The University of Pécs is an institution of higher education in Hungary. The modern university was established in 1912 but has its roots in the medieval university founded in Pécs in 1367 by King Louis I the Great. A total of 20,000 students presently attend the University of Pécs, approximately 4,500 of whom are international students studying in English or German.
University Mission :
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Ranking :
The University of Pécs is ranked in the 651-700th category, which means that the UP has managed to climb a hundred positions (two categories). In terms of international students, the first university of Hungary is among the top 200!
History :
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). 
Faculties :
The university contains 10 faculties :
Faculty of Business and Economics ,Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development , Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences , Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences , Faculty of Law , Faculty of Music and Visual Arts , Faculty of Pharmacy , Faculty of Sciences , Medical School
About Pécs
Pécs is a beautiful place to study. Not only because it is simultaneously a friendly village and a very active city, in which you never have to be bored. You can be sure you will find everything that a student could wish.
