We understand our Fashion Design programme as a cultural practice: as ‘Doing Fashion’, this practice is embedded in various fields that equip graduates to make a productive start to their professional careers. The demands of the national and international fashion landscape have changed significantly in recent years. Alongside a re-evaluation of economic, humanitarian and environmental (sustainability) structures, digital skills and design techniques (digital fashion) have moved to the forefront of what is required of a new generation of designers. The Basel approach operates at the interface of analogue and digital design methods and focuses on the body, its movement and its situatedness in the world.
Factsheet
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts FHNW in Design
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Learning mode
- Onsite
- ECTS credits
- 180
- Next start
- 14.9.2026
- Duration
- 7 Semester
- Teaching language
- German (B2 or equivalent)
- 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
- 'Doing fashion' is a culture, and fashion design is a cultural practice.
- A strong focus on the body, its perception, movement and body-based design methods, as well as body knowledge, characterises the programme, alongside a strong emphasis on performance and performativity.
- We deal with bodies: ranging from real (analogue) to virtual bodies generated by artificial intelligence (digital fashion).
Performance Bachelorproject Billie Madrigal Cartin, Finn, Delia, Elem, Cat
Picture by Laura Gauch
Performance Bachelorproject Aurélie Cuenot and Mardane Gaxotte as Paradigme Carré, Daddy On Dutyy
Picture by Laura Gauch
Lesson Research Hose
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Why study this?
Goals and benefits
Career prospects
Lesson Wildcard Performance
Picture by von Laura Gauch
Performance Bachelorproject Mitja Leon Haring, Piero Zeni, Nicola Reisch, Rebecca Breakspeare , Vladyslav Ponomarenko, Kai Breakspeare
Picture by Laura Gauch
Structure and programme contents
The study programme
Study structure
Target audience
Infrastructure
Projects
Blog
Performance Bachelorproject Merve Topal, Ayşe Demirel und Hakkı Topal
Picture by von Laura Gauch
Performance Bachelorproject Damara Dimcic, Benjamin Heyden, Andjela Marinkovic
Picture by Laura Gauch
Lesson Research Hose
Picture by Laura Gauch
Studio graduation Natalia Garcia, Noëlle Schmid
Picture by Laura GauchLesson Research Hose
Picture by Laura Gauch
International
International Office
Lesson Wildcard Performance
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Studio graduation Moritz Vögeli, Noah Gempeler, Aline Heuser
Picture by Laura Gauch
Performance Bachelorproject Maximilian Preisig
Picture by Laura Gauch
Lesson Wildcard Strick
Picture by Laura Gauch
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Performance Bachelorproject Till Garcia de Oteyza Arends, kuba stepień, emma szumlas, shlyvkha
Picture by Laura Gauch
Requirements and admission
Admission requirements
Information of the aptitude assessment + dates + study regulations
FAQ online registration
Advising and information events
Contact
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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 Bachelor's degree programme beginning in the fall semester 2026/27 has expired on February 22, 2026. The next application window for the fall semester 2027/28 opens on November 1, 2026.
Fashion DesignSeptember 2026
- Date
- 14.9.2026
- Duration
- 7 Semester
- Place
- Campus HGK Basel
- Application start
- 1.11.2025
- Final application date
- 15.2.2026
Fashion DesignSeptember 2027
- Date
- 20.9.2027
- Duration
- 7 Semester
- Place
- Campus HGK Basel
- Application start
- 1.11.2026
- Final application date
- 15.2.2027
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