Department of Public Policy at CEU

Public policy today is in a global, multi-level crisis. Tipping the scales towards a more secure peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability – to name but a few – requires innovative and entrepreneurial engagement for the common good.

The Department of Public Policy at Central European University offers a multi-disciplinary education, in four graduate programs and a specialized Public Policy track in the Political Science PhD Program. 

Our programs committed to the values of open society, creating strong and flexible links between research and practice as one way of responding to what is, overall, a failure of policy elites to tackle the most urgent problems of our time. Instead of wishing away the current global environment of uncertainty, complexity and continuous change, the School will embrace it in order to make a real, lasting impact.