Alumni Stories

Shqipe Neziri-Vela, 2011 Erasmus Mundus York - CEU track MAPP alumna, was awarded the Equality Champion Award by the University of York for her exceptional dedication to promoting equality and diversity. With over 20 years of professional expertise in anti-corruption, energy, and environmental sectors, Shqipe has consistently demonstrated an outstanding commitment to fostering positive change.

Andrei Dumitrescu, who graduated from CEU in 2023 with an MA in Comparative History: Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies, is among the awardees of the ‘2023 Appreciation Prize’ granted in November by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. The ‘Appreciation Prize’, initiated in 1990, recognizes distinguished master’s students at Austrian universities, and comes with a cash award of 3,000 euros.