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Music Schools in Netherlands

9 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 18 music programs. This is the research done to date, not a complete list of every program.

Cities with several researched institutions

Programs by award and subject in Netherlands

18 programs

How results are ordered: alphabetically by institution, or by most recently checked when you choose that sort. There is no price ranking, because tuition in different currencies, fee categories and bases (per year, per credit, whole program) is not comparable. A program appears under a subject only through a verified link (dedicated degree, major, concentration or documented pathway). A value we could not verify is shown as “not published”, never as “no”. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change verification or order. Online programs are not counted as physically located in a state or city, and an institution’s location does not tell you whether it enrols students from your country.

About music education in Netherlands

How music education is organised

Music study in the Netherlands is offered at conservatoires that belong to universities of applied sciences or arts universities (for example the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, Codarts in Rotterdam, HKU in Utrecht, Hanze in Groningen, Zuyd in Maastricht, Fontys in Tilburg), and at research universities that teach musicology (for example Utrecht University). Conservatoire programmes are four-year bachelors (240 ECTS) and two-year masters where the pages read for this directory say so; admission to performance programmes runs through an entrance exam or audition.

Source: koncon.nl/en/programmes

Qualification structures

Names and levels are local to Netherlands. Similar names in other countries are not interchangeable.

Bachelor and Master of Music at conservatoires
Pages read state four-year bachelor programmes (240 ECTS) and two-year Master of Music programmes at several conservatoires. Source
Practice-based doctorate
The docARTES programme of the Royal Conservatoire leads to a PhD, with the public defence at Leiden University. Source

Credits and qualification framework

Programmes read quote ECTS credits (240 for the bachelors read).

No degree on this site guarantees admission, funding, employment, a visa or teacher registration, and nothing here is visa or credit-transfer advice.

Languages and admissions

Teaching languages. nlen

Admissions and auditions. Applicants register through Studielink and sit an entrance exam or audition; some conservatoires pre-select on recordings. Tuition is split into a statutory fee and a higher institutional fee depending on the student's category; the 2026-2027 amounts published by the institutions are recorded per programme. Source

Official study information

Country information last reviewed 25 October 2026. 2 sources consulted.