CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) is an exchange academic programme in the fields of education and research which involves 15 Central-European countries, that offers both teachers and students opportunities to spend a study or teaching period abroad at the partner universities. The programme started in 1995 and now it is in its third phase with rising success, demonstrated by the increasing number of involved participants. The main activity of CEEPUS is university networks (created minimum 3 universities from 3 different countries) operating joint programs. CEEPUS offers mobility grants for students and teachers in this framework. It is a unique opportunity to share knowledge and experiences among countries with a common cultural heritage and a strong background of academic cooperation.
More detailed information can be found on the official website ceepus.info.
Current members countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. Prishtina/Kosovo is also participating.
The main objective of the project is to create a stable platform for educational cooperation in the field of urban and regional studies, which is aimed at providing an effective framework for developing a joint study program – Master in Urban and Regional Development. Detailed objectives: developing modern teaching methods and course content in the area of urban and regional development and regional policy, transfer, among universities involved in the project experience knowledge of local and regional studies with particular emphasis on transformation issues in Central European countries, providing knowledge and competence in regional development to 4th and 5th -year students; enhancing their competitive advantage in the job market, building a network using multidisciplinary approach in the field of urban and regional studies (involvement of economists, geographers, sociologists, architects) in order to develop new research and teaching methods and to increase the educational value of studies build a list of teachers from others universities consist of REDENE who support “joint program” as a visitor professor create the final version of curriculum create a final version of joint program framework (recruitment procedure).
Detailed info at Ceepus website here.
University of Economics in Katowice, PL (coordinator)
Faculty of Economics
School of Management and Economics
Varna University of Economics, BG
Faculty of Management
Masaryk University in Brno, CZ
Faculty of Economics and Administration
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, CZ
Faculty of Economics
Silesian University in Opava, CZ
Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Faculty of Economics
University of Montenegro,Podgorica, ME
Faculty of Economics
University Sts.Cyril and Methodius– Skopje, MK
Faculty of Economics - Skopje
„Babes Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca, RO
Faculty of Economics
Technical Faculty in Bor
Faculty of Economics
University of Economics in Bratislava, SK
All Faculties
University of Žilina in Žilina, SK
Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications
The Border and Regional Studies Network is comprised of 15 universities located in 10 countries of Central Europe and Balkans. The network’s thematic framework will address one of the crucial problems and challenges of the XXI century like migrations, multi-ethnic societies, revitalization of regional identities, border crossing and border revitalization (the last one strongly influenced by the pandemic). The main objective of the network is sharing and promoting of the high quality, up-to-date knowledge regarding border and regional studies among students and academics. This will be obtained by series of summer schools and seminars organized in different locations characterized by borderlandness and multi-ethnicity. In the long run we would like to establish tradition of meetings between scholars and students interested in border and regional studies, thereby building community of researchers within the CEEPUS countries.
Detailed info at Ceepus website here.
University of Opole, PL (coordinator)
Institute of Political Science
St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University, BG
Faculty of Geology and Geography
Silesian University in Opava, CZ
Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Faculty of Science
Technical University of Liberec, CZ
Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education, Department of
Geography
Department of Social and Economic Geography
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of
Political Science and International Studies
Free International University of Moldova, MD
Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Journalism
Faculty of Political Science
University American College Skopje, MK
Political Science
Institute of Sociology
“Babes Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca, RO
Faculty of European Studies
“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, RO
Centre for European Studies - Faculty of Law
Faculty of Public Administration
Comenius University in Bratislava, SK
Faculty of Natural Science
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, AU