Here is the database of liberal arts programmes in Europe as well as organisations and associations promoting liberal arts in Europe. In its current form, the database contains basic institutional data of existing programmes as well as a typology of their organisational forms. The database builds upon existing partial lists, operates on a broad definition of liberal arts*, and can be considered the first comprehensive catalogue of liberal arts initiatives in the European higher education landscape. To find out about how we proceeded in compiling the database, take a look at our database methodology blog entry.
Private independent liberal arts institutions (1.a)
Independent small size European college / university; normally awarding a degree in liberal arts; private
Private American institutions (1.b)
Institution operating according to American ideas and organisational models, even if not a branch; located in major cities throughout the continent; private
Public University Colleges (2.a)
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)
Public liberal arts programmes (2.b)
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)
Liberal arts inspired curricular innovations (3.a)
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 (3.b)
Organisations and associations promoting liberal arts in Europe and beyond. For more details, check https://liberal-arts.eu/organisations.
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| Name of the programme | Country | City | Year established | Website | Language of instruction | Ownership status | Hosting / affiliated institution | Type Code | Videos | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chavagnes Studium | France | Chavagnes-en-Paillers | 2015 | http://chavagnes.org/studium/ | English | Private | ICES, Institut Catholique d’Etudes Supérieures Catholic University of the Vendée; John Paul II Catholic University Lubin | 1.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wNpnm7mNcY | English Lycee from 2002; one-year program from 2015; from Sep 2018 2 year intensive Bachelor (instead of US 4) with a semester in Lublin |
| Bard College Berlin | Germany | Berlin | 1999 | http://www.berlin.bard.edu/ | English | Private | Bard College (USA) | 1.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfDH54vbGgw | previous: European College of Liberal Arts |
| Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts | Slovakia | Bratislava | 2006 | http://www.bisla.sk/english/ | Slovak | Private | Bratislava Institute of Humanism (Slovakia) | 1.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3yzV6K4BIA | previous: Bratislavská medzinárodná škola liberálnych štúdií; preceded by Society for higher learning (since 1996?); in the process of transitioning to full-English |
| Webster Vienna Private University | Austria | Vienna | 1981 | http://webster.ac.at/ | English | Private | Webster University (St. Louis, USA) | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/webstervienna | the only American liberal arts university in Austria that is accredited both in the USA (HLC) as well as in Austria (AQ), accreditations available here http://webster.ac.at/accreditations |
| Vesalius College | Belgium | Brussels | 1987 | http://www.vesalius.edu/ | English | Private | Vrije Universiteit Brussels / University of Indianapolis (USA) / Boston University? | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/VesaliusCollegevzw | |
| American University in Bulgaria | Bulgaria | Blagoevgrad | 1991 | https://www.aubg.edu/ | English | Private | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/AUBG1991 | ||
| New Bulgarian University (NBU) | Bulgaria | Sofia | 1991 | http://www.nbu.bg/ | Bulgarian | Private | Multiple (6 universities) | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa-YjledUY4p8kA4nky7Sxg | |
| American University of Paris | France | Paris | 1962 | https://www.aup.edu/ | English | Private | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/AUPvideos | ||
| American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) | Greece | Thessaloniki | 1886 | http://www.act.edu/ | English | Private | Anatolia College (Greece) | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/AnatoliaACT | |
| American College of Greece, DEREE Program | Greece | Athens | 1923 | http://www.acg.edu/ | English | Private | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/DereeCollegeTube | ||
| University of Indianapolis Athens | Greece | Athens | 1989 | http://international.uindy.edu/AthensCampus.php | English | Private | University of Indianapolis (USA) | 1.b | ||
| McDaniel College Budapest | Hungary | Budapest | 1994 | http://mcdaniel.hu/ | English | Private | McDaniel College (USA) | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyI9z-fV8i5QkSSooTWGeIA | |
| American University of Rome | Italy | Rome | 1969 | https://www.aur.edu/ | English | Private | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/universityRome | ||
| John Cabot University | Italy | Rome | 1972 | http://www.johncabot.edu/ | English | Private | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnCabotU | ||
| Franklin University Switzerland | Switzerland | Sorengo | 1969 | https://www.fus.edu/ | English | Private | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/franklinswitzerland | dual accreditation; before 2013 Franklin College Switzerland | |
| Richmond, The American International University in London | UK | Richmond & London | 1972 | http://www.richmond.ac.uk/ | English | Private | UK accreditation with the OU. US accreditation with The Middle States Commission | 1.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/richmonduniversity10 | |
| Charles University, Faculty of Humanities, Liberal Arts and Humanities | Czech Republic | Prague | 1994 | https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-524.html | Czech | Public | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuy8e0TQ_3UguXBYg5jvXJA | established as Institute for Fundamental Learning, granted faculty status in 2000; ELAN Member | |
| University of Malta; Programme in the Liberal Arts and Sciences (PLAS) | Malta | Msida | 2014 | http://www.um.edu.mt/clas/ourprogramme | English | Public | University of Malta | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/universityofmalta/search?query=liberal | programme allows students to use accumulated Units to achieve certificate, diploma, higher diploma or bachelor; targets adult learners; fully flexible "at your own pace" modularised curriculum |
| St. Mary's University College Belfast | Northern Ireland | Belfast | 2000 | http://www.stmarys-belfast.ac.uk/academic/liberalarts/default.asp | English | Public | Queens University Belfast (UK) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QRUYZdrFhI | originally 1985 but strongly revamped in 2000 |
| Collegium Artes Liberales (CLAS) | Poland | Warsaw | 2008 | http://www.clas.al.uw.edu.pl/en/summary | Polish | Public | University of Warsaw (Poland) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOyJQlYLa0U | |
| Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg State Univesity | Russia | St. Petersburg | 1999 | http://artesliberales.spbu.ru/about-en | Russian | Public | St. Petersburg State University (Russia) and Bard College (USA) | 2.a | https://vimeo.com/smolnycollege | aka Smolny College |
| University College Utrecht (UCU) | The Netherlands | Utrecht | 1998 | https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/university-college-utrecht | English | Public | Utrecht University (Netherlands) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDb0YOpsn-Y | |
| University College Maastricht (UCM) | The Netherlands | Maastricht | 2002 | https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education/bachelor/bachelor-university-college-maastricht | English | Public | Maastricht University (Netherlands) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfi6Gubh3XM | |
| University College Roosevelt (UCR) | The Netherlands | Middelburg | 2004 | http://www.ucr.nl/Pages/default.aspx | English | Public | Utrecht University (Netherlands) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzgMQz6nCog | formerly Roosevelt Academy |
| University College Tilburg | The Netherlands | Tilburg | 2008 | https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/education/bachelors-programs/liberal-arts-and-sciences/ | English | Public | Tilburg University (Netherlands) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpjFLA_c8FQ | formerly Tilburg University Liberal Arts and Science Bachelor Program, since 2016 UCT; accredited in 2007 started 2008 |
| Amsterdam University College | The Netherlands | Amsterdam | 2009 | http://www.auc.nl/ | English | Public | University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) VU University Amsterdam (Netherlands) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7kQrCOXtJ0 | |
| Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) | The Netherlands | The Hague | 2010 | http://www.lucthehague.nl/ | English | Public | Leiden University (Netherlands) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3yx1WA5Q7k | |
| Erasmus University College | The Netherlands | Rotterdam | 2013 | https://www.eur.nl/euc/ | English | Public | Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sZsJChWnxo | |
| University College Twente | The Netherlands | Twente | 2013 | https://www.utwente.nl/en/university-college-twente/ | English | Public | University Twente (Netherlands) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWuWVqMYuu8 | formerly ATLAS programme |
| University College Groningen | The Netherlands | Groningen | 2014 | http://www.rug.nl/ucg/ | English | Public | University of Groningen (Netherlands) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqKccA8Dqj0 | |
| University College Venlo | The Netherlands | Venlo | 2014 | https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education/bachelor/bachelor-university-college-venlo | English | Public | Maastricht University (Netherlands) | 2.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1tVhPSzIIw | they focus on issues related to Food, Nutrition & Health in an interdisciplinary manner |
| Tallinn University; Liberal Arts in Humanities & Liberal Arts in the Social Sciences | Estonia | Tallinn | 2012 | http://www.tlu.ee/en/School-of-Humanities/Liberal-Arts-in-Humanities http://www.tlu.ee/en/School-of-Governance-Law-and-Society/Liberal-Arts-in-Social-Sciences | English | Public | Tallinn University | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/TallinnaYlikool/search?query=liberal | currently two separate programs, stemming from Estonian Humanities Institute (1988) and later Katherine's College (2008-2015) |
| University College Freiburg | Germany | Freiburg | 2012 | http://www.ucf.uni-freiburg.de/liberal-arts-and-sciences/liberal-arts-and-sciences | English | Public | University of Freiburg (Germany) | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/user/ucflas | modelled after / close cooperation: University College Maastricht (Netherlands); 4 year |
| Studium Individuale, Leuphana University of Lüneburg | Germany | Lüneburg | 2012 | http://www.leuphana.de/en/college/bachelor/individual-studies.html | German / English | Public | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBj1Q0PAmqw | It's a proper Liberal Arts degree, but they call it "Studium Individuale" | |
| University of Lisbon, Course of General Studies | Portugal | Lisbon | 2011 | http://www.letras.ulisboa.pt/pt/cursos/licenciaturas-1-ciclo/estudos-gerais | Portuguese | Public | School of Arts and Humanities - University of Lisbon; [PT: Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa | 2.b | Estudos Gerais; affiliated faculties: Faculty of Fine Arts, Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Psychology, Institute of Social and Political Sciences and ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, all of the University of Lisbo | |
| Uppsala University Liberal Arts Programmet (formerly University College Gotland) | Sweden | Visby | 1998 | http://www.uu.se/en/admissions/master/selma/program/?pKod=HLA1K | Swedish | Public | Uppsala University (SE) | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVC09PG4Y-I | ELAN Member |
| University of Gothenburg; Liberal Arts Programme | Sweden | Goteborg | 2011 | http://flov.gu.se/utbildning/grundniva/liberal-arts | Swedish | Public | University of Gothenburg | 2.b | ||
| Utrecht University; Liberal Arts and Sciences | The Netherlands | Utrecht | 2004 | https://www.uu.nl/bachelors/liberal-arts-and-sciences | Dutch | Public | Utrecht University (Netherlands) | 2.b | https://youtu.be/QwEdnFRaQ_A | ELAN Member |
| University of Winchester; Modern Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Winchester | 2010 | http://www.winchester.ac.uk/pages/home.aspx | English | Public | University of Winchester, UK | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIz7ZzJtaKg | |
| University of Essex; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Essex | 2012 | http://www.essex.ac.uk/cish/liberalarts/default.aspx | English | Public | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjDHz3vI_MA | BA in Humanities startet in 1998 and was renamed in 2012 to LAS | |
| King's College London, Liberal Arts Program | UK | London | 2012 | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/liberal/index.aspx | English | Public | King's College London (UK) | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_slJvVX1Sk | |
| University College London; Arts and Sciences BASc Programme | UK | London | 2012 | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/basc | English | Public | University College London | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrP4dN8s4GM | 3 years, 4 with study abroad |
| University of Birmingham; Liberal Arts & Sciences Programme | UK | Birmingham | 2013 | http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/liberal-arts-and-sciences/index.aspx | English | Public | University of Birmingham | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8j_RJn9mhQ&t=64s | |
| University of Exeter; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Exeter | 2013 | http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/liberalarts/ | English | Public | University of Exeter | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6HS0QdILOk | MLibArts - optional fourth year for a masters' |
| University of Kent; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Canterbury | 2014 | https://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/studying/programmes/ug/ba_liberal_arts.html | English | Public | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVk1-N9bY-4 | 4 years - with 3rd as a year abroad or internship | |
| University of Bristol; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Bristol | 2015 | http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/2018/liberal-arts/ba-liberal-arts/ | English | Public | 2.b | |||
| Regent's University London; Liberal Studies | UK | London | 2015 | http://www.regents.ac.uk/study/undergraduate-study/programmes?keyword=liberal+arts&level=Undergraduate&subject=All+subjects | English | Public | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0hVt8jm2F0&list=PL_TKNBAWPA0xI1XPT2eYDJIpcrfxiiZ_e | ||
| Royal Holloway; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | London | 2015 | https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/liberalarts/home.aspx | English | Public | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c42uBFshLDk | ||
| Durham University; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Durham | 2016 | https://www.dur.ac.uk/liberal.arts/ | English | Public | 2.b | was originally a Department of the Arts before splitting and forming the Liberal Arts Department | ||
| University of Leeds; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Leeds | 2016 | https://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/125236/liberal_arts | English | Public | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HpglCWl0Kk | ||
| SOAS University of London; Global Liberal Arts | UK | London | 2016 | https://www.soas.ac.uk/history/programmes/ba-global-liberal-arts/ | English | Public | 2.b | |||
| University of Warwick; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Warwick | 2016 | http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies/liberalarts | English | Public | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_xxanwvkNA | ||
| Aberystwyth University; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Aberystwyth | 2017 | https://courses.aber.ac.uk/undergraduate/liberal-arts-degree/ | English | Public | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Jt5WHwfLw | ||
| Bath Spa University; Liberal Arts Programme - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | UK | Bath | 2017 | https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/courses/pg-liberal-arts/ | English | Public | 2.b | MA; currently pending final approval | ||
| University of Dundee; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Dundee | 2017 | https://www.dundee.ac.uk/study/ug/liberal-arts/ | English | Public | 2.b | only about to start in 2017 | ||
| Keele University; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Keele | 2017 | https://www.keele.ac.uk/ilas/contactus/ | English | Public | 2.b | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKxydwRrLBM | 3 years, 4 with study abroad; MLibArts - optional fourth year for a masters'; run by Keele’s Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences | |
| University of Central Lancashire; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Preston | 2018 | https://www.uclan.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-liberal-arts.php | English | Public | 2.b | |||
| University of Nottingham; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Nottingham | 2018 | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/liberalarts/liberalarts.aspx | English | Public | 2.b | also offers 4-year foundational entry and 4-year study abroad version of the same course | ||
| International Theological Institute (ITI): Studium Generale | Austria | Trumau | 2010 | https://iti.ac.at/index.php?id=23 | English | Private | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/ITITrumau/videos | ITI was established in 1996. The Program of Studies at ITI focuses on the eastern as well as the western theological traditions. In addition to scripture, students read the original writings of the great masters, including St. Irenaeus, St. Anselm, St. Thomas Aquinas and Newman, to name only a few. Their "Studium Generale" is a year of Catholic liberal arts formation. | |
| European College of Liberal Arts in Belarus | Belarus | Minsk | 2014 | http://eclab.by/en | Belarussian, Russian | Private | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsPyH98yILCUprf7unZmmUw | A one-year program with a Certificate, plus a series of events throughout the year | |
| KU Leuven Campus Kulak Kortrijk | Belgium | Kortrijk | 2011 | http://www.kuleuven-kulak.be/ | Dutch | Public | KU Leuven (Belgium) | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/KuleuvenKulak | |
| University of Cyprus | Cyprus | Nicosia | 1989 | http://www.ucy.ac.cy/en/ | Greek | Public | 3.a | university modelled after US model, with 4-year bachelor studies, with major/concentration (ca 50% of the curriculum) and required courses in the broad field of knowledge, as well as a possibility of minor | ||
| Leuphana University of Lüneburg | Germany | Lüneburg | 1946 | http://www.leuphana.de/en | German / English | Public | 3.a | founded as a "Pädagogische Hochschule" (1946), became University in 1989, Fusion with "Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen" (2005), renamed to "Leuphana" in 2006 | ||
| Witten/Herdecke University | Germany | Witten | 1982 | https://www.uni-wh.de/en/uwh-international/university/ | German | Private | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/universitywitten | ||
| Bucerius Law School | Germany | Hamburg | 2000 | http://www.law-school.de/deutsch/ | German | Private | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ioZFaPDK4j-KWwJOOxA5Q | ||
| Jacobs University | Germany | Bremen | 2001 | https://www.jacobs-university.de/ | English | Private | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/JacobsUni | ||
| Zeppelin University | Germany | Friedrichshafen | 2003 | https://www.zu.de/ | German | Private | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/ZeppelinUni | ||
| Vytautas Magnus University | Lithuania | Kaunus | 1989 | http://www.vdu.lt/en/ | Lithuanian | Public | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/VDUvideo | ||
| LCC International University | Lithuania | Klaipeda | 1991 | http://www.lcc.lt/ | English | Private | Established in 1991 by a joint venture of Lithuanian, Canadian and American foundations | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/LCCInternationalUniv | liberal arts university, with 51/180 ECTS in 9 core disciplines for each bachelor |
| European Humanities University | Lithuania | Vilnius | 1992 | http://www.ehu.lt/en/ | Belarusian, Russian, English | Private | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DSTxs1skoU&list=PLIs2k59GvKNA_wrinHC1R7db3dqVtWamv | until 2004 in Minsk, from 2006 reestablished abroad; only recently more directly connected to LE | |
| Collegium of Inter-Faculty/Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities (MISH | Poland | Warsaw | 1993 | http://mish.uw.edu.pl/ | Polish | Public | University of Warsaw | 3.a | Międzywydziałowe Indywidualne Studia Humanistyczne / Międzyobszarowe Indywidualne Studia Humanistyczne | |
| University of Silesia; College of Interdisciplinary Individual Studies | Poland | Katowice | 1997 | http://ism.us.edu.pl | Polish | Public | University of Silesia | 3.a | currently, the result of 2014 merge of MISH and MISMaP; Indywidualne Studia Międzyobszarowe (ISM) | |
| MISH-S UMK | Poland | Torun | 1997 | http://mish.umk.pl/ | Polish | Public | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | 3.a | ||
| MISH UJ | Poland | Cracow | 2000 | http://www.mish.uj.edu.pl | Polish | Public | Jagiellonian University, Cracow | 3.a | ||
| MISHuS KUL | Poland | Lublin | 2000 | http://www.kul.pl/kolegium-miedzyobszarowych-indywidualnych-studiow-humanistyczno-spolecznych,110.html | Polish | Public | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin | 3.a | ||
| MISHiS UAM | Poland | Poznan | 2002 | http://mishis.amu.edu.pl/ | Polish | Public | Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan | 3.a | ||
| MISH UWr | Poland | Wroclaw | 2004 | http://uni.wroc.pl/wydzia%C5%82y/kolegium-mishis | Polish | Public | University of Wroclaw | 3.a | ||
| MISH-S UŁ | Poland | Lodz | 2008 | http://www.mish.uni.lodz.pl/ | Polish | Public | University of Lodz | 3.a | ||
| MISH UO | Poland | Opole | 2011 | https://rekrutacja.uni.opole.pl/pomoc.php?op=inc&file=mishus | Polish | Public | University of Opole | 3.a | ||
| Center for Interdisciplinary Individual Education in Humanities (MIGO) | Russia | Rostov | 2006 | http://migo.sfedu.ru/ | Russian | Public | Sothern Federal University (SFedU), Rostov on Don | 3.a | MIGO is the Russian acronym: Interdisciplinary Individual Education in the Humanities | |
| RaNePa Liberal Arts College | Russia | Moscow | 2012 | http://ion.ranepa.ru/en/about/faculties/715/Liberal-Arts/ | Russian | Public | Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idKAJIzmjQ | originally a program, from 2014 a college |
| Higher School of Economics / New Economic School: Economics Double Degree Program | Russia | Moscow | 2011 | https://www.hse.ru/en/ba/nes/about | Russian, English | Public | Higher School of Economics and New Economic School | 3.a | high % of elective courses in SS and H in English and in Russian, limited coursework, individual tutor supervision | |
| University of Navarra - Core Curriculum | Spain | Madrid | 2015 | http://www.unav.edu/web/core-curriculum/itinerario-interfacultativo | Spanish | Public | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/universidaddenavarra/search?query=core | history of the Institute is much longer | |
| Benedictus Liberal Arts Trust, United Kingdom | UK | London | 2010 | http://benedictus.org.uk/ | English | Private | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNfj_5aa12XfgaYFfKyFt7Q | Only offering summer schools | |
| New College of the Humanities | UK | London | 2011 | https://www.nchlondon.ac.uk/ | English | Private | University of London (UK) | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/NCHumanities | "Liberal arts-inspired undergraduate degrees" |
| University of Winchester - Institute for Value Studies | UK | Winchester | 2015 | http://www.winchester.ac.uk/Studyhere/Value%20Studies/Pages/Value%20Studies.aspx | English | Public | University of Winchester | 3.a | https://www.youtube.com/user/UniofWinchester/search?query=value+studies | elective modules |
| Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria | Austria | Salzburg | 3.b | |||||||
| ACA - Academic Cooperation Association | Belgium | Brussels | 2014 | http://www.aca-secretariat.be/index.php?id=752 | 3.b | ACA European Policy Seminar: Improving undergraduate education in Europe: liberal arts and science colleges | ||||
| ELAN - European Liberal Arts Network | Germany | Heidelberg | 2013 | http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/philosophie/zegk/new_elan/index.html | English | 3.b | They offer a certificate, internship opportunities and an exchange programme among ELAN members; committed to Humanities | |||
| East-Central European School in the Humanities (MSH) | Poland | Warsaw (multiple) | 1996 | http://www.obta.uw.edu.pl/~ptomasze/ial/msh/index_eng.html | Public | University of Warsaw | 3.b | primarily a research network, also organising workshops for faculty and students, continuing work to this day (e.g. Academia in Public Discourse 2011-2013) in the post-Soviet space | ||
| Artes Liberales Academy | Poland | Multiple | 2000 | http://www.aal.edu.pl/node/18 | Polish | Public | 8 Polish universities | 3.b | a network promoting establishment of MISH colleges at public universities, later offering individually tutored inter-univeristy study programs at bachelor, master and PhD level (since 2011 only PhD) | |
| ECOLAS - European Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Slovakia | Bratislava | 2007 | http://www.ecolas.eu/eng/ | English | Public | 3.b | |||
| UCDN - University Colleges Deans of the Netherlands | The Netherlands | 2014 | https://www.universitycolleges.info/ | 3.b | ||||||
| UCSRN - University College Student Representatives of the Netherlands | The Netherlands | Utrecht | 2015 | https://ucsrn.nl/ | 3.b | |||||
| GALA - Global Academy of Liberal Arts | UK | Bath Spa | 2014 | http://gala.network | 3.b | |||||
| LA+S | UK | 2017 | Leaders: UCL, KCL, Birmingham, Warwick, Leeds | 3.b | associated: Exeter, Bristol, Royal Holloway, Kent, Derby, Winchester, Keele, Durham, SOAS | |||||
| GLAA - Global Liberal Arts Alliance | USA | Ann Arbor | http://liberalartsalliance.org/home | 3.b | International alliance, especially for branch universities (1.B), with some exceptions, e.g. BISLA | |||||
| University of Derby; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Derby | 2016 | https://www.derby.ac.uk/media-and-cultural-studies-courses/liberal-arts-ba-hons/ | English | Public | 5 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q8xYrZxNwE | ||
| University of the West of England; Liberal Arts Programme | UK | Bristol | 2017 | http://courses.uwe.ac.uk/L90A/liberal-arts | English | Public | 5 | They offer Liberal Arts BA without (3 year) or with (4 year) Foundation Year |
* For now, we are using “Liberal Arts” and “Liberal Arts and Sciences” synonymously. Unless stated otherwise, “Liberal Arts” in our project always refers to an undergraduate degree, respectively a programme of study (B.A./ B.Sc.). We use “Liberal Education” when we talk about the overall approach to learning and the educational philosophy behind Liberal Arts programmes.