The first Hungarian institutes abroad, the so-called Collegium Hungaricum, were established by Kunó Klebelsberg (minister of culture at the time) in the 1920s in order to build relations with the international scientific community (in Vienna and Berlin in 1924, in Rome and Paris in 1927).
Organising scientific life and education make up a fundamental part of the institutes’ activity even today.
Apart from differences shaped by history, there are also variations in the scope of activities, services and equipment of the institutes.
Some of them maintain libraries, Hungarian language teaching centers and  galleries in addition to their primary work in culture, education and organising science.

The Balassi Institute has 24 branches in 22 countries around the world:
 Hungarian Cultural Centre Beijing
 Hungarian Institute Belgrade (Serbia)
 Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (.CHB), Berlin (Germany)
 Hungarian Institute Bratislava (Slovakia)
 Balassi Institute Brussels, Cultural Service of the Hungarian Embassy Brussels (Belgium)
 Hungarian Cultural Centre Bucharest (Romania)
 Office of the Hungarian Cultural Counsellor, Cairo (Egypt)
 Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, Delhi (India)
 Hungarian Cultural and Scientific Centre, Helsinki (Finland)
 Hungarian Cultural Centre Istanbul
 Hungarian Cultural Centre London (Great Britain)
 Hungarian Cultural, Scientific and Information Centre, Moscow (Russia)
 Hungarian Cultural Center, New York City (USA)
 Hungarian Institute Paris (France)
 Hungarian Institute, Prague (Czech Republic)
 Hungarian Academy Rome (Italy)
 Hungarian Cultural Centre Bucharest, Sfantu Gheorghe Branch Office (Romania)
 Hungarian Cultural Centre Sofia (Bulgaria)
 Hungarian Cultural and Information Centre, Stuttgart (Germany)
 Hungarian Institute Tallinn (Estonia)
 Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna (Austria)
 Hungarian Cultural Institute Warsaw (Poland)
 Hungarian Cultural Institute Zagreb (Croatia)
 Balassi Institute Ljubljana (Slovenia)
The first Hungarian institutes abroad, the so-called Collegium Hungaricum, were established by Kunó Klebelsberg (minister of culture at the time) in the 1920s in order to build relations with the international scientific community (in Vienna and Berlin in 1924, in Rome and Paris in 1927). Organising scientific life and education make up a fundamental part of the institutes’ activity even today. Apart from differences shaped by history, there are also variations in the scope of activities, services and equipment of the institutes. Some of them maintain libraries, Hungarian language teaching centers and  galleries in addition to their primary work in culture, education and organising science.
The Balassi Institute has 24 branches in 22 countries around the world:
 Hungarian Cultural Centre Beijing
 Hungarian Institute Belgrade (Serbia)
 Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (.CHB), Berlin (Germany)
 Hungarian Institute Bratislava (Slovakia)
 Balassi Institute Brussels, Cultural Service of the Hungarian Embassy Brussels (Belgium)
 Hungarian Cultural Centre Bucharest (Romania)
 Office of the Hungarian Cultural Counsellor, Cairo (Egypt)
 Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, Delhi (India)
 Hungarian Cultural and Scientific Centre, Helsinki (Finland)
 Hungarian Cultural Centre Istanbul
 Hungarian Cultural Centre London (Great Britain)
 Hungarian Cultural, Scientific and Information Centre, Moscow (Russia)
 Hungarian Cultural Center, New York City (USA)
 Hungarian Institute Paris (France)
 Hungarian Institute, Prague (Czech Republic)
 Hungarian Academy Rome (Italy)
 Hungarian Cultural Centre Bucharest, Sfantu Gheorghe Branch Office (Romania)
 Hungarian Cultural Centre Sofia (Bulgaria)
 Hungarian Cultural and Information Centre, Stuttgart (Germany)
 Hungarian Institute Tallinn (Estonia)
 Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna (Austria)
 Hungarian Cultural Institute Warsaw (Poland)
 Hungarian Cultural Institute Zagreb (Croatia)
 Balassi Institute Ljubljana (Slovenia)
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