Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW

The Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW offers a creative environment for studies in art, design and art and design education with a focus on digitality, diversity and sustainability. The central concern is to open up individual freedom for the students and at the same time to create an awareness for living together in social contexts.

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Launched by the HGK Basel as a social facility, CIVIC is a physical and digital discourse and exhibition space created for and with students, researchers and staff, as well as for and with the general public. Photo: Pati Grabowicz

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The Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW (HGK Basel) is located in historic buildings as well as in the new high-rise building on the Dreispitz campus. The Campus.Workshops and the exhibition space 'der TANK' are also located on the site around Freilager-Platz. This forms the center of a neighborhood with actors from art and culture, design and the creative industries. Photo: Pati Grabowicz

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The infrastructure at the HGK Basel with its own workplaces for students enables a high level of presence. Spacious studios are also available for projects. Photo: Renée Labek

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Video: Pati Grabowicz und Ruckstuhl Film

Study programmes

Numerous bachelor's and master's degree programmes in art, design, and art and design education open up a wide scope of career prospects.

Continuing Education

Deepen your knowledge and skills in the field of art, design and education by signing into professional continuing education programmes.

Research & Development

The activities take place in the five institutes of the university and the focus in research is aligned accordingly.

About us

The Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW's mission is to educate and train a future generation of independent-minded and competent artists and designers.

Institutes

Campus Workshops

The Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW offers its students, teachers, and staff members excellently equipped workshops for working with wood, metal, plastic, ceramics; in addition, rapid prototyping, painting, sculpture, screen printing, bookbinding are made possible. A sewing studio is also available.

The Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW is located close next to a number o other leading cultural institutions and creative enterprises such as the library of the SfG Basel School of Design, the HeK - House of Electronic Arts Basel, the studios of the international scholarship programme Atelier Mondial, the ImpactHub Basel or the archives of the architectural practice Herzog & De Meuron, Kunsthaus Baselland and Schaulager.

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Opening hours

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

Special opening hours during the semester break:

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

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
Freilager-Platz 1
Postfach (P.O. Box)
CH-4002 Basel

Visitor and delivery address

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

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