Social undertaking at CEU: Educating for innovation, transformation and progress

Innovation and ideas to improve the world and life of people: social undertaking develops initiatives with social impact. Therefore, it joins the best of the undertaking mind-set with good corporate practises, everything at the service of the people most vulnerable. The objective is to build a more equal and sustainable world. This means that social undertaking seeks the generation of the economic activity to achieve a social and/or environmental benefit.

Social undertaking is key for the progress of society

CEU Universities build their educational model on Christian humanism values which boost a clear social commitment where the support to undertaking and research is essential in an employability-oriented educational offer. Social entrepreneurs give priority to social impact above economic benefits. Therefore they work to design economically feasible and sustainable business models with the greatest possible impact. The benefits of social undertaking are clear:

• It contributes to the improvement of society and life of citizens.
• It is formed by highly motivating and satisfactory projects where professionals of the most diverse sectors find very good reasons to get involved.
• It responds to the needs of corporate initiatives with a positive social impact to build a more sustainable and equal world.
• It helps people solve their problems both at a local and global level through creativity, innovation and the improvement of already existing processes.

Which are the main features of social entrepreneurs?

To successfully accomplish a social undertaking it is necessary to have a passionate profile with self-confidence and with confidence on the idea itself, being proactive, enterprising, consistent and having the necessary curiosity to identify or create new ways of doing things. Seeking the change for the better is a task full of obstacles so resilience is imperative as well as a firm commitment and social responsibility. Also, social entrepreneurs have to know to adapt to the different contexts and unleash their leadership and decision-making capacity.

CEU Universities promote the development of an undertaking mind-set with firm ethical values. We want our students to turn into agents of change capable of leading projects that solve the great challenges humanity faces and will face. Their work is vital to achieve the necessary social transformation and prove that companies are essential actors for the improvement of society. With the educational experience of CEU university centres youngsters acquire knowledge, develop competences and skills and learn to unfold in international environments to successfully undertake their own business and contribute to social progress.