Who we are
As the world’s first department dedicated to the study of today’s ever-growing networks, we strive to train skillful scientists who understand the structure and functions of large-scale social, economic and political systems.
What you will study
- Explore big data: efficient ways to analyze, model and visualize networks of millions of people
- Understand social processes: friendships and phone calls, spread of ideas and the emergence of order from chaos
- Discover secrets of success: how teams innovate, scientists make breakthroughs and entrepreneurs make their first million
- Uncover hidden webs: political corruption, terrorist networks, global finance and the wirings of the brain
- Master mathematical foundations: graph theory, dynamic processes and graph limits
Apply by
- February 1, 2023 – for master's studies with CEU financial aid
- February 28, 2023 – for PhD studies with CEU financial aid
- March 15, 2023 – for self-financing master's candidates who are citizens of countries outside the EU/EEA area and require a study visa
- August 15, 2023 – for self-financing master's candidates who are citizens of EU/EEA countries (or who hold a valid permanent residency permit in an EU/EEA country)