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Soros-founded university moves from Budapest to Vienna

The Central European University (CEU) founded by Hungarian-born billionaire George Soros has left its campus in Budapest, Hungary, and opened one in Vienna, Austria, writes Ella Kietlinska for The Epoch Times.

CEU moved the bulk of its United States-accredited courses out of Hungary after the country passed a law in 2017 that banned foreign-registered universities that do not also offer the courses in the home country.

The legislation was perceived by some “as something that would finally put a stop to fake foreign universities awarding fake degrees”, according to Hungary Today, while others believed the legislation targeted “CEU’s ‘special’ status within the Hungarian educational system”.
Full report on The Epoch Times site