Prizes
- 1990 Cross of Honour for Science and Art of the Austrian Republic (1st Class)
(Öterreichische Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst)
- awarded by: President of the Republic of Austria
- acknowledged achievement: For his work accomplished in the cultural system change in Hungary and his outstanding role in promoting the cooperation of the Central and Eastern European peoples
- 1994 Freedom Cultural-Scientific Grand Prize (New York, USA)
- awarded by: World Jewish Congress
- acknowledged achievement: or safeguarding the common roots of the Jewish and Christian culture
- 1995 Széchenyi Prize
- awarded by: the President of the Republic of Hungary
- acknowledged achievement: For his scientific work accomplished and school founding activity
- 1996 Pro Minorities Prize
- awarded by: the Government of the Republic of Hungary
- acknowledged achievement: For the promotion and historical depiction of the culture of Hungarians living beyond the borders of Hungary and the non-Hungarian minorities in Hungary
- 1997 Jedlik Ányos Prize Honoris causa
- awarded by: National Patent Office
- acknowledged achievement: For exploring the history of the culture of Hungarian technical and natural sciences
- 1997 Herder Prize
- awarded by: University of Vienna –Alfred Toepfer Stiftung, Hamburg
- acknowledged achievement: For his international results accomplished in the field of the methodology of historical sciences and the comparative research of the history of European minorities
- Quotation from the laudatory remarks of the Advisory Committee: „Mit Ferenc Glatz ehrte das Kuratorium einen, wenn nicht den wesentlichsten Historiker Ungarns in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts.” [With Ferenc Glatz, the Advisory Committee awarded one of the most significant, if not the most significant historians of Hungary in the second half of the 20th century.]
- 1998 Interfaith Gold Medaillon (London)
- awarded by: International Council of Jews and Christians
- acknowledged achievement: For his merits in creating good relations among various religious groups
- 2003 Grand Cross of Honour of the German Federal Republic
- awarded by: the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
- acknowledged achievement: For promoting better understanding among the peoples of Europe and the presentation of the role of German culture in Europe
- 2003 Presidential Silver Medal of the Republic of Italy
- awarded by: the President of the Republic of Italy
- acknowledged achievement: For his work accomplished in favour of cultural integration in the European Union
- 2004 Grand Cross of Honour of the Republic of Hungary
- awarded by: the President of the Republic of Hungary
- acknowledged achievement: For the consolidation of the Hungarian science and his work as a researcher
- 2007 Prima Primissima Preis
- awarded by: xxx
- acknowledged achievement: xxx