Why choose the master's course Education in Arts?
Be empowered in your role as artisteducator
You will rediscover your position as an artisteducator and expand the field of education in arts with renewed relevance.
Artistic research
You will do Arts-Based Research and learn how to use different research methods to explore and answer an issue from different perspectives.
Social Impact
The practice-oriented, socially engaged curriculum of this master's course challenges you to link your own interests and expertise to social issues.
Interdisciplinary learning community
You will be part of a learning community that encompasses a rich collection of backgrounds, expertise and artistic disciplines.
Synergy of theory and practice
Theory and practice are permanently connected. With the theoretical knowledge you gain, you will strengthen your position in practice and solidify your role as artisteducator.
Recognised by the DUO Teacher Scholarship Lerarenbeurs)
If you are a qualified (art) teacher and want to follow this master's course, you are eligible for the DUO Teacher Scholarship (DUO Lerarenbeurs).
Artisteducator – one word, multiple identities, endless possibilities
In this master’s course, the roles of educator, artist and researcher are inextricably linked: they affirm and complement each other. The master’s course Education in Arts helps you to balance between direct engagement and distance, between forward vision and past reflection, between wanting to grasp and understand – and consciously daring to go beyond what they already know.
Things have been set in motion by my actions. Not always in the making, but in thinking and reflecting on makership."
Empowered in your role as an artisteducator
The master's course Education in Arts offers you an inspiring place to grow, in an interdisciplinary supportive community of lecturers and guest lecturers, tutors and partners from the national and international field cultural studies, critical pedagogy, Arts-Based Research and (educational) philosophy. You develop as an agent of change, and are (even) more empowered in your role as an artisteducator.
Wondering what to expect as a master's student? In this video, arts education alumnus Zoë van Huit talks about how she experienced the master's course, and gives an behind-the-scenes look at her graduation process.
Want to gain a teaching qualification and a master’s degree in Education in Arts?
Do you already have a bachelor's degree from an art course and are you keen to get your teaching qualification and a master’s degree? If so, the Fast track double degree programme bachelor’s/master’s Education in Arts is for you. In this double degree programme, you gain two qualifications in just three years, you develop into a socially engaged researcher and you can go on to teach art at secondary and VET level.
Based on the student evaluations included in the independent Keuzegids masters 2025, this master's programme receives the highest possible score (excellent) for the aspects of content, teaching staff, and atmosphere. For assessment and career preparation, this programme scores above average compared to other Master's programmes in Arts Education in the Netherlands.
