APPOINTMENT 1st ADMISSION ROUND BASICYEAR FULLTIME (EU/EEA)

ONLY DUTCH & OTHER EU/EEA (& Swiss) Basicyear applicants do our 1st admission round via online consultation interview,
and are obliged to book a consultation appointment!

So all non-EU/EEA Basicyear candidates, and all candidates applying for the 2nd/3rd bachelor year full-time:
have to do the 1st admission round through our online portfolio machine (without online interview).

All Basicyear consultations for EEA-applicants 2025-2026 are online via Teams. YOU DON'T have to come to our academy for the 1st admission round!

BASICYEAR ENTRANCE EXAMS are face-to-face at our academy in Amsterdam, scheduled on 1 morning or afternoon in:
- week 16: 14-17 April 2025 (for candidates who do the 1st round after mid-February).

We completed our limited extra extra consultations in March - APPLICATION FOR Basciyear 2025-2026 IS CLOSED!!

Select a week *

Select a date *

NOTE: No dates after clicking the Select a date-field? Then all consultations in that week are fully booked!

NOTE2: If you can't make your appointment after all, cancel by e-mail to apply[at]rietveldacademie.nl,
or run the risk of being excluded from further participation in our application procedure.

Confirm your application *

NOTE: applicants for the 2nd/3rd year full-time are required to submit a portfolio through our online portfolio machine for the 1st round.
In that case, go back to Studielink to change the choice of your application to "Advanced year" instead of 1st year, and wait for further instructions.

How did you come across our academy and programme? *

Did you attend one (or more) of our Open Days?
(more than one answer possible)

No, not yet

I attended Open Day on 31 January 2025

Open Day on 26 January 2024

Online Open Day in 2023

I attended Goedemorgen Gerrit in November 2024 (online, in Dutch)

I attended Good Afternoon Rietveld in November 2024 (online, in English)

I attended a Q&A in December 2024 (online, in English)

Open day before 2023

Your first name *

Your surname *

Your Osiris student number (ID-code) *

Date of birth *

Your pronouns
*

She/her

He/him

They/them

City of residence *

Country of residence *

Nationality
(EU/EEA only!) *

Which option applies to you? *

I'm an EU/EEA national

I'm a non-EU/EEA national, with valid residence permit for the Netherlands (on other grounds than studies)

I'm a non-EU/EEA citizen & have no residence permit*(*if so, do 1st round via portfolio-machine instead!)

E-mail *

Confirm e-mail *

NOTE: make sure your e-mail address is filled out correctly, otherwise you will not receive the e-mail confirmation of your appointment.

Select the highest level of your education *

Completed? *

Yes

No, expected to complete in June/July 2025

No, will not be completed

Did/Do you attend a precourse
at the Rietveld Academie? *

Yes, I did the Orientation Course of the Rietveld Academie

Yes, I'm doing the Rietveld Orientation Course now * NOTE

Yes, I did the Preparatory Course of the Rietveld Academie

Yes, I'm doing the Rietveld Preparatory Course now ** NOTE

No, but I did a precourse/foundation at another art academy

No, but I'm doing a precourse/foundation at another art academy now

* NOTE: If you are doing the Orientation Course right now, book an appointment after the X-mas break.

** NOTE: if you are doing the Preparatory Course at our academy now, DON'T BOOK a consultation appointment!
Your final assessment, at the end of the course will also be the admission interview for the bachelor - ask your teachers about this!

NOTE: your appointment will only be accepted if the * fields are completely filled out!

* = Input is required