Education
The Gerrit Rietveld Academy offers two bachelor's and four master's programmes.
Foundation year: the initial year of the Bachelor’s education programme. In this first, formative year, a comprehensive art-theoretical framework is offered in combination with an intensive practical programme to introduce students into a broad range of media and techniques. During the foundation year, students also orient themselves in terms of the academy’s various specializations, for which they enrol during the following year.
Bachelor’s: Within the bachelor’s program, it is possible to follow a Bachelor of Fine Arts or a Bachelor of Design. There are various specializations within these two programmes. After a general first year - the foundation year - students choose one of these graduation tracks. This is followed by three years of specialization. The Rietveld Academy also offers a part-time education, in which case the foundation year actually takes two years, followed by three years of specialization.
Master’s: The master’s programmes at the Rietveld Academy are housed within the Sandberg Institute. The Sandberg Institute currently offers four master’s degrees: Master of Autonomous Fine Arts, Master of Free Design, Master of Graphic Design, and Master of Interior Design.
Preparatory Training & Orientation Year: The Rietveld Academy offers several preparatory training courses for those who want to prepare to study at the Rietveld Academy: a preparatory training year and an orientation year. During the preparatory training year, a student follows lessons at the academy for 3.5 half-days a week. After completing the preparatory training year, it is possible to enrol directly in the foundation year. Another preparatory track for the Rietveld Academy is the orientation year, in which candidates attend classes at the academy for 30 Saturdays a year. After completion of this year, a candidate will still need to apply for admission before he or she can start the foundation year.
Preparatory Training on Aruba: Starting on 10 October, 2011, the Rietveld Academy will also be offering a preparatory training course on Aruba, which will focus mainly on the Caribbean and on the two American continents. This preparatory course, which lasts for 30 weeks, will be taught by various teachers from the Rietveld’s Amsterdam school. This preparatory training year is a preparatory study track for the Gerrit Rietveld Academy’s accredited bachelor degree in Fine Arts and Design, which is scheduled to begin in 2012 on Aruba.
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