BARD COLLEGE.   Leon Botstein, President of Bard, has been a generous supporter of ECLA from its inception. He is a member of ECLA's Council of Advisors.  

BENNINGTON COLLEGE.   ECLA is currently seeking both German and American accreditation. Until ECLA is accredited, all ECLA students receive credits for their work from Bennington College in Vermont, USA. Elizabeth Coleman, the President of Bennington College, is a member of ECLA's Council of Advisors. 

BUCERIUS LAW SCHOOL.   ECLA and Bucerius Law School in Hamburg began to cooperate in 2009 and the first step has been a faculty exchange. In the Winter Term 2008-09 Dr. Christian Bumke, Professor of law at Bucerius, taught a course on Contemporary Theories of Law and Social Justice at ECLA. ECLA faculty contributes lectures in the Bucerius liberal arts programme. 

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.   Alfred H. Bloom, President of Swarthmore, is a member of ECLA's Council of Advisors. In 2007 Steven Maurer, Professor of mathematics at Swarthmore, taught a course on Mathematics as a Liberal Art at ECLA. ECLA participates in Swarthmore’s Study Abroad programmes.