Faculty of Law

Education

the Faculty puts significant emphasis on high-quality interdisciplinary teaching and research
its staff combines academic excellence with experience in legal practice, and offers its cooperation to students in achieving their individual goals
the Faculty is among the top law schools in Hungary, and has been receiving high marks in national student satisfaction surveys (www.felvi.hu)
the Faculty was re-opened in 1996 after a 47 year intermission following the suspension of legal education in Debrecen by the communist regime
today the Faculty of Law is a fully accredited law school offering Hungarian J.D. and paralegal programs, a 4-year research degree (Ph.D.) in law and public administration in both Hungarian and English, and a 1-year-long fully English language LLM program in European and International Business Law
the Faculty has around 2500 undergraduate and postgraduate students including foreign students from Europe, Asia and Africa
undergraduates may join two degree courses, a paralegal BA (3 years) or a master level (J.D.) university degree in law (5 years)
BA students having obtained their first degree may wish to continue their studies in a 3-year conversion course in law to obtain a full law degree
the Law School also offers a 1 year fully English language postgraduate LLM program in European and International Business Law for Hungarian and foreign students as well (admission requirement is a Bachelor degree of law)
students interested in obtaining a higher degree by research may join our Ph.D. program available in Hungarian and English language as well
the Law School is also engaged in professional legal education offering postgraduate professional degrees in specialized areas of Hungarian law and in European Union law
the law Curriculum, as in case of any law faculty of Hungary, covers modules in
- history of law
- Roman law
- constitutional law
- civil law
- criminal law
- administrative law
- jurisprudence
- politics
- civil and criminal procedural law
- European Union law
- public international law
- labor law
- agricultural law
- environmental law
- financial law
- commercial and business law
- criminology, etc.

the European and International Business Law LLM program covers courses on
- international sale of goods
- European company law
- comparative contract law
- private international law
- European and international labor and social law
- legal writing in English
- international business transactions
- institutions of the European Union
- harmonization of laws in the EU
- internal market law
- international commercial arbitration, etc.
- studies are concluded with a defense of the thesis and a final exam

Research

the Faculty has 12 departments and an international legal language department
teaching and research activities of the faculty cover almost all areas of jurisprudence and state administration sciences, and are well-known and recognized on a national and international level
an important objective of the PhD program is to contribute to the education of the next generation of academics
research activities are supported by the impressive collection of the Law Library

General Contact Information

Address: H-4028 Debrecen, Kassai út 26.
Phone: +36 (52) 512-701, fax: +36 (52) 512-706 (Dean’s Office)
Email: info@law.unideb.hu

Dean: Dr. Veronika Tünde Szikora associate professor
Vice deans:
Vice Dean for financial and academic affairs: Dr. Mátyás Bencze associate professor
Vice dean for international affairs and innovation: Dr. Tamás Fézer associate professor
Educational affairs: Dr. Zsuzsanna Árva associate professor

Student's Office Information

Registrar’s Office
Address: H-4028 Debrecen, Kassai út 26.
Phone: +36 (52) 512-707, +36 (52) 512-700 /75811 /75812, fax: +36 (52) 512-706
Business hours: Monday, Wednesday 13.00–16.00, Tuesday, Thursday 8.00-12.00, Friday 8.00-12.00, 12.30-13.30.