceum, he had an ornate palace built for 100,000 forints, which was completed in 1832. He donated 251,260 forints to the lyceum and made it his heir in his will. He arranged specialist libraries for his teachers, and placed Klimó's large library there, gifting it with 400 books, 400 [[mineral]]s and numerous [[medal]]s.

[[File:Szent Mór Kollégium 1939-ben.jpg|thumb|right|210px|The Szent Mór College, built in 1928, is the current Rector's Office]]
The Royal Hungarian Elizabeth University in [[Bratislava|Pozsony]] (Bratislava) was founded in [[1912]], which can be considered the legal predecessor of the University of Pécs. At the end of the [[World War I|First World War]], as a result of the [[Treaty of Trianon]], Bratislava became part of [[Czechoslovakia]]. After that, in 1921, the [[National Assembly (Hungary)|Hungarian National Assembly]] adopted the law that temporarily moved the University of Bratislava to Pécs (the original seat in Bratislava became part of the new [[Comenius University]]). Delayed due to the [[Serbian–Hungarian Baranya–Baja Republic|Serbian occupation]] of the city, in any case the university operated from 1923 with four faculties: law, medicine, humanities and evangelical theology. The latter is in [[Sopron]]. During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the Faculty of Humanities was temporarily moved partly to [[Szeged]] and partly to [[Cluj-Napoca|Kolozsvár]], which became part of Hungary as a result of the [[Second Vienna Award]] of 1940.

In 1950, the Faculty of Evangelical Theology in Sopron was separated and upgraded to an academy. In 1951, the medical faculty continued to operate as a separate and independent university under the name Pécs University of Medicine, so the University of Pécs continued to operate with a single faculty, the faculty of law. In the meantime, improvements were made at the medical university. In 1966, the so-called 400-bed clinic was opened, in which five different units operated (internal medicine, [[orthopedics]], [[radiology]], surgery, [[ophthalmology]]). Dental training also began in 1973. From 1975, a new faculty of economics was established, and in 1982 the Pécs Teacher Training College merged with the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Law. The new institution was named Janus Pannonius University. In 1990, the Faculty of Health Sciences was established within the Medical University of Pécs.

In the meantime, the Faculty of Teacher Education was divided into the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Pollack Mihály Technical College was merged with Janus Pannonius University in [[1995]]. In 1996, the Faculty of Arts was established as the sixth organizational unit of the university.
The University of Pécs was established in 2000 by the merger of the Janus Pannonius University, the Medical University of Pécs and the Gyula Illyés Teacher Training College in [[Szekszárd]].

In 2004 the Pollack Mihály Technical College 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 was expected to be established, and as a result, the University of Pécs will once again, feature ten faculties.<ref name=upstory>{{cite web|url= https://international.pte.hu/university/story-650-years|title= UP Story – 650 years |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref name="medschoolhistory">{{cite web|url=https://admissions.medschool.pte.hu/|title=Medical School – Főoldal|first=PTE|last=ÁOK|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>

== Education and research ==
{{Infobox university rankings
| QS_W = 771–780 | QS_W_year = 2025| QS_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-pecs|title=QS World University Rankings: PTE|website=Top Universities}}</ref>
| THE_W = 1001–1200  |THE_W_year = 2025| THE_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-pecs|title=PTE|website=Times Higher Education (THE)}}</ref>
| USNWR_W = 1291 | USNWR_W_year = 2025 | USNWR_W_ref = <ref name="USNWR">{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-pecs-529028|title=PTE|author=U.S. News}}</ref>
| QS_Europe = 314 | QS_Europe_year = 2025| QS_Europe_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/europe-university-rankings|title=QS Europe University Rankings: PTE|website=Top Universities}}</ref>
|THE_W_Health=401-500|THE_W_Health_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-pecs|title=PTE - THE Health|website=Times Higher Education (THE)}}</ref>|THE_W_Health_year=2025|THE_W_Psychology=501-600|THE_W_Psychology_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-pecs|title=PTE - THE Psychology|website=Times Higher Education (THE)}}</ref>|THE_W_Psychology_year=2025|QS_W_Life=451-500|QS_W_Life_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-pecs|title=QS World Medicine University Rankings: PTE|website=Top Universities}}</ref>|QS_W_Life_year=2025|THE_Europe=404|THE_Europe_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-europe|title=PTE|website=Times Higher Education Europe (THE)}}</ref>|THE_Europe_year=2025|THE_W_Social=801-1000|THE_W_Social_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-pecs|title=PTE - THE Social Sciences|website=Times Higher Education (THE)}}</ref>|THE_W_Social_year=2025|THE_W_Business=801+|THE_W_Business_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-pecs|title=PTE|website=Times Higher Education Business (THE)}}</ref>|THE_W_Business_year=2025|ARWU_W_LIFE=401-500|ARWU_W_LIFE_year=2024|ARWU_W_LIFE_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-of-pecs|title=ARWU: PTE|website=Shanghai Ranking}}</ref>}}

As part of the European higher education system, UP follows the Bologna process and offers a three-tier system that includes doctoral level programs (PhD, DLA), master level programs (MA, MSc) that last two to four semesters, and bachelor level programs (BA, BSc) that last six to eight semesters. The university also provides one-tier, undivided, five- to six-year master's degree programs in engineering, medicine, law, and the arts. Additionally, interested students can participate in short programs like summer universities, preparation courses, and partial trainings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://international.pte.hu/study-programs|title=Study Programs of the University of Pécs |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>

The Szentágothai Research Centre of the University of Pécs is a research institute established on the basis of modern international science organizational and management normatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://szkk.pte.hu/en|title=Szentágothai Research Centre of the University of Pécs |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> The Technology Transfer Office has been at the disposal of researchers, students and business partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://innovacio.pte.hu/en|title=The Technology Transfer Office of the University of Pécs |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> In order to effectively operate and develop the research infrastructure, research support laboratories have been established, which carry significant scientific and innovation potential and collaboration opportunities. More than 200 researchers from 19 research groups work in the institution, and several associated members and centers are also part of the professional community. Since September 2020, two National Laboratories have also been housed in the Pécs research center.

The South Transdanubian Regional Library and Knowledge Center also belongs to the university. The former city and county library<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.csgyk.hu|title=Csorba Győző Könyvtár|accessdate=2017-07-21|language=hu-HU}}</ref> and the University Library and Knowledge Center of the University of Pécs, as well as the university's Law and Economics Library, moved into the thirteen thousand square meter, four-story building. The building has two 200-seat lecture halls and a conference room, as well as research rooms and Internet workstations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pecs2010.hu/p/kulcsprojektek/del-dunantuli_regionalis_konyvtar_es_tudaskozpont |title=Dél-dunántúli Regionális Könyvtár és Tudásközpont |date=30 June 2008 |accessdate=2022-11-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901223501/http://www.pecs2010.hu/p/kulcsprojektek/del-dunantuli_regionalis_konyvtar_es_tudaskozpont |archivedate=2009-09-01 |language=hu}}</ref> The library is open 84 hours a week, every day from eight in the morning to eight in the evening, even on Saturdays and Sundays. Free Wi-Fi is available everywhere in the building, and almost 300 computers are available to readers. The institution is also suitable for organizing community, cultural and leisure programs. The library welcomes readers from October 25, 2010. In November 2015, the library had 25,000 registered readers. The designer of the building is Balázs Mihály Kossuth award-winning and Prima Primissima award-winning architect.
{{Gallery
| File:Tudásközpont látképe (Pécs).jpg
 |The building of the Library and Knowledge Center
| File:Pécs tudásközpont belül.jpg
 |The building of the Dental and Oral Surgery Clinic
| File:Tudaskozpont1.JPG
 | Interior of Knowledge Centre 
| File:Szentágothai Kutatóközpont.jpg
 | The Szentágothai Research Centre
}}

== Faculties ==

===  Faculty of Business and Economics ===
[[File:2004 09 25 Pécs 000 (51061353558).jpg|250px|right|thumb|The building of the Faculty of Business and Economics]]
The Faculty of Business and Economics of the university of [[Pécs]] was established in 1970 and its mission has always been to cultivate, impart and teach business sciences based on a broad theoretical, methodological and social science base. In September 1970, 103 first-year students began their studies at the Pécs Branch of the [[Karl Marx]] University of Economics under the direction of István Hoóz, [[Professor]] and Head of the [[Faculty (division)|Faculty]]. In the first "experimental" years, the institution gained experience in the training of economists suitable for corporate jobs, including the development of national and international academic contacts. This was the starting point for what later became known as the "Pécs model". Pécs is the second oldest and the first non-[[Budapest]] faculty of economics in [[Hungary]], and in the latter capacity it served to some extent as a model for the later establishment of rural faculties of [[economics]] and [[management]]. Since the second half of the 1970s, the faculty has been moving with great momentum towards meeting the needs of the corporate and [[business sector]]s.<ref>Pécsi egyetemi almanach I. 1367–1950. Edit. István Lengvári. Pécs, 2015.</ref> The faculty celebrated the 50th [[anniversary]] of the start of economics [[education]] in Pécs in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title= Open UP - 50 Years of Business Higher Education.|url= https://international.pte.hu/news/open-50-years-business-higher-education |access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref>
[[File:Magyar Királyi Erzsébet Tudományegyetem központi épület. Fortepan 15706.jpg|210px|left|thumb|The central building of the Elizabeth University of Royal Hungary in 1940]]
The 1980s saw a significant improvement in the material conditions for education and [[scientific research]]. Correspondence courses were introduced, more and more foreign students were studying at the faculty, and the period also saw the start of [[postgraduate]] programmes. The development of the faculty's relations with other countries was also given considerable emphasis. A number of its faculty benefited from grants, training and research opportunities abroad funded by the Soros programme among others, and it became somewhat easier for students to gain work experience abroad.<ref>Pálné Kovács Ilona. A regionális fejlesztéspolitika és a területi irányítás. Vitaindító tézisek a Regionális Gazdaságtani Doktoriskola konferenciájára. Pécs, PTE KTK, 2010. October 8.</ref>

The 90s saw the introduction of the two-tier degree programme and the launch of the MBA programme. During this period, two international partnerships were established which are still a major force in the life of the faculty (Ohio University and Middlesex University)<ref name="Inter-University Agreements">{{cite web|title= Inter-University Agreements.|url= https://international.pte.hu/international-relations/inter-university-agreements |access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref> and, more generally, a number of international cooperation initiatives (contacts, conferences, etc.) were undertaken. It was during this period that the faculty obtained its first accreditation, which took place in 1995/96, with an "excellent" rating. The decade also saw the launch of the first part-time Masters programme, the development and implementation of an [[English language|English]]-[[language]] programme (BA then MSc), which started in 1996 as a result of a collaboration between [[Middlesex University]] Business School and PTE.<ref>{{cite web|title= Mérföldkövek, Middlesex és 20 év.|url= https://univpecs.com/egyetemi_elet/merfoldkovek_middlesex_es_20_ev |access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref> The wide range of courses was completed by the launch of a doctoral programme and the development of a [[habilitation]] scheme. Other new educational programmes include the launch of the English-language Master's and Doctoral programmes, the German-language distance learning programme at the University of Hagen, the sandwich course in economics, the specialized translator training, the final accreditation of the two Doctoral Schools, and the introduction of a college course in Szekszárd. In addition to education, the infrastructure has also been improved with the reconstruction of the building complex on Rákóczi Road, 48 Square.<ref name="PTE KTK Története">{{cite web|title= PTE KTK Története. |url= https://ktk.pte.hu/hu/karunkrol/tortenetunk |access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref> The institution was selected by the French Eduniversal<ref>{{cite web|title= Eduniversal Business Schools Ranking. |url= https://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-in-hungary/faculty-of-business-and-economics-university-of-pecs.html |access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref> as one of the world's top 1,000 business schools.<ref name="PTE KTK Története"/> In 2020, the Business Administration and Management course at the faculty achieved EFMD EPAS international programme accreditation.<ref>{{cite web|title= Our BSc in Business Administration and Management programme has been accredited by EFMD EPAS! |url= https://international.pte.hu/news/our-bsc-business-administration-and-management-programme-has-been-accredited-efmd-epas |access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= EFMD Programme Accreditation.  |date= 2 December 2019|url= https://www.efmdglobal.org/accreditations/business-schools/efmd-accredited/efmd-accredited-programmes/|access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref>

The faculty's bachelor's degree programmes are [[Human Resources]], [[Business]] and [[Management]] (in Hungarian and English), [[Commerce]] and [[Marketing]], [[Finance]] and [[Accounting]], [[Tourism]] and [[Hospitality]] (in Hungarian and English). Master's Degrees in [[Marketing]], [[Finance]], [[Tourism Management]], [[Management]] and [[Organisation]] (in Hungarian and English), MBA (Master of Business Administration). Doctoral Courses: Doctoral School of [[Business Administration]], Doctoral School of Regional [[Politics]] and [[Economics]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Programmes of the Faculty of Business and Economics. |url= https://ktk.pte.hu/en |access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref>

=== Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development ===
The faculty was established on 1 September 2015 by merging the two predecessor faculties of [[Adult Education]] and [[Human Resource Development]] and the [[Szekszárd]]-based Illyés Gyula Faculty.<ref name="Tamás Fedeles 2017">Tamás Fedeles, István Lengvári, Polyák Petra, Éva Schmelczer-Pohánka: Centuries of Higher Education in Pécs. University of Pécs, Pécs, 2017. 73.</ref>
[[File:HU-TO-Szekszárd007.JPG|240px|right|thumb|The building of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development in [[Szekszárd]]]]
The [[history]] of the [[Training|training centre]] in [[Pécs]] began in the 1973/1974 academic year of the Pécs Teacher Training College with the establishment of the "Cultural Studies Research Group". When the college became a university faculty, the department became the Department of Cultural Studies within the [[Janus Pannonius]] University. The department experienced a period of growth in the early 1990s. The increase in the number of full-time and part-time [[students]] justified the decision of the JPTE [[Academic senate|Senate]] and the [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] to transform the [[Academic department|department]] into an autonomous branch and to create the [[Institute]] of Adult Education and Human Resource Development with three departments in September 1998. The institute was soon expanded by two new departments. In 1998, an [[ISO]] 9001 quality assurance system was introduced to guarantee the quality of the organisation's overall operations. From 2001 to 2005, the institute was an independent part of the Faculty of Sciences.

In May 2005, the Faculty of Adult Education and Human Resources Development (FEEK) was established, which was the second largest faculty of the University of Pécs with 4500 students. The faculty had five institutes and several departments with scientific research workshops.<ref>{{cite web|title= PTE KPVK Karunkról |url= https://kpvk.pte.hu/hu|access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref>

The [[Szekszárd]] Training Centre is the only higher education institution in Tolna County, a major educational and training centre. The predecessor of the former Illyès Gyula Faculty was founded in 1977, and the college program, which started with 100 students and 13 lecturers, has been significantly transformed.<ref name="Tamás Fedeles 2017"/> The Illyés Gyula College of Education has become the Illyés Gyula Faculty of the University of Pécs as a result of a national integration process and it provides training for [[kindergarten]] teachers, [[Germans|German]] nationality kindergarten teachers, teachers, German nationality [[teacher]]s, [[Nursery school|nursery]] teachers, general [[social worker]]s and, since 2002, economics and communication specialists (communication and media studies, environmental culture). With the internal restructuring of the Institute of [[Economic]] Sciences, the faculty started training in [[tourism]] and [[catering]], one of the few places in the world where tourism is taught today. The institution, which initially trained only [[teacher]]s (first as teachers and then as nursery teachers), now offers training in five [[discipline]]s and 13 specialisations.<ref name="Képzések/Programmes">{{cite web|title= Képzések/Programmes |url= https://kpvk.pte.hu/kepzeseink_0 |access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref>
In [[vocational education]], students can start their studies in [[tourism management]], [[Hospitality industry|hospitality management]], [[Media (communication)|media]] [[moderation]], [[Management|administration]], [[infant]] and [[child care]], [[youth]] support, and then continue their studies in [[Bachelor's degree]]s (BA) in tourism and hospitality, [[communication]] and [[Media (communication)|media]] studies, pre-school [[teacher]] (including German nationality), [[social work]]. In the master's degree (MA), students can pursue a [[Academic degree|degree]] in [[tourism management]] and a degree in early [[childhood pedagogy]].<ref name="Képzések/Programmes"/> The interlocking degree structure allows for career planning, so that students can pursue several degrees within the state-subsidised training period, providing greater mobility and job opportunities. The building complex is complemented by a [[dormitory]], a student services centre, a [[swimming pool]] and other [[sport]]s facilities.

The [[Faculty (division)|faculty]] has extensive international contacts; thanks to the tradition of [[Germans|German]] national [[kindergarten]] [[education]], mainly in German-speaking countries ([[University of Leipzig]], [[Vienna]] Pedagogical Academy, [[Feldkirch, Vorarlberg|Feldkirch]] Pedagogical Academy), where cooperation takes place within the framework of the [[Erasmus]] student and teacher [[Student exchange program|exchange]] programme. The faculty has also concluded bilateral agreements with the [[Christian]] University of [[Partium]], the [[University of Transylvania]], the university of [[Nitra]], the [[University of Osijek]], the Faculty of Gheorgheni Faculty of [[Babeș-Bolyai University]], covering a wide range of cooperation areas. The agreements include sections on practical training in schools and kindergartens, culture and sport.<ref name="Inter-University Agreements"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Nemzetközi kutatások/International research|url= https://kpvk.pte.hu/hu/nemzetkozi_kutatasok|access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref>

===  Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology ===

The Faculty of [[Engineering]] and [[Information Technology]] was founded in 1970 as an independent [[college]]. Its predecessor institutions were: a higher technical college for civil and mechanical engineering, and a [[technical college]] of [[chemical engineering]]. [[File:PTE-MIK.jpg|left|thumb|Campus of the Engineering and Information Technology]] Its namesake was originally the renowned classicist [[architect]] [[Mihály Pollack]],<ref>{{cite web|title= Mihály Pollack as an architect |url= https://pestbuda.hu/en/tag/mihaly_pollack |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref> who gained worldwide fame in the 1800s as the architect of numerous public [[building]]s, churches and country mansions. The college was integrated into the Janus Pannonius University of Pécs<ref>{{cite web|title= Janus Pannonius University of Pécs|url= https://www.britannica.com/place/Janus-Pannonius-University-of-Pecs|access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> on 1 July 1995, and since 2004 it has been operating as a [[university]] [[Faculty (division)|faculty]]. In 2011, the name was changed to Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (PTE PMMIK), thus reflecting the rise of [[computer engineering]] in [[education]] and [[research]]. From March 2015, the new name of the institution is University of Pécs Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (PTE MIK).<ref name="ReferenceA">Tamás Fedeles, István Lengvári, Petra Polyák, Éva Schmelczer-Pohánka: Centuries of Higher Education in Pécs. University of Pécs, Pécs, 2017. 70.</ref><ref name="mik.pte.hu">{{cite web|title= PTE MIK története/ History of the Faculty|url=  https://mik.pte.hu/a-kar-rovid-tortenete|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref>

The faculty's departments, academic and professional platforms often draw on the experience and [[innovation]]s of the external environment around PTE, through dual [[teaching]] with an industrial partner or through external industrial chairs. The [[research]] groups and [[scientific]] [[workshop]]s that thrive in the faculty are mostly working on [[interdisciplinary]] topics, sometimes going beyond the technical [[discipline]]s, e.g. [[medical]]-[[engineering]].<ref>{{cite web|title= University of Pécs: Central Europe's Most Modern Medical and Engineering Science Centre|date= 9 February 2022|url=  https://www.timeshighereducation.com/hub/university-pecs/p/university-pecs-central-europes-most-modern-medical-and-engineering-science-0|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref>
<ref>Tamás Fedeles, István Lengvári, Polyák Petra, Éva Schmelczer-Pohánka: Centuries of Higher Education in Pécs. University of Pécs, Pécs, 2017. 70.</ref>
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In 2022, the faculty offers nine [[bachelor's degree|bachelor]]'s (BA, BSc) and eight [[Master's degree|master]]'s (MA, MSc) [[Academic degree|degree]]s. [[Student]]s can choose from a wide range of [[higher education]] [[Course (education)|course]]s - [[Vocational education|technical]] [[Higher education|higher]] [[education]], [[television]] [[Television show|programme]] [[Television show#Production|production]] - and further [[education course]]s, while the [[Breuer]] Marcell [[Doctor of Philosophy|Doctor]]al [[School]]<ref>Zoltán Bachman and Bálint Bachmann: The Breuer Marcell doctoral school at the Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering, University of Pécs. Pollack Periodica, 2011. 6 (1). pp. 7–16. {{ISSN|1788-1994}} 
</ref><ref>Bálint Bachmann (ed.): University of Pécs, Pollack Mihály Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Marcel Breuer Doctoral School / Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Pollack Mihály Műszaki és Informatikai Kar, Breuer Marcell Doktori Iskola. Vince, Budapest, 2012. {{ISBN|978-963-303-052-3}}. Transl.: Róbert Märcz</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Marcel Breuer Doctoral School |url=   https://breuer.mik.pte.hu/hu/|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref> offers a [[PhD]] in [[architecture]] in addition to the [[Doctor of Liberal Arts|DLA]] in [[civil engineering]]. In 2013, the faculty organised the first [[English language|English]]-language courses in the [[architecture]] programme, and in the years since then the number of foreign students coming to MIK from all over the world has grown to more than 500. The faculty offers 12 courses in [[English language|English]], and the [[Master's degree|Master]]’s in [[Biomedical Engineering]],<ref>{{cite web|title= Biomedical Engineering MSc |url=   https://diaszporaprojekt.org/en/newsitem/-41|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref> launched in September 2021, specifically in English.<ref>{{cite web|title= Focus on Architecture. 2022. |date= 6 October 2022 |url= https://issuu.com/pmmik/docs/mik_kiadvany_eng_2022_issuu |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Study programmes |url= https://international.pte.hu/admission/study-programs/engineering |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref> The Pollack [[Trade fair|Expo]], which has been held every year since 2007 instead of the previously separate Construction, [[Civil Engineering]] and [[Mechanical engineering|Mechanical]], [[Electrical]] and [[Computer]] [[Engineering]] Days, has gained national recognition, attracting thousands of visitors. The event, which combines a trade exhibition, international and national conferences, training courses for engineers and [[job fair]]s, is a meeting place for [[university]], [[Industry (economics)|industry]] and [[engineering]] communities in the spirit of [[tradition]], [[innovation]] and [[cooperation]].<ref>{{cite web|title= PTE MIK képzések / Study programmes |url= https://mik.pte.hu/kepzesi-kinalat|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Pollack Expo website|url=  https://pollackexpo.mik.pte.hu/|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Former Pollack Expos |url= http://www.pollackexpo.hu/cikk/POLLACKEXPO2020_1|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref>

===  Faculty of Health Sciences ===
[[File:PTE-ETK.jpg|thumb|218x218px|The building of the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Health Sciences]]
The Faculty of Health Sciences is one of the Faculties where teaching began in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://english.etk.pte.hu/|title= Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Pécs |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> At the University of Pécs [[Medical School]], the health [[sciences]] [[college]] [[education]] was launched on 1 September 1990 on the basis of the "Founding Act" of the [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Social]] and [[Health]] [[Health administration|Affairs]] dated 18 August 1989, following the joint preparatory work of the [[Ministry (government department)|Ministry]], the POTE and the [[leaders]] of Somogy, Zala and Vas [[counties]]. The following period was marked by the continuous development and expansion of the [[training]]. As there were several types of trainings in each [[town]], [[Administrative division|administrative]] units were set up with the name "training centre" and the status of an [[institute]]. The increase in the number of [[student]]s, [[teacher]]s and [[teaching assistant]]s, and the establishment of a [[college]] of teachers, created a de facto faculty structure. The next task was to codify it in law. [[Government]] Decree 132/1995 (9.11.1995) recognised the de facto [[Faculty (division)|faculty]] structure de jure.<ref>{{cite web|title= Kormányrendelet/ Government decree |url= https://jogkodex.hu/jsz/1995_132_korm_rendelet_2773714 |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA"/>

[[Education]] takes place in four training centres in [[Kaposvár]], [[Pécs]], [[Szombathely]] and [[Zalaegerszeg]], where effective [[cooperation]] has been established with local [[teaching hospitals]] and [[social institution]]s. In terms of the number of students, the number of [[elective course]]s, the number of [[teaching]] staff and [[teaching assistant]]s, and the number of [[training]] places, the faculty is the largest of its kind in the country.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite web|title= History of the Faculty|url=   https://english.etk.pte.hu/about_us/history-of-the-faculty}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= A Kar története|url= https://etk.pte.hu/bemutatkozas/a-karrol-altalaban/a-kar-tortenete}}</ref>

The faculty the first in the country to offer [[university]] courses such as [[nurse]] and [[midwife]] [[training]]. This has created the possibility for [[health]] [[professional]]s to obtain a doctoral degree, which is now available at the faculty's Doctoral School of Health Sciences.<ref>{{cite web|title= PhD in Health Sciences|url=  https://international.pte.hu/study-programs/phd-health-sciences}}</ref>

From 1 March 2006, the Faculty of Health Sciences became a university faculty.<ref name="UP Story - 650 years">{{cite web|title= UP Story - 650 years |url= https://international.pte.hu/university/story-650-years |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref> In the [[European Union]], two of the seven specialisations automatically recognised under [[Community]] law (nursing and midwifery<ref>{{cite web|title= Medical and Health Sciences |url= https://international.pte.hu/admission/study-programs/medical-and-health-sciences |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref>) are recognised as [[Professional qualification|qualification]]s in this field.

===  Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences ===
The [[Faculty (division)|Faculty]] of [[Humanities]] and [[Social Sciences]] represents three main [discipline]s: [humanities], [[social sciences]] and [[psychology]]/[[education]]. The faculty is one of the largest at UP.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://btk.pte.hu/en|title= Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Pécs |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Hungary Pecs 2005 June 076University.jpg|220px|right|thumb|The main building of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences]]
The history of the faculty goes back hundreds of years. The Royal [[Academy]] of [[Győr]], which also had a [[Faculty (division)|Faculty]] of [[Philosophy]], was first established in [[Pécs]] in 1785 by [[Emperor Joseph II]]. The institution returned to its original seat in Győr in 1802, but training was again offered in the [[county seat]] in 1828, when [[Bishop]] Ignác Szepesy started a [[philosophical]] studio, a home course that was the foundation for [[theological]] studies. Four years later, the bishop's [[library]], made public by Bishop György Klimó and considerably enriched by Ignác Szepesy, was moved to its present location. In the following year, Bishop Ignác Szepesy founded the Episcopate Lyceum Quinque Ecclesiae, the Episcopal Law Academy of Pécs, which included a faculty of philosophy.<ref name="ReferenceB">Tamás Fedeles, István Lengvári, Petra Polyák, Éva Schmelczer-Pohánka: Centuries of Higher Education in Pécs. University of Pécs, Pécs, 2017. 68-70.</ref>
[[File:A jezsuita Pius gimnázium és internátus (ma Pécsi Tudományegyetem) épülete. Fortepan 100118.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The former Jesuit Pius high school and boarding school in 1914]]
[[Education]] in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] began in 1923, when the Erzsébet University of [[Pozsony]] was transferred to [[Pécs]], but in 1940 the [[Faculty (division)|Faculty]] of [[Humanities]] was moved to [[Szeged]] and partly to [[Kolozsvár]]. Humanities education was restarted in 1982 when the Faculty of [[Teacher Training]], the successor of the Pécs [[College]] of [[Education]] founded in 1948, joined the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of [[Business]] and [[Economics]], and the merged [[institution]] took the name [[Janus Pannonius University]]. In 1992, the Faculty of [[Teacher Education]] was split into two parts and the Faculty of [[Humanities]] and the Faculty of [[Sciences]] were established. In the same year, the Faculty of Humanities became the first in the country to introduce a "unit of [[Education|study]]" [[system]], the forerunner of the [[credit]] [[system]].<ref name="en.mandadb.hu">{{cite web|title= 650th anniversary of the University of Pécs |url= https://en.mandadb.hu/cikk/883637/650th_anniversary_of_the_University_of_Pecs
|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB"/>

In 2000, the University of Pécs was established by the merger of the Janus Pannonius University, the [[Medical]] University and the Illyés Gyula [[Pedagogical]] [[College]] in [[Szekszárd]], which at that time had nine faculties. In line with national trends, as a result of the [[Bologna process]], the two-level training system with [[bachelor's degree|bachelor]] and [[master degree]] courses was also introduced at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Pécs in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title= PTE BTK képzések |url= https://btk.pte.hu/hu/felvetelizoknek/kepzeseink
|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref>

The Faculty of Humanities of the University of Pécs is an autonomous [[teaching]], [[research]] and [[academic]] [[community]] unit. From 1 August 2020 it was renamed the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.<ref>{{cite web|title= Névváltoztatás |url= https://btk.pte.hu/hu/hirek/nevvaltoztatas-fordulopont-karunk-torteneteben|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref><ref name="UP Story - 650 years"/>

===  Faculty of Law ===
[[File:PTE-ÁJK.jpg|right|190px|thumb|The entrance to the Faculty of Law building]]
The roots of [[higher education]] in law in [[Pécs]] date back to 1367, when the first [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[university]] was founded. As the [[Era|period]]s of [[peace]] and war alternated in Hungarian [[history]], so did the [[education]] of [[lawyers]] in Pécs. During the Hungarian [[Reform]] Era, [[generation]]s of [[jurat]]s were able to study in the law [[school]] brought to Pécs by Ignác Négyesy Szepesy, and after the 1848–49 [[revolution]] and the [[Hungarian War of Independence]], the [[institution]] was renewed under the name of the Pécs [[Academy]] at the time of the Compromise. In 1921, the Royal [[Hungary|Hungarian]] Elizabeth University, which had fled from [[Bratislava]], was given a new [[home]] here and began its activities two years later, in 1923. In 1982, it became the [[Janus Pannonius University]], and after the integration of [[higher education]] in 2000 it became the University of Pécs.<ref>Pécs lexikon II. (N-ZS). Főszerk. Romváry Ferenc. Pécs: Pécs Lexikon Kulturális Nonprofit Kft. 2010. 111. {{ISBN|978-963-06-7920-6}}</ref>

The faculty's departments are currently located in three [[building]]s.<ref name="István Lengvári 2017">István Lengvári, Judit Ruprecht: Egykor és ma. A pécsi egyetem épületei. Pécs, PTE Egyetemi Levéltár, 2017.</ref> The Europe Centre, the European Documentation Centre<ref>{{cite web|title= European Documentation Centre|url= https://www.lib.pte.hu/en/service/europai_dokumentacios_kozpont-205|access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref> and the Faculty [[Library]] are located in the Knowledge Centre,<ref>{{cite web|title= Knowledge Centre |url= https://www.lib.pte.hu/en/about_us |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref> which was inaugurated in 2010. The faculty provides high quality training for more than 1000 [[student]]s in the field of law and [[Management|administration]] at all levels of [[education]]. The [[Course (education)|course]]s are offered on a full-time and [[Part-time student|part-time]] basis, with state subsidies and reimbursement of costs.<ref>Lilla Sági: A Pécsi Jogi Kar 90 éve In Univ Pécs. 14:13 (2013. nov. 18.), 7.</ref> The Doctoral School<ref>{{cite web|title= Doctoral School |url= https://ajk.pte.hu/en/doctoral-school/introduction/about |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref> provides training and preparation for academic PhD degrees for nearly one hundred graduates.

===  Faculty of Music and Visual Arts ===
[[File:Mk-zsolnay-negyed-2.jpg|thumb|249x249px|Buildings of the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts in the Zsolnay Quarter (Image: Gábor Horváth)]]
[[File:Liszt Ferenc Hangversenyterem - Liszt Ferenc Concert Hall.jpg|thumb|Liszt Ferenc Concert Hall]]
The cultural life of Pécs is outstanding in both the fields of music and fine arts, even from a national perspective. The rich artistic life and the renowned fine and musical artists gathered in Pécs helped to establish the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts in 1996 from the various art departments of its legal predecessors. It is the only center in the country that provides integrated higher education in music, fine arts, applied arts and media arts.
The city's artistic traditions and progressive cultural life, the university background, and the city's artistic personalities provide a decisive basis for quality artistic training. The high-level education provided here, in a unique way, in a university environment, also ensures the highest level of artistic training − the doctoral degree in art. Our training also includes media techniques that define the era and affect art, as well as research programs in music and visual art informatics. With approximately 700 students and more than 100 instructors, the faculty is a decisive shaper of the cultural life of the city and the region. Its art teachers and students are regular participants and award winners of national and European art events. The cultural life of Pécs is outstanding in both the fields of music and fine arts, even from a national perspective. The rich artistic life and the renowned fine and musical artists gathered in Pécs helped to establish the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts in 1996 from the various art departments of its legal predecessors. It is the only center in the country that provides integrated higher education in music, fine arts, applied arts and media arts.
The city's artistic traditions and progressive cultural life, the university background, and the city's artistic personalities provide a decisive basis for quality artistic training. The high-level education provided here, in a unique way, in a university environment, also ensures the highest level of artistic training − the doctoral degree in art. Our training also includes media techniques that define the era and affect art, as well as research programs in music and visual art informatics. With approximately 700 students and more than 100 instructors, the faculty is a decisive shaper of the cultural life of the city and the region. Its art teachers and students are regular participants and award winners of national and European art events.

The building housing the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts was located at 20 Damjanich Street for many years, until the University Quarter of the [[Zsolnay|Zsolnay Quarter]] was completed in 2011, so the Faculty was moved to the city's new cultural center, where it can accommodate students interested in art training in high-quality conditions. 
The Faculty's independent educational and research organizational units are: Institute of Design and Media Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, Institute of Music, Department of Art History. The Department of Fine Arts in Sepsiszentgyörgy belongs to the Institute of Fine Arts, where students can apply for painting and sculpture training. The organizational framework of the Faculty's [[Doctor of Liberal Arts|doctoral training]] is the Doctoral School of Art.
The programs offered by the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts are: [[sculpture]], [[painting]], [[Conservation and restoration of cultural property|restoration]], [[intermedia]], [[art therapy]], [[graphic design]], [[Design|designer making]] ([[Ceramic art|ceramic design]], [[Metalworking|metalwork]], [[Glass art|glass design]], [[Fashion design|fashion]] and [[textile design]]), [[music]] ([[Instrumental|instrumental performance art]], [[singing]], [[jazz]], [[Choir|choir director]]), teacher training programs (instrumental [[Music education|music teacher]], jazz teacher, singing-music teacher, visual artist teacher, design and visual art), [[Electronic music|electronic music media art]], [[Doctor of Liberal Arts|doctoral]] (DLA) training in the field of [[Fine art|fine arts]] and [[music]]. 
Foreign students participate in programs in English.



===  Faculty of Pharmacy ===
[[File:PTE-GYTK.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The building of the Faculty of Pharmacy]]
The [[University]] of [[Pécs]], with the establishment of the [[Pharmacy]] Institutes, as the only pharmacy training centre in [[Transdanubia]], started its activities in September 2000. The School of Pharmacy was accredited by the Hungarian Accreditation Commission (MAB)<ref>{{cite web|title= Hungarian Accreditation Commission (MAB)|url= https://www.mab.hu/en/home-page/ |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> in 2006.<ref name="en.mandadb.hu"/><ref name="History of the Faculty of Pharmacy">{{cite web|title= History of the Faculty of Pharmacy |url= https://gytk.pte.hu/en/menupont/10526 |access-date=2022-12-06}}</ref>
The independent Faculty of Pharmacy was established in 2016, and as a result, the University of Pécs will once again, feature ten faculties.<ref name="History of the Faculty of Pharmacy"/><ref name="UP Story - 650 years"/>

[[Pharmacist]]s, as experts in the field of [[medicine]], are involved in a wide range of activities to meet the needs of [[society]]. They are involved in the production and control of [[pharmaceutical]]s, the effects of medicines, the interactions between active substances, the bioavailability of different medicinal products, and the rational, economical and effective use of medicines and medicinal products. The degree is obtained by completing a 5-year one-tier Master's programme. During the first semesters of the course, the focus is on the acquisition of basic knowledge in [[biology]], [[chemistry]] and [[physics]]. [[Medical theory]] and [[practical skills]] are acquired through the study of [[anatomy]], [[physiology]], [[pathophysiology]], [[microbiology]] and [[immunology]]. From the third year onwards, students are introduced to the professional subjects of pharmacy, with particular emphasis on [[pharmacological chemistry]], [[pharmacokinetics]], [[biopharmaceutics]], [[pharmaceutical technology]], [[pharmacognosy]], [[pharmacotherapy]] and pharmaco-economics.<ref>{{cite web|title= Pharmacy in English |url=  https://international.pte.hu/study-programs/pharmacy-english |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Faculty of Pharmacy on ISSU
|date= 11 June 2018
|url=  https://issuu.com/up-international/docs/up_faculty_of_pharmacy_internationa
|access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref>

In the tenth semester of their studies, students participate in [[internship]]s and complete their thesis. Students interested in scientific work can join a [[research group]] in one of the institutes. Students also have the opportunity to obtain a PhD degree<ref>{{cite web|title= PHD information
|url= http://admissions.pharmacy.pte.hu/programmes/phd |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> through the faculty's Doctoral School of Pharmacy. After graduation, 3–5 years of postgraduate training provide the opportunity to obtain a specialist pharmacist qualification in about 15 different specialties.<ref>{{cite web|title= PTE GYTK története |url= https://gytk.pte.hu/hu/menupont/10026 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref>

===  Faculty of Sciences ===
[[File:Janus Pannonius TE Pécs.JPG|thumb|right|The entrance to the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Pécs]]
[[File:Researchers Night, PTE.jpg|thumb|Researchers' Night, at the PTE Faculty of Science, which is part of the Hungarian higher education promotion program]]
[[Science]] education started in Pécs in 1948, at the then independent Teacher Training College. In 1982, the former college became a member of the then [[Janus Pannonius University]] of [[Pécs]] as the Faculty of [[Teacher Education]], together with the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of [[Economics]].<ref name="Collage of Education/Teacher Training Collage. In: Tamás Fedeles 2017">Tamás Fedeles, István Lengvári, Petra Polyák, Éva Schmelczer-Pohánka: Centuries of Higher Education in Pécs. University of Pécs, Pécs, 2017. 61-63.</ref>
From then on, both natural sciences and humanities began to be developed to university level. As a result, in 1992, the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of [[Humanities]] were established simultaneously at the university, which had three faculties until then. The renovation of the old Jesuit grammar school complex began in 1991. This resulted in the construction of the Faculty [[Library]] and Lecture Hall, which is shared with the Faculty of Humanities. In 1997 the new [[Sport]]s Centre building was inaugurated, including a gymnasium and a modern swimming pool. The reconstruction of the complex was completed in 1998. This gave all areas of the faculty modern facilities.<ref>Pécsi egyetemi almanach I. 1367–1950. Szerk. Lengvári István. Pécs, 201.</ref>

The faculty's institutes are: the Institute of [[Biology]], the Institute of [[Physics]], the Institute of [[Geography]] and [[Earth Sciences]], the Institute of [[Chemistry]], the Institute of [[Mathematics]] and [[Informatics]], the Institute of [[Sports Science]] and [[Physical Education]], the centre for [[Computer Science]] and [[Teaching]] Technology and the Sports Centre. A unique feature in the country is that the University of Pécs offers courses in physical education and sports science. Basic training is provided in 11 fields ([[biology]], [[physics]], [[geography]], [[earth sciences]], [[chemistry]], [[mathematics]], [[business informatics]], [[environmental sciences]], [[computer programming]], [[sports]] organisation and [[physical education]] - [[coaching]]). The faculty offers postgraduate training in four doctoral schools: the Doctoral School of Biology, the Doctoral School of Physics, the Doctoral School of Earth Sciences and the Doctoral School of Chemistry.<ref>{{cite web|title= TE TTK képzések |url= https://www.ttk.pte.hu/felvetelizok/kepzeseink/|access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Admission |url= https://www.ttk.pte.hu/en/admission/|access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref>

=== Medical School ===
[[File:Universität Pecs.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The building of the Medical School]]
The [[Medical]] School of UP is one of only four Medical Schools in Hungary. The University of Pécs established its first English-taught program in 1984 (it was the first in [[Hungary]]) and the German program in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://aok.pte.hu/en|title= Medical School of the University of Pécs |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>
The Royal Hungarian Elizabeth University in [[Bratislava]], founded in 1912 by Franz Joseph, was moved to Pécs in 1921 by Act XXV of the Hungarian National Assembly. The Elizabeth University started its operation on 15 October 1923.<ref>Tamás Fedeles, István Lengvári, Petra Polyák, Éva Schmelczer-Pohánka: Centuries of Higher Education in Pécs. University of Pécs, Pécs, 2017.</ref><ref>József Benke: A pécsi orvosi kar és orvosegyetem története. In.: Jubileumi tanulmányok: A Pécsi Tudományegyetem Orvosi Könyvtára alapításának 75. évfordulójára. 2001. 5-17.</ref>
In 1950, the [[medical education]] and the management of the clinics and institutes were transferred from the Ministry of Religion and Public Education to the Ministry of Health. On 1 February 1951, the Medical School separated and continued to operate as an independent university under the supervision of the Ministry of Health under the name of the Medical University of Pécs.<ref>A Magyar Népköztársaság minisztertanácsának 27/1951. (I. 28.) M. T. számú rendelete: Az orvostudományi egyetemek szervezetének és működésének átmeneti szabályozása tárgyában. In: Hungarian Gazette/Magyar Közlöny, 16. sz. (1951. jan. 28.) 53.</ref>
[[File:A_PTE_ÁOK_új_elméleti_tömbje.jpg|left|thumb|The new theoretical block of the medical school]]
As of 1 January 2000, in the framework of [[higher education]] integration, JPTE and POTE merged under the name of the University of Pécs, thus the independent institution of medical education in Pécs ceased to exist;<ref>József Benke: A Pécsi Orvostudományi Egyetem története. POTE, Pécs, 1992. {{ISBN|963-04-2149-6}}.</ref> medical education continued at the Medical School of the University of Pécs (PTE ÁOK).<ref>Tamás Fedeles, István Lengvári, Petra Polyák, Éva Schmelczer-Pohánka: Centuries of Higher Education in Pécs. University of Pécs, Pécs, 2017. 73-74.</ref>
In 2000, the first pharmacist training course was launched with 30 students, which has been operating as an independent faculty since 1 January 2016. The curricula and curricular structure have followed international trends. The English-language training of physicians has been providing world-renowned specialists since 1984. In response to the demand, the faculty started German-language medical training in 2004, English-language training in 2005 and German-language dental training in 2006. Thanks to the good relations between the faculty and the university and the accession to the ECTS system, students of the faculty can join the medical, dental and pharmacy training programmes of national and foreign universities through Erasmus and other international programmes. The training courses involve 29 [[clinic]]s,<ref>{{cite web|title= Clinics |url= https://aok.pte.hu/en/klinikak |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> 22 theoretical institutes, 9 teaching [[hospital]]s and more than 500 doctors, [[researcher]]s and theoreticians. The faculty [[library]] provides access to thousands of [[publication]]s, prestigious national and international journals and a permanent [[online database]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Library homepage |url= https://aok.pte.hu/en/egyseg/900 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> The university clinics are the highest-quality health care institutions in the city, the county and the South Transdanubian region, offering students the opportunity for practical training. They also serve as a base for scientific development.<ref>József Benke: Pécsi Tudományegyetem Általános Orvostudományi Kar történelmi múzeum. Pécs, 2000.</ref>
The renewing campus is 7700 square metres of modern research area.<ref>{{cite web|title= Introducing the Medical School |url= https://admissions.medschool.pte.hu/introducing-the-medical-school |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= "The most Beautiful Campus of Hungary!"|url= https://international.pte.hu/news/most-beautiful-campus-hungary |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref>

== Clinical Centers ==
Today, the Clinical Center is also an integral part of the University of Pécs. It is one of the largest healthcare providers in Hungary, whose main activities are education and research in addition to treatment.

The Clinical Center is made up of several smaller units (clinics and institutes):
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*No. I Internal Medicine Clinic
*II. s. Internal Medicine Clinic and Center for Nephrology and Diabetology
*Institute of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
*Skin, Gynecology and Oncodermatology Clinic
*Vascular Surgery Clinic
*Dental and Oral Surgery Clinic
*Center for Occupational Health and Occupational Hygiene
*Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Clinic
*Pediatric Clinic
*Neurosurgery Clinic
*Institute of Immunology and Biotechnology
*Hospital Hygiene Service
*Institute of Laboratory Medicine
*Neurological Clinic
*Oncotherapy Institute
*Orthopedic Clinic
*Institute of Medical Genetics
*Medical Imaging Clinic
*Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
*Independent Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
*Institute of Pathology
*Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Clinic
*Rheumatology and Immunology Clinic
*Surgery Clinic
*Department of Emergency Medicine
*Ophthalmology
*Cardiology Clinic
*Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic
*Traumatology and Hand Surgery Clinic
*Urology Clinic
}}
{{Gallery
| File:002 Szívgyógyászati klinika.jpg
 |The building of the Cardiology Clinic
| File:A 400 ágyas klinika az új elméleti tömb teraszáról nézve.jpg
 |The building of the 400-bed clinic
| File:Pecs Dentist clinic.jpg
 |The building of the Dental and Oral Surgery Clinic 
}}

== Dormitories ==
[[File:Painting in Szanto Kollegium.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Tibor Rosta's painting on the wall opposite the entrance to the Szántó college.]]

=== In Pécs ===
*Boszorkány College (7624 Pécs, Boszorkány street 2.)
*Hunyor guest house and student hostel (7624 Pécs, Jurisics Miklós street 16.)
*László Szalay College (Univ) (7622 Pécs, Breuer Marcell pedány 2.)
*Szántó College (7633 Pécs, Szántó Kovács János street 1/d)
*Jakabhegyi College (7635 Pécs, Jakabhegyi street 8.)
*Damjanich College (7624 Pécs, 30 Damjanich street)
*Laterum college (7633 Pécs, Hajnóczy út 37-39.)

=== In other settlements ===
*College of Cultural Studies, Teacher Training and Rural Development Faculty (7100, Szekszárd, Mátyás király street 3.)
*ETK Kaposvár College (7400 Kaposvár, Szent Imre street 14/b)
*ETK Szombathely College (9700 Szombathely, Jókai Mór street 14.)
*ETK Zalaegerszeg College (Zalaegerszeg, Landorhegyi street 23, 33)

== Notable alumni ==
{{Category see also|University of Pécs alumni}}
*[[László Lénárd]], [[neuroscientist]], member of the [[Hungarian Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Ferenc Győri]], ultramarathon runner, geographer,  and university lecturer
*[[Ferenc Gyurcsány]], [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] from 2004 to 2009, leader of the [[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)|Democratic Coalition]]
*[[Ante Starčević]], [[Croatia]]n politician and writer, founder of the [[Party of Rights]]
*[[László Sólyom]],  [[President of Hungary]] from 2005 until 2010, president of the [[Constitutional Court of Hungary|Constitutional Court]] from 1990 to 1998
*[[Csilla Hegedüs]], former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Romania]]
*[[Márta Mátrai]], [[List of first officers of the National Assembly (Hungary)|First Officer of the National Assembly]] of Hungary
*[[Bertalan Tóth]],  lawyer and former leader of the [[Hungarian Socialist Party]]
*[[Zsolt Páva]], Mayor of [[Pécs]] between 2009 and 2019
*[[Dezső Németh]], psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist at [[Inserm|INSERM]], research team leader in [https://www.crnl.fr/ Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL)].
*[[Norbert Pap]], geographer–historian, founder of the Balkan Research Group, as well as leader of the [[Nikola Šubić Zrinski|Zrinski]]-[[Suleiman the Magnificent|Suleiman]] Research Group
*[[Sándor Keresztes]], diplomat and jurist, former president of the [[Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)|Christian Democratic People's Party]]
*[[György Vókó]], [[criminology|criminologist]], professor of criminology and criminal law, former director of Hungary's National Institute of Criminology
*[[György Buzsáki]], [[biologist]], brain researcher, professor of Neuroscience at [[New York University School of Medicine]]
*[[Anna Rudolf]], [[chess]] player, chess commentator, [[Livestreaming|livestreamer]], and [[YouTuber]] who holds the titles of [[International Master]] and [[Woman Grandmaster]]
*[[Zoltan Pozsar]], economist known for his analysis of [[shadow banking]]
*[[Cecília Müller]], physician and [[Chief Medical Officer of Hungary]]
*[[Tamás Kenderesi]], competitive [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]], Olympics and European Championships bronze medalist
*[[Ibolya Dávid]], lawyer, politician, former president of the [[Hungarian Democratic Forum]], former [[Minister of Justice (Hungary)|Minister of Justice]]
*[[István Bárány]], [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]], four-time European Champion
*[[Zoltán Mága]],  violinist
*[[Sándor Fábry]], comedian, talk show host, and writer

== See also ==
* [[List of medieval universities]]
* [[Medieval university]]
* [[List of early modern universities in Europe]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* Pécsi Tudományegyetem: University of Pécs, 1367. Eds.: Harka, Glass. Pécs: UP, 2007.
* Fényes, Miklós. Középkori egyetemek Magyarországon, A Pécsi Egyetem története. In: Bibliographie internationale l'histoire des Universités II. Genève: Librairie Droz, 1976.
* Petrovics, István. A középkori pécsi egyetem és alapítója. Aetas, 2005–04. 2.
* Kéri, Katalin, dr. A pécsi egyetem a középkorban. (In: Napi Magyarország, 1998. március 7., 16. o.)
* The history of the University of Pécs and the Medical School. https://aok.pte.hu/en/menupont/16
* Fedeles, Tamás [et al.]. Centuries of higher education in Pécs. Pécs: University of Pécs, 2017. {{ISBN|978-963-429-168-8}}.
* A pécsi felsőoktatás évszázadai = The centuries of higher education in Pécs / comp. by István Lengvári, Pécs: University of Pécs Marketing Department, 2014. {{ISBN|978 963 642 642 2}}.

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