Academy of Art and Design
Shaping the future – a thousand students, teachers and staff working and studying at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design make the institution a multi-faceted learning, teaching, and research community. It addresses and drives today’s socially relevant discourses in theory and practice, thus contributing significantly to the shape of tomorrow’s cultures.
Design, art, along with digital and analogue media are hallmarks of the Academy lifeworld. Artists and designers critically shape the course of cultural developments and advance social visions for the future. Against the backdrop of the challenges of our times, graduates from art and design universities play a key role in society.
On campus
As part of our comprehensive cultural programme comprising symposia, conferences, exhibitions, and lecture series, we invite you to see how innovative everyday objects and applications come about. You will encounter emerging creative positions by young artists, experience how art and design influences cultural development, and learn how successful business models can be developed and established on the market.
