Geneva University of Art and Design

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Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD – Genève) was formed in 2006 from the merger of two art schools, the Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts and the Haute école d’arts appliqués, both over two hundred years old. Urban and international, it welcomes over 700 students from 40 different countries and offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes in fine arts, cinema, spatial design, v...isual communication, fashion, jewellery and accessory design.Engaged in an ongoing dialogue with the art scene and the regional economic fabric, HEAD – Genève is constantly evolving and has already established itself as one of the foremost art and design schools in Europe.
HEAD – Genève offers a wide range of Bachelor’s degree courses (fine arts, cinema, interior architecture, visual communication, fashion and accessory design) and Master’s programmes (fine arts, cinema, fashion and accessory design, spaces and communication and media design).Workshops led by invited international designers, artists and filmmakers contribute to the dynamism of an educational space seen as an area of freedom and of individual and social responsibility. A range of aesthetic practices based on research and experimentation, combined with access to extensive traditional or innovative technical resources, are balanced by theoretical teaching that focuses both on knowledge acquisition and on multidimensional thinking.
Know-how and knowledge are the two cornerstones of our educational approach that rejects dogmatism in favour of a critical understanding of the contemporary world. Attuned to today’s cultural, social and professional environment, the teaching provided at HEAD – Genève fosters close dialogue between staff and students, seen as the real actors in their own creative journey. Students can express themselves during studio projects, classes, seminars and workshops and through commissioned work carried out in partnership with the public and private professional sectors in the fields of art, cinema and design.
HEAD – Genève is part of the HES-SO Geneva (University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Geneva), a key player in the economic, social and cultural fabric of the city. Its six schools offer university level courses focused on professional practice with a choice of 27 Bachelor’s and 16 Master’s degree programmes. Its 11 research institutes participate in numerous regional, national and international projects. With a total student population of 5000, it is a member of the HES-SO, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland.
HEAD – Genève welcomes some 700 students from 40 different nationalities. Its professors and speakers - more than 500 per year! - are similarly of all backgrounds. It is for this reason that this site, like the school in its everyday life, is bilingual French / English, almost totally. This seems self-evident in an international and cosmopolitan city, in the heart of a global world.
HEAD – Genève is nevertheless deeply rooted in the business and cultural life of the city, in which it participates significantly. Through mandates and partnerships with companies or international and city institutions, the school offers real projects to its students, experiences in real life. This seems obvious for a school concerned about its students" professional future and career.
HEAD - Geneva library is at disposal in the Boulevard Helvétique building. More than 30"000 specialized books and 100 regular subscriptions to specialized magazines, reviews and journals can be borrowed. The Library"s catalogue is part of the RERO(Western Switzerland Universities Library Nerwork) and on site computers also allow free access to the massive scientific resources of the Rectors Conference of the Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences.A large collection of films and videos by artists on DVD can be borrowed or watched on site.The Library"s team is at disposal for help with any research and welcomes suggestions of purchase.
Foundation AHEAD is committed to enhancing the reputation of HEAD – Genève and supporting its young graduates as they enter the professional world. Its actions contribute to strengthening ties between the school and the city and to promoting Geneva as an international hub for contemporary art and design. The school’s graduates may benefit from prizes, creative assistance and publications (namely through the publication of monographs in the ‘SAV’ collection and boxsets accompanied by ‘Editions de Tête’ reproductions).
The foundation aims to help them meet the demands of the professional world and to make a name for themselves on the Geneva, Swiss and international art scenes. Thanks to the generous support of a private Geneva foundation, Foundation AHEAD has created the AHEAD Design Incubator, an organisation that accompanies the most promising graduates by providing them with logistical and material support as well as coaching to develop and launch an entrepreneurial project or a brand in the field of art and design. The ambition of the Design Incubator is to provide them with insight into the business world by enabling them to conduct their creative project in the best possible conditions.
Should you wish to support our foundation’s actions for HEAD graduates, you can become a member of the ‘Cercle des Amis de la Fondation AHEAD’ (Circle of Friends of Foundation AHEAD) by paying an annual membership fee that will grant you several benefits (invitations to events, preferential rates on our publications and reproductions, etc.).