At FHNW Academy of Art and Design you have seven BA and four 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
Fine Arts
In the studio, in project work and in the context of exhibitions students gradually develop their own artistic language and handwriting. The study course ...
In keeping with the leitmotif “Doing Fashion”, the BA programme Fashion Design is all about living the practice of design conjointly with an ongoing reflection ...
The BA course at the Institute of Visual Communication offers a practice-based and scientifically grounded training that merges the artisanal and artistic ...
The challenges of the modern lifeworld have become to complex to be mastered by single disciplines which is why the Masterstudio applies an integrative concept ...
The MA programme focuses on an in-depth examination of the students’ artistic practice. By means of reflection they advance their practice and relate it to the ...
The four-semester Master course leads to a teaching diploma for Secondary Schools II (Matura) and qualifies graduates to work for art institutions in arts and ...
The study guide provides all the information you need about FHNW Academy of Art and Design: the courses on offer, detailed descriptions of course contents, enrolment conditions, admission procedures, etc. Download a PDF version of the study guide here.
The FHNW Academy of Art and Design 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.
Your place of study: Campus of the Arts in Basel
The Campus of the Arts in Basel is the place where all the courses and subject fields come together. Here you have access to your personal workplace and shared ateliers, 365 days a year. Our labs and studios provide an ideal environment for advancing your interests and skills and dealing with the important issues of our times. Here you will find more information.
Leisure and living in Basel
Producing, advancing, living culture: Basel offers a tightly packed choice of cultural institutions and events.
From conferences on Big Data, to exhibitions featuring emerging artists, to workshops on food culture: the calendar of cultural events at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design on the Campus of the Arts offers a rich selection of topical themes and discourses. You are cordially invited to visit one of our many cultural happenings as well as our regular information events.
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Reception (Building D, Tower Block)
Monday to Friday
07.30 - 12.00
13.00 - 17.00
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 of the Arts, please ring the bell. You will be connected to our reception in Building D.
