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CEU’s English-language program in Jewish Studies is offered as a specialization within the MA programs of the Department of Historical Studies (M. A. Historical Studies, M. A. Museum Studies). Jewish Studies at CEU is a research-intensive program, allowing you to find your personal field of interest and to develop your skills with the advice of specialized faculty. We offer courses on the Jewish experience in the premodern, modern, and contemporary worlds.

Application deadline for the Academic Year 2026/27: February 4, 2026 (23:59, CET)

Master-Specialization "Jewish Studies" (CEU Vienna)

CEU’s English-language program in Jewish Studies is offered as a specialization within the MA programs of the Department of Historical Studies (M. A. Historical Studies/One Year or /Two Year; M. A. Museum Studies/Two year). This unique combination allows you to anchor your learning and research in a specific field of Jewish studies while earning a US/EU-accredited MA degree in Historical Studies (https://www.ceu.edu/departments/historical-studies) or in Museum Studies (https://historicalstudies.ceu.edu/ma-museum-studies). Courses explore a broad range of historical periods, world regions, and methodologies approaching the past and the ways in which it shapes our present and future. The Jewish Studies Specialization will provide you with a Jewish prism through which to view European history.

Our Courses

Jewish Studies at CEU allows you to find your personal field of interest and to develop your skills with the advice of specialized faculty. We offer courses on the Jewish experience in the premodern, modern, and contemporary worlds, Jewish culture and heritage, religious, social and political movements, Jewish women’s and gendered experiences, migration and refugees, antisemitism and the Shoah, Zionism and other Jewish nationalisms, Israel and Palestine, Jewish identity and memory in a multicultural Europe, as well as many other topics. We also offer classes in Hebrew and Yiddish at the beginner and intermediate levels.

The CEU Jewish Studies Program will offer you opportunities to work in small study groups, be in regular conversation with faculty, participate in collective research projects, present your research at conferences, contribute articles to collective publications, and complete an internship at one of our partner institutions. CEU’s teaching in Jewish Studies includes public lectures and other extracurricular events on a broad variety of topics, including field trips across Central Europe and walking tours that explore Vienna’s Jewish past and present.

Alumni Careers

Graduates of CEU’s Jewish Studies Specialization have continued their studies at prestigious PhD programs in Europe, Israel and North America. Our alumni are now working at universities, in NGOs and Jewish associations, in museums and embassies, as film makers, in publishing, philanthropy, cultural heritage, and in many other exciting fields.

Global Learning

CEU is a truly global campus in the heart of Europe, where a highly international community of students and faculty comes to study and work together in a collegial classroom environment. Jewish Studies builds on almost 30 years of international connections, so that during your stay in Vienna, you will be introduced to scholars from all over the world.

Financial Aid

CEU Jewish Studies offers generous grants for master’s students, in addition to the university’s financial aid, covering both tuition and basic living expenses in Vienna.

We organize online info sessions for prospecting students, register here: https://jewishstudies.ceu.edu/info-sessions-prospective-students

– December 4, 2025, Thursday, at 5 p.m. CET
General info session about the Jewish Studies specialization and what we offer.
– January 12, 2026, Monday, at 5 p.m. CET
General info session about the Jewish Studies specialization and what we offer.
– January 16, 2026, Friday, at 3 p.m. CET

Application information session on CEU's Advanced Certificates and Specializations, including the Jewish Studies specialization with Prof. Matthias Riedl.

Further information about the Jewish Studies Program and how to apply: https://jewishstudies.ceu.edu/apply-now
Why Choose Jewish Studies at CEU? – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnaCbgri0ZY

פרטי קשר למידע נוסף / שולח.ת ההודעה:
Michael Miller (director): millerm@ceu.edu
Borbála Pál (coordinator): palb@ceu.edu