European Graduate School
Founded in 1994, EGS offers degree programs, as well as Professional Development, for practicing professionals on a Graduate and Post-Graduate level. Its uniquely dynamic academic setting in its campus in Saas-Fee high up in the Swiss Alps - allows a creative encounter with the foremost practitioners and thinkers in Expressive Arts (Therapy, Education, Coaching, Consulting, Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding) and in Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought (Architecture, Art, Contemporary Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Film, Literary Theory, Literature, Media Studies, Performance Art, Photography, and Video).
Information Session
Do you want to know more about our programs? We offer an expressive arts-based online encounter to learn more about our division and what is new.
Dare to ask, dare to listen, dare to create, dare to be who you are - let’s meet.
Dates 2024
September 27 Information Session: 3.30pm 5.00 pm CET
October 25 Information Session : 3.30pm- 5.00 pm CET
November 29 Experiential Information Session*:
3.30pm- 6.00pm CET
Dates 2025
January 31 Information Session: 3.30pm - 5.00pm CET
February 28 Experiential Information Session*:
3.30pm- 6.00pm CET
March 28 Information Session: 3.30pm - 5.00pm CET
*Experiential information session: during this session we will spend some time reviewing general information and questions of the programs during the first 30 min and then we will prioritize offering participants an expressive arts based exploration so participants can have an experiential experience of Expressive arts in action. Please during these info sessions we will advise participants to be able to turn on their cameras, to have a comfortable and private space, some basic art materials (paper, pens, colors, glue and scissors) as well as have the interest to connect with other participants for this experiential.
If you want to join, please send us a message with your name and interest (administration@egs.edu).
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Health-building and the Expressive Arts: Trauma Informed Practice in Communities and Society
October 24th - November 3rd, 2024; Valletta, Malta
Summer Session 2024
Session 1
From June 10 (Session 1 starts at 9am) to July 2 (Session 1 ends at 10pm) 2024
Masters Program in:
Expressive Arts Therapy
Coaching and Consulting
Conflict Transformation and Peace Building
Doctoral Program in Expressive Arts / Advanced Graduate Study in EXA ( First year, IMC 1)
From June 10 to June 29, 2024
Expressive Arts Master Exams
MA Graduation Tour June 27-28
MA Graduation Ceremony June 29
From June 10 to July 2, 2024
Professional development: Expressive Arts Digital Arts and Media KS
From June 21 to July 2, 2024
Professional development: Expressive Arts Practice A-P
Session 2
From July 5 (Session 2 starts at 9am) to July 27 (Session 2 ends at 10pm) 2024
Masters Program in:
Expressive Arts Therapy
Coaching and Consulting
Conflict Transformation and Peace Building
Doctoral Program in Expressive Arts / Advanced Graduate Study in EXA ( Second year, IMC 2)
News
The European Graduate School (EGS) will undergo a comprehensive evaluation visit (August 18th to 21st, 2024), by a team representing the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, NEASC)
Please read the Invitation for Public Comments here.
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We are concerned about rising tensions in our society. Therefore, we want to state that the EGS firmly upholds the value of academic freedom in study, research, and publication, both at the professorial and student levels and the importance of the comportment required for this commitment.
Please find here the complete statement of the Executive Committee regarding academic freedom and comportment. (June 2024)
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Here you can find our latest Newsletter
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EGS
After serving EGS since its inception, Margo Fuchs Knill, Ph.D. and Founding Dean of the Arts, Health & Society Division announced she would formally step down from the Deanship as of October 31st, 2023, and from the management duties that come along with that position.
As of November 1st, EGS president Prof. Dr. Christopher Fynsk, will oversee the Arts, Health & Society Division as a Dean ad interim until a successor is in place. Familiar EGS leadership in the persons of José Miguel Calderon Ph.D. and Barbara Hielscher, Ph.D. Candidate will continue to serve as the academic management team of both, the MA Programs and the Ph. D Program.
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Überschrift 1
New Publications
POIESIS Journal
A Journal of the Arts and Communication Next Steps, Next Beginnings: Volume 21, 2024
A Journal of the Arts & Communication
The 2024 POIESIS journal explores this topic through essays, images and poems. A PDF of the journal is available here
