At Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW you have seven BA and seven MA programmes to choose from. We pave the way to independent authorship in art and design and provide the foundations for a successful professional career.
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
Fine Arts
In the studio, in project work and in the context of exhibitions students gradually develop their own artistic language and handwriting.
Aesthetics, usability, materials, emotional impact, legibility, formal value: the design of serially produced goods draws on the knowledge of various ...
The degree programme focuses on the design of the urban public realm as a place of social and political action. It takes as its theme the interaction of ...
Doing fashion is a culture, and fashion design is a cultural practice. Fashion is involved in all areas that are very important to us at the moment. Alongside ...
Everything in our world is designed: from our everyday objects and the architecture of our cities to the structures and systems that affect how we interact. As ...
Working with art and design – and with people: The bachelor in Arts and Design Education offers a strong foundation for direct entry into a career in ...
As digitisation progresses, visual communication is becoming increasingly important, and developing a critical approach to images is becoming increasingly ...
Arts and Design Education, Teaching Diploma for Secondary Schools
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 ...
The programme enables students to enhance their skills in the areas of design practices, technical knowledge, research methods and theoretical knowledge in the ...
The masterprogramme focuses on an in-depth examination of the students’ artistic practice. By means of reflection they advance their practice and relate it to ...
The Masterstudio Experimental Design critically examines contemporary ways of living and aims at designing possible futures. A research-based engagement with ...
The way we dress is an effective form of non-verbal communication that can convey a variety of messages about our identity, including our cultural background ...
The Masterstudio Industrial Design programme is positioned around three current research focal points: Digital Integration, Design Cultures, and Circular ...
In the Masterstudio Scenography, students develop the ability to confidently translate challenging content into accessible spatial images and develop staged ...
Transversal Design is a research-oriented, transdisciplinary master's programme. On this programme students develop practices that include–– alternative media, ...
CoCreate is the university-wide teaching programme encompassing all bachelor’s study programmes. In the roughly 140 courses of the CoCreate programme each ...
The Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW is linked with other universities and academies, in Switzerland and abroad. Ties with renowned schools and universities in Europe, the United States, and Asia provide an opportunity to study your subject from a different viewpoint and against a new cultural background. At the same time, the Academy welcomes candidates from other Swiss universities and from abroad to study here in Basel. You will find more information here.
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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.
Note: Access by car for people with disabilities Choose the access via Florenz-Strasse in the direction of the tower block (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.
