The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague prepares students to become self-aware artists and designers who make a significant contribution to their discipline and to society with their passion, profundity and experimental attitude.

As soon as you walk into the building you can feel it: something is going on here! Our academy exudes the sense of creativity, innovation and professionalism. We are often told by students that this is the reason to come and study at the KABK. Choosing the KABK means choosing a future in the world of art and culture. We offer you clear, up-to-date programmes designed to develop your individual creative talent. We pay a lot of attention to theory as a support for the inquiring attitude of all our students. Our tutors, who occupy prominent positions in professional practice, coach you. You can get down to work in our many, well-equipped workshops with every conceivable kind of media – from traditional to the most advanced of today’s media.

During your course of study you can make use of an exceptionally broad, high-quality and up-to-date range of media. We have both the traditional media of art and the very latest printing and cutting technologies and 3D printers. There also workshops on the premises for wood, metal, textile, computers and photography, as well as multimedia recording and editing studios. In addition the KABK has labs such as the AR+RFID Lab. You can acquire basic knowledge and skills in moving image, sound, 3D modelling and website design in introductory courses open to all academy students. Numerous lectures, film evenings, debates and exhibitions are held all through the year. STOOR, the academy shop, opened this year. The products sold there are all made by the students. After acquiring all this knowledge and experience at the KABK, you will presently be equipped to set out as a professional artist or designer.

Cooperation
Not everything that the KABK has to offer takes place in the building on the Prinsessegracht. We and the Royal Conservatoire (KC) constitute the University of the Arts in The Hague. There is also close cooperation with the Academy of the Arts of the University of Leiden, which makes it possible to take optional subjects or to follow minor or master programmes at the university. Moreover, the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague has the master trajectory in Artistic Research and two unique, high-quality Ph.D. trajectories: in fine art and design, leading to a PhArts, and music, leading to a DocArtes.

International
It is increasingly common for artists and designers to receive assignments and exhibitions abroad, to develop products beyond the border, and to produce publications that target an international public. The KABK has many exchange programmes and international projects. For instance, the KABK presents itself every year at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the world’s most important design fair in Milan. Promising graduates have also shown their work in Shanghai and Hong Kong. With students from fifty different countries, thinking and speaking in the international vocabulary becomes almost second nature at the KABK. The many diverse cultures open your eyes to the unfamiliar – an important quality for an artist.

Study possibilities
The KABK offers a variety of bachelor and master courses. There are also several preparatory courses. Via the Academy of Arts it is possible to obtain a doctorate in the arts.

Bachelor courses

Autonomous Fine Art

Fine Art, full-time and part-time
Interfaculty ArtScience, full-time

Design

Photography, full-time and part-time
Graphic Design, full-time and part-time
Interactive/Media/Design, full-time
Interior Architecture and Furniture Design, full-time and part-time
Textile and Fashion, full-time

Postgraduate Course

Industrial Design

Master courses

Master of Design in Type and Media
Master of Interior Architecture (since September 2010)
Master trajectories of the Master of Music

These trajectories form part of the Master of Music of the Royal Conservatoire

Master trajectory in ArtScience
Master trajectory in Artistic Research

In cooperation with the University of Leiden

Master of Film and Photographic Studies (MaFPS)
Master of Media Technology (MSc)

PhD

PhDArts

Preparatory courses
The KABK offers various ways for aspiring students to prepare for their study at the Academy.