General enrolment requirements

Necessary documents

• Identification

  If your identity has not been verified by the Basisregistratie Personen (BRP), please upload a copy of your passport or identity card. Make sure you upload both front and back of your identity card. Note: your identity document must be valid on 1 September of the year you start studying.

• Language requirement

  All courses at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht are taught in Dutch, unless otherwise indicated. Students who have had their prior education outside The Netherlands or Flanders, must comply with the language requirement.

  Bachelor courses and Associate Degrees

  Dutch language proficiency
  NT2 - program 2
  CNaVT:
  - profile 'Educatief Professioneel'
  - profile 'Educatief Startbekwaam'

  English language proficiency is possible for:

  • Bachelor of Fine Art

  The minimum score should be:
  IELTS Academic: 6
  TOEFL iBT: 80
  Cambridge English:
  - C1 Advanced, formerly known as Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 169
  - B2 First, formerly known as Cambridge English: First (FCE): 169

  • Bachelor of Music at HKU Utrechts Conservatorium

  The minimum score should be:
  IELTS Academic: 5.5
  TOEFL iBT: 70
  Cambridge English:
  - C1 Advanced, formerly known as Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 160
  - B2 First, formerly known as Cambridge English: First (FCE): 160

  Master courses

  Dutch language proficiency is possible for:

  • Master Interior Architecture
  • Master Crossover Creativity
  • Master of Music, pathway Music Design
  • Master of Music, pathway Performance
  • Master of Arts in Education

  NT2 - program 2
  CNaVT:
  - profile 'Educatief Professioneel'
  - profile 'Educatief Startbekwaam'

  
  English language proficiency is possible for:

  • Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, programme Fine Art
  • Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design, programme Scenography
  • Master of Music, pathway Music Design
  • Master of Music, pathway Performance

  The minimum score should be:
  IELTS Academic: 6
  TOEFL iBT: 80
  Cambridge English:
  - C1 Advanced, formerly known as Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 169
  - B2 First, formerly known as Cambridge English: First (FCE): 169

  Preparatory courses and Premasters

  Dutch language proficiency
  NT2 - programma 1
  CNaVT:
  - profile 'Educatief Professioneel'
  - profile 'Educatief Startbekwaam'

  English language proficiency is possible for:

  • Preparatory Course HKU Utrechts Conservatorium
  • Pre-master at HKU Utrechts Conservatorium

  The minimum score should be:
  IELTS Academic: 5
  TOEFL iBT: 60
  Cambridge English:
  - C1 Advanced, formerly known as Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 152
  - B2 First, formerly known as Cambridge English: First (FCE): 152

  Exemption Dutch language requirement

  If your prior education was clearly in Dutch, you can apply for an exemption from the Dutch language requirement. HKU will evaluate if you qualify for an exemption based on a certified copy of your diploma and transcript. It is possible HKU requests additional documentation from you.

  Exemption English language requirement

  If your prior education was clearly in English, you can apply for an exemption from the English language requirement. HKU will evaluate if you qualify for an exemption based on a certified copy of your diploma and transcript. It is possible HKU requests additional documentation from you.
  
  HKU can grant students an exemption from the English language test based on a diploma achieved in some countries in Europe. Download the complete list of countries and diplomas to check to which countries and diplomas an exemption applies.

  NT2 language test

  Please visit the website Staatsexamen NT2 to find more information about the NT2 Dutch Language test.
  
  Be aware! Plan your language test in time. It may take some time before you can take the test and before the results are known.

  IELTS and TOEFL

  You can find more information about the English language tests on www.toefl.org and www.ielts.org.

• Diploma prior education

  If your prior education has not been verified by DUO, please upload a copy of your HAVO, VWO or MBO level 4 diploma or foreign equivalent together with a list of grades or a copy of your certificate of a university or university of applied sciences including a list of grades.

  If you applied for the Master of Music course at HKU Utrechts Conservatorium or the Master Crossover Creativity, you have to upload a Bachelor diploma.

  Spanish diploma:
  If you have completed your previous education in Spain, but you are not yet in possession of your official diploma, submit the following 3 documents:

  1: An official list of marks (signed / stamped by the school).
  2: A statement from the institution where you obtained your degree. This dated and certified statement must state that you have passed, for which degree and direction, what the official graduation date is and that the diploma will be awarded later.
  3: Proof of payment for the application for your diploma.

  Document languages

  HKU only accepts documents in one of the following languages: Dutch, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Afrikaan or French.

  Translation

  When your diploma is not in one of the languages above, you must have your documents translated by an official translator or the institution at which the certificate was achieved. HKU needs both the copy of the diploma and the translation. Please upload both.
  
  HKU reserves the right to ask you for the original documents for the purpose of verification. Please make sure you have access to them.