The problem of the confessional recruitment of the students at the Faculties of the Humanities and Science of the Transylvanian University

Abstract: 'Located in Transylvania, one of the most multi-denominational regions of Europe, the University of Kolozsvár/ Cluj/ Klausenburg had 4000 students graduating from its Humanities and Science faculties in the period under examination. The ratios regarding the religious background of these graduates are: one third Roman Catholic; one third Calvinist, one eighth Lutheran, and the rest were affiliated with the small Unitarian Protestant and Jewish denominations of the region. Members of Eastern churches (Greek Catholic and Greek Orthodox) were also present in small numbers. The principal means of estimating the under- or over-representation of religious denominations in the student body was analysing the religious composition of graduates from Transylvania only (almost 60% of graduates). Concerning the mainly Hungarian denominations, Unitarians were four times over-represented among graduates, Calvinists 2.7 times, and Catholics 1.8 times. In national surveys, Calvinists and Roman Catho

Object Details

• Alternative title: Das Problem der konfessionellen Zusammensetzung der Studenten an den Fakultäten für Geistes- und Naturwissenschaften an der Transylvanischen Universität
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The problem of the confessional recruitment of the students at the Faculties of the Humanities and Science of the Transylvanian University ; volume:33 ; number:2 ; year:2008 ; pages:127-153 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 33, Heft 2 (2008), 127-153

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen ; Geschichte

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Nagy, Peter Tibor

Further information

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.33.2008.2.127-153
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-191262
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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