Online Accredited BA, MA, PhD - Debt-Free

Advancing Knowledge

The world's first, debt-free online college, offering EU accredited degrees where graduates and faculty become co-owners. Earn your BA, MA, or PhD 100% online.

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Our classrooms have welcomed Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and leading scholars educated at Yale, Duke, Oxford, and Cambridge.

Revolutionary

"GCAS is revolutionary! GCAS creates a collective context in which learning becomes synonymous with rewriting paradigms and imagining new realities."

Mia Fullerton
Mia Fullerton
Philosophical Researcher
Accessible

"I'm from the Middle-East and am so glad I found GCAS. GCAS is a place where philosophy transcends borders and intellectual freedom genuinely has a home."

Ali Khaliliyan
Ali Khaliliyan
MA Philosophy
Personable

"GCAS gave me self-confidence and helped me find my life path. The courses were inspiring, demanding, and challenging."

Irène Yang
Irène Yang
MA Philosophy
Affordable

"Living in Nigeria, GCAS allowed me to pursue an EU-accredited degree while remaining close to my family and community."

Damilola Hope Imolorhe
Damilola Hope Imolorhe
MA Philosophy
Visionary

"GCAS has the theme of research as a mode of movement and thinking. It's an effort to introduce a counter model."

Ilya V. Abulkhanov
Ilya V. Abulkhanov
Researcher & Filmmaker
Transformative

"To experience philosophy from Luce Irigaray, who's dedicated her life to developing an alternative approach, was a privilege."

Jennifer Merrihue
Jennifer Merrihue
MA Psychoanalysis
Philosophy Psychoanalysis Social Sciences Critical Theory Natural Sciences Theology Politics Law Interdisciplinary Studies
Philosophy Psychoanalysis Social Sciences Critical Theory Natural Sciences Theology Politics Law Interdisciplinary Studies
Philosophy Psychoanalysis Social Sciences Critical Theory Natural Sciences Theology Law Interdisciplinary Studies

About GCAS

A New Model for
Higher Education

The Global Centre for Advanced Studies (GCAS) is founded on a radical conviction: the pursuit of knowledge should never require lifelong financial sacrifice. We are the world’s first institution to offer EU-accredited degrees in which students graduate debt-free and become co-owners alongside faculty.

Our cooperative model directly challenges the commodification of higher education. At GCAS, students from Lagos, Berlin, Mumbai, and Indigenous communities study together as equals, united by a shared commitment to rigorous scholarship, intellectual freedom, and human flourishing.

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Compare a Typical U.S. BA

Choose a U.S. degree type to estimate how much you may save with GCAS’s debt-free model.

Estimated Total Savings
€209,500+
Imagine what you could do with an extra €209,500+—more freedom, more time, and more room to think. And that’s not even accounting for what your GCAS stock shares will be worth over time. So not only will you not be in debt, but you’ll save a lot of funds and you’ll have assets in stock holdings. Do you see how the GCAS model flips education costs completely upside down and in your favor?
Estimates are illustrative and conservative, based on publicly available averages (tuition/fees and typical living costs). Actual costs vary by institution, program, residency status, and personal circumstances.

EU Accredited • Debt-Free • 100% Online

Degree Programmes

BACHELOR'S

BA in Interdisciplinary Studies

A three-year journey through critical thinking, creative learning, and world-leading scholarship.

3 Years • 180 Credits

BA in Interdisciplinary Studies

Challenge traditional paradigms and develop solutions for our most vexing challenges.

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MASTER'S

MA in Philosophy

Engage with the great questions of existence, knowledge, and ethics with world-renowned philosophers.

1-2 Years • 90 Credits

MA in Philosophy

Study with leading philosophers in a rigorous, research-driven online programme.

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MASTER'S

MA in Psychoanalysis

Explore the depths of the human psyche with classical and contemporary approaches.

1-2 Years • 90 Credits

MA in Psychoanalysis

Combine theory and clinical insight with world-leading analysts and thinkers.

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MASTER'S

MA in Theology

Rethink theology beyond confessional boundaries through political theology, philosophy, and radical ethics.

1-2 Years • 90 Credits

MA in Theology

Study with Chris Hedges, John D. Caputo, Catherine Keller, and Barry Taylor.

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MASTER'S

MA in Politics

The world's first MA with a concentration in Anarchist Studies. Radical critique meets rigorous research.

1-2 Years • 90 Credits

MA in Politics

Study with Silvia Federici, Chris Hedges, and Franco Berardi in a unique global programme.

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MASTER'S

Master of Laws LL.M.

The first 100% online, European-accredited LL.M. for top legal strategists.

1 Year • 90 ECTS

Master of Laws LL.M.

Advance your legal career with an innovative, fully online European law degree.

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DOCTORATE

PhD Humanities & Social Sciences

Conduct original research addressing the most pressing issues facing humanity.

3-4 Years • Research-Based

PhD Humanities & Social Sciences

Join a global research community with world-class supervisors and full academic support.

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DOCTORATE

PhD Natural Sciences

Contribute to knowledge that advances planetary survival and flourishing.

3-4 Years • Research-Based

PhD Natural Sciences

Pursue rigorous scientific inquiry within our cooperative, debt-free framework.

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World-Class Scholars

Meet Our Faculty

Learn from leading thinkers and researchers from around the world.

Prof. Lewis Gordon

Prof. Dr. Lewis Gordon

Honorary President

Philosophy, Africana Studies

Prof. Dr. Jamieson Webster

Prof. Dr. Jamieson Webster

Faculty

Psychoanalysis, Critical Theory

Prof. Dr. Luce Irigaray

Prof. Dr. Luce Irigaray

Faculty

Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Philosophy

Prof. Dr. Bruce Fink

Prof. Dr. Bruce Fink

Faculty

Lacanian Psychoanalysis

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Life at GCAS

Our Global Community

Moments from seminars, conferences, and gatherings around the world.

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Intellectual Journey?

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Applications are open year-round with no deadlines.
Financial aid available to all accepted applicants.

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