Visual Communication and Digital Spaces BA
Digital media and the resulting ease with which images can be communicated has made the need for a critical reflection on pictorial communication ever more important. At the centre of the BA programme Visual Communication and Digital Spaces stands the considered development of visual messages in everyday and specialized communication contexts. The aim of the studying Visual Communication and Digital Spaces BA is to learn how to produce, assess, and critically utilize perceptible messages, in the awareness that deviation from familiar images always plays a central part in the practice of visual communication. The BA programme offers two specializations that differ fundamentally from one another – Visual Communication and Digital Spaces. After a joint basic course lasting two semesters, students in both specializations develop their own distinctive creative approach in the context of individual project work. The state-of-the-art studio and available workshop facilities provide ideal conditions for acquiring the necessary craft, technical, artistic, and analytical skills.
Key data
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts FHNW
- ECTS points
- 180
- Start of semester
- September (week 38)
- Next start
- Mon. 18.09.2023 | Autumn Semester
- Final application date
- Feb 15, 2023
- Studying mode
- Fulltime
- Duration
- 6 Semester
- Teaching language
- German or English (B2 or equivalent)
- Place
- Basel
- Stay abroad
- Exchange semester abroad is possible
- Application fee
- CHF 200.- (incl. aptitude assessment and enrolment)
- Semester fee
- CHF 700 (CH); CHF 1.000 (EU); CHF 1.250 (Not-EU/EFTA)
Information on admission and admission to studies
Structure of the programme
Students can choose between two specializations:
Visual Communication and Digital Spaces
Information on programme contents
Organizational matters

Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE)
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