Bard College Berlin

Bard College Berlin (formerly known as ECLA or European College of Liberal Arts) is a private, non-profit institution of higher education in Berlin, Germany. It was founded as a non-profit association in 1999. The college is, according to Martha Nussbaum, one of the educational institutions in Europe that makes the liberal arts idea into reality. Students and faculty come from all over the world and the language of instruction is English. Qualifying students earn both an American B.A. and a German B.A.

At Bard College Berlin students may enrol in a BA degree, or in a one-semester or one-year program suitable to their profile, background, and individual aims of the study. The college supports internship opportunities and practical training and has many established connections with the intellectual and cultural life of Berlin. 

The academic programs currently offered are Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, the Arts, and Social Thought; Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Politics, and Social Thought; Academy Year; Project Year; Arts and Society in Berlin; LAB Berlin; and Begin in Berlin.

Bard College Berlin provides an immersion in intellectual history from ancient Greece to the present day, with a rigorous concentration on philosophy, economics, politics, literature, art history, film, and theatre and studio arts. The total number of ECTS credits earned is 240. Study of the German language is offered and encouraged