CEU Business School

CEU Business School is an American accredited and licensed management school in the heart of new Europe. It was founded by a group of visionary leaders, including George Soros in 1988, and became a landmark institution since it was the first school in Central Eastern Europe to offer graduate business education leading to an American MBA. It is situated in Budapest, one of the most dynamic and vibrant cities of Central Europe.

For the second consecutive year regional and international employers rated Central European University Business School the top business school in Central Europe (including Germany and Austria), according to recent results of the QS Global 200 Business School Report 2012. The school also jumped from 22 to the number 13 position for Europe overall.

Since its creation the School has, and continues to play, a pivotal role in linking global management theories with the realities and challenges of the region’s transforming economies. The Business School is devoted not only to teach its students how to conduct business in a complex society, but also to introduce them to a higher business culture of enhanced social values.

We offer a wide range of graduate programs to meet the various needs and requirements of our students:

One-Year Full-time MBA

CEU Business School One-Year MBA program is accredited by AMBA (Association of MBAs), leads to a US- MBA degree and is exclusively taught in English language by an international faculty body. Full-time MBA is specifically designed for those business professionals who want to fully concentrate on their studies and gain maximum knowledge within given academic year. CEU Business School MBA provides a unique chance to combine intensive studying process with action learning experience, to find effective solutions to existing business-related problems and challenges using the extremely diverse class student composition and substantial focus on teamwork. Program runs for 11 months starting every September.

Part-time Executive MBA (weekend-format)

CEU Business School Executive MBA program is accredited by AMBA (Association of MBAs), leads to a US MBA degree and is taught in English language by an international faculty body. Executive (week-end) MBA is specifically designed for those business professionals who want to pursue their MBA studies without career interruption. CEU Business School Executive MBA provides a unique chance to combine active studying process with full-time employment and to directly implement new knowledge and skills at work, also to find effective solutions to existing business-related problems and challenges.
Program runs for 22 months with classes being held from Friday afternoon to Sunday noon every second week-end.

IMM Executive MBA

A modular Executive MBA program (IMM) starting every March is provided by the Business School in conjunction with three other leading business schools: Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, USA; TiasNimbas Business School, Tilburg University, The Netherlands; and GISMA Business School, Germany. The program was ranked #2 in the world by The Financial Times in "International Course Experience" in its worldwide survey of Executive MBAs in 2011. IMM consists of five concentrated two-week residential sessions, which are scheduled throughout an 18-month period. During that time all the participating business schools are serving as host, and one session also takes place in China and Mexico City, Mexico. This schedule allows participants to maintain their job responsibilities while they acquire the broad range of managerial skills needed to be effective in a dynamic and highly competitive business environment.