The Hungarian University of Sports Science (HUSS) as well as its Programs (from EQF Level 4 to Level 8) are accredited based on the Standards and Guidelines in the European Higher Education Area (ESG). The institutional and program accreditations are made by Hungarian Accreditation Committee (HAC), which is a national-level, independent body of experts tasked with the external evaluation of the quality of educational and related research activities and the internal quality assurance (QA) systems of higher education institutions in Hungary. The HAC operates within the scope of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) as well. The HAC is registered in the EQAR, member of ENQA, CEENQA and DEQAR.

The University has volunteered to launch, operate and continuously improve the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system in order to further increase customer satisfaction and develop its organizational structure, services and standard. The scope of certification is higher education, vocational education and adult education, scientific research and development, project-based sport, physical education and physical activity development, education and examination. Certification areas are continuously monitored. Outcomes of the feedback on various services and follow-up analyses have major impact on future policy making and planning procedures. HUSS places major emphasis on fostering the labour market-sensitive skills and knowledge of students.

ISO 9001:2015 Certificate >>> (DE | FR)

Library and Archives

The university library is the only library in the country specialized in physical education and sports. It is dedicated to collecting books and magazines from different fields of sports, physical education, sport pedagogy, sport management and recreation, published in Hungary or abroad.

The university devotes substantial finances to acquiring international books and magazines deemed important in sport pedagogy and research. The collection includes books, journals, articles, theses, videos and photos. Furthermore, the library offers several important databases, like EBSCO, as well as some special collections related to sports and medical sciences to support research at all levels.

Besides the open access databases, like, DART-Europe, De Gruyter Open, DOAB, DOAJ, Pubmed, the library offers a wide array of other resources, like SportDiscus, ScienceDirect, Scopus, SpringerLink, WOS, JCR, Gale OneFile Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine,  ProQuest and databases of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

The library provides all available support to help anyone in our campus community, including international students and faculty.

Online library catalogue (Liberty)

E-mail

• Information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Director’s e-mail: Judit Varga (director): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Telephone

• Information desk: +36 1 488 1551

Opening hours

• Monday-Thursday: 8.30am-5pm
• Friday: 8.30am-3pm

Rules of registration and using the Library

The library services are free for students, professors, employees of the University, and for pensioners, employees of the cultural sector, teachers, persons over 70 and disabled people.

Registration fees, charges and services

Other fees

• Fine amount: 50 HUF/day/book
• For night loan: 500 HUF/hour
• New library card (in case of loss): 500 HUF
• Reprographic services (photocopying, printing)
  
  • A/4, black and white text: 50 HUF
  • A/4, black and white photo: 150 HUF
  • A/4, colour text: 150 HUF
  • A/4, colour photo 300 HUF
  • A/3, black and white text 100 HUF
  • A/3, black and white image 300 HUF
  • A/3, colour text 300 HUF
  • A/3, colour photo 500 HUF
  • Scanning is free of charge

Services

• Use of reading-rooms and computers in INFOLABOR
• Borrowing of documents determined in regulations,
• Use of online databases via Internet,
• Printing, making photocopy of determined documents (for payment), scanning
• Inter-library loaning

Databases

Akadémiai folyóiratgyűjtemény (journal package) – Akadémiai Kiadó, founded in 1828, is a leading STM publisher of Central-Europe. They offer a wide range of high-quality, peer-reviewed journals.

Gale OneFile Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine – The Gale OneFile Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine is available at the university from GALE's databases, it is possible to search among the world's leading journals and reference sources on the topic of physical therapy and sports medicine. It includes the Academic OneFile which contains specialized journals and the General File which contains general subject journals.

JCR (Journal Citation Reports) – The JCR (Journal Citation Reports) is a database which contains the impact factor (IF) of scientific journals.

ProQuest Central – There are available thousands of journals, daily newspapers, working papers, doctoral dissertations, and other documents from the 1970s to the present in this full-text multidisciplinary database.

ScienceDirect ­ – The ScienceDirect is Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature. ScienceDirect combines authoritative, full-text scientific, technical and health publications with smart, intuitive functionality so that users can stay informed in their fields and can work more effectively and efficiently.

Scopus – Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.

SportDiscus with Full Text – The SportDiscus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports and sports medicine journals, providing full text for 550 journals indexed in SPORTDiscus. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the SPORTDiscus index - with no embargo. (Click on EBSCOhost Research Databases then select the database!)

SpringerLink – The SpringerLink is the world's most comprehensive online collection of scientific, technological and medical journals, books and reference works.

Web of Science – The Web of Science is a bibliographic database. With the Web of Science platform, you can access an unrivalled breadth of world-class research literature linked to a rigorously selected core of journals and uniquely discover new information through meticulously captured metadata and citation connections.

Free online databases

DART-Europe – The DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses.

DOAJ – The DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

JournalSeek – The JournalSeek is one of the world's largest journal databases, currently containing data on more than 100,000 journals.

​ LA84 – The LA84 Foundation's digital collection includes official Olympic reports and defunct sports magazines.

PubMed – The PubMed comprises more than 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Sciendo – The De Gruyter Open (formerly Versita) is a database of one of the largest publishers of open access scientific journals. Here full text articles from various disciplines are available, including sports and physical education also.

E-books

DOAB – The Directory of Open Access Books is a database of open access books.

Human Kinetics Library – The unique database of the Human Kinetics Library allows access to content related to sports and exercise, such as physical activation, fitness, kinesiology, biomechanics, sports psychology, training, disability and sports, some sports, anatomical, fitness, etc. You can also search for books, pictures, audio recordings, educational videos, and e-books on this user-friendly site.

ProQuest – If you have a library card, we offer you several ebooks about sport sciences, for example sports medicine, biomechanics or sport recreatio. Click here for the complete Proquest list. Registration is needed for ProQuest from outside of Campus.

Useful Links

• Sport site of the European Union

• International Olympic Committee

• Olympic Museum (Lausanne)

• Zentralbibliothek der Deutschen Sporthochschule (Köln)

• Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC)

• Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft

• International Association for Sports Information

Institute of Economic and Social Sciences

• Sport Economics and Decision Making Research Center
  • Director: Prof. dr. Tamás Sterbenz | +36-1-487-9245 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Tamara Bonifert I +36-1-487-9233 I This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Sport Management
  • Head of department: Prof. dr. Gábor Géczi | +36-1-488-1504 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Andrea Nagy | +36-1-488-1505 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Social Sciences
  • Head of department: Dr. habil. Andrea Gál | +36-1-487-9230 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Katalin Újj-Horváth | +36-1-487-9277 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Psychology and Sport Psychology
  • Head of department: Dr. Viktória Resperger | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Adrienn Csighy | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Sports Law
  • Head of department: Dr. Diána Szekeres | +36-1-487-9233 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Tamara Bonifert I +36-1-487-9233 I This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Institute of Sports

• Training Theory and Methodology Research Center
  • Director: Dr. Csaba Bartha | +36 1 488 1595 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
  • Assistant: Bálint Dolnegó | +36-1-487-9200/61313 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Athletics
  • Head of department: László Szalma | +36-1-487-9245 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Dóra Hollósi | +36-1-487-9259 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Dance and Aerobics
  • Head of department: Dr. Zsuzsanna Kalmár | +36 1 488 1587 | K2, I/05-06 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Ágnes Csótár | +36-1-487-9290 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Swimming and Water Sports
  • Head of department: Dr. János Egressy | +36-1-488-3001, +36-30-463-9029 | K2 épület, fszt./8-9 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Ibolya Fekete | +36-1-487-9281 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Sport Games
  • Head of department: Dr. Csaba Ökrös | +36-1-487-9200/61302 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Györgyné Bunda | +36-1-487-9278 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Combat Sports
  • Head of department: Dr. Endre Németh | +36-1-487-9224 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Judit Kovács | +36-1-487-9274 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Recreation
  • Head of department: Dr. Gyöngyvér Lacza | +36 1 488 1593 | K2, II/9 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
  • Assistant: Eszter Pécs | +36-1-487-9200/61333 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Soccer Section
  • Head of section: László Prukner | +36 1 488 1589 | K2, I/25 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
• Winter Sports Section
• Division of Equestrian Sports
  
  • Head of division: Orsolya Balog | +36-1-488-1590 | K2/II/14 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Dóra Olcsváry-Vecsernyés | +36-1-488-1590; +36-70-378-6844 | K2/II/14 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Mental Sports Section

Teacher Training Institute

• Pedagogy Department
  • Head of department: Dr. Lívia Borosán | +36-1-487-9200/61015 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Krisztina Zimits | +36-1-487-9231 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of PE Theory and Methodology
  • Acting Head of department: Dr. habil. Tamás Csányi | +36 30 963 7741 | K1, A205 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
  • Assistant: Annamári Koródi-Tóth | K1, A220 | +36 1 488 1503 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Institute for Sports and Health Sciences

• Research Center for Molecular Exercise Science >>>
  
  • Director: Prof. dr. Zsolt Radák | +36-30-491-8224 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Viktória Rácz | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | +36-1-488-1532 | L3 épület, I-16
• Department of Health Sciences and Sport Medicine
  • Head of department: Prof. dr. Miklós Tóth | +36-1-487-9275 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Györgyné Éva Szűcs | +36-1-487-9275 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Department of Kinesiology
  
  • Head of department: Dr. Levente Rácz | +36-70-378-6849 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Assistant: Zsolt Gréger | +36-1-487-9200/61174 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Research Center for Sport Physiology
  • Head of department: Dr. habil. Zsombor Lacza | +36-30-524-9554 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
  • Assistant: Krisztina Gulyás | +36-1-488-1552, +36-70-378-6819 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Center of Sports Nutrition Science
  • Head of department: Prof. dr. Éva Martos | +36-1-488-1554 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
  • Assistant: Zsuzsanna Vodenyák-Kérészy | +36-1-488-1553; +36-30-769-3352 | vodenyák-kéréThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Department of Sport-Specific Languages

• Head of department: Mariann Kánai | | +36-1-487-9223 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Assistant: Mónika Fazakas | +36-1-487-9200/61111 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Adult Education

• Director: Dr. habil. Ákos Cserny | +36-1-487-9247 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Distance and e-Learning Section

• System administrator: Kincső Kinga Horváth  | +36 1 487 9273 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Primary and Secondary Practice Sports School >>>

Institute of Teacher Training | Institute of Economic and Social Science| Institute for Sports and Health Sciences | Institute of Sports

Institute of Teacher Training

The role of the institute is to coordinate the work of the units taking part in the training of Master’s PE and Adapted PE teachers. It organizes, controls and evaluates the teaching practice of the students and the work of the mentor teachers who help them in the educational institutes.

Director: Prof. dr. László Tóth | +36 1 488 1502, +36 20 317 8829 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Units >>>

Educational programs the Institute contributes to

• Sport and Recreation Management BSc
• Sport Coaching BSc
• Master’s in Sport Coaching MSc
• Recreation MSc
• Sport Management MSc
• Human Kinesiology MSc
• Teacher of PE, Adapted PE and Health Promotion (undivided BA/MA)
• PhD Program

Research portfolio

• The role of movement as a basis for life-long fitness in society
• Handling the cognitive and behavioural problems of the X, Y, Z and Alpha generations through sport
• Career orientation
• Current problems in sport pedagogy
• Talent scouting and selection
• Evaluating and grading in PE lessons
• Motor and Eurofit tests
• Motor tests of disabled pupils

Institute of Economic and Social Science

The Institute of Economic and Social Science (IESS) explores the theoretical and practical methods of economics and social sciences in unison, and wishes to be a partner of the other institutes representing other disciplines of HUSS. With the integrated approach, the aim of IESS is the expansion of results in sport science and the transmission of profound knowledge to university students, academics as well as representatives of the practical world of sport.

Director: Prof. dr. Gábor Géczi | +36-1-488-1504; +36-20-444-3370 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Units >>>

Educational programs the Institute contributes to

• Sport and Recreation Management BSc
• Sport Coaching BSc
• Master’s in Sport Coaching MSc
• Recreation MSc
• Sport Management MSc
• Human Kinesiology MSc
• Teacher of PE, Adapted PE and Health Promotion (undivided BA/MA)
• Doctoral Program (Organisational Management, Decision Making, Sport management, Long term development in sport)

Research portfolio

• Economic issues of competitiveness in sports
• Decision making of athletes, coaches, managers
• Sport statistical data accumulation and analysis
• The role of intuition in sport
• The professional auditing of management in sports organizations
• Issues in sports history and sports philosophy
• The role of fair play in modern sports
• The effect of globalization, social mobility and migration on sports
• Psychological methods in performance enhancement
• Sports development
• Management of sports facilities
• Good governance in sport
• Sustainable development in sport
• Fan violence and management problems
• Volunteering in sports
• Sales and marketing of sports products and sports services
• HR in sport - selection and competence management
• Presentation of the regulations of certain sports by a sports law analyst
• Aspects of the criminal and infractions of sports law
• Victimization issues in sport
• Connections between health law and sport
• Coach's legal responsibility
• Sports event security issues
• Sports and emotions
• Psychological effects of physical activity
• Psychological problems of achieving peak performance
• Burnout in sports
• Mental health
• Applied sports psychology in elite sports

Institute for Sports and Health Sciences

The role of the institute is to provide all basic science subjects for students in every educational program of the University. The main areas include anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, human biology, exercise physiology, internal medicine and health sciences. The institute facilitates significant research activities, with an extensive Hungarian and international cooperation network (Japan, Germany, Finland, United Kingdom, Spain and USA).

Director: Prof. dr. Márta Szmodis | +36-1-488-1513 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Units >>>

Educational portfolio - The Institute provides out the broadest range of teaching activity at the University, offering all fundamental courses required in the various educational programs at every academic level. The Institute has a major role in doctoral training. The members of the Institute are involved in Sport Medicine courses, which consists of/is specialized training for medical doctors. Many courses are held for postgraduate training in the Hungarian coaching programs.

Research areas

• Exercise physiology
• Sport genomics and proteomics
• Physical exercise and aging
• Free radical research
• Biomechanics of human movement
• Population studies of physical exercise in Hungarian society
• Sport cardiology

Institute of Sports

The educators and researchers are actively involved in practical education and research in various fields of sports, such as football, handball, basketball, athletics, swimming and many more. Furthermore, the Institute takes pride in its educators, coaches and researchers, among whom there are numerous achievers in various world games and champions as well as highly-acclaimed coaches who support professional athletes and have developed a global network and knowledge transfer system.

Director: Dr. Csaba Ökrös | +36-1-488-1588 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Units >>>

Educational programs the Institute contributes to

• Sport and Recreation Management BSc
• Sport Coaching BSc
• Master’s of Sport Coaching MSc
• Recreation MSc
• Teacher of PE, Adapted PE and Health Promotion (undivided BA/MA)

Research areas

• performance strategy of female gymnasts
• improving the flexibility and endurance of elderly women
• physical activity and sedentary behavior
• the coach-athlete relationship