Study abroad in Utrecht, Netherlands: Most popular universities for Visual Arts.

Are you thinking of studying Visual Arts, abroad? Below you can find the most popular universities and programmes to study Visual Arts in Utrecht, Netherlands. This list is based on visitors on the Studyportals websites, listing more than 150,000 English-taught Bachelor's and Master's programmes world-wide.



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Utrecht Summer School

The Utrecht Summer School is a cooperation of the Utrecht University, HU University of Applied Sciences and HKU University of the Arts. These institutions of higher education offer high quality, fully accredited summer courses on bachelor, master and PhD level.
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HKU University of the Arts Utrecht

HKU University of the Arts Utrecht offers preparatory courses, bachelor and master programmes and research degrees in fine art, design, media, games and interaction, music, theatre and arts management. With more than 3,900 students, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht is one of the largest art and culture-oriented institutes in Europe.
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Utrecht University

Throughout Utrecht University, students are offered interactive, small-group learning experiences provided by enthusiastic lecturers who actively contribute to improving the programmes where necessary.
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Most popular Visual Arts programmes for international students in Utrecht

These are the most popular programmes among international students who are looking for a Visual Arts degree in Utrecht.

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From Van Gogh to Picasso - Modern European and Dutch Art

Utrecht Summer School

Throughout this From Van Gogh to Picasso - Modern European and Dutch Art course offered by Utrecht Summer School you will discover how Dutch and European Modern artists strove for the elusive ideal of truthfulness. You will gain a deeper understanding for the different styles and approaches of modern artists, both on a European and on a Dutch level, combining general with specialist knowledge.
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History of Art - A Thousand Years of European Highlights - Track

Utrecht Summer School

The History of Art - A Thousand Years of European Highlights - Track offered by Utrecht Summer School combines a broad approach with profound analysis over the period of six weeks in Florence, Utrecht and Berlin. Seize this opportunity to travel back through time and through some of Europe's most incredible museums in only one summer!
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Drawing in the 21st Century

Utrecht Summer School

This fine arts course explores drawing as a permanently developing form of contemporary art practice. The course will take as its starting point divergent approaches to drawing. In the form of workshops, led by internationally acclaimed artists, a variety of approaches to drawing will be explored, and assumptions about the uses and practice of drawing will be challenged.
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Cultural Entrepreneurship and Business Modelling

Utrecht Summer School

This course gives an introduction to the entrepreneurial dimension of cultural and creative industries. The two-weeks course will focus on the characteristics of cultural and creative entrepreneurs. You study theories and practices that demonstrate the value of entrepreneurial behaviour for the arts. The life of arts organisations often depends on the risk-taking nature of entrepreneurship.
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Visual Storytelling

Utrecht Summer School

The Visual Storytelling course delivered by Utrecht Summer School offers an introduction to the field of artistic design of visual narratives: the many ways every picture tells a story.
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Advertising Global Brands: the Fascinating Art of `Glocalization´

Utrecht Summer School

Discover the fascinating art of glocalization! Companies want to establish global brands, but know that they need to adapt their global advertisement campaigns for culturally specific consumers. A rhetorical reconstruction of cultural readings of the ads shows that the adaptations can be understood as being necessary to invite a reading that fits within the cultural system. This course is co-taught by Chinese and European teachers!
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Tuscany and the Low Countries: Artistic Relations (1450-1650)

Utrecht Summer School

This course offers an unique opportunity to understand why Netherlandish painting made such an impression on Italian collectors and painters and to what extent Italian Renaissance painting was influenced by it.
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Fine Art

HKU University of the Arts Utrecht

The Bachelor of Fine Art course offers you an opportunity to study as individually as possible. From the second year, you have access to studio space, where you will be able to develop your talents to the optimum. The course is practical and substantive. 
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To apply at one of these universities, you may need a proof of English proficiency. There are several standardised English tests that you can take to proof your English level, such as the PTE (Pearson Test of English), TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), CAE (Cambridge Advanced English) and IELTS (International English Language Testing System), offered by British Council and IDP. IELTS is the most popular of these tests, with British Council offering more than 1000 test locations and being accepted by more than 9,000 organisations world-wide.

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About Visual Arts

Visual Arts degrees teach students to manipulate arrangements of colours, shapes or other elements that influence the sense of beauty, especially the representation of beauty in a graphic and plastic environment. Visual Arts degrees offered by top international art schools prepare graduates to follow careers as cartoonists, illustrators, industrial designers, and more.

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