The student body at Bard College Berlin is small yet highly international, and includes full-time Bard College Berlin students, visiting students from the international Bard Network, the European ERASMUS exchange network and other exchange partner institutions, as well as students from areas of crisis.
Bard College Berlin offers three B.A. programs, as well as one-year Academy Year and Project Year programs.
Small classes and high-quality instruction
The introductory Language and Thinking Program is unique to Bard, offering an immersive and innovative introduction to reading, writing, research, and critical thinking.
At Bard College Berlin, BA students can study abroad for up to one academic year in the 3rd year of the program. With connections to the Open Society University Network, ERASMUS, and various bilateral exchange agreements, students enrich their study experience all across the globe.
Students interested in gaining practical experience alongside their studies can complete an internship, which gives them the opportunity to complement theoretical knowledge from the classroom with practical skills obtained in a professional setting. BCB students have interned in a wide range of fields, including education, human rights, publishing, the arts, journalism, film, theater, startups, international relations, politics, and more.
At the start of each semester, the BCB community organizes the "Student Involvement Fair," where campus clubs and student organizations introduce themselves and welcome new members. Over the years, campus clubs and initiatives have included the Student Parliament; the Politics, Rhetoric, and Debate Club; the Economics Club; the Hiking Club; the Film Club; the Life Drawing Club; student-run literary and art magazines, and numerous theater, academic, outdoor and popular interest clubs.
Bard College Berlin graduates join a large network of alumni/ae after they graduate, and embark on exciting academic and professional paths. 55% of recent BA alumni/ae have chosen to pursue graduate studies at institutions such as the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Yale University, or Columbia University, while 33% of them have secured nonprofit and private-sector jobs.
It is by posing the “big questions” that have echoed over time, and by giving young individuals the skills necessary to comprehend and answer them in dialogue with contemporary challenges, that Bard College Berlin enables personal flourishing and prepares its students to contribute to a shared global future.