After graduation
After graduationCreative writers work as independent/commissioned writers, teach, work within the cultural sector, work as programme makers for cultural venues, festivals and events, or combine multiple roles within their professional practice. As a graduate, you may use the title Bachelor of Arts.
Title and diploma
After successfully completing the Creative Writing course, you may use the title Bachelor of Arts (BA).
This course may be found in the Dutch Central Register of Courses in Higher Education (CROHO) under code 39111. The formal name of the course, under which it is known in CROHO, is Bachelor Creative Writing. This CROHO name will appear on your diploma.
Dynamic professional practice
You will of course be trained as a writer. Various alumni of the course have had books brought out by publishing houses. For example, Lisa Weeda and Simone Atangana Bekono both made the shortlist of the Libris Award with their books Aleksandra and Confrontaties, respectively.
Besides publishing a book, you can teach literary writing courses and workshops. Podcasts and writing for games have also become popular areas of professional practice. Other options include editing for publishers and literary agents, as well as creating texts and programmes for literary organisations, theatres, art institutions, literary production houses and new media companies. You can also work for a publisher as a programmer.
Master Creative Writing
Would you like to obtain your master's degree? The international master Creative Writing is a unique two-year programme for graduate writing talent. It’s a collaboration between three top European writing schools: ArtEZ University of the Arts (Arnhem, Netherlands), Escuela de Escritores (Madrid, Spain), and Scuola Holden (Torino, Italy). More than a writing programme, it explores the craft in its broadest sense, with a focus on critical research, artistic experimentation, and meaningful engagement with the European literary field.