July 5, 2010
Special events during the graduation show
Student Project News
Tuesday, July 6th, 18:00, 18:45 & 19:30hrs Darija Medic will give guided tours of The South [...]
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June 17, 2010
Graduation Show 2010
Student Project News
disrupting systems Opening: Friday July 2 2010, 20.00 hours Continuing: Saturday July 3rd – Friday July [...]
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March 8, 2010
Networked Media students show projects at Pixelache, Finland
Student Project News
This year’s edition of Pixelache, the largest media arts event in the Nordic countries, will [...]
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International students should read this information page first.

The first step in the application process is to download the application form here.

For a copy by post, contact the students admission office requesting an application form. Remember to give your name and address.

Students Admissions Office, Willem de Kooning Academy, P.O. Box 1272, 3000 BG Rotterdam, The Netherlands

If you are sending your application via a courier service such as FedEx or DHL, they need a street delivery address. Please use: Students Admissions Office, Willem de Kooning Academy, Blaak 10, 3011 TA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

This application form is to be returned together with the following:

  • a sample assignment
  • a portfolio documenting your work (formats can include websites, CD-Roms, essays, print, DVD, slides etc.)
  • your curriculum vitae
  • a written statement, outlining your motivation for this two-year Master Media Design course

In addition you will need to include:

  • a copy of your BA or equivalent diploma
  • a copy of your birth certificate or passport
  • four passport-size photographs

Candidates will be invited for an interview. With foreign candidates, communication will take place via telephone and e-mail if necessary.




Alongside the material required for your application, we ask you to send in a sample assignment:

“Produce a map of a medium and the relations it forms with other social, political, philosophical, economical or aesthetic systems.”

The sample assignment can be realized in any form you find useful.

The purpose of the sample assignment is:

  • for students, particularly those coming from various disciplinary backgrounds, to show their engagement with ideas and materials of the programme;
  • to show a complex understanding of media, and do something with that complexity;
  • to give you the opportunity of a critical investigation of media while practically (and perhaps experimentally) using the media tools – whether graphic design, essay writing, video, sound, website or any other means – that you excel at.