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The master program ‘Strategy, Innovation, and Management Control’ (organizational leadership master), which is taught entirely in English, prepares tomorrow’s executives for their role as organizational leaders.

In this Master’s Program in Business Communication, students learn how global corporations can use communication to achieve business success and live up to their social responsibility at the same time. Factors like management skills, language comprehension, and intercultural as well as media competence are particularly important in this context. These skills are necessary if communication is to be part of a company’s value creation process in a digitally connected world.

The MSc Quantitative Finance will provide you with an excellent academic and practical education to become an expert in financial methodology.

The Master in International Management/CEMS is a two-year, full-time program taught entirely in English.

You’d like to develop digital business concepts or even start and manage your own business? With the Digital Economy MSc, you can become an expert on the latest digital developments. Learn how to apply digital business models and solutions and become a leading player in innovation.

MSc Economics is an internationally oriented, two-year Master's program taught in English. You can choose between an Applied Track and a Science Track, select your favorite areas of specialization and study for a semester at a renowned international partner university.

The Department of Public Policy (DPP) at Central European University (CEU) offers a one-year MA in Public Policy (one-year MAPP) degree program that seeks to provide students a solid foundation in theories, which contribute to our understanding of the design, development, and reform of public policies in different institutional contexts, and at various levels of governance.

The Master of Arts in Nationalism Studies (one-year program) addresses the question of what constitutes the nation, analyzes its organization, and considers the meaning of "nationalism" as it applies to individual identity. Key to the study of nationalism is an interdisciplinary approach that includes political science, history, anthropology, sociology, and international relations. To this end, students of the one-year MA program, in addition to completing courses within the Nationalism Studies Program, are also required to attend courses offered by other CEU departments.

Master of Arts in Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies grants a degree in advanced medieval studies as a whole. It serves those who come with a developed research agenda and sufficient background knowledge. Students take courses in several fields and write an MA thesis demonstrating their ability to conduct independent research and use primary source(s) competently.

The two-year MA program requires that students take a total of 60 US credits/120 ECTS (40 US credits/80 ECTS through coursework). A minimum of 30 US credits/60 ECTS need to be obtained in the first year (all through coursework). In the second year, 30 US credits/60 ECTS will be obtained (12 US credits/24 ECTS through coursework, 2 US credits/4 ECTS for the thesis writing workshop, and 16 US credits/32 ECTS for research and thesis writing).

The primary goal of the Master of Arts in Sociology and Social Anthropology (1 year) is to enable students to deepen and broaden their knowledge of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of social phenomena, structures, and processes. In a wide range of courses on social theory, migration, religion, ethnicity, cultural policies, economic sociology, globalization, dynamics of modernity, institutional change, urban processes, and gender relations, students are encouraged to articulate individual positions about bridging the two disciplines in the topics they study.

The two-year MA Program in Political Science specifically addresses the needs of students who have a three-year study background in political science (or a related discipline) and would like to gain a more structured and comprehensive knowledge about contemporary political theory, European politics, and different research methodologies and empirical skills necessary for the practice of political science.

The one-year MA Program in Political Science offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary curriculum in theory and research methods in contemporary political science. US standards in research and teaching are combined with the varied requirements of an international student body. The program is aimed at students who have graduated from a four-year BA degree.

Master of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies (GEMMA) is a two-year inter-university and interdisciplinary graduate program, providing a unique opportunity to obtain a double diploma from the home and the partner institution, acknowledged by all GEMMA Consortium members. The program provides high-quality academic and professional competencies for students wanting to conduct further research or intending to work in the areas of women’s studies, gender studies, and equal opportunities.

The main goal of the LL.M. in Human Rights program is to provide theoretical and practical training for future scholars and professionals in human rights, with special emphasis on the legal aspects of human rights protection. Our highly qualified and diverse full-time and part-time (visiting) faculty prepare students to engage in comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of complex human rights problems.