Bachelor of Arts

    In the fields of Art and Design, a BA degree qualifies you to take up professional work. The BA course normally takes three years and is completed with the Bachelor of Arts degree in the respective subject field. All Bachelor programmes are assigned to specific institutes.

    Study guide 2024/2025 (german)

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    Reception (Building D, High-rise)

    Monday through Friday
    08.00 - 12.00 Uhr
     
    13.00 - 17.00 Uhr

    Contact

    Telephone: +41 61 228 44 00
    E-mail: empfang.hgk@fhnw.ch

    The special opening hours from the end of the spring semester 2024 will be published here soon.

    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.

    Access by car for people with disabilities
    Choose the access via Florenz-Strasse in the direction of the High-rise building (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.

    Map as PDF

    The buildings of the HGK Basel are accessible by wheelchair, stroller,  and for people with walking difficulties. The entrance to the highrise building (Building D) is at ground level, the studio building (Building A) can be reached via a ramp. There is at least one lift in both buildings.

    Access by car for people with disabilities: See Gender-neutral toilets: See ‘Getting there.

    Toilets for people with disabilities: 

    Highrise building (Building D): Ground floor to 8th floor in the centre of the building
    Studio building (Building A): Ground floor to 3rd floor, southern section of main corridor

    Gender-neutral toilets: See ‘All Welcome WC’.

    Parent-child-room: See 'Parent-child-room'.

    Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
    Freilager-Platz 1
    Postfach (P.O. Box)
    CH-4002 Basel

    Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
    Freilager Platz 1, High-rise building
    4142 Münchenstein b. Basel

    T + 41 61 228 44 00
    F + 41 61 228 44 44
    M info.hgk@fhnw.ch

    Dreispitz Basel

    FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
    Basel Academy of Art and Design

    Freilager-Platz 1

    4142 Münchenstein near Basel