upon meaningful partnerships.
International Partners
Al-Quds Bard Partnership
Abu Dis, Jerusalem
Al-Quds Bard represents the first dual-degree partnership between a U.S. and Palestinian institution of higher education. Al-Quds University and Bard College joined forces in 2009 in a unique partnership that provides student-centered liberal arts and sciences education to Palestinian students and prepares them to assume the responsibilities of leadership and self-governance.
American University of Central Asia
Bishkek, Kyrgyzsta
American University of Central Asia is a multi-disciplinary learning community in the American liberal arts tradition. AUCA is the first university in Central Asia to offer US accredited dual-degrees in liberal arts through its a partnership with Bard College.
Bard College Berlin, a Liberal Arts University
Berlin, Germany
True to the principles of liberal arts education, Bard College Berlin offers interdisciplinary programs in the humanities and social sciences, with a strong focus on individual growth and the development of essential skills in writing and thinking. Students engage in an integrated inquiry into the intellectual and cultural history of the contemporary world before choosing to specialize in an area of the humanities or social sciences.
Central European University
Budapest, Hungary
Central European University is a graduate-level “crossroads” university where faculty and students from more than 100 countries come to engage in interdisciplinary education, pursue advanced scholarship, and address some of society’s most vexing problems.
European Humanities University, Vilnius
Vilnius, Lithuania
EHU’S mission is to facilitate and deepen the contribution that its students and graduates make to the quality and potential of their own lives and to their respective civil societies. By so doing, they contribute to Belarus and its integration into the European and global community. EHU intends to return to Belarus when academic freedom and the independence of the university can be assured.
The Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Smolny College is a joint venture of Bard and St. Petersburg State University. This partnership is arguably the most significant collaboration between higher education institutions in the United States and Russia. Students studying at Smolny receive degrees from both institutions.
Courses, Programs, and Affiliates
International Network Courses
of being a global citizen in the 21st century.
Joint courses and virtual classes that unite students from different network institutions.
Study Away
Bard has long been known as an innovator and risk taker in the field of international higher education. The College’s international education programs are built upon meaningful partnerships grounded in mutuality and equality. Our groundbreaking study away programs, located in New York City and in regions undergoing rapid political and economic transformation, continue this tradition.
Global Civic Engagement
Central European University
Budapest, Hungary
In 2019, 35 students from Bard’s International Network came together for the Get Engaged Conference, a gathering designed to grow the network of young social entrepreneurs and change agents who are actively using the liberal arts as a tool to develop solutions to challenges in their communities.
Global Debate
Collaborating with all of the Bard network campuses to work on creating, building, and sustaining their debate programs.
Study of the U.S. Institutes
Bard College hosts a multinational academic exchange program on its Annandale campus each summer. Sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) offers experiential learning through an intensive academic program, site visits, travel to different U.S. regions, and opportunities to build relationships with U.S. peers and community members.
Institute for Writing and Thinking International
The Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) at Bard plays an important role in supporting the development of a liberal arts approach by providing faculty development for Bard’s international network partners as well as for hundreds of institutions around the world.