ADMISSION
Crossmedia Design, Fine Art and Moving Image (English Streams)

Please note: the application deadline has passed for students outside the Netherlands for the academic year 2023-2024.
From 1 October you can apply again for the academic year 2024-2025.

Admission
If you want to apply for our courses you have to take an entrance exam. During the admission you will give us insight into your creative capability and interests and you have to explain your work. The entrance exam tests whether you have sufficient talent and motivation to succeed in the study. International students can choose wether they want to come to the Academy to have an Entrance Exam, or to do an Online Entrance Exam, with exception of Moving Image. All entrance exams for Moving Image are online.

-All  physical entrance exams for our AKI courses Crossmedia Design and Fine Art will be held between February and May 2023.
-Online entrance exams will be held between December and May 2023. They are for students that want to apply for Moving Image and for international students that want to study Fine Art or Crossmedia Design.

Register for the entrance exam via Studielink. You need a DigiD for this. Make sure that you choose the right study program and this always in combination with the city of Enschede.

Preparation
For the admittance exam we ask you to prepare the following:

Online Entrance Exam
– Create an online portfolio (PDF) with an overview of your work and a written explanation on works you have created.
– Write a motivation letter.

Physical exam at the Academy
– Bring an overview of all your work with you to the Academy.
– Write a motivation letter.

After you’ve applied in Studielink you will receive a full overview of us what to put in your portfolio with help and tips.

Dates physical entrance exams at the Academy
Tuesday 30 May is the last date on which you can physically take admission this year.

Dates online entrance exams
Online entrance exams are only for Moving Image students and for international students. After completing your application on Studielink, you will receive a Calendar invite from us where you can pick your time you want to do an entrance exam.
Online entrance exams will be between December – May, with a range of different dates.

General assessment criteria
We will assess you on the following criteria:

  • You are creative. 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;
  • You are motivated, have good communication skills, share your fascination and inspiration and show decisiveness and discipline;
  • You have an inquisitive and experimental attitude, you are curious and have a real interest in culture, art and design;
  • You are in possession of vwo, havo, mbo (level 4) or an equivalent diploma;
  • All our English-taught programmes have Language requirements

Content portfolio/own work
We expect you to provide insight into your talent, interests and motivation during the entrance exam with a selection of your work. So make sure we can see what you’ve made in the past. Draw, paint, paste, cut, photograph, make movies and show us what you can do! Also show intermediate material and sketchbooks!

Result and validity
You will be notified by email about the results of your entrance exam within three working weeks. The admission is valid for the 2023/24 academic year.

Deadlines
EU students: 1 June 2023
Non-EU students: 1 May 2023

Do you want to know more about the Courses? Also, see the pages Crossmedia Design, Fine Art and Moving Image.

AKI Academy of Art & Design Hulsmaatstraat 35, 7523 WB Enschede, The Netherlands. Phone: +31 53482440

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