Welcome to our School!
As the Institute responsible for postgraduate law studies within our Faculty, Deák Ferenc Institute organizes trainings and courses for lawyers and other professionals, to help expand their knowledge about the relevant fields of law. Being a catholic university we have a solid mission in believing that truth has to go beyond the law.
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(deadline: 6 January 2025)
Postgraduate Programmes
These programmes consist of three or four educational semesters including one semester preparing students for their thesis and state exam, to help lawyers and non-law degree holders to specialize in and become expert in a special field of law. The Deák Ferenc Institute of Postgraduate Studies has been organizing postgraduate trainings since 2000 and has issued nearly 2,000 certificates for professionals. As the demand on the market has been getting stronger, the range of available courses is continuously expanding.
A list of our programmes is available here.
Preparatory Courses for Legal Professional Exams
These courses (available only in Hungarian) aim at law graduates alumni who are candidates for the professional legal examination in Hungary. It should be considered that candidates have to take the exams in all the same subjects regardless the field of the compulsory traineeship they have been undertaking. The professional legal exam courses are accepted by the Incorporated Legal Society of Budapest.
Our guidance portal for foreign students offers helpful information:
about a monthly budget in Budapest; insurance; student cards; living and getting around in the capital; etc.
Our regulations can be found here in English.
Information on IT services and digital learning here.
A handbook for international students here.
+36 1 429 7200 / 342 • deak@jak.ppke.hu
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
Deák Ferenc Postgraduate Institute
Budapest VIII., Szentkirályi u. 28. I/137.
HU-1088
Business Hours:
Monday-Friday: 09.00-16.00
