History
EGS was established in 1994 as a postgraduate degree-granting school with two divisions: Media and Communications; and Arts, Health and Society. Founding contributors include thinkers such as Jacques Derrida and Jean-François Lyotard. The setting of the campus in the Alps at an altitude of 1,800 m (6,000 ft), with a magnificent view of some of Switzerland's highest mountains, provides a unique learning atmosphere.
It is accredited by a school council ("Hochschulrat") in which the Canton of Valais is represented with at least one member. The school is supervised by representatives of the education ministry of the Canton of Valais, the Graduate School of Music, Theater, and Web Design, Hamburg, the Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, and the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. Degrees from EGS are not recognized by Germany, nor by several US states, including Maine, Texas and Oregon.
Some noteworthy writers, artists, and musicians who have attended the European Graduate School include Gael García Bernal, John Maus, Ariana Reines, Micah White, Micha Cárdenas, Rachel Zolf, Akilah Oliver and Masha Tupitsyn.
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