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Central European University Summer University
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CEU Summer University |
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| Location: |
Budapest, Hungary |
| Application Deadline: |
February 14, 2008 |
A Program for University Teachers, Advanced Ph.D Students, Researchers and Professionals in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
June 9 - August 1, 2008
Established in 1996, CEU’s Summer University program hosts high-level, research-oriented, interdisciplinary and innovative academic courses as well as workshops on policy issues for professional development in the social sciences and the humanities. Courses involve distinguished international faculty (including CEU professors), and advanced doctoral students, junior or post-doctoral researchers, teachers and professionals as participants. While application from all over the world is encouraged, continued priority is given to applicants from Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and countries experiencing emerging democracies worldwide. Applicants from these countries, when admitted on merit, will be eligible for scholarship, while those from developed countries will usually be expected to pay fees.
Course offerings cater for the various needs of academic and professional development across a wide spectrum of disciplines. These include anthropology, cultural studies, environmental sciences, comparative religion, political science, public policy, sociology, international relations, legal studies, etc. The program encourages topics in newly emerging fields and transdisciplinary approaches.
The program is unique in its diversity of faculty and student body as well as its academic offerings. It brings together groups of interested individuals to study together intensively for two or three weeks in Budapest coming from an enormously varied geographical, cultural and academic background. Participants have been accepted into the program from 106 different countries ranging from East and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union to countries of Asia, Africa, North America and South America. The courses are taught by a team of teachers who also represent a wide range of countries in an effort to match the diversity of the student body. Professors have come from 89 different countries from the region as well as mostly from Western Europe and America. This exciting multi-cultural composition of the courses provides a stimulating environment for engaging participants and faculty in an inspiring and enriching dialogue during the summer school.
GENERAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Minimum requirement for application is a university degree. Applicants for the “Non-Governmental Public Action” course must be enrolled with a university as candidates for a PhD. The language of instruction is English; thus all applicants have to demonstrate a strong command of spoken and written English to be able to participate actively in discussions at seminars and workshops. (In some instances you may be contacted for a telephone interview.)
PROGRAM COSTS
Program costs and fees are available on http://www.sun.ceu.hu/03-application/fees-costs.php.
FINANCIAL AID
Financial aid is available in the following categories:
- tuition waiver
- accommodation grant
- travel grant (full or partial)
Participants from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and Mongolia, as well as those coming from emerging countries worldwide can apply for financial aid in all categories listed above, except for the "Advanced European Union Legal Practice- Special Reform Treaty Edition" course, which can only be attended on a fee-paying basis.
Participants from developed countries are expected to pay tuition fee. However, there are a limited number of tuition waivers available on a competitive basis. Those who wish to apply for a tuition waiver should send a separate cover letter specifying their reasons.
Participants are NOT eligible to receive financial aid if they attended
a) a CRC (Curriculum Resource Center) session in the same calendar or academic year (i.e., they must wait one year after their participation in one of the above programs before applying to SUN), or
b) CEU faculty initiative activities (i.e., CRC, SUN) within a four-year period.
In case an applicant is accepted to two courses, which is only possible if the two courses are run consecutively, financial aid is only available for attending one course.
As the number of fully funded scholarships available is limited, funding offered by institutions or individuals is welcome so that we can invite more well qualified applicants. When preparing your application, please consider if you or your institution can contribute to the program expenses. Faculty and Ph.D. students are advised to approach their home departments for travel grants; researchers may have research grants available which can cover their participation; professionals may turn to their employers to fund their training in SUN. While selection of applicants will be based on the academic merit of the applications, those willing to bear the participation costs fully or partially will be preferred in case of equally strong applications. See more information on the various forms of financial aid at http://www.sun.ceu.hu/03-application/financial-aid.php.
For 2008 course listings by discipline, click here.
For additional information please contact:
Central European University / Summer University Office
Postal address: H-1051 Budapest, Nador u.9. Hungary
Visitors’ address: 1051 Budapest, Zrinyi u. 14. Hungary
Tel.: (36-1) 327-3811
Fax: (36-1) 328-3698 or (36-1)327-3124
E-mail: summeru@ceu.hu (for information and general correspondence)
sunreq@ceu.hu (for requesting application forms)
http://www.sun.ceu.hu
On-line application
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