Earn a degree accredited in Austria and the U.S.

The program is built around the comparative research of early modern, modern and contemporary history. It welcomes students to explore a broad range of topics and historical periods using different approaches to the past in global, regional, and local perspectives.

Study your passion

Courses include:

• Citizenship-subjecthood in the context of imperial diversity: The Russian Empire and Soviet Union in Comparative and Global Perspective

• Comparative, Transnational and Global Histories

• Emotions and Affect in History

• Historiography II: Grand Debates in Central European History

• Historiography II: Grand Debates in Mediterranean History

• Historiography II: Grand Debates in Russian and Eurasian History

• Historiography: Topics in Its History and Theory

• Human Rights in History

• History in the Public Sphere: An Introduction

• Powers and People: Habsburg Central Europe 1500 to 1918

• The World at War: Global and Imperial Perspectives on World War II

• Environment, Climate, and Empire in Eurasian History (1400-1800)

• Interdisciplinary Methods of Comparative History

Specialize in

• Archives and evidentiary practices

• Contemporary history

• Early modern studies

• Eastern Mediterranean studies

• History of science

• Jewish studies

• Religious studies

• Political thought

• Visual studies

Spark your career

Where CEU’s master’s graduates work

Fund your studies

In pursuit of its mission, CEU strives to attract world-class graduate talent from all over the world. This is why the university offers generous financial aid, based on a combination of merit and need, including tuition awards and scholarships with stipends, available to students from any country.

Apply by

• February 1, 2022 for master's studies with financial aid

• March 15, 2022 for self-financing master's candidates who will require a study visa

• August 15, 2022 for self-financing master's candidates who will not require a study visa