Introduction to Soros Foundation CEU Scholarship Program
Selection (Application Screening, Test, Interview)
Timeline
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Application form
List of CEU Scholarship Recipients
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INTRODUCTION

Mission: Devoted to Education and Open Society
Central European University (CEU) is an internationally recognized institution of post-graduate education in social sciences and humanities. It seeks to contribute to the development of open societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (CEE/fSU) by promoting a system of education in which ideas are creatively, critically, and comparatively examined. 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.

The CEU Fellowship Program has been a direct means of supporting the university's mission to develop and sustain open societies, democracy, rule of law, free markets, tolerance, and political and cultural pluralism in the region by sponsoring researchers, intellectuals, and activists committed to these values. However, it has also become clear over the last decade that Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are not the only parts of the world experiencing the development of more open societies. In response to this spreading democratization, from the 2001/2002 academic year the university will continue to focus on individuals and organizations in the region while extending the CEU Fellowship Program worldwide, with particular emphasis on students in emerging democracies.

A Brief History
Central European University was established in 1991 as an institution committed to promoting educational development throughout Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (CEE/fSU). CEU is a unitary institution, under a common Board of Trustees and Senate, with teaching sites in Hungary and Poland. Its primary administrative offices are in Budapest, and the language of instruction and communication is English.