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Virtual CEU Open Day - 19 January, 2024

January 3, 2024

Choosing the right university can be challenging. We are inviting you, your family, and your friends to join CEU online to help make that choice a little easier.

Learn more about our world-class degree programs and get answers to your most important questions, immerse yourself in our diverse community, and speak with our professors and departmental representatives directly. See you online!

CEU OPEN DAY - NOV 24. 2023

November 10, 2023

Meet your future department!

Choosing the right university can be challenging. We're inviting you, your family and your friends to visit CEU to help make that choice a little easier.

Visit the campus to learn about our world-class degree programs, the ins and outs of the application process, attend the mini study fair and take part in a guided tour.

Focus on Research: Inter-individual Coordination in Walking Chimpanzees

June 28, 2023

A study by researchers at Central European University (CEU) and the University of St. Andrews reveals that chimpanzees share a human tendency to unintentionally synchronise their steps when walking alongside one another.

The Hungarian Hubris Syndrome – Study Reveals Personality-Change in Speech Patterns of Hungarian MPs

September 13, 2022

Hubris syndrome, a personality disorder standing for successful political leaders being spoiled by their sustained experience of excessive power, received spotlight with the rise of populism. Marks of the syndrome can be traced in particular speech features, which researchers use as linguistic biomarkers of the syndrome.   

Der Standard Reports on The KiKo Center in Its Forschung Spezial

May 5, 2022

The Research Center for Children's Cognition (the KiKo Center) - the Viennese counterpart of the Babylab in Budapest - recently began its operations. Run by the Cognitive Development Center, a research group in the Department of Cognitive Science at CEU, the KiKo Center studies human cognitive development by applying fun and engaging activities such as watching animations or playing games to investigate how babies and children learn to understand the world.