At Bard College Berlin, students tackle crucial contemporary questions in a local and a global framework, learning about a variety of traditions and disciplines, and pursuing opportunities for professional development and civic and social engagement. Find out more about Liberal Arts Education. 
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Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence

Bard College Berlin offers high-quality small-group seminar teaching with a focus on the cultivation of essential skills in writing and thinking.

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  • Qais Sangarkhail
    (Afghanistan)
    BA in Humanities, the Arts, and Social Thought (2023)
    Liberal Arts Education gives me the ability to reflect on the principles that should inform my life and to consider how to act upon these. Through liberal arts education, I can be a better version of myself. 
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  • Clara Canales
    (Chile/Netherlands)
    Graduated: BA in Economics, Politics, and Social Thought (2019)
    BCB provided me with a strong theoretical framework with which to analyze current issues. When faced with a question, I am able to relate it to greater themes.
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  • Gale Raj-Reichert
    (Malaysia/USA)
    Associate Professor of Politics
    I value small classroom teaching and going deep into the seminar topics during our discussions. In my class on Global Public Policies and their Impact on the Global South students get hands-on experiene in developing and presenting their own arguments.
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Get Engaged!

Get Engaged!

Civic Engagement is an integral part of study at Bard College Berlin. Through fellowships, conferences, events ,and community initiatives, the college encourages students to organize and lead their own volunteer projects and connect with activists around the world. 

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An International Community

An International Community

Students live on campus in a quiet, green and secluded neighborhood, perfect for learning. The modern, versatile, and sustainable residence halls provide spaces for collaborative learning and community building, lively discussions and quiet study, student clubs and recreation. The bustling center of Berlin is just a tram ride away with all its cultural spaces, political institutions, and tech hubs. 

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BCB Faculty Sladja Blazan publishes article “Something Beyond Pain: Race, Gender, and Hyperempathy in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower" 
BCB Faculty Sladja Blazan’s article “Something Beyond Pain: Race, Gender, and Hyperempathy in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower” was published in the journal gender forum's Special Issue on Gender, Violence, and the State in Contemporary Speculative Fiction.  More >
Theatre Professor Nina Tecklenberg Premieres Chat-Inferno, A Multidisciplinary Show Inspired by Dante’s Inferno, with performance group Interrobang on September 30
Theater professor Nina Tecklenburg, together with her performance group Interrobang, open their new participatory multi-media performance Chat-Inferno at Theater Hebbel am Ufer as part of Spy On Me #4 Festival - a festival on theater and digital culture. Chat-Inferno also involves BCB alumnae Pilar Petropoulos-White and Veronika Risnovská as coding dramaturges.  More >

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