Bard College Berlin (BCB)

Bard College Berlin (BCB) is a dual German- and US- accredited liberal arts college that offers a multidisciplinary undergraduate education in the humanities and social sciences. It was founded in 1999 as the European College of Liberal Arts. Students at BCB join a highly diverse and international student body of 270 students representing 60 countries, with English as the language of instruction. In 2016, BCB established the Program of International Education and Social Change (PIESC), which enables students from areas of conflict and crisis to study at the college with full four-year scholarships. BCB offers additional educational opportunities to displaced students via community-based and blended learning programs. BCB is a member of the Consortium on Forced Migration, Education and Displacement and the Refugee and Migrant Education Network.

As part of REIs2, the Open Learning Initiative (OLIve) unit at BCB delivers the 3 university preparatory programs (OLIve-Plus - 2019 Fall Semester; OLIve-Access - 2020 Spring Semester; OLIve-UP - AY 2020-21) that were intended to run at Central European University (CEU). Since the Fall of 2018, CEU has not been able to run such programs because of the impact of anti-migrant legislation in Hungary. The academic curriculum of the OLIve programs at BCB is designed by CEU Faculty.

BCB also works with the Budapest-based NGO, Cordelia Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, to develop materials on trauma informed learning and teaching, as part of the work package on promoting inclusive classrooms and universities.