Welcome to the admission procedure for your course at the Royal Conservatoire.
Every step of the registration procedure is described and explained below and all you have to do is complete each step in the process. Clicking on the + will reveal additional information. When you click on Studielink you will leave our website. After applying you will receive an e-mail from Studielink with a link to Osiris Online Application, which is part of our Student Administration System. You will upload all the requested documents to that page. If you have any questions during the process, please contact the student administration office at studentadministration@koncon.nl.
Don't forget to check the general admission requirements, these are applicable to all admissions. All information regarding the entrance exams will be published on koncon.nl/entrance-exams.
The deadline for uploading documents via Osiris Apply is February 28 at 11:59 PM (CET).
Pick a programme
- Master ArtScience
- Bachelor ArtScience
- Primary School
- PI - music for pre-school children
- Young KC Junior
- PI - music for wind instrumentalists
- Master Specialisation Contemporary Ensemble Academy
- Pedagogical Lessons
- Artist Certificate Dance / Royal Conservatoire Dance Ensemble
- Auditions
- Auditions
- Orientation course Composition, Sonology, ArtScience
- Course Muziek als Vak
- Young KC Children's Choir
- School voor Jong Talent Beeldende Kunst
- European Chamber Music Master – ECMAster
- Master Art of Sound
- European Master of Early Music
- Master Specialisation Chamber Music
- Master Specialisation Complementary Subject Early Music & Jazz
Studielink is the online registration system for higher education in the Netherlands. When you register, you will also automatically be registered with DUO (Dienst Uitvoerend Onderwijs), the agency that arranges student financing, among other things.
- If you are a Dutch student, log on with your DigiD. If you do not yet have one, it can be requested at www.digid.nl. It could be several days before you receive the log-in codes.
- If you are an international student, log on with a user name and password that you will be able to create for yourself in Studielink.
- Apply for the course of your choice (the first step in your ‘to do’ list) under Royal Academy of Art/Royal Conservatoire The Hague. Complete each step in the screen. Detailed instructions and help with the process is available on the website of Studielink.
Note: you will now leave the website of the Royal Conservatoire. You are not done with the admission process after registering with Studielink. Please read the further instructions below first.
Start by collecting all the documents you will need to register for your entrance exam and your course.
- Scores (see below)
- Motivation Form (see below)
The scores of at least three (and preferably four) of your own compositions, together with audio recordings of the works. Midi recordings are permitted.
Recordings of exclusively electronic compositions (intended to be played via electronic media) can be submitted without a score.
If there are no recordings of a score or none can made, the score can be sent without a recording.
The following applies for all recordings that are being submitted:
Create a Word document with a list of all the links to the recordings and videos. If you have your own YouTube or Vimeo account (or a SoundCloud account in the case of audio) or an account with a similar online platform, we would prefer that you post your recordings on that platform and include the link to it in the Word document. You will upload the Word document at the appropriate question in Osiris Online Application later in the process.
Answer the questions in the motivation form and upload the document in Osiris Apply.
The entrance exam consist of a theoretical and a practical part. You have to submit your online theoretical test before February 28, 23.59 PM CET .
The entrance exam consists of two rounds:
- an online pre-selection
- an audition
- Please note: you must choose between a live audition or an online audition in real-time.
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Practical information about the online, real-time exam can be found here.
- Please note: you must choose between a live audition or an online audition in real-time.
In order to qualify for an admission at the Royal Conservatoire, you have to pass all parts of your entrance exam.
The entry requirements of your Main Subject can be found on the programme page of the programme you have chosen. Find all programmes here: https://www.koncon.nl/en/programmes
For more information regarding the dates and specifications of the entrance exams, please also check: koncon.nl/entrance-exams.
After the entrance exam
A couple of weeks after the entrance exam, we will send you your results. There are three categories: ‘Rejected’, ‘Eligible’ and ‘Accepted.
‘Eligible’ means that your level is sufficiently high to be admitted to the Royal Conservatoire, but that it is not yet certain whether we can actually offer you a spot due to a limited amount of spots in each programme.
Only candidates that have been ‘Accepted’ to the Royal Conservatoire have a guaranteed spot in the programme of their choice.
Language proficiency
Bachelor’s and Master’s students and participants in a Preparatory Course must have sufficient command of both written and spoken English to follow their study programme at the Royal Conservatoire.
EU/EEA students
Students from EU/EEA countries or Switzerland or Surinam whose proficiency in English is inadequate are obliged to follow a language course. If it is found during the admission procedure that your command of English is insufficient, you will be required to follow a course and obtain a certificate of proficiency during the first year of the course.
Non-EU/EEA students
If you have been admitted for a Bachelor’s or Master’s programme or Preparatory Course and you are from a country outside the EU/EEA (with exception of Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, South Africa, Surinam, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain or United States of America), you must demonstrate – before 1 September - that your level of English is sufficient to follow the study programme. You can demonstrate your command of English with your score on any of the following English language proficiency tests: IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC or Cambridge English (FCE/CAE/CPE). The test scores are valid for two years and your score must be valid as of 1 September.
The minimum standard is a score of 6.0 in the IELTS test or level 80 in the TOEFL.
Certificates from the Institutional TOEFL test, the TOEFL ITP test or other language proficiency tests will not be accepted.
More information about language proficiency, courses and the tests.
If you are admitted, you must ensure that all the necessary documents are submitted.
Non-EU/EEA students who have been admitted to a Bachelor’s or Master’s programme or Preparatory Course have to submit the proof of their English language proficiency (see step English proficiency) before 1 September.
If you are admitted you will receive information via e-mail and Studielink about payment of tuition fees.
Only when you have fulfilled all registration requirements will you be enrolled as a student. So make sure that you have submitted all requested documents before 1 September.
Non-EU/EEA students who are admitted to the programme they applied for need an entry visa and/or residence permit. You also need to make other practical arrangements before you come to the Netherlands and when you arrive here. Please check the website for international students coming to the Netherlands for all procedures, information and contact info.