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Building a Cohort of Students Interested in Beginning in Berlin 

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In this time of travel restrictions due to COVID-19, we are relying on public health officials both in the United States and around the world to determine whether or not it will be appropriate to send students to Bard College Berlin in August. We will keep you apprised of the situation, but in the meantime, we are building a cohort of interested students who would like to Begin in Berlin!
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 and crises, an international student body, and a world-class faculty, Bard College Berlin offers students an intimate learning environment within one of Europe’s great intellectual, political, economic, and artistic centers.
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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 260 from more than 60 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.

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

KEY DATES

Fall Semester 2020
Student Arrival Day Saturday, August 8
Orientation Sunday, August 9 - Monday, August 10
Language & Thinking Program                     Tuesday, August 11 - Wednesday, August 26
First Day of Classes Monday, August 31
Fall Break Monday, October 19 - Sunday, October 25
Last Day of Classes Friday, December 18
Student Departure Date Saturday, December 19


Spring Semester 2021
Student Arrival Day                                Wednesday, January 27
First Day of Classes Monday, February 1
Spring Break Monday, March 29 – Monday, April 5
Last Day of Classes Friday, May 21
Student Departure Day Wednesday, May 23

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Admission E-mail: admission@bard.edu
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