During the Half-Year Program, you will spend half a year working in connection with yourself and other students or young professionals on personal-professional questions and societal challenges. As a collective, you will explore taboo-breaking questions, changes in the world and themes that affect you personally.
The program starts in September 2023 and has a limited number of spots. The deadline to apply is June 4 at 11:59 p.m.
✅ MAKE CHOICES THAT SUIT YOU
Discover more about who you are and what matters to you. With the program, you will increase your professional skills, inter-disciplinary knowledge and network to better guide your personal and working life.
✅ LEARN TO EXPRESS YOURSELF PERSUASIVELY
Self-expression with conviction. You learn to better know and express your passions and ideas in a way that suits you. Build your self-confidence during presentations, writing and debating.
✅ STRENGTHEN YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY
From personal transformation to societal transformation. Explore societal challenges together with your coaches, fellow students and experts. Such as the effect of digitalization on your life, sexuality, inclusion and sustainability.
✅ BUILD LASTING RELATIONSHIPS
Connecting with yourself and with others, you engage in open conversations and build lasting relationships. No mass lectures, but creative work forms with attention to an open and safe mutual atmosphere.
After this program, you will have a better understanding of who you are and where you want to go. You work on your personal-professional development and strengthen your contribution to society.
The program is for students, people in a gap year or professionals who are working. Most participants come from HBO or WO and come from a variety of backgrounds.
CanI COMBIN IT WITH WORK OR STUDY?
The new Bildung Half-Year Program runs from September 2023 through January 2024. The program takes place every Monday between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm. You will spend about 12 hours per week in this program.
Are you taking a trade on Mondays or do you have a regular workday? In our experience, employers are happy to make time and space for your personal development. There are also opportunities within your studies to make participation in this program appropriate. We can help you talk to your employer or someone within your study, also to make it fit into your schedule and your possible career budget.
"What I like about the Half Year Program is that you get into an enthusiastic group of people who all want to work on themselves and learn from each other."
Bildung education is personal and open. We connect theory and practice, work interdisciplinary and focus on experiential learning. Small-scale meetings with creative work forms that appeal to your head, heart and hands.
For example, you undergo a digital detox, visualize your value framework, search for contradictions to your deepest convictions or participate in a boot camp with your fellow students at the Dutch army.
The program is made up of four interlocking lines of learning, which we kick off with two intro days and conclude with a final show. Within these you will develop your self-knowledge, connecting power, creativity, discipline and growth mindset, among other things.
We usher in the program with a festive introductory day where mutual acquaintance and group dynamics take center stage.
This module is about your personal development. You learn to know and strengthen your own strengths. How are you shaped? What is your mission and vision?
You will learn to know and express your passions and ideas in a way that suits you. Work on your persuasiveness and self-confidence with speaking, writing and debating.
You will increase your knowledge of current topics that affect our personal lives and shape our society. Such as digitalization, discrimination and climate change. Learn to form and substantiate your own judgments and opinions.
You investigate which companies, organizations or studies match your vision, core values and development needs. You learn clear direction for your personal life and work.
We conclude the program festively with a materialization and the receipt of your Bildung certificate. You can read more about this in the FAQ.
After your participation, you will be part of The Bildung Network: a community of more than 3,000 students, (young) professionals and organizations. We move in education, science, art, the public sector and sustainable business.
ODETTE - social sciences
Bildungfor me means giving your personal development a big boost. Putting knowledge into practice, discovering your own strengths and weaknesses and learning how to shape them in today's society.
THIJMEN - psychology
Through the Bildung Semester program, I gained more self-confidence and discovered new hobbies and passions. I am also very grateful for all the people I have met.
YLKE - astronomy
Among other things, I learned about deep democracy, storytelling, inspiration and developed my creativity, critical thinking and connecting powers. I now better understand how to make impact on an individual and societal level. Absolutely recommended!
Two professional coaches [Bildung guides] provide daily guidance during the program and conduct coach interviews with you. In addition, several guest lecturers, trainers and organizations make inspiring contributions. Below is a sampling of the guest lecturers:
The total cost for this program is € 1,450 (free of VAT). It is possible to pay the amount at once or in two installments.
We can always help you talk to your employer about possibilities to make it fit within your possible career budget.
The program takes place from September 3, 2023 tm January 29, 2024, every Monday between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm. You will spend approximately 12 hours per week in this program. Do you take a course on Mondays or have a regular workday?
In our experience, employers are happy to make time and space for your personal development. Even within your studies there are possibilities to make it fit. We can always help you discuss this with your employer or with someone within your studies.
Largely in Amsterdam, at CREA at Nieuwe Achtergracht 170. We also use other inspiring locations in the city and in the Netherlands, you shape your own education with your input on trainers and locations, for example.
1. Personal information call
To explore whether the program suits your learning needs, first request your personal and no-obligation information call. We will contact you via WhatsApp for a (5-15 min) call appointment.
2. Registration
Are you enthusiastic? Then you will receive by email your registration link where you provide your motivation and learning objectives.
3. Matching interview
Upon completion of your enrollment, a matching interview (30-45min) follows in which we translate your formulated learning goals into the program in concrete terms. Your personal input forms the basis of our education.
4. Admission
Shortly after your matching interview, we will notify you whether you have been admitted to the program.
5. Agreement
Ifyou sign your education agreement after being notified of admission, you are officially a participant in the program!
At The Bildung Academy you explore challenging questions together with other people. We therefore pay great attention to a safe, open and connected atmosphere among ourselves. We make sure there is room to be yourself and get to know the other.
Bildung testing is about reflecting and looking ahead. To do this, we use methods such as 360-degree feedback and you translate the knowledge and experience you have gained into a creative materialization: a presentation for an external audience of alumni, parents and friends.
So no multiple-choice exams, but a portfolio that you build throughout the program. Consisting of:
If your portfolio is complete, you will receive your bildung certificate at the end of the semester!
After the program, we invite you to become part of The Bildung Network. We organize regular meetings with current themes and speakers, where you can meet former participants and exchange experiences about professional life. You may also be able to find a (new) job or assignment through this network.
The Bildung Academy puts as many people as possible in touch with themselves and in connection with others as they face personal and societal challenges as a collective. Bildung is actively, ethically and consciously relating to yourself, others and the world.
We create programs that give you room to continue to develop. Escape the rat race and experiment with new skills, attitudes and knowledge.
