Central European University

Central European University is an undergraduate- and graduate-level “crossroads” university founded in 1991 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. 

CEU is accredited in the United States and Austria, and offers English-language bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in the social sciences, the humanities, law, management and public policy. Located in Vienna, the heart of Europe, CEU has a distinct academic and intellectual focus, combining the comparative study of the region's historical, cultural, and social diversity with a global perspective on good governance, sustainable development and social transformation. 

Mission

Having launched a new undergraduate offer in 2020, CEU’s distinctive educational program builds on the research tradition of the great American universities; on the most valuable Central European intellectual traditions; on the international diversity of its faculty and students; on its commitment to social service; and on its own history of academic and policy achievements in transforming the closed communist inheritance. 

Sustainability

CEU is committed to sustainability, and to becoming a model of sustainability in higher education. The University is a signatory to the COPERNICUS University Charter for Sustainable Development and has its own Sustainable Development Policy. The University also established the CEU Sustainability Advisory Committee (CSAC) in December 2010. CSAC's Declaration outlines proposed steps that CEU can consider in furthering sustainability. Further, Sustainable CEU is a student-based initiative to promote sustainability issues within the CEU campus and the wider community.