Communication & Creative Business
The Communication (CO) & Creative Business (CB) programmes offers students the chance to improve their communication skills, learn about trends in the media world and how to be a content creator within an inspiring environment. Our department offers English taught minors. Each minor is a one-semester study programme (5 months = 30 EC).
Fall Semester / 1st Semester:
Spring Semester / 2nd Semester:
- International Journalism
- Global Trendwatching
- International Publishing
- Ethical Making for the Transition to a Sustainable Future (coming soon)
- Impact Storytelling (coming soon)
Or take a look at the other programmes our faculty offers:
- Design Thinking and Doing (Spring Semester)
- Virtual Reality (Fall and Spring Semester)
- Makerslab (Spring Semester)
Fall Semester: Students who wish to study at our institute during the 1st (fall) semester 2021-2022 need to apply before:
22 April 2021: if you need a visa to study in the Netherlands (please check here)
9 May 2021: if you don't need a visa
Spring Semester: Students who wish to study at our institute during the 2nd (spring) semester 2021-2022 need to apply before 1 October 2021.
After nomination by your home university, you will receive a link to apply in our online application system.
You will have to submit the following documents there:
- Letter of motivation in English
- A clear copy of your valid passport or ID
- IELTS 6.0, TOEFL iBT 80 test report or equivalent (If English is not your first language)
- Transcript of records of your home institute in English
- CV in English
- Only for students applying for the International Journalism programme: a short news article in English of max. 400 words
Information Sheet for Student Exchanges CO+CB 2021
Students who are not studying at a partner university can apply as 'Free-mover' .
We have an exchange agreement with the following partner institutions:
Australia
- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Belgium
- Artevelde Hogeschool, Gent
- Artesis Plantijn, Antwerpen
Canada
- Ryerson University, Toronto
Denmark
- Business Academy Aarhus, Aarhus
- Danish school of Media and Journalism, Copenhagen
Germany
- Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart
Finland
- University of Helsinki, Helsinki
France
- Université Paris Descartes Paris
- ISCOM, Paris
Great Britain
- Birkbeck, University of London
- University for the Creative Arts, Kent
- University of Westminster, London
- Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
- Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Hungary
- International Business School, Budapest
Norway
- Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo
Austria
- Fachhochschule Wien University of Applied Sciences, Vienna
South Korea
- Hanyang University, Seoul
Spain
- San Pablo University, Madrid
- University of the Basque Country, Bilbao
Turkey
- Bilgi University, Istanbul
Sweden
- Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall
USA
- Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA
- Syracuse University, USA
- California State University, Chico, USA
Zuid-Korea
- Hanyang University, Seoul
If you wish to come to the Netherlands to study at the Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries, you need to check if you need a visa or residence permit. More information about visa procedures can be found on the immigration page.
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) assists international students in finding accommodation in Amsterdam. More details can be found on the housing webpage.
More information about the Communication and Creative Business programme:
Ms. Kim Voogdt, Lotte Wijers and Anke Tervoort, international coordinators,
- telephone: 31 (0)6 - 21155189
- e-mail: international-co-cb@hva.nl
Or visit the webpages of the Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries.