Institute of Disaster Management
Disaster Management Institute
The Disaster Management Institute of the Faculty of Law Enforcement at the Ludovika University of Public Service has been operating since 2012. It carries out its educational tasks under the supervision of the National Directorate General of Disaster Management at the Ministry of the Interior. The Institute, which operates as an organisation of the Faculty of Law Enforcement, comprises five university departments: the Department of Disaster Prevention Operations, the Department of Fire Protection and Rescue Management, the Department of Industrial Safety, the Department of Fire Safety Engineering, and the Department of Fire Safety Technology, as well as an Educational Organisation Department.
The Institute currently operates on the Zrínyi Campus of the university, and from September 2026, the training venue is planned to be the Ludovika Campus. The Faculty of Law Enforcement advertise the Institute’s courses.
Students admitted to the Institute of Disaster Management can pursue full-time or part-time studies in three-year undergraduate degrees in disaster management and four-year undergraduate degrees in fire safety engineering, as well as two-year master’s degrees in disaster management and one-year master’s degrees in fire safety engineering, all offered on a part-time basis.
The Institute offers a comprehensive higher education portfolio that ensures a steady supply of professionals, from undergraduate to doctoral degrees, in accordance with the needs specified in the legislation. Accordingly, the Institute trains specialists for professional disaster management organisations, municipal and facility fire departments, voluntary firefighting associations, as well as for public administration and economic organisations.
Dr. Ferenc Varga, Fire Brigadier General
Head of the Institute, associate professor
The head of the Disaster Management Institute, Dr. Ferenc Varga, Fire Brigadier General, holds a degree in fire protection engineering and administrative organisation. He obtained his degree as a certified defence administration manager in disaster prevention from the MSc Defence Administration department of the National University of Public Service in 2013, and his PhD degree in 2019. Due to his managerial position at the Budapest Fire Department and its legal successor, the Budapest Disaster Management Directorate, he has over three decades of extensive experience in the fields of fire protection and disaster management. He has been engaged in higher education since 2002 and scientific research since 2013, within the framework of which he participated in training courses at the JPTE Pollack Mihály College, the Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture of Óbuda University, and its legal predecessor, the Police Officers College.
He has been leading the Disaster Management Institute since 2022, during which time the Institute’s training portfolio has been expanded with a master’s degree and two specialised further training courses.
Contact Information
Institute of Disaster Management
Postal address: 1581 Bp. Pf. 15. (P.O.B. 15)
Office: H-1101. Budapest, Hungária krt. 9-11. 6. épület
E-mail: nke_kvi@uni-nke.hu
Telephone: +36 1 432 9000 ext. 29-094 4
Head of Institute: Brigadier General Ferenc Varga Dr., Associate Professor.