Graduate Scholarships in Gender Studies, 2014-2015

library imageCentral European University is an English-language, graduate university located in Budapest, Hungary. With students from some 100 countries and faculty from more than 40, CEU offers an extraordinary student/faculty ratio of 8:1. CEU is accredited in the U.S. and Hungary.

CEU’s Department of Gender Studies attracts students from a range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, and focuses on integrative and comparative approaches to gender studies. Programs aim to critically examine past and present developments related to gender in culture and society. The curriculum in the department emphasizes interdisciplinary scholarship, such as gender and post-socialist studies, nationalism, queer theory, cultural studies, transnationalism, and international political movements.

Programs Offered
• Master of Arts in Gender Studies (One Year)
• Master of Arts in Critical Gender Studies (Two Years)
• Master of Arts in Gender Studies: Women’s and Gender Specialization (GEMMA) (Two Years)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Gender Studies

Selected Areas of Research
• Globalization and postcolonialism
• Gender, nation, and state
• Gender and science
• Feminist theories and epistemology
• Women’s history
• Gender, socialism, and postsocialism
• Queer theory
• Labor market gender inequalities
• Bioethics, biopolitics, and posthumanism
• Cultural studies
• Women’s literature
• Science studies

Scholarships and Fellowships
CEU is committed to attracting talented students from around the world—a commitment backed by generous financial aid. The University provides a variety of scholarships and research grants for which applicants from any country are eligible to apply.
CEU Master’s Degree Fellowships (full or partial) include a full tuition scholarship (with a value of €11,000 to €12,000), housing in the CEU Residence Center, health insurance, and a monthly stipend to cover living expenses.
CEU Master’s Degree Tuition Scholarships (full or partial) cover between 50 and 100 percent of tuition expenses up to €12,000 per year.
CEU Doctoral Fellowships cover full tuition, health insurance, and a generous stipend for housing and living expenses. Over 90 percent of PhD students receive the full doctoral fellowship.
Direct Student Loans and Canada Student Loans are available for eligible U.S. and Canadian students.
External Scholarships and Financial Aid Programs administered through CEU include Erasmus Mundus scholarships, Erasmus research grants, and other private and public fellowships and scholarships.

Application Deadline | January 23, 2014. For GEMMA and MATILDA

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