There are not abundant sources concerning the short, only a few-decade-long operation of the university (studium generale) founded in Pécs on 1 September 1367. Its establishment is an integral part of the Central and Eastern European trend of university foundations. During the wave of foundations brought to life by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (1346-1378) by establishing the University of Prague (1348), the studium generales in Cracow (1364), and Vienna (1365), and finally in Pécs were set up almost the same time.
