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Palkovics launches shift of universities to foundations

In October 2018 Innovation Minister László Palkovics said the Corvinus University model — operation by a foundation rather than the state — should be extended to Hungarian higher education; most universities were later transferred to foundations led by government-appointed boards.

László Palkovics (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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In October 2018 Innovation Minister László Palkovics said the Corvinus University model — operation by a foundation rather than the state — should be extended to Hungarian higher education; most universities were later transferred to foundations led by government-appointed boards.

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  • László Palkovics

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    Palkovics launches shift of universities to foundations. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

What changed

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  1. 1.economx.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: palkovics+corvinus · verified
  2. 2.hvg.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: palkovics+corvinus · verified
  3. 3.boon.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: palkovics+corvinus · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Palkovics launches shift of universities to foundations. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/palkovics-university-model-change-2018

https://factrail.ai/facts/palkovics-university-model-change-2018

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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