Study Law with a Scholarship at CEU

The Department of Legal Studies at Central European University (CEU) offers advanced degree programs in comparative constitutional law, human rights, and international business law. The curriculum combines international and regional intellectual traditions and offers students hands-on experience and internship opportunities. Outstanding professors, including recurrent visitors from leading universities around the world introduce students to state-of-the art legal research, reasoning, and writing, enabling them to compete successfully for jobs in various fields of legal practice and research.
Programs offered
• Master of Laws in Comparative Constitutional Law (LLM) (1 year)
• Master of Laws in Human Rights (HR LLM) (1 year)
• Master of Arts in Human Rights (HR MA) (1 year)
• Master of Laws in International Business Law (LLM) (1 year)
• Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD)
Research areas
• Comparative constitutional systems
• Transition to and from democracy
• International and European protection of human rights
• Civil and political rights in established and emerging democracies
• Human rights and criminal justice
• Minority rights and Roma rights
• International commercial arbitration and mediation
• Investment law
• Intellectual property
• Capital markets and securities regulation in emerging markets
Generous scholarships available
CEU is committed to attracting talented students and scholars from around the world and grants a variety of merit-based scholarships, tuition awards and research grants available to students from any country. In 2014-2015, the University provided generous funding to 80% of master’s and 92% of doctoral students.

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Open to applicants from a range of countries

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Find out more about CEU's graduate programs, admission requirements and available funding options here.