Since the establishment of the Faculty of Central European Studies, the staff of our Institute have been engaged in both theoretical and practical inquiries related to talent development. This study presents a brief history of the Institute of the Hungarian Linguistics and Literary Science at the Faculty of Central European Studies of the Constantine Philosopher University of Nitra, outlines the linguistic research conducted there, and provides an overview of the Institute’s talent development activities in the field of linguistics. a century and historical adversity to become an internationally recognised intellectual centre. The Institute has overcome the difficulties of more than half a century and historical adversity to become an internationally recognised intellectual centre. It has a wide range of educational and scientific activities, the mainstay of which is talent management and training. The Institute's core mission is to carry out research in two fields: language and literature. There needs to be a growing awareness in our institution of the responsibility to provide prospective teachers with a multifaceted, complex body of knowledge, not only in terms of lexical knowledge and methodology, but also in terms of the possibilities for developing their professional role as individuals. The study also reports on the linguistic talent development programs currently being implemented at the Institute, as well as on its strategies for fostering the next generation of scholars.