REVIEWING OF YOUR APPLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS:
MEET OUR ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE & LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS:
First Phase assessors (2026):
Marika Vandekraats (chair of the admissions committee) and Leire Vergara (interim artistic co-director/co-head of program).
First phase: a broad pre-selection based on "read + watch only". Reviewing will be based on all components of the application that you have digitally submitted. Please note that incomplete applications and applications not in the English Language will not be reviewed (this includes recommendation letters).
Second Phase
Interview assessors (2026):
Bethany Crawford, Dr. Sebastian De Line, Vinita Gatne, Dr. David Maroto, Harun Morrison, Iarlaith Ní Fheorais, Isabelle Sully, Nash Caldera, Iliada Charalambous, Raphael Daibert, Leon Filter, Aziza Harmel, Sonia Kazovsky, Raffia Li, Dina A. Mohamed, Rana Hamadeh.
You will be invited to participate in two* in-depth (online) conversations with two of the above-mentioned assessors. These dialogues will depart from your application and explore your artistic research interests, as well as potential synergies with the DAI curriculum. Across both interviews, attention will be given to your English language skills, alongside a broader discussion of your practice, questions, and concerns.
Additionally, the conversations may address the experience of studying within the Roaming Academy (emphasis on roaming), as well as the joys and challenges of living and working together in this context. You are warmly encouraged to bring your own questions/concerns on board!
* In exceptional cases when, for whatever reason, the outcome of the Admissions Trajectory can not be fixed after two interviews, you may be invited to a third and final interview.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE INTERVIEWS:
We see the various stages as the hopeful beginning of a fruitful and potentially longterm dialogue between DAI + the wider DAI community, and you, prospective member of our student body.
We will not only have questions for you to respond to, we also heartily extend you the invitation to bring up your own questions (as far as they have not been answered by our website) about the DAI's ways of studying and living together.
COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE OUTCOMES:
After the first phase it may take some time before we can inform you via e-mail if you have been selected or not have been selected for the second phase (the interviews) of the Admissions process.
Applications from candidates eligible to apply for the ArtEZ and Holland Scholarships will be processed with top priority so that the decision will be taken well before the deadline of May 1, 2026.
Candidates may be invited for one or two interviews initially. If invited for two interviews, you will be connected to two assessors who will interview you separately. If invited for one interview, it may take a few days before we can inform you via e-mail if you are selected or not selected for the second and final interview.
It may take between three days and three weeks after the second interview before we can inform you via e-mail if you are invited to enrol in the 2026-2028 academic study trajectory (depending on the number of applications that have to be processed !).
Every year there is a small group of applicants whom we can anyway only accept for the year thereafter, due to the number of positive evaluations. Currently this would mean that you will be invited to enrol for 2027-2029 (beginning Fall 2027).
Should there be a cancellation within the cohort for 2026-2028 we will immediately inform the first person on this wait list and offer them the placement starting Fall 2026.
!!! ONLY AFTER YOUR OFFICIAL ENROLMENT WE CAN GUARANTEE YOUR PLACEMENT !!!
If we are all on the same page and positive about you joining us for the academic years 2026-2028 you must confirm your placement a soon as possible.
DEFERRAL
Admission is only valid for the academic year directly following the entrance exam. If you’d you like to defer and start a year later, please contact admissions@dutchartinstitute.eu to receive the instructions for deferring.
THE ROLE OF THE ARTEZ UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS:
Please note that the artistic-academic decision to accept someone into our program rests entirely with the DAI's Admissions Committee, but each of DAI's requests for official admittance/enrolment will be checked by the ArtEZ Student Affairs Department and validated by the Central Exam Committee of ArtEZ University of the Arts.
ArtEZ University of the Arts (not DAI !!) will ask you to send in copies of your official documents such as a copy of your passport and your BA (or higher) certificate. A diploma evaluation will be part of the formalities conducted by ArtEZ . As well, you will need to provide evidence that you meet the English Language Requirements. In some cases, you may need an English Certificate to enrol. Please read the requirements thoroughly and see what situation applies for you.
Please re-read our Admissions Requirements page to learn more about admission without BA.
Very important to note as well: the awarding of the ArtEZ and NL scholarships is also centrally organised by ArtEZ University of the Arts in the service of all its educational programs (so not only DAI). Thus, both scholarships come with a highly competitive selection process and we strongly recommend you to think of a (financial) PLAN B in case you are not among the small group of lucky awardees.