Bard College Berlin - Berlin

Kelly E. Burns

A wonderful small school with excellent programs for students of all races, creeds and socioeconomic backgrounds. Offers generous financial help for those who need it.

Offers a Degree in both the US and Germany for interested students. The tuition is lower than most US schools. Check it out if you are up for the adventure of a lifetime! It’s definitely not for everyone but for those with an adventurous mind and spirit.

Margarethe Hattingh

I didn't quite know what I was getting into when I signed up for a Liberal Arts degree, but I couldn't be happier with my experience at BCB. Approaching the end of the program, I can't say it was easy, but it was wholly worthwhile. The curriculum is challenging, professors are on the whole qualified, competent, and kind; students come from all corners of the globe, each with a different perspective. I prepare to graduate feeling as if I have just begun to know how much it is I do not know: I've heard this is the beginning of wisdom.

Michael Weinman

A small, largely residential liberal arts college in Berlin. Combines what is best about that academic setting--the intimacy of the intellectual experience, the capacity to do sustained work with a faculty member over years of study, the integrated and interdisciplinary approach to education--with what is best about being part of a polyglot community in cosmopolitan Berlin.

I arrived at the College somewhat accidentally, and could not be happier for that twist of fate.

Cassidy Putnam

I went to Bard Annandale for two years and BCB for two years. I wish I had gone straight to BCB! The schools are equally academically rigorous and safe. I think the value of living in Germany made my time at BCB many times more beneficial and personally productive than in Annandale. Lots of opportunity for academic conferences and serious personal attention to the student's education. BCB attracts a very unique, interesting and impressive type of student that I haven't met anywhere else in the classes I've taken at other colleges (Bard Annandale, UConn, SMC). Professionally, I'd be nowhere near where I am now if I'd finished at Annandale. Employers respect the BCB degree at the same level as a Bard degree, and are very interested in me as a german speaker who has lived in the country and as someone adaptable enough to have made the move. I would strongly recommend BCB to anyone who is compelled by the concept but may be hesitant due to the atypicality of the school. I only wish I could buy a college sweatshirt to rep!

S. Bee

Disappointing. I can't speak to the quality of the educational programs they are offering but as an employer they are pretty dismal. Bad communication, lack of organization, and questionable hiring decisions. Granted, you would hope that how they treat their students is better than how they treat their employees, but experience suggests that the workplace culture of an organization typically permeates most of its parts once it is firmly established. So, it's likely that their programs are just as disorganized as their leadership and administration. So, think twice beforing sending ýour kids there.

Mohammadali Ghods

liberal arts college with very dedicated staff and faculty members. Lot of room and space for discussions on humanities and art, with local events and seminars scheduled every month by top notch professors and artists

Lisa Vogel

Spent a wonderful four years here. As someone who was interested in studying literature in relation to other humanities-related subjects, I got to explore everything I was interested in with incredibly motivated and dedicated faculty and students!

Nanuka Iashvili

Great classes and amazing professors! I had a wonderful expirience studying abroad my third year through the school's programs.