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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.

Bachelor of Arts

Fine Arts

In the studio, in project work and in the context of exhibitions students gradually develop their own artistic language and handwriting.

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Industrial Design

Aesthetics, usability, materials, emotional impact, legibility, formal value: the design of serially produced goods draws on the knowledge of various ...

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Interior Architecture and Scenography

The degree programme offers a comprehensive education that prepares students to design urban spaces that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also socially ...

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Fashion Design

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 ...

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Process Design at HyperWerk

Everything in our world is designed: from our everyday objects and the architecture of our cities to the structures and systems that affect how we interact. As ...

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Arts and Design Education

Working with art and design – and with people: The bachelor in Arts and Design Education offers a strong foundation for direct entry into a career in ...

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Visual Communication and Digital Spaces

As digitisation progresses, visual communication is becoming increasingly important, and developing a critical approach to images is becoming increasingly ...

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Master of Arts

Fine Arts

The masterprogramme focuses on an in-depth examination of the students’ artistic practice. By means of reflection they advance their practice and relate it to ...

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Masterstudio Fashion Design

The way we dress is an effective form of non-verbal communication that can convey a variety of messages about our identity, including our cultural background ...

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Masterstudio Industrial Design

The Masterstudio Industrial Design programme is positioned around three current research focal points: Digital Integration, Design Cultures, and Circular ...

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Masterstudio Scenography

In the Masterstudio Scenography, students develop the ability to confidently translate challenging content into accessible spatial images and develop staged ...

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Transversal Design

Transversal Design is a research-oriented, transdisciplinary master's programme. On this programme students develop practices that include –– alternative ...

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Arts and Design Education, Teaching Diploma for Secondary Schools

The master’s degree in Arts and Design Education, Teaching Diploma for Secondary Schools is offered in collaboration with the FHNW School of Education. A ...

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Digital Communication Environments

The programme enables students to enhance their skills in the areas of design practices, technical knowledge, research methods and theoretical knowledge in the ...

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Masterstudio Experimental Design

The Master's degree programme Experimental Design critically examines contemporary ways of living and aims at designing possible futures. A research-based ...

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COCREATE

CoCreate is the university-wide teaching programme encompassing all bachelor’s study programmes. In the roughly 140 courses of the CoCreate programme each ...

COCREATE

Info events for prospective students

17 Jan

Info-Anlass zum Studium (BA + MA)

Fri, 17.1.2025, Basel

Am Freitag, 17. Januar 2025 findet im Rahmen des OPEN House der HGK Basel ein Info-Anlass für Studieninteressierte statt.

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Study guide 2024/2025

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International

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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