Editing Central Europe (section)

===Higher education===
{{Further|List of central European countries by development indexes#Higher education}}
[[File:156 Univerzita Karlova, o Karolinum (Universitat Carolina).jpg|thumb|[[Karolinum]] of the Charles University in Prague]]

====Universities====
The first university established east of France and north of the Alps was in [[Prague]] in 1348 by [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor]]. The [[Charles University]] was modeled upon the [[University of Paris]] and initially included the faculty of law, medicine, philosophy, and theology.<ref>Joachim W. Stieber: "Pope Eugenius IV, the Council of Basel and the secular and ecclesiastical authorities in the Empire: the conflict over supreme authority and power in the church", Studies in the history of Christian thought, Vol. 13, Brill, 1978, {{ISBN|90-04-05240-2}}, p.82; [[Gustav Stolper]]: "German Realities", Read Books, 2007, {{ISBN|1-4067-0839-9}}, p. 228; George Henry Danton: "Germany ten years after", Ayer Publishing, 1928, {{ISBN|0-8369-5693-1}}, p. 210; Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius: "The German Myth of the East: 1800 to the Present", Oxford Studies in Modern European History Series, Oxford University Press, 2009, {{ISBN|0-19-954631-2}}, p. 109; Levi Seeley: "History of Education", BiblioBazaar, {{ISBN|1-103-39196-8}}, p. 141</ref>

====Central European University====
[[File:Nádor Street 9, Building of CEU entrance.jpg|thumb|The entrance of the [[Central European University]] in [[Budapest]]]]

In 1991, [[Ernest Gellner]] proposed the establishment of a truly Central European institution of higher learning in Prague (1991–1995).<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-mondes1-2014-2-page-129.htm|title=Transnational Philanthropy and Nationalism: The Early Years of Central European University|date=2014 |doi=10.3917/mond.142.0129 |access-date=20 May 2021 |last1=Pospíšilová |first1=Tereza |journal=Monde(s) |issue=2 |pages=129–146 }}</ref> Eventually, the [[Central European University]] (CEU) project was taken on and financially supported by the philanthropist [[George Soros]], who had provided an endowment of US$880&nbsp;million, making the university one of the wealthiest in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.com/article/For-President-of-Central/65338/|title=For President of Central European University, All Roads Led to Budapest|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|author=Aisha Labi|date=2 May 2010|access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref> Over its 30-year history CEU has become one of the most internationally diverse and recognisable universities in the world. For example, as of 2019, 1217 students were enrolled in the university, of which 962 were international students, making the student body the fourth most international in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World University Rankings 2020 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2020 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Top Universities}}</ref> CEU offers highly selective programs with a student to faculty ratio of 7:1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Central European University |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/central-european-university |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Top Universities}}</ref> In 2021, the admission rate into its programs was 13%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institutional Factbook: Student Admissions {{!}} Central European University |url=https://www.ceu.edu/institutional-factbook/admissions |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=www.ceu.edu}}</ref> CEU has thus become a leading global university in Europe promoting a distinctively Central European perspective while emphasizing academic rigor, applied research, and academic honesty and integrity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eua.eu/news/182:eua-denounces-dismantling-of-university-autonomy-in-hungary.html|title=CEU Facts and Figures|publisher=Central European University|access-date=20 May 2021|archive-date=21 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521025528/https://eua.eu/news/182:eua-denounces-dismantling-of-university-autonomy-in-hungary.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> CEU is a founding member of CIVICCA, a group of prestigious European higher education institutions in the social sciences, humanities, business management and public policy, such as [[Sciences Po]] (France), [[The London School of Economics and Political Science]] (UK), [[Bocconi University]] (Italy) and the [[Stockholm School of Economics]] (Sweden).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences |url=https://www.civica.eu/who-we-are/about-civica/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=civica.eu |language=de}}</ref>