Five years, two bachelor degrees

Double Degree

Arts & Sciences (RASL) 2019-2020 Add a second degree in Music or Arts

wo degrees for the price of one Erasmus University Do you have a talent for art or music, as • International Bachelor Arts and Culture Studies (BA) T well as a hunger for academic knowledge? • Liberal Arts & Sciences at Erasmus University You can now mix art and academia in metropolitan College (BSc) Rotterdam. Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) has teamed up with Willem de Kooning Academy (WDKA) Codarts Rotterdam and Codarts offering you a unique opportunity to • Classical Music combine theory and practice in a five-year double • Pop Music degree programme. During the double degree you • Jazz Music will take courses from two different programmes • World Music simultaneously, one academic and one more practical. This is a unique opportunity that is new in Willem de Kooning Academy the ; what’s even better is that you only • Fine Art & Photography pay the price of one degree throughout the entire • Advertising duration. • Animation • Audiovisual Design Why? • Fashion Design We believe that today’s world is in need of • Graphic Design experts who can address complex challenges in a • Illustration transdisciplinary way. Your artistic practice will benefit • Lifestyle Design from your theoretical knowledge about the arts, • Product Design media, culture and sciences – and vice versa: your • Spatial Design theoretical work is fuelled by your experience as an artist. You will be able to enter the job market with Practical information either degree, but you can also integrate both studies • Duration is 5 years in your future career. • Results in two degrees • Course load is (average) 60 EC per year. 1 EC= Rotterdam, a great place to study 28 hours Rotterdam is one of the most, if not the most popular • You pay the tuition fee at one institution for the and vibrant cities in the Netherlands. Extremely lively duration of the double degree and innovative, Rotterdam offers many activities • You must apply to each institution of your choice in art, creative industries and culture. A young separately creative multicultural population and a no-nonsense • You simultaneously study at two institutes mentality: Rotterdam is a great place to live and study! • Language of instruction is English

Four possible combinations The double degree is offered by the Rotterdam Arts & Sciences Lab (RASL). You will be able to pick one of the programmes offered at Erasmus University Watch the Double Rotterdam and combine this with a programme at either Codarts or Willem de Kooning Academy. Degree Video bit.ly/RASLDoubleDegree “This study is the best way to develop myself creatively and intellectually”

Lucas Vermeer

“I always wanted to become a musician and study I love the creative freedom and individuality at Codarts, music, but I didn’t want to miss out on an academic but I wouldn’t want to miss the intellectual and inter- challenge after secondary school. Whilst searching personal development I get from EUC. For me it really for university programmes I discovered Erasmus is the perfect combination. University College (EUC) which appealed to me with its flexible curriculum. It was only later that I realised Twice as many social events I could combine this study with Codarts, a music Whilst I’m busy with both studies and their respective conservatory which I had been eyeing as a potential communities I don’t feel that I am busier than regular study option. students who are only pursuing one degree. This is because the study burden is similar to that of single The perfect combination degree students. Half of the time I am at EUC and With the social and academic skills I gain at EUC I hope the other half I am at Codarts. However, the real to eventually become more successful as a musician. advantage of the double degree is that you will have Although both studies are intense and challenging on access to two communities and thus twice as many their own, I think I would have missed something if I social events. It really is great to be able to spend time had5 chosen for just one of them. with the different types of people at each institution.”

5 Double Degree Arts & Sciences Combine creativity & academics in Rotterdam

More Information

To read more about the double degree visit the Willem de Kooning Academy following websites: www.wdka.nl/programmes/double-degree-rasl

Rotterdam Arts and Sciences Lab (RASL) Codarts www.rasl.nu/double-degree www.codarts.nl/double-degree/

International Bachelor Arts & Culture Studies Join our Open Days www.eur.nl/en/bachelor/double-degree-arts-and- • 06 October 2018 sciences • 16 February 2019

Liberal Arts & Sciences (EUC) www.eur.nl/en/euc/education/double-degree-arts

Open Day registration: www.eur.nl/en/education/bachelor- programmes/study-events/bachelor-open-day

“I want to work on design projects with socially relevant themes”

Evelien van der Duijm, International Bachelor Arts & Culture + Graphic Design

Get in touch with us

If you have questions about the double degree, you can contact the Programme Coordinator E: [email protected]