Open Day

For an international audience, we offer the Expert Class Type Design (ECTD), led by renowned type designer Jeremy Tankard. These English-language classes are taught online on Fridays, from November to June. The academic year begins with an intensive on-site kick-off week in Antwerp, from 12 to 16 October 2026.

Enrolling for next year’s Expert Class Type Design is not possible anymore. The class is full.

The Plantin Institute of Typography offers also Saturday classes at postgraduate level in Dutch. With our one-year programme Typografie & Boek, we focus on solid, historically grounded book design. The courses combine theory and practice, covering topics from micro- to macrotypography, and from book history to web design. Each subject can also be taken separately as a short course.

Get to know our ‘Typography and Boek’ programme during our Open Days.

• Friday 7 August 2026, at 10 AM and 2 PM (Location: Letterenhuis)

• Saturday 8 August 2026, at 11 AM (Location: Museum Plantin-Moretus)

The session of 7 August gives you the opportunity to see last year’s graduation projects at the same time. 

When you would like to see our classroom, you can make an appointment for the session on Saturday 8 August. 

If these dates do not suit you, or if you would prefer to attend a session via Zoom, we would be happy to make an appointment. Contact us.