Bachelor Interior Architecture & Furniture Design

About the course

A studio-based Bachelor of Arts (240 ECTS) on designing interiors, spaces and furniture, looking at how people, materials and living environments relate. It is practical and career-focused, with studio, media and materials, independent practice, professional practice and context strands, and a choice of Interior Architecture or Furniture Design electives after first year.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The institution assesses the Irish Leaving Certificate individually and does not publish a fixed Irish requirement. Contact admissions to confirm. KABK asks for a school diploma comparable to a Dutch VWO, HAVO or MBO 4 diploma (check the Nuffic website); in exceptional cases applicants without it may be offered a competency test (€250).
• No specific subject requirements. Admission is based on a PDF portfolio (max 20 pages, 10MB), a one-page CV, a questionnaire, two design assignments (‘Shelter’ with a physical model, and a series of 5-12 drawings) and an entrance examination day with interview; EU applicants’ English is assessed at the interview.

How to apply

1. Register on StudielinkFrom 1 October 2026, apply for the programme on Studielink.
2. Submit portfolioFollow the emailed instructions to upload your portfolio, CV, questionnaire and two assignments by 2 March 2027.
3. Entrance examination dayShortlisted applicants are invited to an entrance examination day with interview at KABK (2027 dates to be announced).
4. Decision and enrolmentIf admitted, upload your passport and diploma, then enrol by paying tuition fees before the end-of-August start.

Costs

• Standard Dutch EU fee: €2,694 (2026/27). The 2027/28 fee is set by the Dutch government each year (expected to be close to €2,800). KABK already lists the 2027/28 statutory fee as €2,771.
• EU students may be eligible for a Dutch tuition-fee loan (DUO).

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