Erasmus+ exchange for incoming students
The Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) takes part in the Erasmus+ study exchange programme and has dozens of bilateral agreements with international institutions in the arts. Three of our six academies take part in the Erasmus+ study exchange programme and accept incoming Erasmus+ exchanges. These academies are: the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, the Academy of Theatre and Dance (dance department) and the Academy of Architecture.
If you are a student and you are interested in a study exchange experience at the AHK through Erasmus+, please read below and take the following steps.
Applying and admission for exchange
Please contact the international office of your home institution first, as they can confirm whether your school is a partner institution of the AHK and has a bilateral agreement with us for study exchanges. If your school doesn’t have an agreement with the AHK (or one of our academies), please ask the International Office of your home institution to contact the contact person of the AHK academy of your choice about possibilities to set up a bilateral agreement with your school. (See Contact persons).
List of partners Academy of Architecture
List of partners Academy of Theatre and Dance – Dance Department
Study Exchange webpage of Conservatorium van Amsterdam
You need to arrange a nomination with your home institution for an Erasmus+ study exchange (which allows you also to receive an Erasmus+ study grant).
At the AHK, the Academy International Coordinator is your contact person on your exchange. The course selection and the determination of the number of ECTS credits for each course will be done in consultation with the Internationalisation Coordinator of the academy (and the head of the study programme).
Conservatorium van Amsterdam: Ruth Graf via ruth.graf@ahk.nl
Academy of Theatre and Dance, dance department: Maria Ines Villasmil Prieto via (atd-internationaldesk@ahk.nl)
Academy of Architecture: Mildred van der Zwan via mildred.vanderzwan@ahk.nl and Sanna Blom via sanna.blom@ahk.nl
This is the full list of AHK’s Internationalisation Coordinators at the academies or the International Desk Coordinators.
Study programmes for Study Exchanges Conservatorium of Amsterdam
Study programmes Academy of Architecture
Study programmes Dance / Academy of Theatre and Dance (please note: only the courses of School for New Dance Development and Expanded Contemporary Dance are open for incoming exchanges)
Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Academy of Theatre and Dance and Academy of Architecture use the application tool EASY Mobility Online for their incoming Erasmus+ applicants. Go to this page of EASY/ Mobility Online and click on “Become an applicant” to start the procedure. You can also immediately check if your school is a partner institution of our academies.
ONLY students who wish to apply for Expanded Contemporary Dance of the Academy of Theatre and Dance, should apply through their own application tool here.
Conservatorium van Amsterdam: 1 March
Academy of Theatre and Dance: School for New Dance Development: 1 February and Expanded Contemporary Dance: 27 January
Academy of Architecture: 1 April
Once you are accepted as an incoming Erasmus+ exchange student, you will need to make arrangements for your housing, insurance, etc. Please go to the webpage of the Enrolment Office for more information.
In the Netherlands, a ten point system is often used in both secondary and higher education. A grade of 10 is the highest and 6 is the minimum pass grade. The grade 5.5 (until 5a.9) will often be rounded up to "6". At the Amsterdam University of the Arts, different grading systems are applied depending on the subject area, such as music, theatre, dance or architecture. This could be a ten-point-system, a system with letters or description; a four-point-system is for instance applied for architecture. See the grading cultures of our academies here.
Erasmus+
The AHK is awarded the ECHE 2021-2027. Please find here the Erasmus Charter (PDF) and AHK's Erasmus Policy Statement 2021-2027 (PDF).
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