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Start your college career abroad: spend your first year at Bard College Berlin.
Begin in Berlin students participate in an intellectual community like no other. With small, discussion-based classes taught in English, a classically coherent curriculum that also responds to global changes, an international student body, and a world-class faculty, Bard College Berlin offers an intimate learning environment within one of Europe’s great intellectual, political, economic, and artistic centers. 
More detailed information about the Begin in Berlin program is circulated to admitted students in May each year.
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Begin in Berlin

Begin in Berlin

Entering students may spend their first year at Bard’s campus in Berlin, Germany, joining a global student body of over 300 and more than 66 countries. Begin in Berlin students take Language and Thinking and the first-year core sequence at Bard College Berlin, and may choose electives from courses in (among others) German language, practicing and performing arts, social studies, literature, art history, aesthetics, philosophy, and social engagement—many of which use the city as a classroom. All credits transfer automatically to Annandale.

Academics Overview

Who can apply?

Incoming first-years who have accepted an offer of admission from Bard College and made their enrollment deposit are eligible to apply to the Begin in Berlin program.

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Academic Calendar

Bard College Berlin follows the U.S. academic calendar. Click here to view the academic calendar of Bard College Berlin. 

KEY DATES

Fall Semester 2023
Student Arrival Day Thursday, August 10 (check-in 9 am - 4 pm)
Orientation Friday, August 11 - Monday, August 14
Language & Thinking Program                     Tuesday, August 15 - Wednesday, August 30
First Day of Classes Monday, September 4
Fall Break Monday, October 23 - Sunday, October 29
Last Day of Classes Friday, December 22
Student Departure Date Saturday, December 23 (check-out 9 am-3 pm)


Spring Semester 2024
Student Arrival Day                                Thursday, January 25
First Day of Classes Monday, January 29
Spring Break Monday, March 25 – Monday, April 1
Last Day of Classes Friday, May 17
Student Departure Day Sunday, May 19 (check out 9 am - 3 pm)

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  • Bard College Admission
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  • Bard in Berlin Location Guide
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