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Bachelor Admissions | How to Apply

Why apply to Design Academy Eindhoven
At Design Academy Eindhoven, you’ll join an interdisciplinary community where designers explore ideas through research, making and conversation. We look for curious applicants who enjoy experimenting, thinking critically and reflecting on the world. If that sounds like you, we’d love to see your work.

Step 1: Check the requirements

You can apply with a Dutch HAVO, VWO, or MBO-4 diploma, or an equivalent international qualification. If you’re 21+ without one, apply via the 21+ HBO test.

Step 2: Selection Procedure

Create Studielink and Osiris accounts, complete the application form, and submit your portfolio (Home Assignments + 3D works).

Step 3: Results

All applicants who complete registration get a 15-minute online interview. Results arrive on the 22nd of April 2026.

General FAQ

Information regarding residence permits, housing, finance, scholarships and more can be found here.

Portfolio FAQ

A portfolio is a visual representation of you. Your passions and interests, your qualities and skills, the way you see the world. It should consist of your most recent work.

Photo: Boudewijn Bollmann

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KEY INFO

  • Deadline: Friday 20 March 2026 (upload all required materials by 23:59 CET). 
  • Portfolio: 2 Home Assignments + at least 5 of your own 3D works (show process and outcomes). 
  • Interview: online via MS Teams, 30 March–10 April 2026; ~15 minutes with two tutors/coaches. 
  • Results: 22 April 2026 via email. 
  • Deadline English Language Test: 22 April 2026

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Design: Design is a discipline of study and practice focused on the interaction between a person — a ‘user’— and the human-made environment, considering aesthetic, functional, contextual, cultural and societal considerations. As a formalised discipline, design is a modern construct. 

Process: Overall visual Documentation of all steps taken during the project from research, ideating, Prototyping, conclusions, Decision-making, making in 3D and the final result in the context of use 

Prototype: A product built swiftly to test ideas, which changes until it resembles the final product 

2D work: Two-dimensional work such as sketches on paper, photography, paintings etc. 

3D work: Three-dimensional work means spatial work (in three dimensions), so it is not flat like a drawing or made in a 3D computer programme. Think of projects, objects and models that have volume, can be touched and felt, made of cardboard, clay, wood, metal, textiles, plastics, ceramics or other materials.