Admission of candidates who do not hold a bachelor degree to the master courses at ArtEZ University of the Arts
Decision of the Exam Board of 31 May 2021 on ‘Procedure for inquiry into admission of candidates who do not hold a bachelor degree to the master courses at ArtEZ’ to be cited as decision nr. 210531 on admission to master courses.
The head of a master course at ArtEZ can request the Exam Board to admit a candidate to the course who does not meet the requirements of Section 30c(1)(a) of the Higher Education and Research Act.
Subject to: Section 30c of the Higher Education and Research Act
Article 1 Procedure
In relation to the request:
a) Heads report candidates to the Exam Board by 15 June with submission of evidence.
b) All certificates of all courses (after secondary school) are submitted.
c) All evidence of relevant professional experience at level 6 NLQF is submitted
d) the Exam Board will assess the evidence and, if necessary, request additional information from the head.
e) If the Exam Board intends to deny the request for admission, it will give the head and the director the opportunity to be heard.
f) the Exam Board will make a final decision before 1 July, stating the grounds for the decision.
Article 2 Weighting*
a) Purely artistic qualities are not taken into consideration
b) Professional experience alone does not qualify for admission. Substantial preliminary education is required.
Article 3 Appeal
a) Once a request is denied, the candidate may appeal to the COBEX within six weeks.
Lamers/Doorduin/Hermans
* Explanatory Memorandum
Article 2 a: The artistic/content-based test has already been administered by the admission examiners and is always a condition for admission and should therefore be excluded from thisprocedure, otherwise the same qualification is weighted twice. The aim of this procedure is to demonstrate that the candidate has the knowledge, insights and skills at the level of a higher professional education bachelor degree.
Article 2 b: ‘Substantial preliminary education is required’. This means that the candidate must have completed a course or a combination of courses that at least approaches the level of an HPE bachelor degree.
The combination of Articles 1c and 2b offers the possibility to build in a certain shift in scale in the assessment. A candidate who proves to have a lot of professional experience at the bachelor degree level has some leeway in contributing preliminary education and vice versa.