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      Studying Art and Design!
      Bachelor of Arts
      Fashion Design BA

      Fashion Design BA

      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 a emphasis on performance and performativity, the degree programme is characterised by a focus on the body, its perception and movement, on body-based design methods and on body-knowledge.

      More information at www.doingfashion.ch

      Key data

      Degree
      Bachelor of Arts FHNW
      ECTS points
      180
      Study start
      September (week 38)
      Next start
      Mon. 15.09.2025 | Fall Semester (Details see dates)
      Final application date
      Sat, 15.2.2025
      Studying mode
      fulltime
      Duration
      7 Semester
      Teaching language
      German (B2 or equivalent)
      Place
      Basel
      Stay abroad
      possible (internship)
      Application fee
      CHF 200.- (incl. aptitude assessment and enrolment)
      Semester fee
      CHF 750 (CH); CHF 1.000 (EU); CHF 1.250 (Not-EU/EFTA) Fees detail

      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 2025/26 has expired on February 15, 2025. The next application window for the fall semester 2026/27 opens on November 1, 2025.

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      Information on programme contents

      The study programme

      Doing fashion is a culture, and fashion design is a cultural practice. Defining exactly what fashion is or should be is not easy – and perhaps that is why it is so fascinating and imbued with pleasure. Fashion is a global and social system that constantly produces paradoxes that we cannot always resolve. Fashion confronts people with their own contradictions. Fashion is involved in all areas that are very important to us at the moment: gender, new digital spaces, identity, future, climate, environment, globality, regionality and social justice.
      Alongside a strong emphasis on performance and performativity, the degree programme is characterised by a strong focus on the body, its perception and movement, on body-based design methods and on body-knowledge. We deal with other bodies, other bodies of fashion in the midst of debates that reassess the confrontation between man and machine. What are artificial and technical changes of the human body, how is the body of fashion responding to the metaverse?

      Educational goal and career prospects

      Goals and benefits

      During your studies, you will be comprehensively prepared for the Swiss and international labour market. In addition to study trips, the internship semester and the opportunities for cooperation, the degree programme enables students to participate in publications, video / film, scenarios from various fashion spaces and curated fashion exhibitions. This environment supports students in their professional networking.

      Information on admission, aptitude assessment and admission to the study programme

      Admission requirements

      Educational requirements
      For admission to the aptitude assessment for the bachelor’s programmes in Design (Industrial Design, Interior Architecture and Scenography, Fashion Design, Process Design, Visual Communication and Digital Spaces), one of the following qualifications is generally required:

      • a certified vocational baccalaureate
      • a certified specialized baccalaureate
      • a certified upper secondary school (level II) baccalaureate
      • proof of an equivalent educational degree at an upper secondary school (level II) obtained otherwise (Swiss education system)

      Language of tuition
      The language of tuition is German (B2 or equivalent) and partly English. Proof of language proficiency is required at the start of the degree programme.

      Workplace experience or preparatory course in Design
      In addition, candidates need to provide proof of one year of workplace experience or completion of a two-semester preparatory course in Design.

      Is a list of approved vocational trainings and professional fields, respectively.

      Catching up on the vocational baccalaureate
      Applicants who have not completed at least three years of upper secondary schooling (level II) are not legally entitled to admission to a Bachelor's degree programme. Information concerning full-time or part-time on-the-job training courses focusing on a vocational, design-based or specialized baccalaureate is provided by the local vocational colleges.

      Admission on the basis of exceptional talent (1)
      In exceptional cases, applicants can be admitted to the Bachelor’s degree programmes without being in possession of an upper secondary school (level II) certificate (Swiss education system), namely if they can provide proof of exceptional talent, either in a design-related or an arts-related field. 
      Note: We recommend that you make enquiries by means of an email to the office of the respective degree programme at admission.BA-modedesign.hgk@fhnw.ch at least two weeks prior to the application deadline (15 February), or arrange an appointment with the Head of the degree programme.

      ____________
      (1) If you are in possession of one of the following educational degrees, you are eligible for this mode of admission:
      Federal Certificate of Vocational Proficiency EFZ (apprenticeship), Professional Certificate EBA, Specialized Secondary School (FMS), Compulsory Schooling, no educational qualification

      Information of the aptitude assessment + dates (PDF) + study regulations (PDF)

      To apply for a place at the HGK Basel, the required documents must be submitted by deadline 15.02.2025.
      Please send the specific enquiries to email address.

      Dates aptitude assessment 2025

      • 01.11.2024
        Publication of the detailed information on the aptitude assessment
      • 15.02.2025
        Registration deadline and deadline for submitting the required documents for the aptitude assessment.
      • 01.- 12.09.2025
        Introductory weeks at the HGK Basel (mandatory)
      • 15.09.2025
        Fall Semester begin 2025/26
      FAQ online registration

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      Further Information Fashion Design BA

      The Graduates of 23 live act (live recording)

      On 11 February 2023, 23 designers from the BA Fashion Design course at the Institute of Contemporary Design Practice (ICDP) staged and performed their final projects. After seven semesters at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design Basel, they presented their projects and creative visions in a Fashion Live Act. It is the finale of an intensive period of study and at the same time marks the start of the future.

      to the live act (live recording) in german

      Blog

      Further information on our events, projects and publications can be found on our blog.

      International

      International students can find further information on the website of the International Office of the HGK Basel.

      Masterstudio Fashion Design

      Masterstudio Fashion Design

      In the Masterstudio Fashion Design, students embark on a creative journey to explore the intersection of cultural identity and innovation in fashion.

      Institute Contemporary Design Practices (ICDP)

      The Institute of Contemporary Design Practices (ICDP) works at the intersection of education, research, knowledge production, and design mediation. It encompasses three fields of study: Fashion Design, Industrial Design, and Interior Architecture & Scenography and offers students, researchers and staff from various disciplines a lively, creative environment to explore and mediate contemporary, reflective design practices.

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      Getting there

      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

      Accessibility

      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'.

      Postal address

      Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
      Institute Contemporary Design Practices (ICDP)
      Freilager-Platz 1
      Postfach

      CH-4002 Basel

      Visitor and delivery address:

      Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
      Institute Contemporary Design Practices (ICDP)
      Fashion Design BA degree course

      Oslo-Strasse 3, Ateliergebäude: A 3.14
      4142 Münchenstein b. Basel

      T +41 61 228 40 99
      F +41 61 228 43 02
      M info.modedesign.hgk@fhnw.ch

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      Jörg Wiesel

      Prof. Dr. Jörg Wiesel

      Course Director BA Fashion Design

      Telephone

      +41 61 228 40 96

      E-mail

      joerg.wiesel@fhnw.ch

      Address

      Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW Institute Contemporary Design Practices (ICDP) Mode-Design (BA) Freilager-Platz 1 CH-4002 Basel

      Fashion Design (BA) ICDP

      Fashion Design (BA) ICDP

      Telephone

      +41 61 228 40 99

      E-mail

      info.modedesign.hgk@fhnw.ch

      Address

      Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW Fashion Design (BA) ICDP Freilager-Platz 1 Postfach CH-4002 Basel

      Room

      A 3.14

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

      Oslo-Strasse 3

      CH - 4142 Münchenstein near Basel

      Phone+41 61 228 40 99

      E-Mailinfo.modedesign.hgk@fhnw.ch

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