### the University of Vienna, the University of Cracow, the university of Pozsony
the University of Vienna The third university in Central Europe, founded by the Austrian prince Rudolf of Habsburg together with his brothers on 12 March, 1365. Pope Urban V authorised it but did not allow the establishment of a faculty of theology. As the first foundation was not really functioning after the death of the founder, Prince Albert III had to reestablish the university in 1384, and then the faculty of theology was also set up. According to the new statutes all the people from Central and Eastern Europe belonged to the 'natio Hungarica' from that time. Registers of students were continuously preserved from 1453 on. There were about 3000 students and lecturers from Hungary at the university by 1500. Rich clerics studied canon law, while noble and bourgeois students studied the arts. The initials of the Hungarian register of students was decorated with the picture of the fight of St Ladislaus with the Cuman man who raped a girl. KSZ the university of Cracow The university was founded by the Polish king, Casimir (the Great) III on 12 May, 1364 with Pope Urban V's permission. During the reign of Louis the Great in Poland the university, which did not have a theological faculty, was closed. It was reopened during the reign of Louis's daughter, Queen Hedvig. Pope Gregory IX permitted the establishment of the theological faculty at the end of the century. The chief chancellor of the university was the bishop of Cracow. This university was very popular among Hungarian students. Between 1493 and 1506 there were 750 Hungarian students there (out of the 4180 students); between 1507 and 1515, 390 (out of the 2615 students). The university was especially popular with young people from Upper Hungary. KSZ the university of Pozsony John Vitéz played a very important role in establishing the university of Pozsony (Universitas Histropolensis, or as it was popularly known Academia Istropolitana). The request for establishing a university was written on behalf of Matthias, and it was forwarded to Pope Paul II in 1465 by Janus Pannonius. Vitéz invited the best-known contemporary scientists to teach. For example, the astrologer Regiomontanus and Janus's Italian friend, Galeotto Marzio...etc. Besides special sciences the university provided a humanist education to its students, who were the sons of Hungarian dignitaries, besides young men from bourgeois and lower noble families. After the death of Vitéz and Janus Pannonius in 1472 foreign teachers returned home and the university began to decline. It was closed in 1474. KP