On this page you find information about open calls, funds and scholarships for further study and research after your graduation from KABK. If would like to stay in touch with the academy, please follow us on Instagram. You can also sign up for the newsletter to receive KABK events and news.

After graduation

As an alum, you have access to the workshops and the KABK portal (and your KABK account) for another year (with the exception of the Rental and the Library). If you want to reserve a place, do so by applying to the workshop you want to work at. This can be done via Asimut through the portal. The workshop employee is aware of the conditions.

Are you organising a festival, competition or workshop? Is this activity of interest to our KABK students? Keep us posted by sending an email to news@kabk.nl. We are happy to share your event in our internal and external newsletter. It will then be published on the portal where students and staff can browse through the full range there.

Which activities can you register?

  • An exhibition / fair
  • A festival / event
  • A competition / contest
  • A workshop

Non-EU/EEA students who complete their studies and earn a diploma from a higher education institute in the Netherlands can extend their stay for applying for the so-called Orientation year residence permit (also known as Search Year (in Dutch: Zoekjaar) or Orientation year highly educated persons). Find related information, eligibility criteria and what applies to your situation on the websites of IND and Nuffic.

Submit your graduation project free of charge and get published in the Dd Yearbook ‘24-’25. In this book, they reflect on the achievements of the past design year and highlight 24 exceptional graduation projects from Dutch design schools.

We frequently receive requests from external parties looking for artists or designers for paid assignments, workshops, and/or open calls for participation in competitions. Keep an eye on the portal and our Instagram for these assignments.

Are you interested in studying abroad after graduating from the KABK? There are many continuing education programmes around the world. You do need to prepare for these well in advance as selections to these foreign postgraduate programmes usually take place in January. We recommend starting with your preparations at the beginning of your final year. Find out more:

International postgraduate programmes can be expensive. Some programmes require you to put aside around €30,000 to cover tuition fees and travel and accommodation expenses for one academic year. Numerous funds are offering scholarships for covering (part of) these costs, including:

It is possible to submit applications to more than one fund at the same time. Contact the International Office for more information about criteria and application procedures.

Bachelor's or Master's graduates who have a Dutch nationality or can prove that they are permanent citizens of the Netherlands, are invited to apply for a VSBFonds scholarship. This scholarship is specifically meant for following a master or carrying out research abroad. One of the most important selection criteria is, “How will the Dutch society benefit from your study abroad? What are you giving back to the society?”

For further information, please contact International Affairs.

There are also funds that finance special and innovative projects, research and activities by designers and makers through grants. An overview of all subsidies and funding opportunties can be found here and here.

Some subsidies and funding possibilities are:

Want to know more about the Mondriaan Fund's financing options? Listen to the Mondriaan Fund podcast! In this podcast series, we highlight the fund's financing options and activities from different perspectives. How do you, as a starting artist, get noticed by a curator? And how do you find a gallery that suits you? In this podcast, starting artists are interviewed about their careers.

Take a look in the Graduation Catalogue.