The law used in Hungary to bar the Central European University from operating there “cannot be justified”, according to an advisor to the Court of Justice of the EU.

Turkey-based education agency Academix has announced a sister company – Next Study Abroad – that will focus on Eastern Europe study destinations.

Fudan University has announced plans to open its first overseas campus after a memorandum of understanding was signed in Shanghai on December 16.

CEU confirmed its Vienna campus, an important milestone in the battle between the George Soros-backed institution and the Hungarian Fidesz government.

The Central European University has been "forced" to relocate from Budapest to Vienna in order to accept new students in 2019 due to Hungarian legislation.

CEU will move its US-accredited programs to Vienna next year if it does not reach an agreement with the Hungarian government before December 1, rector Michael Ignatieff announced.

Central European University will remain open in Budapest for the coming academic year, its president has confirmed, despite a restrictive law that was passed two months ago that may force the university to close.

Hungary has included educational exchange as part of its foreign policy strategy of "Opening to the East" by offering 2,000 scholarships to students in Central and East Asia. At a time of cuts to subsidised domestic education the government has argued that the scheme will pay for itself by developing trade ties for Hungary - and that the scheme could be extended to other regions.