CREA offers a wide range of over 600 courses per year and a large part of those courses are open to non-Dutchies. Meet new friends and learn new skills at the same time!
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summer courses 2024
During the summer of 2024, you can once again enjoy lots of courses at CREA!
The programme consists of week and day courses. During a week course you will work on a creative course for a week from Monday morning to Friday afternoon, and on Saturdays during the summer you can take a day course!
Check the courses for summer 2024 >>
courses season 2024/2025
The course programme for blocks 1 and 2 of season 2024/2025 is now available on the website!
From 3 July 2024 – 12:00, enrolments for block 1 and 2 will open for full-time students and young alumni (UvA/HvA). For other groups, enrolments for block 1 will open from 9 September – 12:00.
You can read more about this priority rule under course info & conditions >>
Please note: details may change until enrolments open on 3 July. So be sure to check before you enrol. New courses for block 1 and 2 will be added until early August.
Stay up to date on courses with the CREA newsletter! >>
- Start of 10-week courses: in the week of 30 September 2024
- Enrolments open for full-time students and young-alumni (UvA/HvA): Wednesday 3 July 2024 – 12:00
- Enrolments open for old-alumni and employees (UvA/HvA) and others: Monday 9 September 2024 – 12:00
- Additions to new courses: beginning of August 2024
- Day courses: Sunday 20 October 2024 and Sunday 10 November 2024 (programme will be published online in early September)
- MADE in CREA: LIVE – final presentation weekend performing courses: Friday 20, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 December 2024 (participation is optional).
- Start of 10-week courses: in the week of 20 January 2025
- Enrolments open for full-time students and young-alumni (UvA/HvA): Wednesday 3 July 2024 – 12:00
- Enrolments open for old-alumni and employees (UvA/HvA) and others: Monday 16 December 2024 – 12:00
- Day courses: Sunday 9 February 2025 and Sunday 9 March 2025 (programme will be published online at the end of November 2025)
- MADE in CREA: LIVE – final presentation weekend performing courses: Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March 2025 (participation is optional).
(Please note: due to many the holidays, this block is 9 weeks!)
- Start of 9-week courses: from the week of 7 April 2025
- Programme online on website: early December 2024
- Enrolments open for full-time students and young alumni (UvA/HvA): Wednesday 8 January 2025 – 12:00
- Enrolments open for old alumni and employees (UvA/HvA) and others: Monday 17 March 2025 – 12:00
- Day courses: Sunday 11 May 2025 and Sunday 15 June 2025 (programme will come online in March)
- MADE in CREA: LIVE – final presentation weekend performing courses: Friday 27, Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June 2025 (participation is optional).
In addition to regular courses, CREA also has a number of special projects and groups. For those who are looking for just that little bit of extra challenge or would like to get involved for a longer period of time.
For instance, you can join the CREA jazz and pop bands, the Any Blue Choir or dance in the choreography project. Or join Student Choir Amsterdam, the CREA orchestra or the Amsterdam Student Big Band!
Check out all the special projects here >>
During the course season, you can take day courses at CREA on certain Sundays.
- Sunday 20 October 2024 – programme announced in early September 2024
- Sunday 10 November 2024 – programme announced in early September 2024
- Sunday 9 February 2025 – programme announced end November 2024
- Sunday 9 March 2025 – programme announced end November 2024
- Sunday 11 May 2025 – programme announced in March 2025
- Sunday 15 June 2025 – programme announced in March 2025