CEU gives you the core MBA curriculum and a cohort centered on Vienna and Budapest with a common reference point in the Soros/CEU ideas of an Open Society. However, you'd get the same academic core from the Diplom Betreibswirt at the WU, at a fraction of the cost.
By not flourishing, I mean that the IMC (as the business school was then called) was set up with huge support in the mid-1990s with a partnership through that decade delivering a two-year MBA from a top US university (CWRU). When the partnership wrapped up in 2003, with IMC joining the CEU, it was able to stand on its own feet with a strong (by regional standards), viable, MBA and MSc portfolio. CEU is a strong academic partner, but clearly the Hungarian government has given it a beating. I think the CEU is a bit of a touchy brand if you are going business in Hungary right now.
[Edited by Duncan on Dec 18, 2021]
CEU gives you the core MBA curriculum and a cohort centered on Vienna and Budapest with a common reference point in the Soros/CEU ideas of an Open Society. However, you'd get the same academic core from the Diplom Betreibswirt at the WU, at a fraction of the cost. <br><br>By not flourishing, I mean that the IMC (as the business school was then called) was set up with huge support in the mid-1990s with a partnership through that decade delivering a two-year MBA from a top US university (CWRU). When the partnership wrapped up in 2003, with IMC joining the CEU, it was able to stand on its own feet with a strong (by regional standards), viable, MBA and MSc portfolio. CEU is a strong academic partner, but clearly the Hungarian government has given it a beating. I think the CEU is a bit of a touchy brand if you are going business in Hungary right now. <br>