Studying Art and Design!
At Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW you have seven BA and seven 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.
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Bachelor of Arts
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The Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW 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.
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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, please ring the bell. You will be connected to our reception in Building D.
Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
Freilager-Platz 1
Postfach
CH-4002 Basel
Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
Campus of the Arts
Freilager Platz 1, Tower building, Reception
4142 Münchenstein b. Basel
T reception + 41 61 228 44 00
T head office + 41 61 228 44 44
M info.hgk@fhnw.ch