Zurich University of the Arts

The ZHdK is one of Europe’s largest and most diverse arts universities. Located at the Toni Campus, it brings together the arts, design, and arts education under one roof. With more than 1,600 events each year, the Theater der Künste at Gessnerallee and the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, it is also one of the city’s major cultural institutions.


  • 2'100

    Students

  • 70+

    Nations

  • 122

    Majors

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Unique in Europe (studying)
With the major-minor programme model, students can choose their specialist focus from the fields of Art Education, Design, Film, Cultural Critique, Fine Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre and Transdisciplinarity. In addition, they can choose one or two minors to refine their individual study profile.



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President Karin Mairitsch

The arts expand the boundaries of what is imaginable. They create possibilities before anyone has even asked for them and keep open what might otherwise have been decided long ago. Our graduates carry this imagination onto stages and into studios, companies, newsrooms, and classrooms.

President Karin Mairitsch