Best 12 Music & Performing Arts Universities in the Netherlands
There are 12 publicly funded universities in the Netherlands with music & performing arts programmes on the CROHO register — research universities (WO) and universities of applied sciences (HBO). Between them they run 30 registered programmes.
Frequently asked questions
How many universities in the Netherlands offer Music & Performing Arts?
12 of the Netherlands' 54 publicly funded universities have music & performing arts programmes on CROHO, the Central Register of Higher Education Programmes. That count covers both research universities (WO) and universities of applied sciences (HBO).
How is this ranking put together?
Order comes from a published-figures-only composite: QS World position, breadth of recognised programmes, share of programmes taught in English and scale by DUO enrolments. No university pays for placement, and no judgement of teaching quality is invented.