Rajk College for Advanced Studies

Rajk College for Advanced Studies is an educational institution offering advanced courses in the fields of economics, business and social sciences. The college is a self governing community of about 100 selected students living together.

Type: Dormitory
Description: private college in Budapest, Hungary
Also known as: “Rajk Laszlo College for Advanced Studies” and “Rajk László College for Advanced Studies”
Address: Horánszky utca 6, Budapest, 1085

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Budapest University of Jewish Studies and Dohány Street Synagogue.

Budapest University of Jewish Studies

University

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The Budapest University of Jewish Studies is a university in Budapest, Hungary. It was opened in 1877, a few decades after the first European rabbinical seminaries had been built in Padua, Metz, Paris and Breslau. Budapest University of Jewish Studies is situated 220 metres northeast of Rajk College for Advanced Studies.

Dohány Street Synagogue

Synagogue

Photo: OsvátA, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Dohány Street Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is a Neolog Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Dohány Street in Erzsébetváros of Budapest, Hungary. Dohány Street Synagogue is situated 660 metres northwest of Rajk College for Advanced Studies.

Sacred Heart Jesuit Church

Church

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Sacred Heart Jesuit Church is situated 220 metres south of Rajk College for Advanced Studies.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Budapest’s Palace District and Csarnoknegyed.

Budapest’s Palace District

Suburb

Photo: Derzsi Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Budapest's Palotanegyed forms an inner part of Pest, the eastern half of Budapest. Known until the communist period as the ‘Magnates’ Quarter’, it consists of the most westerly part of the city's Eighth District, or Józsefváros, which was named on 7 November 1777 after Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, who reigned 1765-1790.