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The Bard Network

Students from Bard partner institutions at Ala Archa National Park in the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
Bard envisions the liberal arts institution as the hub of a network, rather than a single, self-contained campus.
Numerous institutes for special study are available on and off campus, connecting Bard students to the greater community. Bard’s undergraduate program is based in Annandale, but students can take advantage of many opportunities outside the region, through Bard programs from New Orleans to Berlin. Bard’s philosophy is that colleges can and should play a broad role in education; for this reason, Bard operates or partners with high schools and graduate schools. Many Bard College undergraduate students began at Bard Early Colleges, or go on to pursue a master’s degree through Bard in conjunction with or after completing their bachelor’s.

Opportunities for Study at Bard

  • Undergraduate Programs
  • Graduate Programs
  • Bard Abroad and Student Exchanges
  • Specialized and Affiliated Programs

Our Locations

Annandale Programs
Robotics class at Bard College. Photo by Pete Mauney '93 MFA '00.

Annandale Programs

Bard's main campus houses the following degree-granting programs:
Bard Undergraduate Program
Bard College Conservatory of Music
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability
Bard Prison Initiative
Center for Curatorial Studies
Center for Human Rights and the Arts
Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy
Master of Arts in Teaching
Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts
The Orchestra Now

New York City Programs
Bard MBA in Sustainability Program in New York City.

New York City Programs

Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program
Bard Experiential Learning Lab
Bard Graduate Center
Bard High School Early College Manhattan
Bard High School Early College Queens
Bard Microcollege at Brooklyn Public Library
Bard Microcollege for Just Community Leadership

Other U.S. Programs
Bard College at Simon's Rock. Photo by Bill Tipper

Other U.S. Programs

Bard College's initiatives reach far beyond Annandale with campuses in New York City, Boston, California, and other U.S. locations.

Louisiana: Early College in New Orleans
Maryland: Bard High School Early College Baltimore
Massachusetts: Bard College at Simon's Rock
Massachusetts: Bard Microcollege Holyoke
Massachusetts: Longy School of Music of Bard College
New Jersey: Bard High School Early College Newark
New York State: Bard Early College Hudson
Ohio: Bard High School Early College Cleveland

International Programs
Al-Quds Bard Commencement, East Jerusalem.

International Programs

Bard Abroad offers students a wide range of opportunities to engage in international dialogue with study abroad opportunities as well as campus-based programs such as the Institute for International Liberal Education and the Program in International Education (PIE).

Austria: Central European University
China: Bard Early College Chengdu and Bard Early College Houde Academy Shenzhen
Germany: Bard College Berlin
Kenya: Rift Valley Institute
Kyrgyzstan: American University of Central Asia
East Jerusalem: Al-Quds Bard Partnership

The Open Society University Network
Students in OSUN's Refugee Higher Education Access program in Kenya. Photo by Moris Albert

The Open Society University Network

In 2020, Bard College and Central European University launched the Open Society University Network (OSUN), a global network of educational institutions that integrates learning and the advancement of knowledge—in the social sciences, the humanities, the sciences and the arts, on undergraduate and graduate levels—across geographic and demographic boundaries, promotes civic engagement on behalf of open societies, and expands access to higher education for underserved communities.

Additional Curricular and Cocurricular Opportunities

Civic Engagement Programs

  • Bard Debate Union
  • Bard Globalization and International Affairs
  • Bard Microcolleges
  • Bard Prison Initiative
  • C2C Fellows
  • Citizen Science
  • Clemente Course in the Humanities
  • Election@Bard
  • The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities
  • Human Rights Project
  • La Voz
  • Trustee Leader Scholar Program
  • West Point–Bard Exchange
Visit the Center for Civic Engagement to Learn More

3+2, 4+1, and Dual-Degree Programs

  • Dual-Degree Options Abroad
  • Bard Center for Environmental Policy
  • Bard College Conservatory of Music
  • Economics and Finance Program
  • Bard Graduate Center
  • Engineering Program with Columbia University and Dartmouth College
  • Forestry and Environmental Studies with Duke University
  • Levy Economics Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy
  • Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program
Learn More about Dual Degrees

Beyond the Classroom

  • Archaeology Field School
  • The Bard Center
  • Bard Center Environmental Sciences and Humanities
  • Bard College Field Station and Hudsonia
  • Bard Fiction Prize
  • Bard Translation and Translatability Initiative
  • Bard-YIVO Institute for East European Jewish History and Culture
  • Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  • Center for Moving Image Arts
  • Center for the Study of the Drone
  • Center for the Study of Hate
  • Chinua Achebe Center for African Writers and Artists
  • Conjunctions
  • Distinguished Scientist Scholars Summer Research
  • Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole
  • Hudsonia
  • Institute of Advanced Theology
  • Institute for Writing and Thinking
  • John Cage Trust
  • The Khanga Project, Textiles That Talk
  • Laboratory for Algebraic and Symbolic Computation (ASC)
  • The Landscape and Arboretum Program at Bard College
  • Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
  • Lifetime Learning Institute
  • Nursery School and Children's Center
  • Research Opportunities in the Sciences
  • Returning to College Program
  • The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
Learn More about Additional Study Opportunities

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Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses
Students in Professor Myra Young Armstead's Inclusion at Bard ELAS course dedicate new public signage on campus.

Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses

Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences (ELAS) courses link coursework and critical thinking skills with engagement activities that contextualize course materials and enhance learning. A significant portion of the learning takes place outside of the classroom, where students engage with different geographies, organizations, and programs in local communities, or in the communities where Bard’s national and international partners are based.

More about ELAS

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