Al-Quds Bard College is pleased to invite you to participate in this annual significant academic event. This year it  will present 94 undergraduate research papers submitted by students of Al-Quds University in addition to different local, regional and international universities. 

Every year, Al-Quds Bard college’s students present their best research papers and compete for best research awards. 
This year, 10 AQB students are going to present their outstanding academic research results. 

The following AQB students will participate with their research:

Al-Quds Bard Alumna Bisan Safi has recently published a scientific research paper in a Q1 Journal, Scientific Reports. As a first author of the research, Bisan’s paper is titled “Oral HPV Detection and Genotyping by Next-Generation Sequencing in a Healthy Palestinian Cohort: A Pilot Study.” Her research is the first in Palestine to investigate oral HPV prevalence and genotype distribution in a healthy population using a highly sensitive nested PCR and next-generation sequencing (NGS) approach.

Admission Overview

Al-Quds Bard College (AQB) seeks to enroll outstanding students with strong intellectual promise who express capacities of mind and character. A successful AQB candidate is someone who will embrace the academic freedom and resources provided by our liberal arts curriculum, who will get involved in our local and international networks, and who will be a catalyst within our student community. While admission to the undergraduate programs takes into consideration many factors, decisions are based on the basic requirements outlined below. 

Al-Quds Bard College proudly celebrates the outstanding achievement of its Computer Science alumnus Elias Amro, a member of the 2022 Computer Science cohort, who recently graduated top of his class in the MSc in Electronic and Computer Technology at Dublin City University.

Tala Sabbah during her fall semester at Bard College’s campus in Annandale, 2025.

Saturday, Dec 13th, 2025| Al-Quds Bard College’s Evolving Global Economy class, a course that brings together Master’s students from European Studies and American Studies, hosted Dr. Danilo Leite Dalmon, Consultant in Education Policy for the World Bank, for a special lecture on “Inequality and Growth in South America: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis.” The lecture, which was open to both Master’s and Bachelor’s students at AQB, was moderated and facilitated by Dr. Sameh Halaq, an Associate Professor of Economics at the College.