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Application and admission

Application and admission

If you want to enrol in the bachelor's course Illustration Design, the first step is to apply for admission/auditions. Learn about the process step by step and what to expect. You'll also find important dates, deadlines, and useful tips to prepare yourself.

Application

You can apply for this course through Studielink. First, read the admission process for Illustration Design below. 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.

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Important dates and deadlines

  • Round 1: No later than Tuesday, February 6 at 2 p.m. upload your digital portfolio. If selected to advance to the entrance exam, you will be expected at the academy on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
  • Round 2: No later than Tuesday, March 12 at 2 p.m. upload your digital portfolio. If you are selected to advance to the entrance exam, you will be expected at the academy on Wednesday, March 27.
  • Round 3: No later than Wednesday, April 10 at 2 p.m. upload your digital portfolio. If you are selected to advance to the entrance exam, you will be expected at the academy on Tuesday, April 23.

Admission requirements Illustration Design

  • Pre-university education (VWO), upper general secondary education (HAVO), secondary vocational education (MBO: level 4) or foreign equivalent level of education.
  • International students must meet certain language requirements.
  • Positive result for the entrance examination. In this exam, we assess your chances of successfully completing the course.

What we test

  • Your creative capacity: the ability to express yourself evocatively, to work from the perspective of perception and conceptually. You have insight into and a sense of colour, form and material. Your work expresses individuality and originality. 
  • Your ability to communicate: you are a skilled communicator. You share your fascination and inspiration and display determination and discipline. 
  • Your capacity for critical reflection: You have an investigative and experimental mindset, interest in art and culture, and a specific interest in the profession.

Illustrative work and home assignment

For admission to the course, we feel it is important that you show work that you have completed during the past three years at home, at school or as part of a course. This can be both two-dimensional and three-dimensional work. Examples include drawings, paintings, photo series, animations, websites, furniture, clothing, posters, etc. Bring all the work that provides a representative picture of your creative activities. Also bring designs and sketches that provide insight into the creative process. Make sure that you can explain your work.

Entrance examination

The entrance exam is divided into two parts:
1. A pre-selection based on a digital portfolio. In it you show your visual work and work that you have made as a result of the home assignment. You also provide an explanation about your work, in the form of a video.
2. The pre-selection determines which candidates will be invited for the second part of the entrance exam: this is an interview at the academy, during which you show your physical work. The admissions committee with which you have an interview consists of lecturers and students from the programme. The committee will ask about your motivation for the field of illustration and will also be curious about your knowledge of visual art and design. Your imaginative abilities and your creativity are decisive for admission.