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  Central European University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Central European University is a US-licensed and accredited university based in Budapest, Hungary.
CEU was established in 1991 with campuses in Prague, Czech Republic and Budapest, Hungary, when an idea of several Central European intellectuals received financial support from George Soros.
The CEU Business School was established independently of CEU in 1988 as the International Management Center (IMC), and was the first institution behind the Iron Curtain to award American-style MBA degrees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Central_European_University   (275 words)

  
 Trans-Atlantic Graduate Exchange Program
CEU seeks to contribute to the development of open societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union by promoting a system of education in which ideas are creatively, critically, and comparatively examined.
CEU has an absolute charter from the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, for and on behalf of the New York State Education Department.
CEU ‘s unique combination of American, Western European and regional intellectual and academic traditions enables to university to place central emphasis on the shifting boundaries between the local and the universal in the theoretical as well as the practical aspects of research and teaching.
www.gs.howard.edu /rems/ceu.htm   (342 words)

  
 CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY - Department of Gender Studies
The larger Central European University is an international university in the truest sense: Its students come from over 60 countries, the majority from Central and Eastern Europe and Russia; its faculty comes from more than 30 countries-with the mix of nationalities increasing every year.
The university’s unique combination of American, Western European and regional intellectual and academic traditions enables CEU to place emphasis on the shifting boundary between the local and the universal in the theoretical, as well as the practical aspects of research and teaching.
The EUA, as the representative organization of both the European universities’ and the national rectors’ conferences, is the leading voice of the higher education community in Europe.
www.gend.ceu.hu /about.php   (288 words)

  
 School of Social Sciences and Humanities - Central European University - In-Depth Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Central European University (CEU) offers graduate degrees in economics, environmental sciences and policy, gender studies, historical studies, history, international relations and European studies, legal studies, mathematics and its applications, medieval studies, nationalism studies, philosophy, political science, public policy, and sociology and social anthropology.
CEU provides financial assistance to the majority of its students, regardless of their nationality, ranging from a full tuition waiver and a living package to partial financial aid packages.
Central European University is a U.S.-style graduate university with a focus on the social sciences and the humanities, accredited both in the United States and in Hungary, and located in Budapest, in the heart of Europe.
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 CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY, Budapest, Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Central European University (CEU) is a graduate research-intensive university chartered and accredited in the US and operating in Budapest, Hungary.
CEU's primary mission is to promote academic excellence, state of the art research and civic commitment, so as to contribute to the development of open societies in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and other emerging democracies.
CEU promotes a comparative, interdisciplinary scholarly approach, which integrates the region (Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union) into a wider, global perspective.
www.aeaweb.org /joe/0411d/html/joe170.html   (721 words)

  
 Central European University Semester Exchange
Columbia University School of Law has established a semester exchange program with Central European University (CEU) under which up to two Columbia Law students per year may spend a semester in Budapest, acquiring up to13 credits toward the J.D. degree.
CEU is located in the center of Budapest, the political, cultural, intellectual, and economic center of Hungary.
In addition, a $200 security deposit at the CEU finance office is required upon arrival, which is returned upon departure.
www.law.columbia.edu /center_program/intl_progs/Semesterstudy/CEU   (876 words)

  
 Central European University: Senior Position in Gender Studies- University of Maryland, Women's Studies Database - ...
Central European University is an English-speaking graduate research-intensive university, located in Budapest, Hungary, and chartered as a degree-granting institution in the United States.
Its primary mission is to contribute to the development of open societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union by promoting academic excellence - including high level research - and civic commitment.
CEU offers assistance to its employees who are not citizens or permanent residents of Hungary to obtain a work permit which is required by the Hungarian labor authorities.
www.mith2.umd.edu /WomensStudies/Employment/central.html   (407 words)

  
 Central European University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
CEU promotes a comparative, interdisciplinary scholarly approach that integrates the Central and Eastern European region and the former Soviet Union into a wider, global perspective.
CEU faculty members are encouraged to engage in high-level research and the university supports such research through appropriate institutional mechanisms.
The university assists its employees who are not citizens or permanent residents of Hungary in order to obtain a work permit.
www.isanet.org /jobs/ceu3.html   (249 words)

  
 Central European University - student.by.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Mission: Central European University is an internationally recognized institution of post-graduate education in the social sciences.
CEU serves as an advanced center of research and policy analysis and facilitates academic dialogue while preparing its graduates to serve as the region's next generation of leaders and scholars.
Admission Process: Admission to Central European University is based upon an overall evaluation of the candidate, including academic achievement, strength of recommendations, English language proficiency, and general compatibility with the aims of the department or program.
student.by.com /uni001-en.htm   (347 words)

  
 Opportunities - Central European University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
CEU welcomes applications from students all over the world who accept its mission and curriculum tuned to that mission.
Central European University has taken a leading role in providing Western-style post-graduate education in Central Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union and views educational innovation as part of its continuing contribution to the region.
The university seeks to facilitate academic dialogue while providing an environment in which the region's next generation of leaders and scholars can meet and interact.
www.azer.com /aiweb/categories/ops_education/ops_ceu2.html   (296 words)

  
 Business School @ Central European University
CEU Business School was established in 1988 (it was known for the past 15 years as IMC - International Management Center) by a group of visionary leaders, including philanthropist George Soros and Hungarian entrepreneur Sándor Demján.
Established in 1991, Central European University (CEU) is an internationally recognized institution of post-graduate education in the social sciences and humanities.
CEU Business School occupies more than 1,500 square meters of office space in the center of Budapest, in the heart of the financial 5th district, two blocks away from the main buildings of CEU.
www.renaissanceseers.com /gsb/gsbceu.html   (2519 words)

  
 Central European University Press
Following the founding of the Central European University by the Hungarian-American philanthropist George Soros, CEU Press was established in 1993.
The publishing program of CEU Press focuses on issues of Central and Eastern Europe; it is also committed to the past and present history, society, culture and economy of the countries of the former Soviet Union and its neighbors.
CEU Press aims to build upon its established reputation as a publisher in this field and expand its list as resources and opportunities allow.
www.ceupress.com /AboutUs.html   (408 words)

  
 OSVITA / Programs / Central European University Programs / Central European University:
CEU welcomes applications from individuals who accept its mission and the curriculum tuned to that mission.
Admission to Central European University is based upon an overall evaluation of the candidate, including academic achievement, strength of recommendations, English language proficiency and general compatibility with the aims of the relevant department.
CEU reserves the right to alter the terms of the financial aid award and eligibility requirements at any time.
www.osvita.org /eng/programs/ceu/ceu   (668 words)

  
 Agrarian Institutions Analysis - Central European University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He is a member of the European Association of Agricultural Economists and FAO working group on Improvement of Teaching and Learning of Agricultural Economics.
He got MS in Agricultural Economics, University of Economics, Sofia in 1983, and Ph.D. in Economics, Agricultural Academy in 1990.
Professor and Chair of Recourse Economics at Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, and Director of the Institute of Co-operative Sciences, at Humboldt University in Berlin.
www.ssu.missouri.edu /faculty/msykuta/ceu   (894 words)

  
 Annual Report: Central European University
The role of the Central European University (CEU) as a regional educational leader was strengthened in 1997 through collaboration with similar institutions in the region and elsewhere.
Not only will CEU profit from having more qualified supervisors for its master's and doctoral students, but the whole range of academic programs in the Soros foundations network will gain more consistency and substance, and ties with universities internationally will be strengthened.
They facilitate cooperation between CEU and universities throughout the region, with approximately 1,400 professors a year participating in activities for faculty and curriculum development.
www.osi.hu /annual/ceu.html   (643 words)

  
 IIE | Central Europe
Central European University (CEU) is an internationally recognized institution of post-graduate education in the social sciences.
CEU has an absolute charter from the Board of Regents of the State of New York in the United States.
Regional Faculty Initiatives CEU is a vital resource for higher education development in the region and facilitates academic dialogue on development issues through a series of programs designed for university professors, lecturers and professionals.
www.iie.org /PrinterTemplate.cfm?Section=Central_Europe&Template=/ContentManagement/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2970   (487 words)

  
 Central Europe
Central European governments also have been forced to confront the implications of multiethnic societies.
In Central Europe, young people are moving into adulthood in a world that radically differs from what their parents experienced.
The Central Europe program will be particularly appropriate for students in economics, political science, European Studies, anthropology/sociology, history, and those interested in multicultural issues.
academic.hws.edu /pge/cecp.html   (884 words)

  
 PND - News - George Soros Pledges $202.4 Million to Central European University
Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, has announced a $202.4 million endowment gift from Hungarian-American financier and philanthropist George Soros.
The gift, which brings the university's endowment to $476.2 million, follows a decision earlier this year by the Hungarian government to grant CEU accreditation as a Hungarian university, in addition to its existing American accreditation.
“Central European University and George Soros Jointly Announce an Increase to 400 Million Euros in the CEU Endowment.” Central European University Press Release 6/16/05.
foundationcenter.org /pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=111000016   (235 words)

  
 Master of Public Policy at the Central European University
The Central European University is launching a new master’s degree in public policy (MPP), subject to funding, starting in September 2004.
As one of the first English-language master’s programs in public policy in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the MPP is unique in its combination of academic excellence with policy relevance.
The MPP will be based at the university’s Center for Policy Studies, an academic unit dedicated to making the links between research and policy better known and understood.
www.worldbank.org /html/prddr/trans/julaugsep03/boxpg41.htm   (388 words)

  
 American University of Central Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The American University of Central Asia (AUCA) is a selective liberal arts University based upon the American model and located in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan.
The mission of the University is to promote civil society in this part of the world, to train a new generation of leadership for Central Asia and the CIS, and to introduce new pedagogical methods to Kyrgyzstan.
The American University is chartered in Kyrgyzstan and is authorized by the Kyrgyz Ministry of Education to offer the Kyrgyz National Diploma in eleven undergraduate programs and one graduate program, an MBA.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_University_of_Central_Asia   (289 words)

  
 Welcome to the CEU Summer University Budapest
Initiated in July 1996, the Summer University (SUN) is an academic program for young faculty, researchers and professionals, postdocs and advanced doctoral students.
The program utilizes CEU's recognized regional expertise and our wider network, involving internationally acclaimed faculty worldwide, creating a space for mutually enriching dialogue between our regional and western scholarship.
Non-discrimination policy: Central European University does not discriminate on the basis of - including, but not limited to - race, color, nation and ethnic origin, religion, gender or sexual orientation in administering its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
www.ceu.hu /sun/index.htm   (402 words)

  
 63rd IFLA General Conference - Conference Programme and Proceedings - August 31- September 5, 1997
The CERGE library was integrated with the CEU library and there were some problems when the library was separated from CEU collection and transferred to the new quarters.
CERGE was as we see completely new organization established as an independent unit of Charles University with technical assistance of the Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh.
Students at CERGE come from almost all Central and East European countries, but also from Western Europe and the teaching faculty at CERGE and researchers at EI are about equally divided among the Czech and Western professionals and experts.
www.ifla.org /IV/ifla63/63kals.htm   (1771 words)

  
 CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY, Budapest, Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Openness to interdisciplinary approaches and a research interest in the region (Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union), or in related issues concerning the role of institutions in economic development and transition, would be helpful although not essential for consideration.
Central European University (CEU) is a graduate research-intensive university accredited in the US and Hungary.
Please visit the CEU website (www.ceu.hu) for more information about the university and department.
www.aeaweb.org /joe/0511d/html/joe183.html   (227 words)

  
 Central European University Outreach Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Special and Extension Programs of the Central European University (CEU) are a set of outreach opportunities for educators run through the support of the International Higher Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute.
It is the umbrella for the activities which include CEU Summer University (SUN), the Curriculum Resource Center (CRC), the Regional Seminar on Gender and Culture series, the CEU Lecturer Program, the Junior and Senior Research Fellowships and a number of special or pilot programs.
By working to provide the best for the best, CEU gains access to a group of scholars and teachers who can enrich and diversify its life as a university, while building a network of institutional collegiality.
www.soros.org /Staging/initiatives/hesp/focus/outreach   (238 words)

  
 Princeton University - Central European University Joint Conference on Corruption
The Princeton University - Central European University Joint Conference on Corruption Project sponsored by the Open Society Institute and the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Princeton University announces a call for individual research proposals in the field of political corruption in Central and Eastern Europe.
The competition is intended to encourage original research exploring the historical aspects (not earlier than the second half of the 19th century) as well as present forms of corruption in the public sphere, its sociological characteristics as well as makro-economic effects.
The first installment of USD 400 is to be paid when the grant is awarded to successful applicants and a second installment of USD 400 is to be paid upon completion of the project when the paper is submitted.
www.civilsoc.org /announce/corgrnt.htm   (526 words)

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