The Royal Academy of Art (KABK) has the opinion that art is, national and international, one of the most important and innovative sources of energy for our society. Self-willed and researching artists and designers will keep these sources alive. The Royal Academy is searching for these kinds of people and would like to give them the opportunity to develop themselves here. Students have to find and are stimulated to look behind their boundaries.
In addition to bachelor studies: ArtScience, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Interactive / Media / Design, Interior design, Photograpy and Textile and Fashion, the KABK offers master studies as well . We offer the one year study Type and Media, Image and Sound / ArtScience and the Post Graduate Course Industrial Design. About one thousand students are currently studying at the KABK, fifteen percent of these are foreign students. The students are offered ateliers, multiple material shops, eight professionally equipped work places and free internet. The KABK has 160 teachers, all of whom have an active professional career as an artist or designer besides their teaching job. Since 1990 the KABK forms together with the Royal Conservatoire the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Music and Dance. The KABK is the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design. We are actively involved with the Faculty of Creative and Performing Arts of the University of Leiden. This is why many study elements of this University are available for the students of the KABK, such as the master programmes Media Technology and Photographic Studies.
