List of liberal arts colleges

Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts. The "Encyclopædia Britannica Concise" offers the following definition of the liberal arts as a, "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum." [cite web | first = | last = | title = Liberal Arts: Encyclopedia Britannica Concise| publisher = Encyclopedia Britannica | date = | url= http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9370154/liberal-arts] Although the genesis for what is known today as the liberal arts college began in Europe, [cite web | first =Philip | last =Harriman | title = Antecedents of the Liberal Arts College| publisher = The Journal of Higher Education | date =1935 | url= http://www.jstor.org/view/00221546/di962074/96p0148k/0] the term is commonly associated with the United States. Liberal arts colleges are found in countries all over the world as well.

A

Australia

*Campion College in Sydney, Australia
*Stace College in Brisbane, Australia

B

Bulgaria

*American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad

C

Canada

*Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
*Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Québec
*Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia
*Glendon College in Toronto, Ontario (a division of York University)
*Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick
*Quest University Canada in Squamish, British Columbia
*St. Thomas More College in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (a federated college of the University of Saskatchewan)
*Université Sainte-Anne in Church Point, Nova Scotia
*University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia

E

Estonia

Catherine's College of Tallinn University is the first liberal arts college in Estonia. [http://www.tlu.ee/liberalarts]

G

Germany

*European College of Liberal Arts in Berlin is the first liberal arts college in Germany. [http://www.ecla.de/about_ecla]

Ghana

*Ashesi University

H

Hong Kong

*Lingnan University is the only liberal arts college in Hong Kong.

I

India

The following list contains the names of some historical liberal arts colleges only:
*Cotton College, Guwahati
*Elphinstone College Mumbai
*Hindu College, Delhi
*Madras Christian College
*Presidency College, Calcutta
*Presidency College, Chennai
*Scottish Church College, Calcutta
*St. Stephen's College, Delhi
*Wilson College, Mumbai

J

Japan

* International Christian University

N

The Netherlands

*Roosevelt Academy in Middelburg
*University College Utrecht, in Utrecht
*University College Maastricht in Maastricht
*Tilburg University in Tilburg

R

Russia

*Smolny College, St. Petersburg, Russia

lovakia

*BISLA, Bratislava, Slovakia

U

United Kingdom

*University of Wales Lampeter
*St. Mary's University College (Belfast)
* Sutton College of Liberal Arts

United States

Liberal arts colleges in the United States are usually four-year colleges which leads students to a bachelor's degree. The colleges are either coeducational, women's colleges, or men's colleges. Some liberal arts colleges are secular (or not affiliated with a particular religion) while others are involved in religious education. In addition, colleges such as Hampshire College, Pitzer College, Sarah Lawrence College, Beloit College, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Bennington College, New College of Florida, and Reed College offer experimental curricula.

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