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  • 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
    • 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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Study offerings, Basel Academy of Art and Design

Basel Academy of Art and Design


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Degree programmes
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The Basel Academy of Art and Design (HGK Basel) offers seven bachelor's and seven master's programmes.
The programmes pave the way to independent artistic and creative authorship in art and design and provide the foundation for a successful professional future.

Fine ArtsIndustrial DesignInterior Architecture and ScenographyFashion DesignProcess DesignVisual CommunicationArts and Design EducationDigital Communication EnvironmentsMasterstudio Fashion DesignMasterstudio Industrial DesignMasterstudio ScenographyDigital Communication EnvironmentsFine ArtsIndustrial DesignInterior Architecture and ScenographyFashion DesignProcess DesignVisual CommunicationArts and Design EducationDigital Communication EnvironmentsMasterstudio Fashion DesignMasterstudio Industrial DesignMasterstudio ScenographyDigital Communication EnvironmentsFine ArtsIndustrial DesignInterior Architecture and ScenographyFashion DesignProcess DesignVisual CommunicationArts and Design EducationDigital Communication EnvironmentsMasterstudio Fashion DesignMasterstudio Industrial DesignMasterstudio ScenographyDigital Communication EnvironmentsFine ArtsIndustrial DesignInterior Architecture and ScenographyFashion DesignProcess DesignVisual CommunicationArts and Design EducationDigital Communication EnvironmentsMasterstudio Fashion DesignMasterstudio Industrial DesignMasterstudio ScenographyDigital Communication Environments

Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Master of Arts
  • CoCreate Programme

CoCreate Programme

CoCreate is the inter-school teaching programme offered by the Basel Academy of Art and Design. It aims to promote cooperative and interdisciplinary working methods and to develop interdisciplinary skills in the areas of business, culture, science, digitisation, diversity & inclusion and communication. CoCreate also offers space for testing innovative teaching and learning formats and makes a significant contribution to a common, inter-school culture.

CoCreate Programme

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PhD

The FHNW Academy of Art and Design Basel offers the PhD programme MAKE/SENSE as well as two other doctoral programmes.

PhD Programmes

  • MDes/MAS

MDes/MAS

How can design engage globally while staying rooted locally? This international master’s program connects design perspectives from Europe and North America. In a collaborative, research-driven environment, you develop critical, future-oriented design strategies that respond to complex cultural, social, and technological challenges.

MDes/MAS

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Guest Auditors

Welcome: Guest auditors are welcome to attend courses at the Basel Academy of Art and Design (HGK Basel).
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Opening hours

Reception (Building D, High-rise)

 

Monday through Friday

08.00 - 12.00 Uhr

 

13.00 - 17.00 Uhr

During semester breaks and public holidays, opening hours may vary.

Contact

Telephone: +41 61 228 44 00
E-mail: empfang.hgk@fhnw.ch

Getting there

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.

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.

Accessibility

The buildings of the HGK Basel are accessible by wheelchair, stroller, and for people with walking difficulties. The entrance to the highrise building (Building D) is at ground level, the studio building (Building A) can be reached via a ramp. There is at least one lift in both buildings.

Access by car for people with disabilities: See Gender-neutral toilets:
See ‘Getting there‘.

Toilets for people with disabilities: 

  • Highrise building (Building D): Ground floor to 8th floor in the centre of the building
  • Studio building (Building A): Ground floor to 3rd floor, southern section of main corridor

Gender-neutral toilets:
Gender-neutral toilets are available in the high-rise building and in the studio building.

Parent-child-room:
A parent–child room is located in the studio building.

Postal address

Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
Postfach (P.O. Box)
CH-4002 Basel

Visitor and delivery address

Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
Freilager Platz 1, High-rise building
4142 Münchenstein b. Basel

T + 41 61 228 44 00
F + 41 61 228 44 44
M info.hgk@fhnw.ch

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