Bard College Berlin is a private university and charges tuition. Fees are set each year by the Board of Trustees of Bard College, and the same fees apply to all students, because the college makes no distinction between domestic and international students. Tuition is billed as an annual comprehensive fee: 27,500 EUR for students who live off campus, or 38,250 EUR including a furnished room on campus and a weekday meal plan.

On top of the comprehensive fee, every student pays the Semesterticket, a transit pass of 453.60 EUR per year that covers regional public transport across Germany, excluding ICE, IC and EC trains. A reader fee of 10 to 90 EUR per year is charged for course materials, depending on the courses taken.

Figures for the 2026-27 academic year, revised annually.

Tuition fees do not replace the proof of funds. For the student visa you still need to show 11,904 EUR for the year, usually in a blocked account, and that money has to be transferred months before the semester starts.

The final deadline of 1 May applies only to citizens and residents of the EU/EEA, Australia, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, San Marino, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. Deadlines apply to all three BA programmes. Transfer applicants have separate deadlines.

All 3 degree programmes at Bard College Berlin are taught in English, all at Bachelor level: the BA in Economics, Politics, and Social Thought; the BA in Humanities, the Arts, and Social Thought; and the BA in Artistic Practice and Society. The college also offers a Joint BA-Master's Degree Program.

Bard College Berlin, A Liberal Arts University is a private, non-profit university in Berlin, founded in 1999 as the European College of Liberal Arts (ECLA). It merged with Bard College in New York in 2011 and has 286 students. The campus is in Pankow-Niederschönhausen in the north of Berlin. Teaching is in English, and qualifying students receive both a German and an American BA. The university is institutionally accredited in Germany by the Wissenschaftsrat.