The master’s degree in Arts and Design Education, Teaching Diploma for Secondary Schools is offered in collaboration with the FHNW School of Education. A central component of the programme takes the form of individual artistic and design-related projects as well as aesthetic-research projects, which are supported by colloquia and mentorships.
Factsheet
- Degree
- Master of Arts FHNW in Arts and Design Education/Teaching Diploma for Secondary Baccalaureate Schools, Visual Arts
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Learning mode
- Onsite
- ECTS credits
- 120
- Next start
- 14.9.2026
- Duration
- 4 Semester
- Teaching language
- German (C2)
- Place
- Campus HGK Basel
- Stay abroad
- Possible
- Application fee
- CHF 200.- (incl. aptitude assessment and enrolment)
- Semester fee
- CHF 750 (CH); CHF 1.000 (EU); CHF 1.250 (Not-EU/EFTA)
At a glance
- The programme is conducted in a transdisciplinary and multifaceted context that closely links specialist academic knowledge with artistic/creative work and research.
- central component of the programme takes the form of individual artistic and design-related projects.
- The course components of the teaching diploma prepare to develop artistic and design-related content in an educational science-based and didactically competent manner and to successfully teach it in school placements.
Why study this?
Goals and benefits
Career prospects
Structure and programme contents
The study programmme
Study structure
Target audience
Infrastructure
Blog: Learning Lab Arts & Design
International
International Office
Requirements and admission
Admission requirements
Information of the aptitude assessment + dates + study regulations
FAQ online registration
Organisational matters
Cooperation
Teaching Diploma for Secondary Schools – Visual Arts / School Practice
Advising and information events
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dorothée King
- Phone
- +41 61 228 43 37 (Direct)
- dorothee.king@fhnw.ch
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Registration
Thank you for your interest in studying at the Basel Academy of Art and Design. The application deadline for a Master's degree programme beginning in the fall semester 2026/27 has expired on March 15, 2026. The next application window for the fall semester 2027/28 opens on November 1, 2026.
Arts and Design Education, Teaching Diploma for Secondary SchoolsSeptember 2026
- Date
- 14.9.2026
- Duration
- 4 Semester
- Place
- Campus HGK Basel
- Application start
- 1.11.2025
- Final application date
- 15.3.2026
- Notes
- To inquire whether an application that has already been started can still be completed, or whether a late application may exceptionally still be possible, please contact admission.MA-vermittlung.hgk@fhnw.ch.
Arts and Design Education, Teaching Diploma for Secondary SchoolsSeptember 2027
- Date
- 20.9.2027
- Duration
- 4 Semester
- Place
- Campus HGK Basel
- Application start
- 1.11.2026
- Final application date
- 15.3.2027
Campus HGK Basel
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Basel Academy of Art and Design
Freilager-Platz 1
4142 Münchenstein near Basel