15 Bachelor Programs in Art Studies in Netherlands for 2024

The Art History program in Groningen is unique because it combines visual art, urban design and architectural history and landscape history and studies the relationships between artwork, city and landscape.Our bachelor offers a combination of historical, theoretical and practice-oriented courses, where our international teaching team works closely with experts in the field.This way you get acquainted with the professional field from the start.Art historians study art on the spot, so you go on an excursion to a major European art metropolis and there are also many small excursions in the Netherlands.

Is it your dream to work in the games industry? Come and study in Breda! Creative Media and Game Technologies is not just a study program, it is a way of living.

Visual art today is strongly interlinked with today’s society, a connection which is reinforced and deepened by social and other media. In Arts, Media and Society, a specialisation of our Art History bachelor's programme, you will explore this relationship and analyse how it reflects and impacts the issues of our time, while also learning practical and academic skills that are invaluable in the current job market.

The Moving Image course at the Design Department at the Academy of Art Design in Enschede focuses on the endless possibilities of the moving image. The focus is on design, film and communication.

Arts and Culture is an interdisciplinary programme that studies Western culture in a broad sense. Focusing on interactions between science, art, media and politics, students will address contemporary societal challenges with historical and philosophical understanding. The programme encourages critical thinking and buidling bridges between different perspectives.

For centuries, the world’s greatest thinkers and artists have come to Paris to learn, create, and find inspiration. This program gives you the chance to do the same.

Are you a future artist? At the Academy of Popular Culture, we will coach you to become an artistic professional and creative entrepreneur. To achieve your ambitions in the artistic world, you will create work as a performer, as a writer/composer or as a visualiser/designer while forging connections with your prospective audience. You want to make an impact with the concepts you create. In order to do so, you will work with students of other disciplines to produce an interdisciplinary performance.

Are you fascinated by films, music or theatre? Do you love to discuss what art is, how to interpret a particular movie, pop song and performance and to study the effects that media can have on our societies? Then Arts, Culture and Media should become your Bachelor's programme. In our Bachelor’s programme students acquire a deepened analytical, historical and theoretical understanding of (a) two art forms chosen from film, music, theatre/performance, visual arts or literature; and (b) specialized scholarly knowledge in one of two frameworks: ‘Arts, Policy and Cultural Entrepreneurship’ or ‘Analysis and Criticism.’ This broad multi- and interdisciplinary combination makes it unique.

Are you fascinated by art, architecture and cultural landscapes, modern, and old? Are you curious about the meaning, history, and impact of art? Then Art History is your program. The Department of History of Art, Architecture & Landscape in Groningen is unique because it combines the study of the visual arts, urbanism, architectural history and the history of landscapes, and examines the relationships between artwork, city and landscape. Our bachelor's program offers a combination of historical, theoretical, and practice-based courses in which our international faculty collaborates with experts in the field.

The Bachelor of BEAR Fine Art: Base for Experiment, Art and Research in Arnhem, is a place for experimentation at the heart of society; an international, dynamic community in which everyone learns from each other.

Want to become a designer, photographer or art director? Discover the Crossmedia Design course at the Design Department at the Academy of Art Design in Enschede.

The bachelor of Fine Art will guide you on the road to becoming a professional visual artist. An artist is driven by curiosity and the desire to create things that haven’t been seen before. An artist is curious and eager and strives to take an independent and autonomous position in the world. Do you recognise that ambition and are you passionate about art? Do you want to work in multiple disciplines, with a wide range of artist-teachers in a highly international studio environment? The Fine Art bachelor’s programme at Minerva Art Academy welcomes you.

Want to become an artist, photographer, filmmaker or curator? Discover the Fine Art course at AKI ArtEZ Academy of Art Design in Enschede.

You are at a crossroads in your life. Ahead a great many roads lead to multiple destinations. Which direction will you take? The Bachelor of Fine Art will teach you to be a professional fine artist. An artist is driven by curiosity and the desire to create things that haven’t been seen before. He or she is inquisitive, eager and curious and has the ambition to take an autonomous position in the world of fine art. Do you recognise yourself in this profile and are you passionate about art? Do you want to work with your hands as well as your head and are you happiest making things? A Bachelor of Fine Art at Minerva Art Academy could be right up your alley.

The Photography department focuses on establishing an autonomous artistic practice. We aim to cultivate a critical attitude that challenges the medium technically, conceptually and theoretically. Through research and observation, experiment and production, and through discussion and text, we reflect on new properties and applications and a changing significance of photography within society and the arts.