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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