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 College network, the European ERASMUS exchange network and other exchange partner institutions, as well as students from areas of crisis.
Bard College Berlin offers two B.A. programs, as well as one-year Academy Year and Project Year programs.
Small classes and high quality teaching
The backbone of a Bard College Berlin education is the Core Curriculum, a series of six team-taught and interdisciplinary courses that provide all BCB students with an intellectual history from ancient Greece to Modernism.
The introductory Language and Thinking Program is unique to Bard, offering an immersive and innovative introduction into reading, writing, thinking, and questioning at Bard College Berlin.
Bard College Berlin offers a variety of dedicated arts classes in theater, dance, performance, sculpture, drawing, painting, architecture, video, and more. Students take classes with expert practitioners in a world capital of contemporary art.
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. Students have been active in a wide range of fields, including the arts, human rights, publishing, education, and more.
Recent projects include BCB Goes Green, a student-led initiative for a more sustainable campus; the BCB Swap Shop, a campus-wide sustainability project promoting the exchange of clothing and various reusable items; and the English hour, a volunteer project where BCB students meet with participants from the neighborhood to discuss, explore, and connect across languages and cultures.
Students are encouraged to start their own clubs and organizations, and start new organizations every semester.
Recent clubs include the Latin(x) Club, the Postdramatic Performance Collective, and the Running Club.
Bard College Berlin graduates join a large network of alumni/ae after they graduate.
Bard College Berlin graduates don’t end their journeys at college graduation. 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.