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    • Bachelor of Arts
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    • Guest Auditors
    • Info events
  • All about studying

    • Enrolment at the HGK Basel
    • Fees and scholarships
    • Degree programme administrations
    • Semester dates
    • Tools for studying
    • Counselling services
    • German language courses
    • Insurance and pensions
    • Civilian and military service
    • Legal and formal matters
    • Course catalogue
  • Study Internationally

    • International students
    • Incoming students
    • Outgoing students
    • Internship
    • Partner universities
    • German language courses
  • Continuing education offerings

    • All continuing education programmes
    • MAS - Master of Advanced Studies
    • CAS - Certificate of Advanced Studies
    • Modules
    • Classes
    • Info events
  • All about continuing education

  • International Office

    • Mobility for academics and staff
    • Study Internationally
  • Research

    • Research fields
    • Projects
    • PhD Projects
  • Collaboration

    • Services
  • Updates and insights

    • News and stories
    • Applause
    • Publications
    • Newsletter (DE)
  • Events

    • All events
    • Info events
  • Media

  • About the Basel Academy of Art and Design

    • Management and organisation
    • People directory
  • Institutes

    • Institute Art Gender Nature
    • Institute Arts and Design Education
    • Institute Contemporary Design Practices
    • Institute Digital Communication Environments
    • Institute Experimental Design an Media Cultures
  • Campus and Infrastructure

    • CIVIC
    • Media Library Basel
    • der TANK
    • FoodCultureLab
    • Café Freilager and Bistro of the Arts
    • Sport
    • Studi-Lounge
    • Accessibility & Facilities
  • Campus.Workshops

    • Sculptor’s studio
    • Bookbinding
    • Digital Fabrication Lab
    • Woodworking
    • Plastics
    • Paint shop
    • Media.Workshop
    • Metalworking
    • Sewing.Island
    • Screen printing

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Enrolment at the HGK Basel, Basel Academy of Art and Design

We are delighted that you have decided to study at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW. On this website you will find useful information about your studies.

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Once you have passed the aptitude test, the enrolment process begins and new students are definitively enrolled at the university. You will receive an information email from the Central Student Administration Office (ZSA) approx. 3 months before the start of your studies with all the information about enrolment and a deadline by which the relevant documents must be submitted.

Please also refer to our FAQs on the enrolment procedure at the HGK Basel.

Please upload the copies via the online platform and send the original documents by post to

Basel Academy of Art and Design
University of Applied Sciences and Art FHNW
Central Student Administration ZSA
Freilager-Platz 1
PO Box
CH-4002 Basel

Alternatively, you can drop the documents, which must be submitted in the original, in person in the letterbox or hand them in at reception.

Enrolment documents

You will receive an e-mail from the Central Student Administration with information on the documents required for enrolment.

The following original documents must be submitted to the Central Student Administration by the deadline
The remaining required documents must be uploaded via the online platform

If you do not have access to the documents from mid-June or are unable to send them in via the online platform or by post, please ask someone close to you to do so and prepare the documents accordingly. Please note the deadlines and dates communicated by the Central Student Administration.

Once we have received all the necessary documents from you, we will create your FHNW account, with which you will receive a students.fhnw.ch e-mail address. You can then use it to access “My studies” on the intranet. 

Please also note our FAQ on enrolment at the HGK Basel.

FAQ on enrolment

Information for international students

Entry without a visa (EU and EFTA states)
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