Five (5) PhD Scholarships in Network Science, Central European University, Hungary (2015-2016)

CEU graduate students and faculty from around the world come together in Budapest to engage in interdisciplinary education, pursue advanced scholarship, and address some of society’s most vexing problems. CEU is accredited in the United States and Hungary.

Program Offered
Doctor of Philosophy in Network Science

This pioneering, interdisciplinary program provides tools to understand how complex networks are structured and function. Students learn the principles governing social, political, economic, and environmental networks. Working with prominent network scientists in the world, such as Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Rosario Mantegna, and Janos Kertesz, students can participate in research on the fundamental laws of network structure and dynamics. They also study the latest network modeling methods, using terabyte-sized files tackling crucial social problems as diverse as obesity, financial crises, political corruption, and food networks.

Select Areas of Research

- Mathematics and statistical physics of networks: graphs, graph limits, and processes on graphs
- Political science: business-political networks, social movements, social influences in voter behavior
- Economics: world system networks and development, network effects and externalities, financial networks, networked markets
- Environmental science: resilience in energy grids and food webs

Generous Scholarships Available
CEU is committed to attracting talented students from around the world — a commitment backed by generous financial aid. The University provides a variety of scholarships and research grants for which applicants from any country are eligible to apply.

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