the cameron-Quinn ( 2006) cultural model and the Organizational culture Assessment instrument (OcAi) questionnaire based on it are a suitable tool for accurately describing and characterizing the current and ideal organizational culture. The model identifies the characteristics of organizational culture along four dimensions, and its validation has been performed in more than a thousand organizations, including higher education institutions. in the course of our research, we analyzed the organizational culture of a Hungarian university faculty perceived and considered ideal by students using the OCAI model. In our survey, in addition to the identification of organizational culture, we sought to answer the question of whether there is a difference between the characteristics of the current and the ideal organizational culture in the researched higher education institution. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the culture of the organization currently reflects the features of hierarchical culture and clan culture. According to the students, in order to achieve the ideal state, emphasis should be placed on further strengthening the characteristics of the clan culture and reducing the peculiarities of hierarchical culture in the development of organizational culture.