{"id":4168,"date":"2015-02-22T20:08:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T19:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/rolunk\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:45:16","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-14x56y-fc8bb1be0981546c7b7b81beaf1a51c6\">\n.avia-section.av-14x56y-fc8bb1be0981546c7b7b81beaf1a51c6{\nbackground-color:#f5f4f7;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='values'  class='avia-section av-14x56y-fc8bb1be0981546c7b7b81beaf1a51c6 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  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class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Balassi Education Programs<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>Scholarship programs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-ld06tbqn-6f3cc34035a090f528a389d93fc12393 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2016'><strong>2016<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Balassi Institute integrates into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFA-Balassi)<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2016'><strong>2016<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-ld06qjmi-0cc7c3cc3382a6cee3fbe5814cb2bcc9 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2007'><strong>2007<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Balassi Institute (BI)<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-lfgzfzcg-6f12542936ef4c6cb06e4e8088ba47ee av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2002'><strong>2002<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Balassi B\u00e1lint Institute<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2002'><strong>2002<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-ld06pl46-a6a7afca996adef76c9ffb1d17103db9 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1997'><strong>1997<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Hungarian Language Institute<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>Magyar Nyelvi Int\u00e9zet (MANYI)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-ld06ofjn-6f9260c109d1a587fed4f652ee49e526 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1994'><strong>1994<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Kodol\u00e1nyi J\u00e1nos Institute<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1994'><strong>1994<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-ld06ngtw-bfb1eafe39de070de85e35326ca6cf58 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1992'><strong>1992<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Kodol\u00e1nyi J\u00e1nos Hungarian Language Preparatory Institute<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-ld06jc50-b8a868094c8a935af4aa554d87a814b8 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1967'><strong>1967<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Hungarian Pre-university Institute for Foreign Students<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>Nemzetk\u00f6zi El\u0151k\u00e9sz\u00edt\u0151 Int\u00e9zet (NEI)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1967'><strong>1967<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-ld06ie8g-9fc3aa888867bee15d28fe71ea00dfd6 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1957'><strong>1957<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>University preparatory for foreign students<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>1964\u201366 ELTE International Preparatory Institute<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-ld06h3br-468ddce629e3bf53b70549adc1a25c51 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1952'><strong>1952<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Beginning of Hungarian language preparatory courses<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1952'><strong>1952<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- 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has been operating in the Hungarian education system since 1957.<\/p>\n<p>Students attend 24,000 Hungarian language lessons per year in our accredited courses. Lecturers teach approximately 16,000 lessons per academic year in the most diverse field of Hungarian culture (literature, history, geography, linguistics, ethnography, etc.), as well as in the subjects required for further study at universities in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>No other educational institution in Hungary has so many Hungarian language classes: students from more than 40 countries around the world are taught by our teachers who have degrees in Hungarian as a foreign language.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-a57doo-6e39a57d2fad4bd422611557d80de159 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_two_fifth  flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lrhvsmsj-f60062dd81a7fc8627c9999162685512\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lrhvsmsj-f60062dd81a7fc8627c9999162685512 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lrhvsmsj-f60062dd81a7fc8627c9999162685512 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lrhvsmsj-f60062dd81a7fc8627c9999162685512 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-8  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-1030x728.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-1030x728.png 1030w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-1500x1061.png 1500w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-260x185.png 260w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-705x498.png 705w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en.png 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" class='avia_image'  aria-label='infografika-en'><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-11825 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-11825 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en.png\" alt='' title='infografika-en'  height=\"1414\" width=\"2000\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en.png 2000w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-1030x728.png 1030w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-1500x1061.png 1500w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-260x185.png 260w, https:\/\/balassieducation.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/infografika-en-705x498.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-9lauxk-f529ec901842d49407dcf8f1ae0627e4 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_two_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  first flex_column_div  '     ><div  class='avia-video av-lrhvtodb-481d49b8351dd678ec2763a169687c61 avia-video-16-9 av-html5-fullscreen-btn av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LglFWKWvzQA'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Balassi \u00f6szt\u00f6nd\u00edjprogram \/ Balassi Scholarship Programme\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LglFWKWvzQA?feature=oembed&autoplay=1&loop=0&controls=1&mute=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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