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Hanze University of Applied Sciences · Netherlands

Popular Culture

Make interdisciplinary performance work for audiences as a performer, writer/composer or visualiser/designer, learning in a production-house model with cultural institutions in Leeuwarden.

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Where
LeeuwardenNetherlands
Degree
BA
Length
4 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
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Not published yetNo 2027 date out yet
Admission
SelectivePortfolio
EU/EEA fee
€2,7712027/28 statutory fee
More facts
Degree
BA
Length
4 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

Not published yetNo 2027 date out yet

  1. 21 November 2026

    On-campus Open Day
    DetailsSource

  2. 1 December 2026*

    Create your Studielink account
    Your own plan
    Details

    Not an official deadline. With a Dutch address you log in with DigiD, which the government says takes about five days. Without one you upload a scan or photo of your passport or EU identity card and Studielink verifies it automatically. Either way, do it well before 15 January.

    Source

  3. 13 February 2027

    On-campus Open Day
    DetailsSource
All dates for this programme (1 more)

  1. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    Both Dutch deadlines fall well before this. How a conditional place pending results is handled is set by each institution; ask yours.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the Netherlands

What it is

Year one is organised around six group projects, such as exploring pop culture trends by theme, pitching concepts to clients, learning artistic direction and getting media attention for social issues, next to your own individual projects. Year two adds design research, concept development and grant applications, and you work in a production house, labs and in-depth core subjects within communities of learners. Year three brings an internship at cultural organisations or a minor in the Netherlands or abroad, and year four ends with an essay, an artistic concept and a realised performance production. Graduates work as performers, songwriters, producers, filmmakers, festival developers or podcasters, or continue to the MA Fine Art and Design.

What you need

  • Minerva Art Academy; taught in Dutch and English. Portfolio with a one-minute video, then an admission assessment; 2027 admission dates not yet published.
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Hanze

The IB Diploma meets the HAVO-level entry for 4-year programmes and counts as VWO-level for the 3-year ones. It also exempts you from the English test.

Where it says so

Check it on academieminerva.nl

How places are decided

    • Portfolio
    • Pre-assignment
    Portfolio showing some cultural experience plus a one-minute video, then an admission assessment day. 2026 had monthly rounds March to August; 2027 not yet published.
Sources (2)
  1. Popular Culture at Hanze — checked 2026-09-25
  2. IB applicants at Hanze

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