Document Archive

PD Arts + Creative Full Program

The complete programme report UAS PD Arts + Creative in PDF-format. All annexes are included.

Procedures & Forms

Learning Goals

The PD Kunst + Creatief (Arts + Creative) deploys a learning philosophy that is based on doing (the research)¸ sharing (in learning communities) and boundary crossing (with other disciplines and domains).

Updated: July 2025

Supervisor Guidelines

Formal Supervision Requirements, 

Responsibilities of the First Supervisor, Responsibilities of the Supervision Team, Relationship with the Professional Field, and Responsibilities of the hosting school

Updated: July 2025

PD Proposal
The PD-proposal is used for the first two steps in the process for participation in the PD-trajectory.

Step 1: Submission of the PD-proposal by the individual PD-candidate for assessment to the internal assessment committee of the university of applied sciences (if applicable).

Step 2: Submission of the PD-proposal by the university of applied sciences for assessment to the Graduate Committee.
Updated: July 2025

Study Guide

Learning Goals, Curriculum, PD Check-in, Go/No Go Procedure, Resit Procedure, Planning of Modules.

Updated: July 2025

9-months evaluation of PD-candidates Arts + Creative (second cohort)

The go/no-go assessment takes place after 12 months (or the part-time equivalent). In month 9 (or its part-time equivalent) an evaluation takes place in view of the go/no-go assessment.

Updated: July 2025

Research Proposal

An overview of all questions that should be answered in a research proposal (title, participants, Institute(s), Research Subject, etc).

Training and Supervision Plan

This document serves as a basis for the daily supervision and agreements between candidate and supervisory committee.

Admission Criteria

Requirements and specifications for the three stages in the admission to the PD programme.

Go/No Go Assessment and Regulations
Format of the go/no-go assessment and the regulations of the Graduate Arts + Creative Network

Other Documents

PD kick-off - slides presented by Chris Salter
Chris Salter is an artist and professor at Concordia University Montreal and at Zurich University of the Arts. He explores the borders between the senses, art, design and new technologies through large-scale installations as well as books, critical writings and lectures on the international scene. He has written extensively about Research-Creation in the Arts. This document contains the slideshow Chris presented at the kick-off PD event on 6 July in Amsterdam.

PD kick-off - slides presented by Frank van der Zwan
The PD Kunst + Creatief has an experimental status, but the pilot is meant to provide building blocks for the required legal status of the degree. Frank van der Zwan who is the VH representative (Vereniging Hogescholen) for this process, explains which steps are needed and how they are planned. (Dutch Language presentation)

Research at Art Academies (Dutch)