CEU Alumni placement

Central European University is proud of its alumni, more than 6,000 today, who carry the mission of the university across almost 100 countries around the world. There is an enormous range of career paths that CEU graduates pursue. Among their employers are international organizations, national governments, top consulting firms and multinational companies, as well as nongovernmental organizations and leading academic institutionsall over the world.

Almost twenty percent of the students are accepted and continue studies at famous universities around the world. Other sixty-five percent of CEU's graduates go into employment after leaving the university, with most going to the countries of the EU and EFTA, former Soviet Union, Americas and the Caribbean and Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Most graduates take positions in Education and Research Institutions worldwide, although a large number also find employment in business, international nonprofit organizations or governmental posts.

 

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From the graduating class of 2008, most of the PhD students choose academia as their first career step:

PhD 2008

while among Master students graduating in 2008:

MA 2008

 

Let us introduce to you the recent placements for our students:

  • Program Officer - Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (Kenya)
  • Recruiter - American Council (Kyiv, Ukraine)
  • Program Specialist, Climate Change and Sustainable Energy - Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (Kazakhstan)
  • Business Analyst - Arthur D. Little (Germany)
  • Lecturer in International and Comparative Politics - AUCA (Kyrgyzstan)
  • Credit Analyst, Risk Management - Morgan Stanley (Hungary)
  • Political Analyst - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Georgia)
  • Project Manager - Human RightS Initiative HRSI (Hungary)
  • Language/Cross-Cultural Facilitator - Peace Corps (Ukraine)
  • Chief Executive Officer - AID Africa Concern (Kenya)
  • Environmental Management System Advisor - British Petroleum (BP) (Azerbaijan)
  • History Professor - Highlands Institute (Mexico)
  • Associate - White&Case (Slovakia)
  • Programme Coordinator for Roma Integration - Ministry for Social Affairs and Labour (Hungary)
  • Project Analyst - United Nations Development Programme (Azerbaijan)
  • Consular Assistant - U.S. Embassy in Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)
  • Intern - UNESCO (France)
  • Specialist Department of Macroeconomics and Statistics - National Bank of Georgia
  • International Relations and Projects Officer - Faculty of Law University of Rijeka (Croatia)
  • Stagiare - European Parliament (Belgium)
  • Head of Air Protection Division - Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources (Georgia)
  • Program Assistant - Ford Foundation (Russia)
  • Expert of Environmental Cohesion Policy Directorate - Ministry of Environment and Water (Bulgaria)
  • Management Trainee in Finance - British American Tobacco (Russia)
  • Senior Business Analyst - Procter & Gamble (Russia)
  • Analyst - Consumer Equity Research (UK)
  • Analyst - Public Policy And Management Institute (Lithuania)

 

Do you want to know more about the last generation of graduates' career steps? Check the First Destination Survey - Class of 2008 and find out about the most efficient job search sources, salaries and motivational factors, CEU reputation among employers and academic institutions and many more.