STEP 2. Artistic entrance examination
If you meet the diploma and language requirements, you will need to pass the artistic entrance exam as a second step.
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Administration fee & process of entrance examination
2.2 Pay your administration fee
To be certain that you can participate, the administration fee (€ 30) has to be paid within two weeks after registration. The payment needs to be done online within the application tool. The application fee is non-refundable.
To complete your registration for the admission test, you must also complete a questionnaire and submit a motivation video. You will receive the link to the questionnaire when you complete your online registration. You can also upload your motivation video in this questionnaire.
2.3 Prepare for the entrance examination
We ask all students from the Economic European Community (EEC) to participate live in the entrance examination. Foreign candidate students not living in Europe can take the (exploratory) artistic entrance examinations for instrument /vocal studies and composition exceptionally via video recording. All candidates must make an online motivation video. Candidates who participate online will also make a recording of their practical test. Candidates for Composition make a portfolio (one pdf document) in addition to a motivation video.
2.4 Live & online
Live entrance examinations will take place at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerp. Candidates are expected to be available on the day(s) of the entrance examination and to arrive at the announced time.
For online entrance examinations, the jury will use the motivation video and the portfolio. An online motivational interview with the candidate and the jury will take place on the day of the entrance examination.
2.5 Results
The results of the artistic entrance examinations are sent by e-mail to the e-mail address provided by the candidate within one week after the end of the audition period.
A prospective student may register for the same entrance examination only once per academic year, unless at the express request of the jury after the first participation.
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Planning artistic entrance examinations
Dates artistic entrance exams String instruments
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We strongly advise students from outside the EU to participate in the first session of the entrance exams because of Visum issues and the time needed to arrange their stay in Belgium.Sessions Entrance exams Date Hour Session 1 Deadline registration 25.04.2025 12:00 Deadline registration Suzuki Violin Double bass Cello Viola Suzuki Aural practice and General music theory Session 2 Deadline registration 15.08.2025 Deadline registration Suzuki Violin Double bass Cello Viola Suzuki Aural practice and General music theory
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Specificly for Suzuki postgraduate
Programme
Note: In 2024-2025, only level 2 and level 3 of the Suzuki postgraduate course will be organised.
Register for level 2 (the second part of the Suzuki 1-2 postgraduate course):
- Send an e-mail to veerle.vangorp@ap.be. She will see if you can get exemptions for the subjects of level 1 and send you the link to register.
You can register for level 3 directly via the entrance examination registration module.
Entrance examination
You will have to submit a portfolio with the following documents in advance to conservatorium@ap.be and veerle.vangorp@ap.be:
- The diploma and diploma supplement of your higher art education for violin or viola and of any teacher training programme;
- If you have already followed a Suzuki programme elsewhere, please provide the certificate of that programme.
The entrance examination consists of a motivational interview.