Admission requirements
Artistic Research (Research MA)
The Research Master's programme Artistic Research is open to all students with:
A university Bachelor’s diploma
The Research Master’s in Artistic Research is open to all students with a Bachelor’s diploma from the UvA, or a recognised equivalent from another accredited university in:
- Art History
- Cultural Studies
- Media and Culture
- Musicology
- Theatre Studies
Prospective students with a BA in one of the aforementioned disciplines will
still need to show that they have both experience and knowledge of artistic
practice.
The level of the Bachelor's diploma from a foreign higher education institution
must be equal to three years of Dutch university education (to be judged by the
Examinations Board).
Other Bachelor's diplomas
The Research Master's programme Artistic Research is open to students with a
‘HBO’ Bachelor’s degree in the Fine Arts and Performing Arts from a Dutch
university of applied sciences supplemented with demonstrable experience and
knowledge of scientific research.
The level of the Bachelor's diploma must be equal to three years of Dutch
university education (to be judged by the Examinations Board).
Selection process
Artistic Research is a research programme, which means that it is meant for students with strong academic interests. This is the principal reason why the UvA follows a selection process. During the process, the selections committee scrutinises the content of a student’s Bachelor’s programme, his/her study results (for research programmes an average grade of at least 7.5 is mandatory), his/her duration of study, motivation, and study plan. In a study plan the student describes which courses he/she would like to take as electives and in which field of research he/she would like to specialise.
Portfolio and research proposal
Students meeting all of the requirements as outlined above, will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:
- An assessment of the student’s artistic work portfolio,
- An assessment of the (preliminary) research proposal in which the experience with and knowledge about academic research is clearly discernable.
The portfolio needs to consist of two elements:
- A collection of pieces or creative work (pictures, photographs or tapes/recordings of performances) that you use as example of work you have done,
- A theoretical collection of documents (essays or theses) that you use as examples of work you have done.
The ‘practice based’ research proposal should give an outline of the following points:
- The title and subject,
- The manner in which it will link-up with the current discourse about the discipline, as well as its relationship with other related academic research,
- The aim of the research project, as well as the central research question and hypothesis,
- The theoretical and artistic points of departure, as well as the proposed research methodology,
- A structured work programme and time frame, which also includes all of the practical matters.
English language requirements
All non-native English speakers applying for an English taught MA programme are required to demonstrate sufficient proficiency in English before their admission and registration can be finalised.
Students with a BA degree completed in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand are exempted from taking an English language test. UvA Bachelor's students who have completed the course Academic English with a grade of 7.0 or higher are also exempted from taking a language test. All other applicants must take an English language test.