Study Abroad/Study Away

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Bard's global outlook starts on campus, where the students come from nearly 50 countries many on scholarships. International Students make up approximately 14 percent of the student body, contribute important insights, fully participate in the life of the College, and often initiate projects that bring a fresh, different perspective to the academic dialogue. Almost every region of the world is represented on Bard's faculty–Nigeria, France, Brazil, Russia, China, Greece, to name just a few. Bard's global offerings–internships, study abroad programs, virtual classrooms, research projects or opportunities, and collaborations with other institutions–extend to every program in the College's liberal arts curriculum.

Campus Resources

On campus, the College hosts conferences on diverse topics of international interest, including "No Exceptions: Children's Rights are Human Rights," sponsored by the Bard College chapter of Amnesty International and the Human Rights Project; "Colombia's Endless War — Drugs, Guerillas, and US Foreign Policy," sponsored by the dean of international studies and the Political Studies Program; "Accounting for Atrocities: Prosecuting War Crimes 50 Years after Nuremburg," organized by Bard's Institute for International Liberal Education; a conference celebrating the 70th birthday of exiled Nigerian author and Bard faculty member Chinua Achebe; and "Contested Legacies," a conference on the influence and experience of German-speaking émigrés in the post—World War II era.