Application and admission

Applying for admission

You can apply for this course through Studielink. First, read the admission process for Moving Image here. You can find general admission information for ArtEZ here. Once you've applied, you'll receive a confirmation email from ArtEZ Student Affairs. After that, the course will provide you with further details regarding the admission process.  

Apply through Studielink

Important dates and deadlines

• The deadline for uploading your portfolio and motivation letter when you take online entrance exams is 1 February.
• The deadline for uploading your portfolio and motivation letter when you take physical entrance exams is 27 February.
• The entrance exams, both online and physical, will take place during the week of Monday, March 4 - Friday, March 8. After registering in Studielink, you can choose your day of preference.
• You will be notified about the results of your entrance exam by email within 3 to 4 working weeks. The admission is valid for the 2024/25 academic year.

Admission requirements 

Would you like to apply for the Bachelor of Moving Image course? Please take the following conditions into account: 

• VWO (pre-university education), HAVO (senior general secondary education), MBO (level 4) Abiture or foreign equivalent level of education
• Language requirements apply to this English course. 
• You must follow an admission procedure and conclude it with a positive assessment. 

Are you concerned at the start of the course that you will not be able to fulfil the course requirements? Please get in touch before you apply. 

Entrance examination 

During the entrance exam, we assess whether Moving Image is the right program for you and whether you have sufficient talent and motivation to succeed in the study.

We test:

• Your creativity: you have the ability to express yourself visually, to work from perception and from concept. You have insight into and a feeling for colour, shape and material. Your work is authentic and original; 
• Your motivation: you have good communication skills, share your fascination and inspiration and show decisiveness and discipline;
• Whether you have an inquisitive and experimental attitude: you are curious and have a real interest in culture, art and design.

Portfolio and motivation letter

For the entrance exam, you will need a portfolio and a motivation letter. When you take physical entrance exams, bring these with you to the exam. When you take online entrance exam, make sure you upload them no later than Feb. 1. After your application, you will be given access to an environment where you can upload these documents.

Portfolio 

• Create one portfolio PDF with your work (photography, videos, drawings) plus explanatory notes. 
• Provide as much insight as possible into your visual and visual quality.  
• In addition to your work, provide some written explanations.
• Your portfolio does not have to be perfect; we also like to see process and intermediate steps and sketchbooks.
• Put enough work in your portfolio, ideally between 20 and 100 works.
•  If you are taking an online entrance exam, please note the following: Video material (preferably no longer than 15 minutes) can be redirected to YouTube or Vimeo via an included link in the PDF.
• Make sure your PDF does not exceed 50 MB in size!

Motivation letter

Write a motivation letter of 300 – 500 words explaining why you want to come and study with us, what direction you would like to take in the course and the challenges you see for yourself in the course. The motivation letter for Moving Image must be written in English.

Physical entrance exams

If you live in the Netherlands, we expect you to take a physical entrance exam. You will bring your portfolio and motivation letter to the academy and participate in an entrance exam. If you live abroad and want to come to our academy, you can choose to do a physical entrance exam. Physical entrance exams take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday - Friday.

Online entrance exams

If you do not reside in the Netherlands and cannot come to the academy for an entrance exam, you can choose to take an online entrance exam. For the online entrance exam, you will need to prepare an online portfolio and motivation letter. The deadline for uploading your portfolio and motivation letter is Feb. 1, 2024. In case of the online entrance exam, we work with two selection moments:

Pre-selection – Deadline Feb. 1, 2024  

After uploading your portfolio and motivation letter, a committee reviews and tests your portfolio and motivation letter (see criteria below). If the committee decides that your portfolio meets with the requirements we are looking for, you will be invited for an online entrance interview. If your portfolio does not meet the requirements, you will be rejected. Show in your portfolio the broadest possible overview of your abilities and work.

Entrance exams

During the week March 4 – 8, you can explain your portfolio and motivation in an online entrance exam, which will take place in MS Teams. In an online exam lasting over 20 minutes, you will talk about your work and motivation. There is also room to ask any questions you may still have about the courses. If you apply online it is helpful to know that we work in time zone UTC + 1. 

Optimally prepared for the entrance exams 

Do you want to go to the art academy after secondary school? If so, we recommend doing the preparatory course Art & Design at ArtEZ AKI in Enschede.