International Relations

The worlds of art and design know no geographical borders, driven as they are by dialogue and diversity. Artists, designers and filmmakers are mobile and work in a globalised world. As such, HEAD – Genève structures its open-minded approach on its international teaching staff, exhibitions and transnational projects.  

Mobility

HEAD – Genève promotes the students, teachers and researchers’ academic mobility and actively supports field trips and partnerships across the globe.

Reception hours of the International Relations Office: 
Monday from 11:00 to 13:00, in office 1.09, 1st floor, building E. 

Follow us on instagram HEAD International @headinternational

Contact: international.head@hesge.ch

Head of Department

Géraldine Roh-Merolle Petite

Assistants

Anne-Laure Beuret
Céline Bingol
CALL FOR INCOMING MOBILITY (IN)

HEAD - Geneva has an extensive and diversified network of partner schools. Every year, about fifty students come to spend a semester at HEAD. A large part of these exchanges takes place within the framework of the Swiss European Mobility Program (SEMP). This program facilitates the admission of Swiss universities to the European program, in accordance with the activities of the Erasmus+ program. In total, HEAD cooperates with more than 110 universities worldwide.

The International relations office organizes these mobilities and ensures that the exchange semester runs smoothly. The team assists students arriving in Switzerland with their administrative procedures and practical everyday questions. It plans information sessions, events and French courses. It puts each NEWcomer in contact with a referent student, a HEADmate, to facilitate his/her integration into the school.

Fact Sheet 2021-22
Arrival in Geneva, practical information

Contact 
International relations office  
international.head@hesge.ch

 

INFORMATION ABOUT OUTGOING MOBILITY (OUT)

Mobility for an exchange semester
Bachelor and master students registered in HEAD – Genève, you have the opportunity to stay in one of our partner schools in Switzerland or abroad during your studies. For a period of one semester, these mobility stays are fully enrolled and validated in the study course and do not constitute an interruption of your studies.

General information session on international mobility for all BA and MA students: 
Monday 18 October 2021 at 6 pm, at the Cube, building H. 


Key dates for the academic year 2021-22: 

Mandatory information sessions on application procedures: 
For exchanges in the spring semester 2022, this session has already taken place.
9 November 2021, for exchanges in the autumn semester 2022-23

Submission of HEAD exchange application forms :
September 6-16, 2021, for exchanges in the spring semester 2022
From 28 February to 10 March 2022, for exchanges in the autumn semester 2022-23

Compulsory pre-departure sessions: 
14 December 2021, for exchanges in the spring semester 2022
28 June 2022, for exchanges in the autumn semester 2022-23

 

SEMP (Swiss Europen Mobility Program) Mobility for the teaching team
Teachers and members of the administrative team at HEAD – Genève have the possibility of receiving grants for education and further training. These grants are awarded to co-workers in mobility in Erasmus partner schools, which HEAD – Genève has signed a SEMP contract with. Members of the teaching and administrative team with a mobility project in Europe are kindly asked to contact the department of international relations.

PARTNER SCHOOLS
FINE ARTS

Austria
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien
Universität für künstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung Linz 

Belgium 
ARBA ESA - Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles 
Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerp 
Ecole nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre  Bruxelles 
ERG - Ecole De Recherche Graphique Bruxelles 
ESA - Ecole supérieure des arts de Saint-Luc Bruxelles 

China 
AADTHU - Academa of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University 
China Academy of Art - CAA Hangzhou NEW ! 

Czech Republic
UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design Prague NEW ! 

Denmark 
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual Art Copenhague 

Estonia 
Estonian Academy Of Arts Tallinn 

Finland 
Tampere University of Applied Sciences Tampere 

France 
Ecole des Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire  NEW ! 
Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design Marseille-Méditerranée 
Ecole Supérieure d'Art et Design Grenoble Valence 
ENSAD - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs Paris  
ENSAPC - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts  Paris Cergy 
ESADSE - Ecole Supérieure d'Art et Design Saint Etienne 
HEAR - Haute école des arts du Rhin Strasbourg-Mulhouse 

Georgia 
L.E.P.L Apollon KutateladzeTbilisi State Academy of Art 

Germany 
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle 
Hochschule für Künste Bremen 
Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin 

Great Britain 
Sheffield Hallam University 
UAL - Camberwell College of Art 

Greece 
ASFA - Athens Scool of Fine Arts 

Hungary 
MOME - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest 

India 
NID - National Institute of Design R&D Bangalore 

Iceland 
Iceland Academy of the Arts Reykjavik 

Ireland 
NCAD - National College Of Arts Dublin 

Israel 
Bezazel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem 

Italy 
ABABO - Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna 

Japan 
KUAD - Kyoto University of Art and Design 

Korea 
K'arts - Korea National University of Arts Seoul 

Lebanon 
ALBA - Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Université de Balamand Beyrouth 

Mexico 
La Esmeralda - Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, Coyoacán 

New Zealand 
Otago Polytechnic Dundein 

Norway 
UiB - University of Bergen 

Poland 
ASP - Academy of Fine Arts  Warsaw NEW ! 
ASP - Academy of Fine Arts  Wroclaw 

Slovakia 
AFAD - Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava 

Spain 
Escola Massana Centre d'Art i Disseny Barcelona 
Universidad Complutense Madrid 

Sweden 
Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design Stockholm 

Switzerland 
ZHdK - Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Zurich 

USA 
RISD - Rhode Island School of Design Providence 
SVA - School of Visual Arts New York 

VISUAL COMMUNICATION

Allemagne
Merz Akademie Stuttgart  NEW!

Austria
Universität für künstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung Linz 

Belgium 
ARBA ESA - Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles 
Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerp 
Ecole nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre  Bruxelles 
ERG - Ecole De Recherche Graphique Bruxelles 
ESA - Ecole supérieure des arts de Saint-Luc Bruxelles 

Brazil 
PUC Rio - Pontífica Universidade Católica Do Rio De Janeiro 

Canada 
UQAM, Université du Québec à Montréal  

Chile 
Universidad del Desarrollo Santiago 

China 
AADTHU - Academa of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University 
China Academy of Art - CAA Hangzhou NEW ! 
Hong Kong Design Institute 
Tongji University College of Design and Innovation Shanghai  NEW ! 

Czech Republic
UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design Prague NEW ! 

Denmark 
Design School Kolding 
KADK - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design Copenhague 
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual Art Copenhague 

Finland 
Tampere University of Applied Sciences Tampere 

France 
Ecole des Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire  NEW ! 
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie Arles 
Ecole Supérieure d'Art et Design Grenoble Valence 
ENSAD - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs Paris  
ENSAPC - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts  Paris Cergy 
ESADSE - Ecole Supérieure d'Art et Design Saint Etienne 
HEAR - Haute école des arts du Rhin Strasbourg-Mulhouse 
ISBA - Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts de Besançon 

Georgia 
L.E.P.L Apollon KutateladzeTbilisi State Academy of Art 

Germany 
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar 
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle 
Hochschule für Künste Bremen  
Hochschule Trier 
Pforzheim University Of Applied Sciences 
Universität Kassel 
Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin 

Great Britain 
Kingston University London 
Sheffield Hallam University 
UAL - Camberwell College of Art 

Greece 
ASFA - Athens Scool of Fine Arts 

Hungary 
MOME - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest 

Iceland 
Iceland Academy of the Arts Reykjavik 

India 
NID - National Institute of Design R&D Bangalore 

Ireland 
NCAD - National College Of Arts Dublin 

Israel 
Bezazel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem 
Shenkar College of Engineering & Design Tel Aviv 

Italy 
ABABO - Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna 
Politecnico di Milano 

Japan 
KUAD - Kyoto University of Art and Design 

Lebanon 
ALBA - Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Université de Balamand Beyrouth 

Netherlands 
Eindhoven Design Academy 
WDKA, Willem De Kooning Academy Rotterdam 

New Zealand 
Otago Polytechnic Dundein 

Norway 
UiB - University of Bergen 

Poland 
ASP - Academy of Fine Arts  Warsaw NEW ! 
ASP - Academy of Fine Arts  Wroclaw 

Senegal 
SUPIMAX - Institut Supérieur des Arts et Métiers du Numérique Dakar 

Slovakia 
AFAD - Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava 

Spain 
BAU Centro Universitario de Diseno Barcelona 
Escola Massana Centre d'Art i Disseny Barcelona 
ESDI - Esucola Superior de Disseny Universitat Ramon Llull Barcelona 
Universidad Complutense Madrid 

Sweden 
Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design Stockholm 

Switzerland 
ZHdK - Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Zurich 

USA 
RISD - Rhode Island School of Design Providence 
SVA - School of Visual Arts New York 

PRODUCT DESIGN, FASHION, JEWELLERY AND ACCESSORY

Austria
Universität für künstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung Linz 

Belgium 
ARBA ESA - Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles 
Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerp 
Ecole nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre  Bruxelles 

Brazil 
PUC Rio - Pontífica Universidade Católica Do Rio De Janeiro 

China 
AADTHU - Academa of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University 
China Academy of Art - CAA Hangzhou NEW ! 
Hong Kong Design Institute 
Tongji University College of Design and Innovation Shanghai  NEW ! 

Czech Republic
UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design Prague NEW ! 

Denmark 
Design School Kolding 
KADK - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design Copenhague 

Estonia 
Estonian Academy Of Arts Tallinn  

France 
Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design Marseille-Méditerranée 
ENSAD - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs Paris  
ESADSE - Ecole Supérieure d'Art et Design Saint Etienne 
HEAR - Haute école des arts du Rhin Strasbourg-Mulhouse 

Georgia 
L.E.P.L Apollon KutateladzeTbilisi State Academy of Art 

Germany 
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar 
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle 
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg 
Hochschule für Künste Bremen 
Hochschule Trier 
Pforzheim University Of Applied Sciences 
Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin 

Great Britain 
Kingston University London 
Sheffield Hallam University 
UAL - Central Saint Martins London 
UAL - London College of Fashion 

Hungary 
MOME - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest 

Iceland 
Iceland Academy of the Arts Reykjavik 

India 
NID - National Institute of Design R&D Bangalore 

Ireland 
NCAD - National College Of Arts Dublin 

Israel 
Bezazel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem 
Shenkar College of Engineering & Design Tel Aviv 

Italy 
ABABO - Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna 
Politecnico di Milano 

Japan 
KUAD - Kyoto University of Art and Design 

Korea 
K'arts - Korea National University of Arts Seoul 

Lebanon 
ALBA - Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Université de Balamand Beyrouth 

Netherlands 
AMFI - Amsterdam Fashion Institute 
Eindhoven Design Academy 
WDKA, Willem De Kooning Academy Rotterdam 

New Zealand 
Otago Polytechnic Dundein 

Norway 
UiB - University of Bergen 

Poland 
ASP - Academy of Fine Arts  Warsaw NEW ! 

Slovakia 
AFAD - Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava 

Spain
BAU Centro Universitario de Diseno Barcelona 
Escola Massana Centre d'Art i Disseny Barcelona 
ESDI - Esucola Superior de Disseny Universitat Ramon Llull Barcelona 
Universidade da Coruña

Sweden 
Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design Stockholm 

USA 
RISD - Rhode Island School of Design Providence 
SVA - School of Visual Arts New York

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

Austria
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien 
Universität für künstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung Linz 

Belgium 
ARBA ESA - Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles 
Ecole nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre  Bruxelles 
ESA - Ecole supérieure des arts de Saint-Luc Bruxelles 
Ku Leuven, Faculty of Architecture Gent NEW ! 
Universiteit Antwerpen  NEW ! 

Canada 
Université de Montréal, Québec 

Chile 
Universidad del Desarrollo Santiago 

China 
China Academy of Art - CAA Hangzhou NEW ! 
Hong Kong Design Institute 
Tongji University College of Design and Innovation Shanghai  NEW ! 

Czech Republic
UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design Prague NEW ! 

Denmark 
KADK - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design Copenhague 

Estonia 
Estonian Academy Of Arts Tallinn  

France 
Ecole des Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire  NEW ! 
ENSAD - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs Paris  
ENSAPC - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts  Paris Cergy 
ESADSE - Ecole Supérieure d'Art et Design Saint Etienne 

Georgia 
L.E.P.L Apollon KutateladzeTbilisi State Academy of Art 

Germany 
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar 
Berlin International University of Applied Sciences 
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle 
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg 
Hochschule für Künste Bremen 
Hochschule Trier 
Universität Kassel 

Great Britain  
Kingston University London 
Sheffield Hallam University 
UAL - Camberwell College of Art 

Hungary 
MOME - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest 

Iceland 
Iceland Academy of the Arts Reykjavik 

India 
NID - National Institute of Design R&D Bangalore 

Israël 
Bezazel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem  Shenkar College of Engineering & Design Tel Aviv 

Italy 
Politecnico di Milano 

Japan 
KIT - Institute of Technology Kyoto 
KUAD - Kyoto University of Art and Design 

Korea 
K'arts - Korea National University of Arts Seoul 

Lebanon 
ALBA - Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Université de Balamand Beyrouth 

Netherlands 
Eindhoven Design Academy 
WDKA, Willem De Kooning Academy Rotterdam 

Poland 
ASP - Academy of Fine Arts  Warsaw NEW ! 
ASP - Academy of Fine Arts  Wroclaw 

Slovakia 
AFAD - Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava 

Spain 
BAU Centro Universitario de Diseno Barcelona 
Escola Massana Centre d'Art i Disseny Barcelona 
ESDI - Esucola Superior de Disseny Universitat Ramon Llull Barcelona 
UPM - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid 

Sweden 
Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design Stockholm 
Royal Institute College of Art Stockholm 

USA 
RISD - Rhode Island School of Design Providence 
SVA - School of Visual Arts New York 

CINEMA

Allemagne
Merz Akademie Stuttgart  NEW!

Argentine 
Universidad del Cine Buenos Aires 

Belgium 
ERG - Ecole De Recherche Graphique Bruxelles 

Chile 
Universidad del Desarrollo Santiago 

China 
China Academy of Art - CAA Hangzhou NEW ! 
Hong Kong Design Institute 

Cuba 
EICTV - Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV San Antonio de Los Banos 

France 
Ecole des Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire  NEW ! 
ENSAPC - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts  Paris Cergy 

Great Britain 
Kingston University London 
Sheffield Hallam University 

Italy 
ABABO - Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna 

Japan 
KUAD - Kyoto University of Art and Design 

Lebanon 
ALBA - Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Université de Balamand Beyrouth 

Portugal 
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa - Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema 

Switzerland 
ZHdK - Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Zurich 

USA 
SVA - School of Visual Arts New York

TRAINEESHIP MOBILITY

Internships abroad
Students doing ECTS-credit-bearing internships in companies abroad are eligible to apply for a mobility grant if the internships meet the following conditions:
- The application for a mobility grant is made before the placement.
- The traineeship lasts at least 2 full months (e.g. 01.06. to 01.08.) for traineeships in SEMP/Erasmus+ countries.
- The traineeship lasts at least 4 weeks for traineeships in non-European countries.

The organisation of the work placement is the responsibility of the students in collaboration with the respective course of study. 
An information session on internship mobilities takes place every year in November and is organised by the respective programme.