Overview

The Liberal Arts programme from Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts offers a personal approach, interdisciplinarity, and a focus on the skills of academic writing, independent research, and critical thinking.

BISLA also provides directed studies for students with specific interests and offers a range of extracurricular non-credit courses free of charge (e.g. foreign languages, presentation and argumentation skills, etc.).

What are Liberal Arts?

As the expressions themselves imply, the ‘liberal arts’ and ‘liberalism’ are concerned first and foremost with liberty. But there the similarities end. The liberal arts, or the artes liberales, are those arts that make one free. In the Renaissance, they were entitled the ‘studies of the humanities’, or the studia humanitatis – not only the studies that concern humanity, but those studies that foster humanity, in particular, those qualities that demonstrate the very best of which humanity is capable, both the highest culture and the virtue of humaneness.

The goal was to attain compassion for one’s fellows without condescension, refinement without elitism, and all based on a rigorous education.

Historically, the liberal arts and the humanities have included grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy: that is, those arts concerned with the human mind and spirit, as opposed to those arts primarily focused on preserving our biological existence, such as economics and medicine.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Comparative Politics

Modern Political Thought

International Conflict and Cooperation

Geopolitics

European Union

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-31 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

180 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Bratislava, Slovakia

Disciplines

Liberal Arts

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

EU Students:

Admission interview shall be held in front of a committee which consists of three members of the BISLA academic community.

English proficiency (level of language ability, conversational level of English). English language proficiency is evaluated on the basis of leaving exams results and/or certificates of English language assessment (IELTS, TOEFL, or equivalent).

Academic results

International Students:

Admission interview through Skype.

Statement of Purpose. Applicant sends a brief cover letter, which includes reasons for selection BISLA for their studies, assessment of his/her study results, and aspirations for the future;

English proficiency (in case English is not the native language of the applicant, the level of language ability and the conversational level of English will be evaluated) is evaluated on the basis of leaving exams results and/or certificates of English language assessment (IELTS, TOEFL, or equivalent).

Academic results

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

8500 EUR / year

≈ 8500 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

1800 EUR / year

≈ 1800 EUR / year

Living costs

Bratislava

Slovakia

600 - 980 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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