Bachelor Fine Arts

Detailed instructions are provided on the website of Studielink to assist you with the procedure.

After your application in Studielink is confirmed, you will receive an e-mail from the Student Administration of the Royal Academy of Art with the subject "Upload the required documents".

In this e-mail, you’ll find your personal login info, which will grant you access to the Academy’s online application system Osiris.

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If you haven’t received the email with your personal login info after one day, contact us at studentadministration@kabk.nl

With your personal login info, you can access your own student account at the Academy’s online application system Osiris. Here you can upload the requested materials with the instructions and specifications as mentioned in the email you received, incl. your

• Portfolio
• Motivation letter
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) or  Questionnaire (if requested)
• Assignment(s) (if requested)

Your High School diploma (and/or English language test for non-EU/EER candidates only) can be submitted later on in the process, in case you do not have obtained them yet.

Experiencing issues with logging in or uploading materials?
Contact us at studentadministration@kabk.nl

The admission interviews will be held online in the week of 31 March to 3 April 2026.

You receive all the relevant information per email.

During the interview you will get the possibility to talk about your work. If you plan on coming to the KABK, you are welcome to bring work from your portfolio if you wish.

All newly accepted non-EU/EEA students will receive information and instructions about the application for a residence permit (VVR) for study purposes in the framework of their registration.

For the application, students should submit all the relevant documents by uploading these to their Osiris Online Application.

We will start the procedure of your study residence permit as soon as we have received all the required documents and the payment of your tuition fee, residence permit handling fee and living fee.

More information about the residence permit procedure

These documents include:

• Copy of your passport (a scanned version of pages with photo and personal information).
• Copy of your high school diploma and grade list.
  Your high school diploma should be comparable to a Dutch VWO, HAVO or MBO 4 diploma.
  You can check the equivalent Dutch level of your diploma on the Nuffic website.
  
  If your diploma/transcript is NOT in Dutch, English, German, French or Spanish, please make sure to upload an official English translation of your diploma as well (in one attachment).
• A profile picture (to print on your student card).
• Proof of English proficiency (for non-EU/EEA students only).

You upload these documents to your Osiris Online Application.