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Application and admission

Application and admission

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

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.  

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Important dates and deadlines

  • Admission option 1:
    The first round of interviews will take place during the week of March 3–7, 2025. The deadline for submitting your portfolio and motivation letter is January 31, 2025. Please email these to office.aki@artez.nl. (For large files, we recommend using WeTransfer).

  • Admission option 2:
    There will be a second round of admissions, for which your portfolio and motivation letter must be submitted no later than March 31, 2025. Interviews for this round are expected to take place in the second week of May.

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 

The admission consists of two parts. In the first step, submit your digital portfolio and motivation letter to office.aki@artez.nl before February 1, 2025. (For large files, it’s best to use WeTransfer.) After sending your files, a committee will review your portfolio and motivation letter. You will receive a rejection if your portfolio does not meet the requirements. If the committee positively evaluates your work, you will be invited to step 2, a 30-minute admission interview. In this interview (in-person or online), we will assess your critical reflection and communication skills.
The interviews will take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday, March 3, 2025, and Friday, March 7, 2025. You will receive further information about this. 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. 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.

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.