You are eligible to apply for the MA Philosophy of the Arts (120 EC) if you have:

• A bachelor’s degree from a research university, equivalent to the level of a Dutch academic Bachelor’s degree, or demonstrate to meet the requirements for such a degree, including general academic skills (research/heuristic skills, written/oral presentation skills, learning skills), and
• either the bachelor's degree is in a discipline relevant to the chosen specialisation (modern European languages and cultures, classics, (art)history, culture, or religious studies) and you possess knowledge, understanding and skills comparable to those acquired upon completion of the pre-master's programme, for example by having earned a bachelor’s degree in a programme in which philosophy is combined with the chosen discipline;
• or the bachelor's degree is in Philosophy. If you wish to take courses for the non-philosophical component that have entry requirements, you must also satisfy these requirements. There are sufficient courses without entry requirements for a student with a BA in philosophy and no further qualifications to complete the non-philosophical component of the MA. and,
• the ability to formulate a clear philosophical research question, to develop and formulate a critical view on that question, and to support this view by means of argument and analysis (to be determined on the basis of a writing sample).

If you have a bachelor’s degree from a research university that does not meet the requirements specified above, you may be eligible for the pre-master’s programme. If you have completed the imposed pre-master’s programme, you will be admitted to the relevant specialisation of the Master’s programme. Read more about the pre-master’s programme.

HBO students from liberal arts, conservatories, and performing arts schools or equivalent will be admissible to the Philosophy of the Arts specialisation only following a pre-masters of 60 EC. It will include the 40 EC from Package A  and one additional BA3 course relevant to  Continental Philosophy, as well as two electives of 5 EC each at the 100- or 200-level. 

The following requirements apply:

• IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall, with at least 6.0 for each separate component score.

For other accepted exams, including score equivalency tables and criteria for the accepted exams, refer to our English language proficiency requirements.

Note that English test results may not be more than two years old.

You do not have to submit an English proficiency test if you have completed your education in the USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada (except French-taught programmes in Canada) Singapore, South-Africa or Malta, if you have obtained an English-taught International Baccalaureate™; if you have completed a Dutch VWO diploma or an English-taught degree at a Dutch research university or an English-taught bachelor’s degree from a Dutch university of applied sciences.