Department of Criminal Law
Department of Criminal Law
Criminal law is a highly significant and major branch of law in the system of criminal sciences. Students need to possess comprehensive and high-level knowledge of criminal law to understand other fields of criminal sciences and to acquire the theoretical and legal fundamentals necessary for mastering them.
The Department has been playing a key role in the higher education of law enforcement and public security officers from the time of the foundation of the Police College, the legal predecessor of the Faculty of Law Enforcement of the Ludovika University of Public Service. Initially, the Department of Criminal Law, with previous names such as the Department of Criminal Sciences and later the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, offered courses in almost all fields of criminal sciences including criminal substantive and procedure law as well as criminology. The Institute of Criminal Sciences was established at the Faculty of Law Enforcement of the Ludovika University of Public Service in 2012. After its dissolution in 2019, independent departments were established, including the Department of Criminal Law focusing on courses related to substantive criminal law.
The Department offers introductory and advanced courses on criminal law (including international cooperation in criminal matters) that are essential for the training of law enforcement officers, as well as carries out researches to support its teaching activities.
Our Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) programme aims at providing students with theoretical and effective legal knowledge, which completed with practical skills and experience, will enable them to perform special tasks of applying the law, enforce legality, as well as to appropriately interpret and apply criminal law norms undergoing amendments in the meantime. During our Masters of Arts degree (M.A.) programme, students get a deeper insight into international criminal law, tools and instruments of international criminal cooperation and EU criminal policy, the knowledge of which is a significant pillar and precondition for working as a commanding officer in any area of law enforcement.
Head of Department of Criminal Law: Dr. Anikó Pallagi began her professional career as an assistant professor, then as an adjunct professor at the Police College. Since 2012, with the establishment of the Ludovika University of Public Service, she has been an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law Enforcement, Department of Criminal Law. She obtained her doctoral degree on February 2, 2015, with her dissertation entitled ’Criminal Policy in the First Years of the New Century’ at the University of Debrecen (summa cum laude). Her research interests cover theoretical issues of criminal policy, the doctrine of multiple offenses, as well as criminalisation of sexual and domestic violence. She has passed the bar exam, received several ministerial commendations and awards, and was rewarded with the title of Outstanding Teacher of the Faculty in 2018, and was distinguished with the Silver Ring of the Faculty in 2024.
Contact Information:
Department of Criminal Law
Postal address: 1441 Bp. Pf. 60. (P.O. Box)
Office: 1083 Budapest, Üllői út 82. Ludovika University of Public Service Educational Centre, Room Nr. 231.
E-mail: rtk_bu@uni-nke.hu
Telephone: 00 36 1 432 9019
Head of Department: Dr. Anikó Pallagi adjunct professor (senior assistant professor)
Secretariat: Anita Fodor