CoCreate is the inter-school teaching programme offered by the FHNW Basel Academy of Art and Design. It aims to promote cooperative and interdisciplinary working methods and to develop interdisciplinary skills in the areas of business, culture, science, digitisation, diversity & inclusion and communication. CoCreate also offers space for testing innovative teaching and learning formats and makes a significant contribution to a common, inter-school culture.
CoCreate structure
CoCreate is organised on a weekly basis and takes place on two separate weeks per semester:
The «Essential Week» offers experimental workshops on a wide range of topics and «peer-to-peer» formats as well as courses that explicitly focus on professional skills and practical experience.
The «Campus Week» has a common thematic focus. The Campus Week next autumn semester is dedicated to skillsharing. For one week, we open up the campus for a reciprocal exchange of knowledge - between students and lecturers and across disciplines.
CoCreate is a compulsory elective programme. Depending on their needs, students can choose either two «small» courses (1 ECTS credit) or one «large» one (2 ECTS credits). In addition, CoCreate offers a lecture programme with discussion formats once a week, from which, likewise, two «small» (1 ECTS credits) or one «large» (2 ECTS credits) lectures can be selected.
Only second- and third-year students take part in the CoCreate week at the beginning of the autumn semester. Sixth semester students do not take part in the CoCreate weeks in the spring semester.
CoCreate
- opens windows to other degree programmes
- provides a foundation in creative, scientific and entrepreneurial practices
- promotes interdisciplinary collaboration
- supports new teaching and learning formats
To the course catalogue: modulverzeichnis.fhnw.ch
Information sheet CoCreate (in German, soon in English): Download PDF
Areas of expertise:
Future Literacy
Digital Literacy
Eco Literacy
Scientific Literacy
Economic Literacy
Cultural Literacy
Aesthetic Literacy
New Learning Literacy
CoCreate Weeks
Dialogue Dinner
Get a Taste
Dates
Spring Semester 2026
Autumn Semester 2026
Spring Semester 2027
Autumn Semester 2027
Spring Semester 2028
Autumn Semester 2028
To the course catalog: vorlesungsverzeichnis.hgk.fhnw.ch
Contact
Prof. Dr. Nicolaj van der Meulen
- Phone
- +41 78 852 09 68 (Mobile)
Mail: cocreate.hgk@fhnw.ch
Campus HGK Basel
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Basel Academy of Art and Design
Freilager-Platz 1
4142 Münchenstein near Basel