Central European University (CEU)
Master of Arts in Sociology and Social Anthropology (1 year)
Vienna, Austria
MA
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 12,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* payable in one or two installments, non-refundable initial tuition fee installment (€500 EUR) is paid to confirm your acceptance of our offer of admission and is credited towards the 1st tuition fee installment in year 1
Key Summary
The Two Year MA aims to present students with a wide range of theories and methods in sociology and social anthropology while examining their interaction and integration in the study of globalization and urban studies. The study of globalization and urban studies is conceived in the department as both a material and a formal object. We study global and urban processes as such, but we also work with a variety of local and urban sites as windows onto the larger-scale processes of globalization. The ‘global’ historically has been produced on other levels as well and grows in the interplay of various scales, of which the urban is a privileged one. We see the city as constitutive of the global and an important venue to explore the spatial dynamics of globalization and the scales of power and governance structures.
The Two Year MA has a strong research component. One semester is to be devoted to research for a thesis.
The Two Tear Program is recommended for those who wish to pursue a deeper research agenda with a marked interest in global and urban issues broadly understood. Similar intellectual agendas can be followed in the Year Program as well, but the two-year program also offers the possibility of Specialization in Urban and Global Studies.
Sample Courses for the Master’s Programs
Key Issues in Sociological and Anthropological Theory; Colonialism and Post-colonialism; Social Memory; Urban Change and the Right to the City; Cultures of Capitalism: An Anthropological Reading of Post-Socialist Economic Transformation; Debates on Globalization and Development; Introduction to Research Methods—Quantitative and Qualitative (mandatory course); Ethnographic Methods; Ethnicity and the State; State Theory and Research; Logic of Social Inquiry (mandatory course).
Program Accreditation/Registration
- The program was approved and registered by the New York State Education Department
- Program accredited by the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ-Austria)
To master’s candidates, we award financial aid based on academic merit. You can apply for financial support for master’s studies in the Funding section of the Online Application Form.