The European Graduate School EGS Media and Communications program, facilitating creative breakthroughs and theoretical paradigm shifts, brings together master's and doctoral students with the visionaries and philosophers of the media world who inspire learning about art, philosophy, communications, film, literature, internet, web and cyberspace studies from a cross-disciplinary perspective.

Our faculty includes Giorgio Agamben, Chantal Akerman, Pierre Alferi, Pierre Aubenque, Alain Badiou, Nicholson Baker, Judith Balso, Lewis Baltz, John Perry Barlow, Marcel Beyer, Yve-Alain Bois, Catherine Breillat, Victor Burgin, Judith Butler, Sophie Calle, Hélène Cixous, Diane Davis, Michel Deguy, Manuel DeLanda, Claire Denis, Suzanne Doppelt, Atom Egoyan, Tracey Emin, Bracha Ettinger, Chris Fynsk, Antony Gormley, Peter Greenaway, Durs Grünbein, Werner Hamacher, Barbara Hammer, Donna Haraway, Michael Hardt, Martin Hielscher, Michel Houellebecq, Shelley Jackson, Claude Lanzmann, Yang Lian, Greg Lynn, Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid, Carl Mitcham, Colum McCann, Jean-Luc Nancy, Gaspar Noe, Ulrike Ottinger, Cornelia Parker, Quay Brothers, Jacques Ranciere, Larry Rickels, Avital Ronell, Jacques Roubaud, Wolfgang Schirmacher, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael Schmidt, Hendrik Speck, Bruce Sterling, Sandy Stone, Elia Suleiman, Margarethe von Trotta, Fred Ulfers, Gregory Ulmer, Agnès Varda, Paul Virilio, Victor J. Vitanza, Hubertus von Amelunxen, Samuel Weber, Lebbeus Woods, Krzysztof Zanussi, Siegfried Zielinski and Slavoj Zizek. Jean-François Lyotard was a guiding spirit during the founding phase, Jean Baudrillard and Jacques Derrida amicably supported our work for many years and held several workshops until they passed away in March 2007 and April 2004.

The comprehensive program of the European Graduate School EGS is distinguished by the cordial interaction of eminent faculty members with students who are the best of their generation. A true international mix. Our students are outstanding graduates as well as filmmakers, artists, web designers, computer programmers, college instructors, writers, actors, photographers, theater directors, teachers, journalists, graphic designers, musicians, critics, and editors.

The selection process of the Media and Communications program at the European Graduate School EGS is stringent and personal. We consider only fiercely independent and mature students who work well with a limited-residency program located in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Our students are expected to choose their own emphasis and area of concentration as supported by their Master's and PhD thesis / project. The language of instruction is English. The European Graduate School EGS offers a uniquely dynamic academic setting that allows a creative encounter with the forefront thinkers and artists of our time.