Switzerland prides itself on its high standard of publicly-funded education. All Swiss universities, despite their different histories and diverse approaches and research focus, share a drive for quality in teaching and research. This results in their consistently being ranked among the best universities in the world.

Swissuniversity.ch is a full-fledged promotional internet portal for the 12 Swiss public universities and federal institutes of technology. It aims at presenting and promoting the study and research opportunities offered by these institutions, and at positioning Switzerland as an excellent destination for studying and research. It mainly targets an international audience of prospective Master and PhD students, although useful information is offered to several other categories of users as well.

Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to forty Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study.

As future leaders, with a lasting understanding of British society, Marshall Scholars strengthen the enduring relationship between the British and American peoples, their governments and their institutions. Marshall Scholars are talented, independent and wide-ranging, and their time as Scholars enhances their intellectual and personal growth. Their direct engagement with Britain through its best academic programmes contributes to their ultimate personal success.

The International Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design UIC/HGK (MFA/MAS) is a collaboration of the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) and the FHNW/HGK Visual Communication Institute. It focuses on graphic designers, visual communication designers and media designers, with a bachelor's degree or an equivalent degree and professional design experience.
The MFA UIC/HGK addresses students who want to be part of an international program influenced by the tradition of Swiss Graphic Design and the current academic perspective and standards of the Visual Communication Institute, The Basel School of Design. Of special interest for students is the opportunity to graduate with an internationally accredited Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Graphic Design (UIC) and the Swiss equivalent, MAS in Graphic Design I, Iconicism and Graphic Design II, Mediality. Students are matriculated and registered at UIC with classes being held at the FHNW/HGK Visual Communication Institute in Basel.
Graphic Design, Visual Communication and Media Design, give visual form to messages that become a part of our everyday lives. Although these disciplines contribute to the much discussed "image flood" in today’s societies, we find implicit knowledge about the meaning of images, the process of creating them and their media references of extreme importance. It is on this central theme that the MFA and the MAS Graphic Design I, II is focused. Therefore, the goal of the program is the deepening of process-oriented design skills through project oriented design work with enhanced analytical competence in image theory and the media sciences.

A one-year, three-semester MA program in critical social theory focused on the arts, including the study of art theory and aesthetics, social history, social theory and the history of art.

The MFA in Design for Social Innovation will prepare students to apply the principles and ethics of social innovation as filters for understanding and as a discipline for engaging with and improving the world through design. Graduates of the program will be more than graphic designers, filmmakers, advertising creative directors or interactive systems designers. They will be all these, mastering all the skills and knowledge of how to apply them to have a positive impact on business, society and their own lives.

Herron’s graduate program in design prepares students to become leaders in design and design thinking. Students learn and practice the skills that help them succeed in many roles in a range of diverse fields including communication design, design strategy, design planning, design research and design education.

This innovative two-year program trains students to research, analyze, and evaluate design and its social and environmental implications.

The School of Visual Arts MFA in Design Criticism seeks to cultivate design criticism as a discipline and contribute to public discourse with new writing and thinking that is imaginative, historically informed and socially accountable. Drawing on the broadest possible definition of design, the curriculum includes graphic, Web and product design, as well as fashion, urban planning and network systems. The course of study couples a theoretical framework with significant opportunities for practical experience. In providing the tools for researching, analyzing, evaluating and chronicling all aspects of design, students will prepare for careers as design critics, journalists, editors, curators, educators and design managers.