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Step 1

Application and audition deadlines

Step 2

Check your prior education

Step 3

Register via Studielink

Step 4

Entrance exam

Step 1
Application and audition deadlines

  • EU candidates
    • Apply before 1 March → if you pass the admission procedure and meet all statutory requirements, you are guaranteed a place.
    • Apply between 1 March – 1 May → possible, but a place in the study programme cannot be guaranteed.
  • Non-EU candidates
    • Apply before 1 March.
    • If you want to register after this date, please send an email to the head of programme, Irja Zeper (irja.zeper@zuyd.nl).

Audition dates

📅 First-round auditions will take place between 15 March to 15 April.
📅 Second-round auditions will take place between 15 May to 15 June.

Step 2
Check your prior education

To study at Conservatorium Maastricht, you must hold one of the following:

  • HAVO or VWO diploma (Dutch General Secondary or Pre-University Education);
  • HBO diploma (Dutch General Secondary or Pre-University Education);
  • MBO level 4 diploma with final examination certificate (Dutch Senior Secondary Vocational Education);
  • Equivalent state examination diploma or certificates.
  • You must also meet our language requirements.

💡 Need help?
Contact the Zuyd Enrolment Office: enrolmentoffice@zuyd.nl.

Step 3
Register via Studielink

First, register through Studielink, the national application portal for Dutch higher education (also available in English and German).

When registering:

  • Select Zuyd University of Applied Sciences as your institution
  • Select Music as your study programme

✔ No audition fee – you only pay tuition once admitted.

After registration, you will receive:

  • Proof of registration and a student number;
  • Login details via the Zuyd ICT Departement (via noreply-ict@zuyd.nl) for Zuyd online facilities (email, Moodle, Teams, Zuydnet). Do not confuse your username and password with the login data you have created for Studielink;
  • Non Dutch applicants will receive a invitation (via noreply-osiris@zuyd.nl) to upload documents (passport, diploma, etc.);
  • Non European applicants will receive a questionnaire around May (via noreply-osiris@zuyd.nl) for the application of the resident Visa/residence permit 

👉 Read more about how to use Studielink. 

💡 Need help?
Contact Enrolment Office via enrolmentoffice@zuyd.nl.

Step 4
Entrance exam

The entrance exam consists of a practical audition and a theory test.

Practical audition

  • Submit all required documents, including your audition video, by the deadline (1 March or 1 May, depending on your application date). You will receive detailed instructions by email. Specific admission requirements can be found on our website, please select your department and main subject of choice for more information.
  • Based on your documents:
    • You may be invited for a live audition/streaming + second part of the theory exam, or
    • You may be rejected.

Theory exam

Part 1 – Online written test (50 min, online via Moodle)
Topics: key signatures, scales, modes, intervals, triads & inversions, 7th chords, chord symbols.

📂 Download: example exam & solutions

Part 2 – Online oral test (30 min, individual video call)
Possible elements:

  • Memorisation
  • Ear training
  • Solfège

📂 Download: list of requirements for ear training & solfège exam

🎶 After all practical and theory exams are completed, you will be notified of the results.

💡Need help?
If you need help, please contact the Educational Affairs Office, bo.conservatoriummaastricht@zuyd.nl.