Admission

• Studielink: Go to Studielink and register yourself for the bachelor circus programme. More information about how-to register click here.   
• After a successful registration via Studielink you will receive an e-mail from Codarts (noreply@codarts.nl) with login details for OSIRIS Application. In some cases, this e-mail can go to your spam box, so please keep an eye on it.

After registering in Studielink and logging in to OSIRIS Application, we will ask you to answer a number of questions and to upload a number of documents and videos in OSIRIS:

1. 1. Audition application questions 
   2. Motivation letter in English and in PDF format - upload
   3. Medical statement that allows you to do intense physical training, not older than 3 months and in Dutch/English/German/French - upload
   4. Picture (head + shoulders, in PDF format, high resolution, vertical) - upload
   5. Upload two video links to universally used video systems (such as YouTube or Vimeo + publicly watchable)

You can find more information about these videos and the requirements on the page: Video criteria

Audition criteria

During the audition the committee, existing of teachers and experts from the circus field and, acting as chairman, the coordinator of the education, will assess the extent to which the candidates are fit for the education based on the following criteria:

• circus technical qualities;
• physical ability and possibilities;
• physical intelligence;
• theatricality, musicality and dance qualities;
• artistc talent and originality in creating moving material;
• personality in movement and stage presence;
• sensitivity and openness;
• the ability to work with corrections, the endurance and perseverance

There is no strict age criterion for Codarts Circus Arts, as long as the age of the candidate or student does not interfere with the study career. It is recommended to apply before the age of 25.
 

Programme and content of the audition

The audition takes place in three rounds.

Round 1: Pre-selection for the audition

The pre-selection consists of the assessments of the videos and requested documents by the coordinator, a team of specialization teachers and minimum one committee member.
After the evaluation meeting of this panel, the selected candidates will be invited by e-mail before 1 March 2025 at the latest.  

Second and final selection, spread over five days 

Candidates need to be available for all audition days. The final selection consists of several circus classes during five days, a presentation of an individual act (5 min max), an individual screening by the physiotherapist and individual meetings regarding pre-education, motivation, financial matters, etcetera. If so, the rest of the candidates will be informed about the final result at the end of the last day.

Offered specialisations
Here you can find information about the offered specialisations.

Clothing advise
Tight fitting clothing in which the physical possibilities are well visible. Warming up clothes. Soft indoor shoes, socks or bare feet. No piercings (except those underneath the clothes) or jewellery allowed. Long hair should be tied up.

Health examination as part of the audition, consisting of two parts
Candidates with a positive outcome of the final selection have to take part in a medical examination, organised by Codarts, that consists of:

1. 1. physical test;
   2. a general medical examination

The costs of this medical examination, that will take place at the beginning of the academic year after you are enrolled as a student, are around € 195,00. One part of the health examination will already take place during the audition: during the audition the physiotherapist conducts a short individual assessment (15 minutes per candidate).

More information about this you can find at Physical screening.

Additional information

Codarts only admits a limited number of circus students. Candidates who have passed the final selection are admissible. If after the selection process there are more suitable candidates than places available, the audition committee can place some candidates on a waiting list.
Candidates who make it through this last selection can be placed and will receive an enrolment package. Candidates who are admissible are requested to let Codarts know within one month at the latest whether they are actually going to take part in the education.
If candidates do not respond in time, Codarts reserves the right to offer the place to a student on the waiting list.

Accommodation during the auditions
Candidates searching for accommodation during the audition period can look at the following websites: http://www.sparkshostel.com/, http://www.anihaakien.nl, 
http://www.kingkonghostel.com, hostel ROOM.nl and www.stayokay.com.