As digitisation progresses, visual communication is becoming increasingly important, and developing a critical approach to images is becoming increasingly important. The bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication and Digital Spaces focuses on the reflective development of visual messages for everyday and specialised communication contexts.
Factsheet
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts FHNW in Visual Communication and Digital Spaces
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Learning mode
- Onsite
- ECTS credits
- 180
- Next start
- 14.9.2026
- Duration
- 6 Semester
- Teaching language
- German – partly English (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
- Students acquire the ability to design, evaluate and consciously apply visually perceptible messages.
- Craft, technical, artistic and analytical skills are taught.
- Students can choose between two specialization: “Visual Communication” and “Digital Spaces”.
Why study this?
Goals and benefits
Career prospects
Structure and programme contents
The study programme
Study structure
Specialization Visual Communication
Specialization Digital Spaces
Target audience
Infrastructure
Projects
International
International Office
Programme Head & Lecturers
Requirements and admission
Admission requirements
Information of the aptitude assessment + dates + study regulations
FAQ online registration
Advising and information events
Contact
Prof. Marion Fink
- Phone
- +41 61 228 40 98
- marion.fink@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 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.
Visual Communication and Digital SpacesSeptember 2026
- Date
- 14.9.2026
- Duration
- 6 Semester
- Place
- Campus HGK Basel
- Application start
- 1.11.2025
- Final application date
- 1.3.2026
Visual Communication and Digital SpacesSeptember 2027
- Date
- 20.9.2027
- Duration
- 6 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