Reviews of Central European University Budapest (CEU) | Hungary

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Diana U

Universitatea din Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania
Public Administration, Graduate, Soros Foundation Scholarship

Academic

Course recommendations

I wish the more boring courses will not have to be mandatory:) However, I guess it was just a coincidence that the more interesting ones were elective:)

My academic experiences

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Access to resources

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Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

Yeap, get a bit more lively!

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caroline m

University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Law, International, Graduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

Thanks to the previous OSJI fellows i had plenty of information

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

1

Costs

4

Activities

1

Campus life

1

Party / people

1

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

It's a great place in terms of academic excellence and intercultural exchange

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

2

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

My comment would be to take the numerous opportunties offered by CEU to expand your horizon both academically and socially. A great place to network.

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gagalook

Univerzitet u Beogradu, Belgrade, Serbia
History, Graduate, Open Society Fellowship

Overall

I wish I had known...

Better knowledge of local language. It is really dificult

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

4

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

do not miss chance to be there

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

If you are in Budapest do not miss to se City as well as county side. Train is not expensive and privat accomodation is fine.

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anonymous

Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
History, Graduate, Independent

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Since I'm a Transylvanian Hungarian (Transylvania being part of Romania), my first language is Hungarian, that's why I didn't have any problems with the language of the host-country, which is Hungary. My English seemed to have improved during my time at CEU but not because of the other students but because either of the academic work (lectures, working with texts) or some of the students (native speakers of English.) Unfortunately, most of the students at CEU have at best an upper-intermediate level of English which is further downgraded to some sort of Eastern-European pidgin-English when they interact among themselves (speakers of English as a second language).

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Konstantin P

Higher School of Economics, Saint-Petersburg (branch), Russia
Political Science, Graduate, Independent

Academic

Course recommendations

before picking a class try to learn more about the teaching professor and get some information from those who had attended this class before

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

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Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

i guess none

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Nigora S

Russian-Tajik Slavonic University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Sociology, Graduate, Open Society Institute-Soros Foundation

Academic

Course recommendations

I am in the department of sociology and social anthropology. So, of course it depends on one's academic field of study and research topic. I would definitely reccomend the following courses: Modernity: Institutions, Power and Agency; Religion and Modernity; Key issues in sociological theory

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

the only problem is that the program is rather short, and students have a very heavy workloand for a very shor timespan

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