Tihanyi Foundation

Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) is a unique community of values, both in Hungary and in the world. The students of our institution are those who possess outstanding talent, and who, forming a dynamically developing team, are working on realising important and valuable goals. In our community, which consists of more than 500 members, you can find students from almost all the ethnic groups and layers of the Carpathian Basin. This private institution was founded more than fifteen years ago. Since then MCC has become Hungary’s best interdisciplinary educational institution, which is also acknowledged in Europe. Among the teachers there are almost thirty internationally recognized foreign professors, an unparalleled number in our country.
The aim of the organization is to provide students, irrespective of their socio-cultural background, with tuition-free quality education and exceptional opportunities. The former provides students with a curriculum involving courses that apply a different approach than university lectures. The latter includes free accommodation and good infrastructure, companionship of similarly motivated and talented fellows, and the chance to get to know influential personalities.
“Bonus intra, melior exi” is the guiding philosophy of the Collegium: only the best and brightest may and should have the opportunity to enter the college, in order to form a community that can influence and shape both its immediate environment and the future of the country in a progressive and responsible way.
The Collegium is basically a dormitory that provides complementary education to university/college studies and it also prepares secondary school students for their further studies. The educational programmes of MCC combine the formal and non-formal methodologies of learning and teaching, the project-based approach is in the focal point of its education.
MCC education system consists of two programmes, the Secondary School and the University Programme. The distance learning (e-learning) programme of the MCC opens an educational and community platform for the most talented secondary school students. Those who are keen on working in teams and willing to do more than the average in order to achieve their goals participate in our programmes. In the course of our common work, our students prepare for their Matura and entrance examinations, and also receive guidance in connection with their long-term professional plans and careers. When deciding on the curriculum, we emphasise topics and skills that have been given no real place in the secondary education core curriculum. Reasoning techniques, argumentative skills and both communication and social competences are developed during our Saturday lectures and training sessions.
The University Programme has three levels: Junior Training Programme, Specialised Training Programmes and Leadership Programme.
The primary aim of the Junior Training Programme is to provide students with a common basic knowledge (including topics like logic, micro and macroeconomics, philosophy and protocol) that they can confidently use throughout their studies and careers.
The aim of the Specialized Training programmes of the MCC is to provide a deep and stable professional basis in specific areas like Law, Economics/Business, Media/Communication, Central European Studies /Modern History and International Relations.
The aim of the Leadership Programme is to provide unique preparation, a view on the world, and an international way of thinking to the students. The programme is characterized by the educational standards and approaches of the highest ranking universities in the world. The internationally acknowledged professors offer real guidance in the globalized world, and the acquired knowledge means a solid basis for decisions made later. The solution-oriented, practical collection of tools and techniques acquired on the courses (such as case studies and simulation practices) provide a great competitive advantage to the participants of the programme. Our students become part of a relationship network and of a community that will stay with them throughout their careers.