Application & admission procedure
Want to apply to the Bachelor Classical Music Guitar at the Royal Conservatoire? Find out how to apply by following the step-by-step guide below.
Check the requirements
Read the entry requirements (see above) before starting your application.
Sign up via Studielink
Deadline: 26 February
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.
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.
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.
What do we need from you?
Gather all the necessary documents you need for your entrance exam and your course first.
- Recordings (see below)
- Motivation form (see below)
- Curriculum vitae
Recordings
- Check the entry requirements to get an idea of the level/works we are looking for.
- Record videos that showcase your musical and technical level and abilities. Put the recordings on YouTube/Vimeo.
- Create a Word/PDF document with a list of the repertoire and all the activated links.
You will upload the Word/PDF document at the appropriate question in Osiris Apply later in the process.
Motivation form Bachelor
Answer the questions in the motivation form. You will upload the document later in Osiris Apply.
Entrance Exam
The entrance exam consist of a theoretical and a practical part.
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.
More information and dates are added here later.
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.
You have to submit your online theoretical test before February 26, 23.59 PM CET .
The entry requirements can be found under the 'Entry Requirements' tab.
For more information regarding the dates and specifications of the entrance exams, please also check: koncon.nl/entrance-exams.
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.
English 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.
More information about language proficiency, courses and the tests.
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.
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.
After admission
Deadline: 1 September
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 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.
More information on the fees and payment
Extra note for international students
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.
Got your documents in order? Submit to Studielink, starting from 1 October.