Preparatory Course for international post-graduate studies in Budapest for promising young Roma
December 19, 2006
Central European University (CEU), with the financial support of the Roma Education Fund, is offering a 9 month Preparatory Course for international post-graduate studies in Budapest for promising young Roma. Full scholarships will be awarded, covering travel, tuition, housing and living stipend. The goal is to prepare Roma to access international post-graduate education (at master’s level) through open competition at CEU, North American or Western European universities. The program will:
- involve Roma students in the core degree programs of CEU (auditing CEU classes)
- prepare them for their chosen field of study through intensive training
- accustom them to advanced academic life
- raise their English to a level adequate for post-graduate study
- train them in post-graduate level academic skills
The full-time course will start in April 2007 and last until December 2007. It is a combination of:
- Discipline specific tutoring (in the fields of Law/Human Rights or Sociology or Gender Studies or Political Science or International Relations and European Studies; additional disciplines may be offered)
- General Social Science Tutoring
- Academic courses
- Academic writing
- English language training
Young Roma from Central and Eastern Europe (Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, FYR Macedonia, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia (including Kosovo), Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine) who have:
- A university/college degree in any field (preferably in the Social Sciences or Humanities)
- Strong interest in post-graduate university education
- At least pre-intermediate English language skills
- Desire to study in a multicultural environment
For further information please contact:
Email: romaac@ceu.hu
Tel.: 36 1 327 3000/2585
Fax: +36 1 327 3190
