Woodrow Wilson School students may choose to spend the fall of junior year at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, taking graduate-level courses in selected departments and participating in a Policy Task Force organized by Princeton and taught on site. Woodrow Wilson School students are affiliated with and advised by faculty in the Department of International Relations and European Studies and enroll in an academic program of 16 credit (the equivalent of four Princeton courses). If fewer than five students participate in the program, students will write policy papers on topics of their own choosing with a faculty member abroad, who is appointed by the Woodrow Wilson School.

CEU is an internationally distinguished institution for post-graduate study and research in the social sciences and the humanities. It was founded by the Hungarian-American philanthropist, George Soros, to promote educational development through Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The environment at CEU is truly international and unique in its cultural diversity.

The student population numbers 850 students from 45 countries. Most are from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Each year approximately 525 students enroll in Master's Programs at CEU. Princeton students will study alongside CEU students.

Princeton students may select courses from the following departments: Economics, Gender Studies, History, International Relations and European Studies, Medieval Studies, Nationalism Studies, Sociology and Social Anthropology, and Political Science.