The predecessor institution of the Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education was the Special Needs Teacher Training Institute, which was located in various special needs education institutions in Vác from 1900 and in Budapest from 1904.

Opening its doors in 1906, it operated as the Special Needs Teacher Training Institute, then as the Special Needs Teacher Training College from 1922, and finally as the Special NeedsTeacher Training College from 1928, offering unified and later specialised training for special needs teachers. From 1928, the duration of the training, increased to four years, based ont he students’ certificate of secondary education, and from 1932, graduates could receive a college degree.

In 1938, the training was suspended, buti t was resumed in 1942 with a modified curriculum, once again adopting a three-year training duration.

In the same year, Gusztáv Bárczi became the director of the college, and the institution’s first permenent premises were established at the former special needs education institute in Buda.

After the Second World War, in 1946, a new regulation came into effect with the collaboration of Gusztáv Bárczi and Flóra Kozmutza. It stipulated that students were required to choose one major subject and two minor subjects from the following: the education of individuals with visual impairment, hearing impairment, intellectual or physical disabilities, speech disorders, and mental disorders. However, this specialisation did not limit the students’ employment opportunities after graduation, as the graduates could apply to any institution of special needs institution.

In 1963, the full-time specialisation training began, marking the end of the internationally unique training concept. The choice of specialisation appeered at the end of the third semester. The mandatory major subjects were: training and education for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and training and education for individuals with speech disorders. Additional optional major subjects included: training and education for individuals