European Graduate School
| Type | Graduate School; Private; Not-for-profit |
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| Established | 1994 |
| Founders | Paolo Knill, Wolfgang Schirmacher |
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Parent institution
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The European Graduate School Foundation |
| President | Hubertus von Amelunxen |
| Dean | Margo Fuchs Knill (AHS), Stephen K. Levine (AHS), Christopher Fynsk (PACT) |
| Location | Leuk-Stadt, Switzerland (Administrative Office); Saas-Fee, Switzerland; Valletta, Malta |
| Website | www |
The European Graduate School (EGS) is a cross-disciplinary institution of higher education awarding Masters and Doctoral degrees within its two divisions: Arts, Health and Society (AHS), and Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought (PACT). Founded in Switzerland, the School operates on two locations: Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and Valletta, Malta.
The EGS is a privately funded international graduate school founded by the non-profit European Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies. EGS is not recognized by the Swiss University Conference, the main regulatory body for universities in Switzerland.
The Arts, Health, and Society Division was established in Saas-Fee, Switzerland in 1994.
The division of Philosophy, Art & Critical Thought focuses on socio-political, philosophical, and artistic inquiry. Faculty and guest lecturers give three- to six-day courses during four-week summer seminars. Visiting faculty have included Giorgio Agamben, Chantal Akerman, and Pierre Alféri.
Studies involve two years of coursework, including rigorous online writing requirements based on a structured reading list, and two three-week summer seminars in Switzerland, during which students are evaluated for their active participation in nine hours of seminars and lectures each day with visiting professors, philosophers, filmmakers, and artists and spend their final three years writing a thesis or dissertation, followed by a traditional oral defense.
EGS is licensed as a university in Malta and is recognized in the Swiss canton where it operates, but is not recognized by the Swiss University Conference, the main regulatory body for universities in Switzerland.
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