Willem de Kooning Academy is the only art academy in the Netherlands that offers a major in Advertising.

The Animation department focuses on telling innovative and meaningful stories, both on and off the screen.

Stories and messages in images and sound surround us—whether through cinema and television, billboards, museums, or the screens of our phones. At the WdKA, you will learn, within a dynamic, international, and urban environment, how these powerful audiovisual media operate and how you can use them to share the stories that matter to you.

Where art meet science

At our Fashion Design department you will learn how to apply your knowledge and artisanship in order to forecast fashion trends and to push boundaries.

As a graphic designer, you connect your fascination and observations to those of your clients, other designers and the public.

Contemporary illustration practice is diverse and constantly moving beyond the boundaries of other disciplines.

Studying Photography means understanding how the medium works, re-evaluating its role, and learning how to use it to visualise your own ideas.

The widespread application of new methods of distribution and production are now providing major new opportunities for today’s product designers.

Spatial design is a discipline that creatively combines cultural and artistic awareness, social engagement, economic responsibility and technical insight.

You’ll explore how to creatively tackle today’s pressing challenges through a multimedia design approach, turning ideas into action for meaningful social change.