Partner Universities

    The HGK Basel maintains a diverse network of partnerships with national and international universities.

    The Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW has strategic cooperation agreements with the following national and international universities:

    Universidad de San Andrés
    Location: Buenos Aires
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: Spanish
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    Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien
    Location: Vienna
    Study fields: Fine Arts, Interior Design, Art Education
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German
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    Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
    Location: Vienna
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German/English
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    FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences
    Location: Graz
    Study fields: Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German
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    LUCA School of Arts
    Location: Brussels/Ghent
    Study fields: Fine Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Graphic Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    ESA Saint-Luc Bruxelles
    Location: Brussels
    Study fields: Interior Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Social Innovation Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: French
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    ESA Saint-Luc Liège
    Location: Liège
    Study fields: Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Industrial Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: French
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    Tongji University, College of Design and Innovation
    Location: Shanghai
    Study fields: Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    Universidad de los Andes
    Location: Bogotá
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: Spanish
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    École Nationale Supérieure des arts décoratifs (ENSAD) Paris
    Location: Paris
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: French/English
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    École Nationale Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Nancy (ENSAD)
    Location: Nancy
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: French
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    École de Design Nantes Atlantique
    Location: Nantes
    Study fields: Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
    Note: Only suitable for Year 3 BA students
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    École Supérieure d’Art et de Design des Pyrénées (ESAD)
    Location: Pau Tarbes
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: French
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    Institut Supérieur des Arts de Toulouse
    Location: Toulouse
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: French
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    Universität der Künste Berlin
    Location: Berlin
    Study fields: Fashion Design, Product Design, Art in Context (MA)
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English/German
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    Kunsthochschule Weissensee
    Location: Berlin
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German/English
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    Kunsthochschule Burg Giebichenstein
    Location: Halle
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English/German
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    Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
    Location: Offenbach am Main
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German/English
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    FH Münster
    Location: Münster
    Study fields: Product Design, Media Design, Communication Design, Illustration
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German
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    Muthesius Kunsthochschule
    Location: Kiel
    Study fields: Fine Arts, Industrial Design, Communication Design, Interior Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German
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    Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe
    Location: Lemgo
    Study fields: Interior Design, Media Production
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German/English
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    Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
    Location: Schwäbisch Gmünd
    Study fields: Interaction Design, Communication Design, Product Design, Strategic Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: English
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    Hochschule Offenburg
    Location: Offenburg
    Study field: Media and Communication
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German/English
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    Athens School of Fine Arts
    Location: Athens
    Study field: Fine Arts
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    Iceland University of the Arts
    Location: Reykjavík
    Study fields: Fine Art, Fashion Design, Product Design, Visual Communication
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    Institute of Art Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire
    Location: Dublin
    Study fields: Art, Visual Communication
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: English
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    University of Bologna (Campus Rimini)
    Location: Rimini
    Study field: Fashion Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    Politecnico di Milano
    Location: Milan
    Study fields: Communication Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design, Product Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    Università IUAV di Venezia
    Location: Venice
    Study field: Fashion Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: Italian
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    Nihon University
    Location: Tokyo
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: Japanese
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    Gerrit Rietveld Academie
    Location: Amsterdam
    Study fields: Fine Arts, Architectural Design, Fashion Design, Graphic Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: English
    Note: Only one application round per year (April). Architecture and Fine Arts only available in the autumn semester.
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    Fontys Academy of the Arts
    Location: Tilburg
    Study field: Art, Communication and Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: English
    Note: Only suitable for Year 3 or Year 4 BA students
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    Royal Academy of Art The Hague (KABK)
    Location: The Hague
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: English
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    Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw
    Location: Warsaw
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
    Note: Fashion Design only available in the autumn semester
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    University of Ljubljana
    Location: Ljubljana
    Study fields: Fashion Design, Graphic Arts Technology
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    EWHA Womans University, College of Art and Design
    Location: Seoul
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (ELISAVA School of Design and Engineering, Barcelona)
    Location: Barcelona
    Study fields: Graphic Design, Product Design, Interior Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: Spanish
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    Colegio León XIII (EADE)
    Location: Malaga
    Study fields: Graphic Design, Interior Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: Spanish
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    Escuela de Arte de Oviedo
    Location: Oviedo
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: Spanish
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    IED Kunsthal Bilbao
    Location: Bilbao
    Study fields: Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Product Design, Interior Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: Spanish
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    IED (Istituto Europeo di Design) Madrid and Barcelona
    Location: Madrid/Barcelona
    Study fields: Fashion Design, Interior Design, Product Design, Graphic Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: Spanish/English
    Note: Not all study fields available in English
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    TAI School of the Arts
    Location: Madrid
    Study fields: Digital Art, Fine Arts, Scenography
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: Spanish
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    HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design (University of Gothenburg)
    Location: Gothenburg
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    Lund University, Faculty of Engineering LTH
    Location: Lund
    Study field: Industrial Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    Mid Sweden University
    Location: Sundsvall
    Study fields: Industrial Design, Graphic Design
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: English
    Note: Only available in the spring semester
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    Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB)
    Location: Bern
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German/English
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    University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
    Location: Lugano
    Study fields: Interior Architecture, Visual Communication, Interaction Design (MA)
    Level: Bachelor
    Teaching language: Italian/English
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    Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK)
    Location: Zurich
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German/English
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    HES-SO Valais-Wallis (EDHEA)
    Location: Sierre
    Study field: Visual Arts
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: French
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    Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD)
    Location: Geneva
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: French/English
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    Hochschule Luzern - Design Film Kunst
    Location: Luzern
    Study fields: Art and Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: German/English
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    National Taiwan Normal University
    Location: Taipei
    Study fields: Fine Arts, Visual Design, Interior Design, Product Design
    Level: Bachelor and Master
    Teaching language: English
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    Dreispitz Basel / Münchenstein

    Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW

    Freilager-Platz 1

    4142 Münchenstein b. Basel