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The application procedure for professional arts education deviates from the regular procedure in higher professional education. Prior to admission you will need to do an audition. This will determine whether you meet the admission requirements as described on this website. Each study course has its own admission procedure accompanied by selection criteria and additional requirements. The contents of the auditions are geared to the demands that the courses and the professional practice in future will make on the student. A committee made up of teachers of the conservatoire holds auditions.

The audition is a test for talent, knowledge, skills and learning potential for the study course you apply for. The audition consists of a music theoretical and a practical part. In general, an ear for music, feeling for rhythm, improvisational skills, affinity with music of the chosen main subject, talent, learning potential and motivation will be tested.

Apply for an audition can only be done via the application form.
Download (from 17 November 2008) here the application form and send it – fully completed and in clear writing – by mail to:

Rotterdam Conservatoire
Attn. Central Student Administration (CSA)
Kruisplein 26
3012 CC  Rotterdam
The Netherlands

You can apply throughout the year, but please do so early (before April 1st). On timely receipt of the completed form you will receive a confirmation of receipt and registration from the Education Administration of Codarts. Subsequently you will – or not – be invited to sit for an audition. You will be timely informed about the time and place of the audition. Invitation depends on a pre-selection on the basis of experience and order of receipt of the forms.

Please note that audition fees (€ 60) will be charged for the audition. College fee for 2008-2009 is € 1,565.

For students with:
- a Dutch giro or bank account: to Postbank account 78759 or ABN AMRO account 50 34 24 889, in both cases made out to Codarts, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, in Rotterdam;
- a foreign bank account: to the international bank account NL51ABNA0503424889, made out to Codarts, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In this case you should also mention the following Bank Identification Code (BIC): ABNANL2A and address of the bank: ABN AMRO, P.O. Box 2130, 3000 CC Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Admission to the postgraduate programme is only possible after submitting a full study plan and passing an audition. In the study plan, you must formulate your motivation for pursuing the postgraduate programme and describe your ideas and wishes as to the content of your study programme. Admittance is based on how you perform during the audition and the content of your study plan.

After sending in your application form you will receive an email which confirms your application.
An invitation for the audition will be sent separately.
You need to inform the Central Student Administration about any change of (email) address as soon as possible: csa@codarts.nl.

Registering on Studielink (Study Link) and enrolling at Codarts
If you have been admitted to one of the courses of Rotterdam Dance Academy, Rotterdam Conservatoire or Rotterdam Circus Arts after your audition and you actually want to begin the course, then you need to register through www.studielink.nl.

In Studielink there is a link to the Informatie Beheer Groep (Information Management Group) to arrange your study finance and OV (public transport) student card.  There is further information on these matters in the admission packet which you will receive if you have successfully passed the audition.