Accreditation
United States Accreditation
CEU holds an absolute charter from the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, for and on behalf of the New York State Education Department. In the United States, CEU is accredited by theMiddle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE, address: 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States, phone: (1 215) 662 5606). TheCEU Status of Accreditation is available from the MSCHE website. You can find the latest CEU Self-Study Refort submitted to the MSCHEhere.
In addition, all CEU degree programs are registered with theNew York State Education Department. The list of all registered degree programs is available atceu.edu/academics/degrees.
In Austria, CEU is authorized to operate all of its US degree programs by the decision of the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ Austria) pursuant to para 27 section 1-4 of the Austria’s law on quality assurance in higher education.
Austrian Accreditation

In Austria, CEU's Austrian entity Central European University Private University (CEU PU) is recognized as a private higher education institution persuant to §§ 24 and 25 HS-QSG and § 1 Private University Act (PUG) in conjunction with § 14 Private University Act (PrivHG). CEU PU is accredited by the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ Austria, address: Franz-Klein-Gasse 5, 1190 Vienna., phone: +43 1 532 02 20-0).
In accordance with §10 of the Decree on the Accreditation of Private Universities, the following accreditation documents are published:
- Description of the procedure
- Institutional accreditation 2019 - Report
- Institutional accreditation 2019 - Statement of CEU
- Cluster 1 Expert Report
- Cluster 1 CEU response
- Cluster 2 Expert Report
- Cluster 2 CEU response
- Cluster 3 Expert Report
- Cluster 3 CEU response
- Cluster 4 Expert Report
- Cluster 4 CEU response
- Cluster 5 Expert Report
- Cluster 5 CEU response
- Cluster 6 Expert Report
- Cluster 6 CEU response
- Cluster 7 Expert Report
- Cluster 7 CEU response
- Cluster 8 Expert Report
- Cluster 8 CEU response
- Cluster 9 Expert Report
- Cluster 9 CEU response
- Cluster 10 Experts Report
- Cluster 10 CEU response
- Cluster 11 Experts Report
- Cluster 11 CEU response
- Cluster 12 Experts Report
- Cluster 12 CEU response
- BA in Quantitative Social Sciences Expert Report
- BA in Quantitative Social Sciences CEU response
- MSc in Finance and MSc in Business Analytics Expert Report and CEU response
- MSc in Social Data Science (one-year and two-year version)
- MA in Museum Studies
- Institutional reaccreditation 2025 - Report
Click hereto view the Statutes of Central European University - Private University (CEU PU).
Annual Reports
In accordance with PrivH-JBVO 2021, CEU prepares annual reports to AQ Austria, covering significant developments in the most recent completed academic year. The annual reports are available below: