Ildikó Orosz

PRESIDENT OF THE FERENC RAKOCZI II TRANSCARPATHIAN HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PEDAGOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, PRIMARY, PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

E-mail: egyetem@kme.org.ua


Date and Place of Birth

March 19, 1960, village of Velyka Dobron, Uzhhorod district, Transcarpathia

Education
2021 Associate Professor
2013 Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences/CSc, General Pedagogy and History of Pedagogy
1995 – 2001 University of Debrecen, PhD, Sociology of Education
1977 – 1983 Uzhhorod State University, MSc, Major: Mathematics
1966 – 1976 Velyka Dobron Secondary School
Professional Work Experience
2020-Present Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian University, President
2015 – 2020 Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College, Acting Rector
2000 – 2015 Transcarpathian Hungarian Teacher Training College, President (the college was renamed Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College in 2003)
1996 – 2000 Transcarpathian Hungarian Teacher Training College, Rector
1990 – 1995 Secondary School in Velyka Dobron, Principal
1985 – 1990 Secondary School in Velyka Dobron, Deputy Director for Education
1981 – 1985 Secondary School in Velyka Dobron, Mathematics Teacher
Language Skills
  • Hungarian (native)
  • Ukrainian (advanced)
  • Russian (advanced)
  • English (intermediate)
Awards and Recognitions
  • 2023 – Award for Human Dignity for her outstanding public work and courageous stand for the preservation of Hungarianness
  • 2022 – Intellectual Defender of the Homeland Award from the Civil Solidarity Forum–Civil Solidarity Public Benefit Foundation (CÖF–CÖKA)
  • 2022 – Caring Community Award from the State Secretariat for National Policy of the Prime Minister’s Office
  • 2020 – Commander’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (civil division) in recognition of her decades of outstanding, high-quality work in Transcarpathian Hungarian higher education, as well as her dedicated cultural and community-organizing activities
  • 2019 – Certificate from the State Secretariat of the Hungarian Ministry of Human Resources for her dedicated and successful work in the development of the public and cultural sphere
  • 2017 – “Honorary Lecturer of the University” title from Óbuda University for her outstanding work in the qualitative and quantitative development of Transcarpathian Hungarian higher education and the training of professionals in the Hungarian language
  • 2016 – Besenyei Gold Medal and certificate from the University of Nyíregyháza
  • 2015 – Gold Pin of the National Council of Student Research Societies
  • 2013 – Golden Wheat Award from the Hungarian Women’s Lobby
  • 2010 – Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
  • 2010 – Csaba Lőrincz Prize from the Pro Minoritate Foundation
  • 2009 – Silver Edelweiss Prize and gold medal from the Association of Hungarian Teachers in Romania
  • 2005 – János Arany Award from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 – Professional award from the Hungarian Ministry of Informatics and Communications
  • 2004 – Honored Education Worker of Ukraine, a Ukrainian state award
  • 2003 – Letter of thanks from the president of the non-state organization, the Association of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine, for active participation in the all-Ukrainian scientific-practical conference “Ukrainian Youth, Education, Science, Culture, and National Consciousness”
  • 2003 – Acknowledgment from the president of the “For the Defense of the City…” foundation
  • 2002 – Certificate from the Transcarpathian County Council “For significant personal contribution to the development of education, for high professional standards of work, and on the occasion of the Day of Knowledge”
  • 2001 – Certificate for significant personal contribution to the development of the national economy of Ukraine, business development, and market infrastructure reform
  • 1998 – Award for the establishment of the First Hungarian College from the World Council of Hungarian Professors, Budapest
Membership in Professional Associations and Organizations
  • 2015 – Member of the Presidium of the Transcarpathian Hungarian Academic Council.
  • 2004 – External member of the public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  • 1991 – President of the Association of Hungarian Teachers in Transcarpathia.
  • 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2020 – Deputy of the Transcarpathian County Council.
  • 2015 – President of the Committee for Education, Science, Culture, Spirituality, Youth Policy, Physical Education and Sports, National Minorities, and Information Policy of the Transcarpathian County Council.