Geneva University of Art and Design

HEAD was formed in 2006 from the merger of two older Swiss art schools, the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and the Haute École d'Arts Appliqués.^[2][1] The École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts was founded in 1748 by the Conseil des Deux-Cents under the name École de Dessein. The Haute École d'Arts Appliqués was founded on October 4, 1869 under the name l’École d’Art Appliqué à l’Industrie.'

The school offers coursework at the Bachelors and Masters levels.^[3] Areas of study include Visual Arts, Cinema, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Fashion and Accessory Design, and Media Design.^[3][4] However the school is best known for their fashion programs.^[1] Since 2017, the campus occupies more than 16,000 m2 in area.^[1]

• Building at Boulevard Helvétique 9, used since 2006 by the visual arts section^[1]
• Building at Rue Général Dufour 2, used since 2006 by the cinema section
• Building at Rue de l'Encyclopédie 5, used since 2006 by the visual communication section
• Pavillon Prairie at Rue de Lyon 22, used from 2006 to 2016 by the interior design section
• Building H, Avenue de Châtelaine 7, used since 2017
• Building E, Avenue de Châtelaine 5, used since 2017
• Building A, Rue de Lyon 114B, planned for 2020
• Building D, Boulevard James-Fazy 15, used since 2006 by the fashion, jewelry and accessories design section

• Ying Gao
• Laurence Boissier (class of 2009)^[5]
• Sonia Kacem (class of 2009 and 2011)^[6]
• Emmanuel Tarpin (class of 2014)^[7]