Károli Gáspár Reformed University has been a member of IAPCHE since 2000. The legal predecessor of the University was the Reformed Theological Academy of Budapest, founded in 1855 and granted University status by the Hungarian parliament in 1990. In 1993 the General Assembly of the Hungarian Reformed Church took the decision to establish a multi-faculty University, and this the Republic of Hungary. Through the creation of Károli Gáspár University, the Hungarian Reformed Church has fulfilled the aims of its forefathers. The University, in the spirit of the universitas scientarium, aims to raise the status of not solely the Church, but also the nation, through its educational, teaching, and academic work.