"Access HGK" is a student-initiated association which promotes equal opportunities in access to higher education. The purpose of the association is to make it easier for prospective students with refugee experience to provide access to the Basel Academy of Art and Design (HGK Basel) by means of a bridge offer.
"Access HGK" will start in the autumn semester of 2023/24 in a three-year pilot phase. With the bridge offer, the Access HGK association offers on the one hand the possibility of a trial semester, and on the other hand it provides support for the admission procedure of regular study programmes. The association offers supplementary counselling services for people with refugee experience who are interested in studying at the HGK Basel.
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Are you interested in taking advantage of one of Access HGK's offers? Then contact us for a non-binding initial consultation. Here we can see together what suits you best. We look forward to hearing from you!
The project is aimed at refugees with residence status N/ F/ S/ B/ C in the region of Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land, Aargau, Solothurn, who have already studied in a creative field or are interested in doing so. If you are not sure if this applies to you, feel free to contact us and we can discuss it together.
In a trial study, prospective students can get a taste of their chosen course of study. They can actively sit in on and participate in selected courses. Getting to know the university and the selected course of study during this trial study helps to get a first orientation at the HGK Basel.
Prospective students who want to register for a study program after a trial semester or directly will receive support from the association Access HGK in various areas related to the study program, be it in administrative, linguistic or financial form. Together we look at what prospective students need for their start in their studies at the HGK Basel and where the support offer can begin.
Together with the Fachschaft HGK Basel (also a student association, which functions as a representation of the students’ interests) we are working on a possibility for all participants of the Access HGK project to attend German classes at their language level.
In our framework program we would like to organize bonding moments. These can be excursions to exhibitions, concerts or readings or a common exchange over cooking and eating. We have many ideas for joint activities and look forward to developing and creating these networking moments together.
Association Access HGK
Our association is composed of people without refugee experience who study at HGK Basel. With its concerns, the association sees itself as part of a movement that is committed to transformative justice in the university context.
Public transport The campus is easy to reach by public transport. The stop Freilager on BLT line 11 is immediately in front of the Campus (from Bahnhof SBB in direction Aesch)
By car Leave the motorway A2 at the junction Basel-St. Jakob and follow the sign Dreispitz. Approaching from Münchensteinerstrasse enter the Dreispitz complex through Gate 13 and park your car in one of the public car parks (Ruchfeld or Leimgrube). When setting your satnav, please note that the Freilager complex is part of the municipality of Münchenstein, Canton Basel-Landschaft.
Note: Access by car for people with disabilities Choose the access via Florenz-Strasse in the direction of the High-rise building (Building D). To lower the bollard at the gates of the campus please ring the bell. You will be connected to our reception in Building D.
