Central European University

UNDERGRADUATE- AND GRADUATE-LEVEL "CROSSROADS" UNIVERSITY WHERE FACULTY AND STUDENTS FROM MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES COME TO ENGAGE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION, PURSUE ADVANCED SCHOLARSHIP, AND ADDRESS SOME OF SOCIETY'S MOST VEXING PROBLEMS.

THE UNIVERSITY IS AN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDY AND RESEARCH OFFERING MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMS. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS OF STUDY AS WELL. THE UNIVERSITY CURRENTLY OFFERS 13 DOCTORAL PROGRAMS, 33 MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS AND 2 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN 14 DEPARTMENTS AND 1 SCHOOL,LOCATED IN TWO CAMPUSES IN BUDAPEST AND VIENNA. THERE ARE ONE-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS: BUSINESS ANALYTICS, COMPARATIVE HISTORY, CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLICY, FINANCE, GENDER STUDIES, GLOBAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, IT MANAGEMENT, LEGAL STUDIES (COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW), MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS, MEDIEVAL STUDIES, NATIONALISM STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, PUBLIC POLICY, AND SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY. IN ADDITION TO ITS MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS, THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLICY, COMPARATIVE GENDER STUDIES, COMPARATIVE HISTORY, MEDIEVAL STUDIES, LEGAL STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, NETWORK SCIENCE, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AND MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS. THE UNIVERSITY HAS TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROVIDING US-STYLE POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND VIEWS EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AS PART OF ITS CONTINUING CONTRIBUTION TO THE REGION.

THE VERA AND DONALD BLINKEN OPEN SOCIETY ARCHIVES (OSA) AT CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY IS A COMPLEX ARCHIVAL INSTITUTION. OSA IS BOTH A REPOSITORY OF IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS, PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE COLD WAR AND GRAVE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND A LABORATORY OF ARCHIVAL EXPERIMENTS ON NEW WAYS OF ASSESSING, CONTEXTUALIZING, PRESENTING, AND MAKING USE OF ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS. OSA IS A RESEARCH INSTITUTE DEALING WITH ARCHIVAL, TAXONOMICAL, INFORMATIONAL AND HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO ITS HOLDINGS, AND ALSO REFLECTING ON THE ROLE, OBLIGATIONS, AND LIMITS (AS WELL AS ON OVERCOMING THESE) OF REPOSITORIES THAT PRESERVE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL SOURCES. OSA, ITS HOLDINGS, AND THE RESEARCH BASED ON OUR COLLECTIONS, ARE THE BASIS OF AN EXPANDING TEACHING PROGRAM. OSA RECEIVES STUDENTS FROM THE CEU AND INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE GLOBE, WHO COME HERE TO STUDY THE ROLE AND USE OF ARCHIVAL EVIDENCE, THE CHANGING FUNCTIONS OF THE ARCHIVES, HOW TO BUILD TRUST IN NEW TYPES OF ARCHIVAL INSTITUTIONS, AND THE SPECIAL METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF STUDYING THE SOURCES OF THE FANTASIES ON WHICH THE COLD WAR WAS CONSTRUCTED. OSA IS AN ARCHIVE OF THE COPY, MEANING THAT WE ARE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN THE CONTENT, RATHER THAN THE MATERIALITY OF OUR DOCUMENTS; WE ACTIVELY SEEK OUT NON-TRADITIONAL DOCUMENTS MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY MARGINALIZED BASED ON ITS CONTENT, SOCIAL ORIGIN, OR FORM. OSA IS ALSO "AN ARCHIVE OF LAST RESORT," HELPING IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS WHOSE HOLDINGS ARE IN DANGER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL, IDEOLOGICAL OR POLITICAL REASONS, TO FIND A SECURE AND PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVE FOR THEIR ENDANGERED DOCUMENTS. ONE OF OSA'S AIMS IS TO BROADEN ACCESS TO PRIMARY SOURCES BY OVERCOMING TECHNICAL, LEGAL, GEOGRAPHIC, AND SOCIO-CULTURAL BARRIERS.

THROUGH ITS 14 RESEARCH CENTERS, CEU PROMOTES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH CAN TAKE PLACE, WHERE READINESS FOR INTELLECTUAL RISK-TAKING AND FOR RADICAL RETHINKING OF FOUNDATIONS IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED, AND WHERE VALUES OF OPEN SOCIETY, DEMOCRACY AND CRITICAL, REFLECTIVE THINKING ARE CULTIVATED. CEU RESEARCH CENTERS COMPLEMENT RESEARCH AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN CEU DEPARTMENTS, ENHANCING INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS AMONG DIFFERENT ACADEMIC AREAS AND INTERFACING ACADEMIC AND POLICY RELEVANT ACTIVITIES. THE CENTERS SUPPORT CEU'S MISSION BY RAISING THE UNIVERSITY'S INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY AND DEEPENING ITS REGIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS. BUILDING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH RESEARCH INSTITUTES, CORPORATIONS, NGOS AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, CEU RESEARCH CENTERS OPERATE LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH PROJECTS, ORGANIZE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC EVENTS, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS OFFER FELLOWSHIPS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE RESEARCH AREAS. THE RESEARCH CENTERS ARE: CENTER FOR COGNITIVE COMPUTATION, CENTER FOR EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES, CENTER FOR ETHICS AND LAW IN BIOMEDICINE, CENTER FOR MEDIA, DATA AND SOCIETY, CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES, CENTER FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, VERA AND DONALD BLINKEN OPEN SOCIETY ARCHIVES, PASTS INC., SHATTUCK CENTER ON CONFLICT, NEGOTIATION AND RECOVERY, SOCIAL MIND CENTER, YEHUDA ELKANA CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, CEU DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE.

CEU IS COMMITTED TO MAKING TANGIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY. IT DOES SO BY SHARING ITS KNOWLEDGE AND BY COLLABORATING WITH DIVERSE PARTNERS IN ACADEMIA AND ACROSS THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND NONPROFIT SECTORS.COLLABORATION PROJECTS INCLUDE: DIRECT FACULTY SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS REQUIRING EXPERT ASSISTANCE (ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, U.N. ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME, U.N. HIGH COMMISSION ON REFUGEES), PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE REGION AND WORLDWIDE (LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND, HUNGARY'S NATIONAL INNOVATION OFFICE, THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HUNGARY, THE U.S. EMBASSY AND THE HUNGARIAN VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION, SABANCI UNIVERSITY TURKEY). CEU ALSO ATTRACTS INTERNATIONALLY DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS TO BUDAPEST, HOSTING MORE THAN 500 EVENTS A YEAR WHERE PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES AS DIVERSE AS STABILIZING THE EURO ZONE, ENDING IMPUNITY FOR PERPETRATORS OF WAR CRIMES, PARSING MORAL QUESTIONS OF LIFE EXTENSION, AND CONVINCING WORLD LEADERS TO PURSUE THE MOST FAR-REACHING CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES (51 WHICH WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE PAST ACADEMIC YEAR).

THE UNIVERSITY IS AN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDY AND RESEARCH OFFERING MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMS. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS OF STUDY AS WELL. THE UNIVERSITY CURRENTLY OFFERS 13 DOCTORAL PROGRAMS, 33 MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS AND 2 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN 14 DEPARTMENTS AND 1 SCHOOL,LOCATED IN TWO CAMPUSES IN BUDAPEST AND VIENNA. THERE ARE ONE-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS: BUSINESS ANALYTICS, COMPARATIVE HISTORY, CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLICY, FINANCE, GENDER STUDIES, GLOBAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, IT MANAGEMENT, LEGAL STUDIES (COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW), MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS, MEDIEVAL STUDIES, NATIONALISM STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, PUBLIC POLICY, AND SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY. IN ADDITION TO ITS MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS, THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLICY, COMPARATIVE GENDER STUDIES, COMPARATIVE HISTORY, MEDIEVAL STUDIES, LEGAL STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, NETWORK SCIENCE, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AND MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS. THE UNIVERSITY HAS TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROVIDING US-STYLE POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND VIEWS EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AS PART OF ITS CONTINUING CONTRIBUTION TO THE REGION.

THE VERA AND DONALD BLINKEN OPEN SOCIETY ARCHIVES (OSA) AT CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY IS A COMPLEX ARCHIVAL INSTITUTION. OSA IS BOTH A REPOSITORY OF IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS, PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE COLD WAR AND GRAVE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND A LABORATORY OF ARCHIVAL EXPERIMENTS ON NEW WAYS OF ASSESSING, CONTEXTUALIZING, PRESENTING, AND MAKING USE OF ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS. OSA IS A RESEARCH INSTITUTE DEALING WITH ARCHIVAL, TAXONOMICAL, INFORMATIONAL AND HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO ITS HOLDINGS, AND ALSO REFLECTING ON THE ROLE, OBLIGATIONS, AND LIMITS (AS WELL AS ON OVERCOMING THESE) OF REPOSITORIES THAT PRESERVE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL SOURCES. OSA, ITS HOLDINGS, AND THE RESEARCH BASED ON OUR COLLECTIONS, ARE THE BASIS OF AN EXPANDING TEACHING PROGRAM. OSA RECEIVES STUDENTS FROM THE CEU AND INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE GLOBE, WHO COME HERE TO STUDY THE ROLE AND USE OF ARCHIVAL EVIDENCE, THE CHANGING FUNCTIONS OF THE ARCHIVES, HOW TO BUILD TRUST IN NEW TYPES OF ARCHIVAL INSTITUTIONS, AND THE SPECIAL METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF STUDYING THE SOURCES OF THE FANTASIES ON WHICH THE COLD WAR WAS CONSTRUCTED. OSA IS AN ARCHIVE OF THE COPY, MEANING THAT WE ARE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN THE CONTENT, RATHER THAN THE MATERIALITY OF OUR DOCUMENTS; WE ACTIVELY SEEK OUT NON-TRADITIONAL DOCUMENTS MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY MARGINALIZED BASED ON ITS CONTENT, SOCIAL ORIGIN, OR FORM. OSA IS ALSO "AN ARCHIVE OF LAST RESORT," HELPING IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS WHOSE HOLDINGS ARE IN DANGER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL, IDEOLOGICAL OR POLITICAL REASONS, TO FIND A SECURE AND PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVE FOR THEIR ENDANGERED DOCUMENTS. ONE OF OSA'S AIMS IS TO BROADEN ACCESS TO PRIMARY SOURCES BY OVERCOMING TECHNICAL, LEGAL, GEOGRAPHIC, AND SOCIO-CULTURAL BARRIERS.

THROUGH ITS 14 RESEARCH CENTERS, CEU PROMOTES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH CAN TAKE PLACE, WHERE READINESS FOR INTELLECTUAL RISK-TAKING AND FOR RADICAL RETHINKING OF FOUNDATIONS IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED, AND WHERE VALUES OF OPEN SOCIETY, DEMOCRACY AND CRITICAL, REFLECTIVE THINKING ARE CULTIVATED. CEU RESEARCH CENTERS COMPLEMENT RESEARCH AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN CEU DEPARTMENTS, ENHANCING INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS AMONG DIFFERENT ACADEMIC AREAS AND INTERFACING ACADEMIC AND POLICY RELEVANT ACTIVITIES. THE CENTERS SUPPORT CEU'S MISSION BY RAISING THE UNIVERSITY'S INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY AND DEEPENING ITS REGIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS. BUILDING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH RESEARCH INSTITUTES, CORPORATIONS, NGOS AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, CEU RESEARCH CENTERS OPERATE LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH PROJECTS, ORGANIZE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC EVENTS, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS OFFER FELLOWSHIPS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE RESEARCH AREAS. THE RESEARCH CENTERS ARE: CENTER FOR COGNITIVE COMPUTATION, CENTER FOR EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES, CENTER FOR ETHICS AND LAW IN BIOMEDICINE, CENTER FOR MEDIA, DATA AND SOCIETY, CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES, CENTER FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, VERA AND DONALD BLINKEN OPEN SOCIETY ARCHIVES, PASTS INC., SHATTUCK CENTER ON CONFLICT, NEGOTIATION AND RECOVERY, SOCIAL MIND CENTER, YEHUDA ELKANA CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, CEU DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE.

CEU IS COMMITTED TO MAKING TANGIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY. IT DOES SO BY SHARING ITS KNOWLEDGE AND BY COLLABORATING WITH DIVERSE PARTNERS IN ACADEMIA AND ACROSS THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND NONPROFIT SECTORS.COLLABORATION PROJECTS INCLUDE: DIRECT FACULTY SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS REQUIRING EXPERT ASSISTANCE (ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, U.N. ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME, U.N. HIGH COMMISSION ON REFUGEES), PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE REGION AND WORLDWIDE (LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND, HUNGARY'S NATIONAL INNOVATION OFFICE, THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HUNGARY, THE U.S. EMBASSY AND THE HUNGARIAN VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION, SABANCI UNIVERSITY TURKEY). CEU ALSO ATTRACTS INTERNATIONALLY DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS TO BUDAPEST, HOSTING MORE THAN 500 EVENTS A YEAR WHERE PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES AS DIVERSE AS STABILIZING THE EURO ZONE, ENDING IMPUNITY FOR PERPETRATORS OF WAR CRIMES, PARSING MORAL QUESTIONS OF LIFE EXTENSION, AND CONVINCING WORLD LEADERS TO PURSUE THE MOST FAR-REACHING CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES (51 WHICH WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE PAST ACADEMIC YEAR).