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European Graduate School
Type Graduate School; Private; Non-for-profit
Established 1994
Founder Paolo J. Knill, Wolfgang Schirmacher
Parent institution
 The European Graduate School Foundation [1]
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.egs.edu

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).[2] 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. It is governed by a presidential board that includes a representative of the Swiss canton of Valais.[3][dead link]

Programs

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.[4] 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.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

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.[11]

Accreditation

The EGS lacks academic accreditation from an accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Council for Higher Education Accreditation.[12] As a result, degrees from the EGS are not currently recognized by many state education authorities in the United States. The State of Texas currently includes the university on its published list of institutions that issue "fraudulent or substandard degrees" and notes that it is illegal to use an EGS degree to "obtain employment" within the state.[12] The State of Maine includes the EGS on its list of "Non-Accredited Colleges and Degree Mills."[13] The State of Michigan Civil Service Commission states that degrees from the EGS "will not be accepted...to satisfy educational requirements indicated on job specifications."[14]

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.moneyhouse.ch/en/u/egs_european_graduate_school_foundation_CH-600.7.013.087-7.htm
  2. ^ Atkins, Sally (2005). "Artists in Community: The Black Mountain College and the White Mountain Graduate School.". POIESES: A Journal of the Arts and Communications 7: 108–124. 
  3. ^ Canton Du Valais |Kanton Wallis Department of Education. Listing of universities and research institutions Accessed: May 5, 2010.
  4. ^ Art & Education Summer residencies 2015 Accessed: September 22, 2015
  5. ^ Gregory, Derek. "The black flag: Guantánamo Bay and the space of exception": Geografiska Annaler. Series B: Human Geography. December 2006, Vol. 88 Issue 4, Pages: 405–427
  6. ^ Kuhn, Albert. Interview mit einem schnellen Brüter. Die Weltwoche. No. 45/05, 2005
  7. ^ (Press release) e-flux. Think Media: The Black Mountain College is back - in Switzerland! Gregory Ulmer. e-flux. International network of Visual Art Professionals. 2002
  8. ^ Fedianina, Olga. 6. Juni 1950: Chantal Akerman. Jüdische Zeitung. Unabhängige Monatszeitung für zeitgenössisches Judentum. June 2006
  9. ^ Haber, John. Chantal Akerman: Bordering on Fiction. Haber Arts.
  10. ^ University of Buffalo.Bilingual reading by Pierre Alféri Accessed: August 4th, 2011
  11. ^ Filmmaker Magazine Blog, The European Graduate School, by Scott Macaulay, March 2004
  12. ^ a b "Institutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas". Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Retrieved 18 February 2016. 
  13. ^ "List of Non-Accredited Post-Secondary Schools - E". Maine Department of Education. Retrieved 18 February 2016. 
  14. ^ "Colleges and Universities not Accredited by CHEA" (PDF). Michigan Civil Service Commission. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2016. 

External links

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source: https://web.archive.org/web/20160311084727/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Graduate_School

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