Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
November 12, 2025
Campus of the Arts Basel
Basel 4002
Switzerland
T +41 61 228 44 44
info.hgk@fhnw.ch
The Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW (HGK Basel) in Switzerland offers a creative environment for studies in art, design as well as arts and design education with a focus on digitality, diversity and sustainability. The central concern is to open up individual freedom for the students and at the same time to create an awareness for living together in social contexts.
The HGK Basel is located on the Dreispitz campus, in the center of a neighborhood with actors from art and culture, design and the creative industries. This creative setting, the cultural city of Basel in Switzerland and its geographical location in the three-country triangle at the border of France and Germany in the heart of Europe make the HGK Basel a unique place to study and work.
On Wednesday, November 12, from 12pm CET, the HGK Basel is holding an information event on its degree programmes—on-site and online.
Various info slots on different degree programmes will be offered online. The detailed programme is available here. The information slots for the Master's degree programmes will mostly be held in English.
If you are on campus, learn about the educational offer of the HGK Basel: take a look around the studios and campus.workshops, chat with lecturers and students, ask questions about the art or design degree programme of your choice. If you are online, get detailed information about your desired degree programme and talk directly with the heads of the degree programmes.
Bachelor of Arts
Arts and Design Education (BA), Fashion Design (BA), Fine Arts (BA), Industrial Design (BA), Interior Achitecture and Scenography (BA), Process Design (BA), Visual Communication and Digital Spaces (BA)
Master of Arts
Arts and Design Education, Teaching Diploma for Secondary Schools (MA), Digital Communication Environments (MA), Fine Arts (MA), Masterstudio Fashion Design (MA), Masterstudio Industrial Design (MA), Masterstudio Scenography (MA), Transversal Design (MA)
International Master of Design
International Master of Design UIC/HGK (MDes/MAS)
Please register here—you can select the study programme and time slot when you register.
About the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
We aspire to be an inspiring and ambitious academy while being welcoming, joyful and transformative. We value the diversity of our student body, encourage collaboration and love surprises. On our campus, we offer studio spaces 24/7, excellently equipped workshops and labs, individual mentoring and counselling, international exchange programmes, open discourse spaces and social infrastructures. Our creative neighbourhood on the Dreispitz, the cultural city of Basel and our geographical location in the three-country triangle make the HGK Basel a unique place to study and work.
