Application procedure

Step 1: register at Studielink
If you wish to apply for one of the master programs at the FMI Masters, please surf to our website at Studielink. You will receive a personal account that you can use to complete your enrolment. In Studielink you will be able to track the progress of your enrolment. You also use Studielink whenever you wish to alter your enrolment or your own data.

Step 2: filling in application form and sending documentation
To follow a Master of Fine Arts Program at the FMI Masters there are additional requirements (Entrance exams / assessments / intake). As soon as you have registered on Studielink, we will send you by email a confirmation letter and more information about the required documents we would like you to send to us:

• a copy of the original diplomas and mark lists of your secondary school and bachelor education(s). If the diplomas are not in Dutch, English, Spanish or German, we need an official English translation of the diplomas/mark lists by a sworn translator.
• a copy of your Identity Card. From non-EU-students we need a copy of your passport
• two passport-photos
• a folder with at most 20 framed 35 mm colour slides or other visual or sound documentation, such as videotape, sound-tape, cd-rom, dvd or photographs, characterizing your work well and giving a clear picture of your qualities as an artist. State clearly on each slide which is the top of the reproduced work. We prefer to receive cd-roms in duplicate.
• For non-English applicants: You have to be able to demonstrate that your proficiency in the English language is adequate by providing an official certificate of the International IELTS or TOEFL test. The minimal requirements are
  • International IELTS test: minimal  6.0
  • International TOEFL test:
    • Internet based Toefl : 80
    • Toefl computer based: 213
    • Toefl paperbased: 550

Exemptions: 
Students can be exempted from submitting an extra language proficiency test in the following cases:

• EU/EER students, who can prove that English was an compulsory course in their prior education, and who have a pass for English on their final transcript;
• Students whose prior education was English-taught in countries where English is spoken as a first language by the majority of the population. These countries are: Antigua, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada (English speaking part), Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America;
• Students with an International Baccalaureate or European  Baccalaureate.

There are three admission rounds for sending in application forms and documents to apply for the study year 2012-2013:
round 1 > sending applications before February 17th 2012
round 2 > sending applications before April 06th 2012
round 3 > sending applications before June 8th 2012
Important: Students who need a visa, are advised to apply before the 2nd round: April 06 2012!
If you missed the deadline of the final admission round, please contact us to see what the possibilities are.

Step 3: meeting admission committee
After we have received these additional documents, we can criticize your application and judge whether to invite you for a meeting with the admission committee. If you will be invited, the committee wants to talk with you about your application, your goals and your work. The committee asks you to bring a selection of your recent work and the thesis of your bachelor education at the meeting.

Step 4: what to do after been admitted
If you will be admitted for the academic year 2011-2012, we will bring foreign students in contact with the International Student Office of the Hanze University. They will help you with things like visa, residence permit, housing etc.
The Financial Administration will you a form which you have to fill in to pay your tuition fee. You have to return the form before the August 31th 2011. You can choose to pay the tuition fee in once or - and this is only possible if you have a Dutch bank account - you pay the tuition fee in periods. The study year 2011-2012 will start in the first week of September 2011.