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"The Nationalism Studies Department is a unique program that offers students a possibility to design their personal research benefiting the interdisciplinary scope of the courses offered. At the same time, the students are introduced to the theoretical works in the fields of history, political science, sociology, and anthropology that pertain to the questions of identity constructions, cultural memory, national conflicts, and conflict resolution methods. It is located in the region where these texts have direct application, in the region which provides ample material for case studies. Independent-thinking students with strong research agenda will benefit from the current structure of the program as a separate department."

Oksana Sarkisova, Russia
Graduate of the NSP
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For detailed information about the application procedure please visit the admissions section on the CEU website.

Candidates to CEU must submit an on-line application form.

Application deadlines

CEU will accept early applications from candidates interested in receiving an early admissions decision in order to apply for financial aid from a third party (i.e. study grants from governmental sources, foundations or other organizations). Such applications may be submitted no later than November 16, 2009 and should indicate the funding application deadline. The application file must contain all required documents and test certificates. CEU will aim to inform candidates of their admissions
status within the time frames needed for them to apply for such grants. Candidates may also apply for CEU's financial aid program, but the university will not be able to inform them about their CEU financial aid status before January, 2010, when the competitive review of all other candidates has been completed.

January 25, 2010: For all applicants submitting complete packages, and those who wish to take the CEU-administered admissions examinations.

March 16, 2010: For applicants to all programs, who submit complete application packages, including language scores and other applicable test scores.

With questions regarding the program or the admission process please turn to Péter Kiss, the program coordinator (kissp@ceu.hu).

Application requirements

MA Entry Requirements

Students with previous studies in all fields of humanities and social sciences (including philosophy, sociology, anthropology, history, political science, psychology, languages, journalism, public policy) are welcome to apply.

Applicants to the MA Program must complete general CEU admissions requirements. In addition, they are also to submit:

- a 500 word outline of their proposed research topic
- a writing sample, e.g. a term paper of minimum ten pages

PhD Entry Requirements

Graduates of CEU MA programs may apply for the joint History-Nationalism PhD track. Applicants from outside must complete general CEU admissions requirements and submit:

- a 500 word outline of their proposed research topic
- a writing sample, e.g. a term paper of minimum 10 pages
- three recommendations.

The program’s MA graduates may also apply to the PhD program in Political Science based on a special agreement between the two units. Information about the application requirements are available in the program office.

Doctoral Support Program Entry Requirements

Applicants for the Doctoral Support Program must complete general CEU admissions requirements for MA applicants and submit an outline of their dissertation.

Scholarships and Financial Aid

The CEU fellowship program has been a direct means of supporting the university's mission to promote and sustain open societies, democracy, rule of law, tolerance, and political and cultural pluralism in the CEE/fSU region. In 2000, to better understand the main economic, political, social and cultural phenomena taking place in the region in a wider, comparative perspective, and to address the challenges resulting from the world's expanding democratization, CEU extended its financial aid program worldwide, with a continuing focus on individuals and organizations in the CEE/fSU region, and on students in emerging democracies.

While more recently the university has diversified its financial aid offers to students-by developing several types of financial aid packages awarded on the basis of merit--the majority of CEU students continue to receive a full fellowship which covers educational costs and also provides a living support package. In particular, the university seeks to support fully its doctoral students, by awarding the CEU fellowship for three and a half years. For Master's students, the financial aid program may cover the full tuition fee, or provide a partial tuition waiver. In many cases, the university also provides a partial living support package.

Detailed information on Financial Aid Eligibility available here.

Information on forms of Financial Aid available here.

Application for Financial Aid

Candidates interested in applying for CEU financial aid must complete the financial aid section of the CEU on-line application available at https://online.ceu.hu/

Upcoming Academic Year Financial Matters

For candidates wishing to see the upcoming academic year's financial regulations and payment information, including tuition and fees, and estimated costs of living in Budapest, please see the Admissions area financial section located here.

Funding opportunities other than CEU

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship

CEU Educational Advising Center Founding Resources

CEU Educational Advising Center Internet Links

The Institute of International Education, Inc. Scholarship Opportunities

Institute for Humane Studies Scholarships

The American Hungarian Federation (for Hungarian minority students)

The Hungarian American Enterprise Scholarship Fund

Study Abroad

at Nationalism Studies, Central European University in Budapest, Hungary http://ceu.bard.edu

Central European University (CEU)in Budapest, Hungary hosts studyabroad that offers the opportunity for advanced undergraduate students from North America or other parts of the world (such as Australia, Israel, Japan, Korea) to participate directly in graduate-level courses offered as part of CEU's general graduate curriculum.

CEU (www.ceu-budapest.edu) is a graduate institution that combines the best practices of American graduate studies with the excellence of the European intellectual tradition. CEU is a truly global academic institution with around 1000 students who come from more than 70 countries and faculty who come from more than 30 countries. CEU is accredited both in the United States (by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools) and in Hungary.

The language of instruction at CEU is English.

Study abroad students at CEU: CEU hosts around 25 study abroad students per semester who take courses from across CEU departments and programs. The students come from various countries, including top US-based colleges and universities. Among them are: Cornell, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Bard, Swarthmore, Sarah Lawrence, Scripps, Denison, Kenyon, Rhodes, Oberlin. Students may choose to stay at CEU for a semester (Fall or Spring) or a full academic year.

Language courses: Hungarian, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian and German language courses are available for study abroad students. CEU Medieval studies department offersin addition ancient languages such as Latin, Greek, Arabic and Old Church Slavonic.

Departments and programs at CEU: During their stay in CEU the students are assigned to specific departments that match their academic interest. The students have, however, freedom to choose courses from any of CEU’s departments and programs. For the list of CEU departments and programs see: http://www.ceu.hu/academics.html

The Department of Nationalism Studies offers North American undergraduate students a unique opportunity to take master-level courses with the CEU students who come from more than 70 countries and the faculty from more than 30 states. The Department of Nationalism Studies was established by CEU with the aim of engaging students in empirical and theoretical study of issues of nationalism and self-determination, problems of state-formation, ethnic conflict and minority protection; and the related theme of globalization. Drawing upon the uniquely supranational milieu of CEU, the program encourages a critical and non-sectarian study of nationalism. Students are encouraged to engage in interdisciplinary study of nationalism, a subject that is inherently and fundamentally interdisciplinary. For this reason, the international teaching staff has been assembled to represent a wide range of disciplines and expertise relevant to the study of Nationalism, including History, Social Theory, Economics, Legal Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, International Relations, and Political Science. The program offers a wide selection of courses that provide a complex theoretical grounding in problems associated with nationhood, nationalism, and ethnic conflicts, combined with advanced training in the methodology of applied social science. Additional courses focus on placing problems of nationalism in the context of economic and political transition, as well as constitution-building in post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe, with a comparative outlook on regime transitions outside the region. For more information about the Department of Nationalism Studies at CEU, please visit http://www.ceu.hu/nation

CEU study abroad- a springboard to MA program at CEU:Study abroad at CEU has a special feature that facilitates students' acceptance into CEU graduate programs. Those students who achieve an average of 3.3 and two grades of "B+" or better in a single CEU department will be offered automatic admission into that department's MA program (upon the completion of their BA degrees at home institution). The students will be able to apply for a transfer of up to eight (in cases of Human Rights specialization in Legal Studies Department and MS in Environmental Sciences up to six) non-degree credits towards a CEU degree, in accordance with CEU’s Transfer of Credit Policy.

CEU Professional Internship Program (PIP) in Budapest (Fall, Spring and Summer): The students have the opportunity to participate in the credited professional internship program during the Fall (Sep-Dec), Spring (Apr-Jun) and Summer (Jun 1-Jul 31) semesters at various Budapest-based regional and international non profit organizations and private corporations that focus, among others, on international education, international affairs, international security, European integration, countries in transition, human rights, rights of minorities, environment, business, asylum and refugee issues, civil liberties, women's issues, media. The PIP comes together with the academic seminar that focuses on the role of civil society, globalization and regional integration. Students earn 4 credits for the Fall and Spring internship program and 3 credits for the Summer internship program. For more information about PIP visit http://ceu.bard.edu/internship/

Credits: Study abroad students at CEU can take between 12 and 16 graduate credits per semester and 4 additional credits for the Fall and Spring internship program and 3 credits for the Summer internship program. At the end of the semester, CEU issues its transcripts for study abroad students. If requested by a home institution undergraduate credits for study abroad in CEU and undergraduate transcripts will be provided by Bard College for easy transfer of credits to students' home institutions.

Tuition and Fees: Tuition for a study abroad semester at CEU is $9.000 and activity fee $350. The fee for the optional Professional Internship Program is $2000 per semester. Students are responsible for their own travel to Budapest and for living expenses. For current and more detailed financial information about study abroad at CEU please visit http://ceu.bard.edu

Scholarships: Central European University provides different types of scholarships to assist students in paying for their study abroad at CEU and the Summer Professional Internship Program. For more details visit http://ceu.bard.edu/scholarships/

Admission: Admission into the study abroad program at CEU is conducted on a rolling basis and primary consideration is given to students who apply before April 1 for the Fall semester (Sep-Dec), before November 1 for the Spring semester (Jan-Jun) and March 15 for the Summer PIP (Jun 1-Jul 31). The application forms for the study abroad and internship programs at CEU can be downloaded from http://ceu.bard.edu/applying  

Please note: The study abroad program has a rigorous selection procedure and only the strongest candidates are invited to come to CEU.

Contact: For further information about study abroad at Central European University, please visit http://ceu.bard.edu, email ceu@bard.edu  or call + 1 845 546 1621.

Sample of courses from NATIONALISM STUDIES

Debates About Self-Determination and External Minority Protection in the 20^th Century (4 credits)

Nationalism, National Identity, National Feeling: the Sociological and Socio-psychological Approach (4 credits)

Nationalism and Political Theory (4 credits)

Anthropological Approaches to Ethnicity, Racism and Nationalism – with special reference to Roms and Romany peoples (crosslisted with Sociology) (2 credits)

Law and Ethnicity by Tibor Várady, (2 credits: 1 Nationalism + 1 Legal Studies)

Academic Writing, (2 credits)

Federal Systems: The EU, the US and India, (4 credits: 2 Nationalism SP + 2 Political Science)

The Ottoman Relationship with Balkan Nationalisms. Then and Now, (2 credits)

Can Western Models of Minority Rights Be Applied in Eastern Europe?, (4 credits)

Interpretations of Modern Anti-Semitism: crosslisted with Jewish Studies, (4 credits)

Interpreting Contemporary Nationalism in Southeastern Europe, (2 credits)

Sociological Approaches to Race and Ethnicity: The Roma in Post-Communist Central Europe: crosslisted with Sociology, (2 credits)

Anthropological Approaches to Ethnicity, Racism and Nationalism – with special reference to Roms and Romany peoples, (2 credits)