Documents relevant for Visitors

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

The P-1103-01v2212-1 edition of the CEU Doctoral Regulations will enter enter into force on August 1, 2023, and will apply 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-1103-01v2212-2 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.

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

This document serves as the foundation for Student Union governance at Central European University.

This Policy defines the procedure of preparing and launching new degree programs at CEU as well as operating and developing existing degree programs.

This Policy applies to all areas of University operations and programs. It applies not only to conduct within the buildings used by the CEU Group (including the CEU Residence and Conference Center and other dormitory facilities that may be provided by the CEU Group), but also to CEU Group-related activities that may occur elsewhere, such as on field trips, at CEU Group-sponsored events, at occasions related to the educational mission of the CEU Group. It also applies to conduct occurring outside any of these places if it happens between members of the University Community and affects their performance in CEU Group activities.  The Policy applies to the conduct of all Employees (including temporary and part-time employees) and all Students, as well as to the conduct of those who are guests of or who do business with the CEU Group.

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.

The policy describes the rules and regulations of transferring credits earned as a student at CEU or at another recognized university or institution of higher education.

The purpose of the Code is to protect the values common to all members of the University community, including academic integrity, obedience to the law and ethical standards; and to provide a clear procedural system for dealing with matters of general and academic misconduct that jeopardize the health, safety, development and mission of the University and of its individual members.

The document regulates the student rights and responsibilities exercised within the CEU community.

This policy regulates the operation of the CEU Website

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

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.

The CEU PU Non-Degree Student Policy refers to students of the programs of Central European University – Private
University (“CEU PU”) or Central-European University, New York as visiting students and exchange students.

This institutional policy is aiming to ensure a better gender balance at events organized or supported by CEU.

CEU and KEE are registered as legally distinct American and Hungarian entities which operate as a single academic community.

A short guide on how to apply for an Ethical Research Review.

This policy outlines the procedure the University will follow in collecting confidential contact information and steps to be taken in the event that a student is reported missing.

These are guidelines on fair use and copyright as they apply to teaching and research. The focus is on rules and procedures for copying, distributing and making accessible electronic and print items in the course of teaching and research, taking into account fair use principles as defined by the practice at US universities and Hungarian copyright law.