WELCOME TO THE EUROPEAN LIBERAL ARTS INITIATIVE
The European Liberal Arts Initiative (ELAI) has been launched to improve the standing of liberal arts in Europe. We consider it our task to raise the awareness of existing institutional arrangements in which liberal (arts) education already takes place, as well as to provide a platform for debating what it is and can be in the European context.
Independent small size European college / university; normally awarding a degree in liberal arts; private
Institution operating according to American ideas and organisational models, even if not a branch; located in major cities throughout the continent; private
University College offering B.A./B.Sc. in liberal arts; offered by financially and functionally autonomous units (“colleges”), with public universities accrediting the programme (mostly NL)
B.A./B.Sc. in liberal arts, offered by an established public university, where the liberal arts programme of study is one among other (disciplinary degree) programmes (mostly UK)
Institutions promoting curricular innovations (core curriculum, elective principle, academic skills etc.) directly inspired by liberal arts ideals; offered within ‘regular’ university degree structures or faculties; public or private
Organisations and associations promoting liberal arts in Europe and beyond. For more details, check https://liberal-arts.eu/organisations.