About Us
Microdemocracy
Rajk College is an institution based on democratic principles. It is essential for us that the members decide on all issues. Our most important decision-making body is the College Assembly, which all college members are part of. During Assembly meetings, members debate about a variety of issues and then put them to vote. The Assembly is responsible for the election of the committees leading the college, such as the Student Board and the Academic Committee as well as the Admission Board.
Activity
Rajk College’s mission is to educate intellectuals who are responsible and sensitive toward social issues. We often talk and even debate about Hungary’s social problems, international conflicts and other relevant public affairs. We also try to do more than just talking and actively bring change, that is why the college launched several social projects.
Study Corner
The college is a professional hub. Our members are social sciences students, coming from a variety of different academic backgrounds, which serves to help broaden each other’s horizons. We study from the best Hungarian teachers, and we aim to keep in touch with academics of the highest international standards through the college’s Neumann and Simon Awards. We are proud of the professional achievements of both our current members and our alumnni.
Habitat
The collage also serves as a home for its members. We live together in rooms of 3-5, which we decorate according to our own tastes. Other community spaces are also highly important for us: people often arrange common dinners in the kitchens of each living floors, we chill in the yard, hanging our feet in the pool in summer, study in our library and party in the basement.
Student Board
Juhász Réka
Bátor Adrienn
Nagy Péter
Szuhai Flóra (Chair of the Student Board)
Lentner Balázs
Szücs Viktória
Dormán Hanga
Szuhai Flóra
(Chair of the Student Board)
Adults
Chikán Attila
Director (1970-2010) , Founding President (2010-)
Ilyés Márton
Director (2010-2019)
Főző Zsolt
Director (2019-)
Barta Márton
Co-Director (2019-)
Simonovits Gábor
Co-Director (2019-)
Our history
Foundation
Naming
Moving
Summer Camp at Szarvas
Neumann Award
Herbert Simon Award
Moving
Kálmán Szabó Talent Program
Advisory Committee
International relations
Central European Conference
Central European Conference (CEC) is a biennial event organized by Rajk College, usually held in summer. The conference’s various sections are organized around an overarching topic involving Hungarian and international professors’ lectures, discussions and workshops. Rajk members and international students attend CEC. In 2019, the main topic of the conference was ‘Technocapitalist Democracy’. Rajk members studied together with students from all over Europe in six thematic sections, which were the following: Machine Learning, Smart Cities, Changing Social Role of Companies, Big Money, Big Politics, Big Data, Cyber Diplomacy, and Competition Policy.
EUCA
The European University College Associaton (EuCA) is an international hub, which aims to create a platform for networking between European colleges and university organizations. Its primary goal is to facilitate cultural exchange and strengthen European identity. EuCA and the college network it built were the first international platform where Rajk College discovered other institutions resembling the educational model of Hungarian colleges for advanced studies. In 2012 May, the annual assembly of EuCA accepted Rajk College’s application, and Rajk became the first Hungarian member of the organization. Besides having a unique educational model, the active participation and outstanding work of Rajk members in the organization led to Rajk College’s membership in the EuCA Board in 2014.