Please note that the final cohort of students who may attend Corvinus University of Budapest is 2024-2026. Students joining the programme from 2025 onwards will not be able to attend Corvinus University of Budapest, as the university will leave the CEERES consortium. Students from 2025 onwards will instead have the option to attend one of our other second year partners, including our new partner Babeș-Bolyai University.

Corvinus University of Budapest is one of the leading universities in Hungary, with a history stretching back to 1948. It has numerous BA and MA programmes, joint programmes with partners from across the EU, and four accredited doctoral schools. Corvinus has received accreditation from the renowned Association of MBAs (AMBA), the first business school in Hungary to receive such credit. This international organisation is one of the world’s leading authorities on postgraduate business education. Fewer than 300 business schools in the world hold this accreditation.

With 540 academic staff, over 12,00 students, and 400 international agreements with universities in over 70 countries, Corvinus is a member of several international associations such as the European University Association and the International Association of Universities. Corvinus’ Department of Political Science is one of the most prestigious social science educational units in Hungary: in 2020 it succeeded in being ranked among Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The Faculty teaches at institutional level economics, international studies, sociology, political science and communications at BA, MA and doctoral levels.

The Institute of Political Science