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CEU Executive MBA Fellowship for Promoting Social Mobility in Germany, with support from Friedrich Ebert Foundation

CEU Executive MBA Program offers a highly competitive, merit-based Fellowship with support from Friedrich Ebert Foundation for an outstanding professional in Germany who exemplifies the promise of social mobility.

Despite its overall economic success, Germany lags among developed nations in terms of social mobility. According to OECD, it takes as many as six generations for Germans from low-income families to reach the country’s average income; the analogous figure in Denmark is just two generations. The CEU Executive MBA Fellowship aims to support and reward an outstanding professional in Germany who exemplifies the promise of social mobility.

The winner of the Fellowship for Promoting Social Mobility in Germany will receive up to 50 percent reduction of the full CEU Executive MBA tuition of EUR 29.000. The fellowship will be awarded to a manager or entrepreneur, who has succeeded in breaking through socio-economic barriers and challenges in Germany and who is a current resident of that country.

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Applicant Profile

Applicant should have at least 8 years of professional experience, including at least 3 years of documented leadership/managerial experience, an undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification and who apply for the August 2023 intake of the CEU Executive MBA program via the regular application form.

“Glass ceilings exist to be broken. The CEU Executive fellowship is targeted at managers and leaders who has confronted social barriers to professional success and overcome them,” points out Prof. Yusaf Akbar, Deputy Head of the Department of Economics and Business at CEU.

Applications for the Fellowship for Promoting Social Mobility in Germany will be reviewed and considered on a rolling basis. The Selection Committee reserves the right to choose awardees.

Applications are currently open.

About Friedrich Ebert Foundation

The Friedrich Ebert Foundation is a German political party foundation associated, but independent from, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Established in 1925 as the political legacy of Friedrich Ebert, Germany’s first democratically elected President, it is the largest and oldest of the German party-associated foundations. It is headquartered in Bonn and Berlin, and has offices and projects in over 100 countries. It is Germany’s oldest organisation to promote democracy, political education, and promote students of outstanding intellectual abilities and personality.

About CEU Executive MBA

Central European University’s Executive MBA distinguishes itself as the EMBA for the Open World – a rigorous, research-based mid-career managerial degree program that confidently integrates progressive Open-Society values into its curriculum, in view of their pivotal importance as success factors for entrepreneurs, managers and leaders in the post-industrial economy.

CEU Executive MBA is the program tailor-made for accomplished working managers willing to elevate their professional profile from operational expertise to strategic leadership. The program’s innovative structure allows participants to earn a US & EU-accredited MBA degree in just nine convenient 4-to-9-day residencies, scheduled over 2 years.

The Selection Committee

The competitive fellowship will be awarded by the unanimous decision of the following selection committee:

From Friedrich Ebert Foundation:

• Pia Bungarten, Division Head, Scholarship Program Friedrich Ebert Foundation
• Judith Illerhues, Deputy Division Head, Scholarship Program Friedrich Ebert Foundation

and CEU Executive MBA Program Office.

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