Bard College Berlin, a Liberal Arts University

bard college berlin is a private liberal arts university in berlin, germany offering four-year b.a. degrees and one-year programs in english. bard college berlin was founded in 1999 as the european college of liberal arts (ecla). in 2011, thanks in large part to a decade of generous support by the christian a. johnson endeavor foundation, the college received accreditation as a german university, with the right to award a german b.a. degree. in 2011, ecla merged with bard college, a leading american liberal arts college which has its main campus in annandale-on-hudson, new york. bard college berlin is a german non-profit organization (ggmbh) and a state-recognized university. the college is accredited in germany by the berlin senate and in the united states by the middle states commission on higher education (msche).