The department consistently places top MA students into our own PhD in Economics program, as well as into – typically Economics – PhD programs of top universities world-wide. Below is the list of recent PhD placements:
2023: CEU, UC Santa Barbara, Vienna Graduate School of Finance, TU Dresden, Ohio State University
2022: CEU, IESE, University of Barcelona, University of Rochester
2021: CEU (3), University of California San Diego, Vienna Graduate School of Finance, Berlin School of Economics, Uppsala University
2020: CEU (3), University of Mannheim
2019: CEU
2018: CEU, Boston University, University of Michigan, Tinbergen Institute, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, CERGE-EI
2017: CEU (2), Bocconi University, University of Geneva
2016: CEU, Duke University (2), University of Maryland, Rice University, The Graduate Institute Geneva
2015: Duke University (3), University of Surrey, Princeton University, London School of Economics
2014: CEU (3), University of Michigan, Boston College, Deakin University
2013: CEU (3), Yale University, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Duke University, Boston University, University of Mannheim, University of Texas at Austin
2012: CEU (7), UC Berkeley, Stockholm School of Economics
2011: CEU (4), University of British Columbia, UC Berkeley, Columbia University, Aarhus University, Kiel University
2010: CEU (3), Princeton University, University of British Columbia, Charles University, Cardiff University
2009: UC Berkeley (2), University of Manchester, Yale University
2008: University of Michigan, Harvard University, Michigan State University, University College London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2007: CEU (2), Bocconi University, University of Maryland (2), Boston College
2006: CEU
2005: Princeton University, Duke University, Boston University, University of Rochester, University of Toronto
2004: Northwestern University (2), Stockholm School of Economics (3), Tinbergen Institute, Charles University
2003: CEU, University of British Columbia, University of Washington, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Stockholm School of Economics, Tilburg University
2002: CEU, London School of Economics, Princeton University, Duke University, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, University of Melbourne, University of Maryland, European University Institute (2)
2001: CEU, University of Texas at Austin, Brandeis University, Iowa State University
2000: CEU, Harvard University (2), University of Michigan, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Free University Amsterdam