Documents relevant for Prospective Students

The purpose of the Policy on the Rights of Students with a Disability is to ensure that the legal rights of students with disabilities are recognized and protected. It establishes the principles and procedures through which students with disabilities are recognized and assisted, outlining support mechanisms and processes to ensure that students with disabilities enjoy the same educational opportunities as their fellow students.

The following regulations are addressed to the Doctoral Students of the Central European University.

The P-1103-01v2306-1 edition of the CEU Doctoral Regulations applies to:
(1) all student cohorts who enrolled in CEU doctoral programs from the academic year 2023/24 onwards, and
(2) those students in the cohorts whose enrollment started in the academic years 2022/23, 2021/2022, 2020/21 and who chose to, and were approved by their programs, to opt into the new four-year study and funding scheme.

The P-1103-01v2306-2 edition of the CEU Doctoral Regulations applies to doctoral students who enrolled in CEU doctoral programs prior to the academic year 2023/24, and who chose not to opt into the new four-year study and funding scheme.

Graduate Student Teaching Policy is available as Appendix to the Doctoral Regulations.

This Policy defines the main principles, organization and mechanisms of Institutional Assessment and Quality Assurance at CEU.

The purpose of this policy is to establish principles and procedures by which Central European University (CEU) assigns credit hours to academic courses.

This policy applies only to those academic units where women as faculty are underrepresented. When an academic unit has reached a ratio of 50% women in each academic rank (assistant, associate, and full professorships), and there is no longer an underrepresentation of female faculty, the unit will be exempt from the obligation to follow this Policy for subsequent hires so long as gender balance is maintained.

This policy finds its legal basis in the Austrian Federal Constitution (B-VG), in particular its Section 7, the Austrian Equal Treatment Act (B-GlBG) and the Private Universities Act (PrivHG).

The policy's Implementation Protocol and Reporting Form for Faculty Hires are attached as separate documents.

The purpose of the CEU Ethical Research Policy is to establish the principles and responsibilities for ethical conduct in research by the members of the CEU community. As a research intensive university, CEU values and protects academic freedom while safeguards ethical principles in research such as respect for persons and their welfare and justice.

Central European University (CEU) has encountered applicants who have been granted refugee status  by Austria or other state or are being assessed for refugee status or are in refugee-like situations whose existing qualifications require specific means of assessment and recognition. This policy is intended to establish procedures for assessing qualifications for entry to Masters degree programs at CEU by refugees and asylum seekers or individuals in refugee-like situations.

POLICY STATEMENT
Central European University (“CEU”) recognizes that trafficking in persons is inherently harmful, dehumanizing, and contrary to CEU’s mission and values. CEU has a zero-tolerance policy for trafficking in persons and is committed to high standards of ethics and integrity and compliance with all laws applicable to CEU and CEU Affiliates (as defined in 3.1).

BACKGROUND
CEU has developed this Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy (“Policy”) and Compliance Plan for Combating Trafficking in Persons (“Plan”) in accordance with the “Trafficking in Persons (April 2016)” clause of the US Agency for International Development (“USAID”) Standard Provisions for US Nongovernmental Recipients. The Plan is an inseparable Annex to the Policy.

The policy applies to all credit-bearing courses, activities and programs offered via the distance education format by Central European University (CEU). The purpose of this policy is to ensure compliance with the standards of the United States Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) concerning student identity verification in distance education. In line with the requirements established by HEOA, CEU ensures that individuals completing credit-bearding coursework and other activities at CEU are the same students who have enrolled at CEU and registered for the respective programs and courses.

The information contained in this guide is intended as a resource to help faculty members.

CEU revises the Admissions Policy with immediate effect to include DET as a proof English proficiency for the present admissions cycle.

The CEU Non-Degree Student Policy refers to students of the programs of Central European University as visiting students and exchange students.

The KEE Non-Degree Student Policy refers to students of the programs of Közép-európai Egyetem (“KEE”) as visiting students and exchange students. The policy remains in force at KEE in Budapest until further notice.