Budapest University of Jewish Studies

About Budapest University of Jewish Studies

The Budapest University of Jewish Studies (Országos Rabbiképző – Zsidó Egyetem — OR-ZSE) is the world’s oldest continuously operating rabbinical seminary and Central Europe’s foremost academic center for Jewish theology, history, cultural studies, and community social leadership. Founded on October 4, 1877, under the visionary auspices of Emperor Franz Joseph I and the Hungarian Neolog Jewish community, OR-ZSE has preserved over a century and a half of unbroken scholarship through peace, war, and the Holocaust. Operating under state accreditation FI17624 and maintained by MAZSIHISZ, OR-ZSE confers accredited Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Arts (MA), Undivided Rabbinical Master degrees, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees through its renowned Doctoral School of Jewish Religious Studies.