Master's Programme in Choreography

This program is constructed with the idea that the field of choreography needs both challenges and play in order to develop and survive. It endeavours to support the artists who want to do this as well as examining how the creative process fits into life in a sustainable way. 

Here you will experiment with designing working processes as well as forms of performance or presentation. No one particular aesthetic has priority over another. Perhaps you will be interested in the development of "expanded choreographic practices", meaning those forms and practices that exceed existing markets and categories because of the needs and curiosities of the artists who instigate them.

In this program the works of the participating students are at the centre. Your study revolves around developing varied ways of knowing through dancing, reading, instigating group activities and experimenting with what one does in a working process. An important part of the ethos of this program is helping you to use the aforementioned methods to perceive the systems and structures that surround you and your process, noticing how they both afford and limit possibilities, form and content. 

We start with the school and program itself and expand from there towards dominant and minor production methods, ethical responsibilities, familiar and unfamiliar artistic milieus including that of Artistic Research. You will be asked to think about form and production as intertwined and begin to speculate on how your choreographic efforts can participate in the larger world through, or outside of various institutional structures.

General entry requirement for studies at the second cycle (a Bachelor's degree or the equivalent), and

Specific entry requirement
• English 5 or the equivalent
• Passed qualification test

The language of instruction is English, knowledge in Swedish is not needed.

You can read more about the admission process including qualification test and selction here.

If you don’t fulfil the formal entry requirements for the programme you may apply for recognition of prior learning, in other words that the knowledge and competence you have acquired through other activities are assessed as the equivalent of the formal merits that are required. Submit your application for recognition of prior learning with your application for the programme. Submit at universityadmissions.se under My pages/Documents/Documents/Provide educational documents. 

You may also apply for an exemption/a waiver, that allows you to proceed to the selection process even though you don’t meet the general admission requirements. Submit your application for an exemption/a waiver together with your application.

Read more about how you can show that you meet the entry requirements (that you are eligible).

Read more about recognition of prior learning.

Start your application early

Don’t delay in submitting your application! You may run into trouble if you wait until the last day and your internet connection happens to be down, or you find that your files are in the wrong format. You will not be able to apply once the last date for applications has passed. Keep in mind that your application has to be turned in by 23:59 (Swedish time).

You apply to the programme in two steps

1. Apply to the programme via universityadmissions.se.     
Last day for application: 15 January 2026.
Please note! Choose “Autumn 2026” when you search for the course at universityadmissions.se.

Please note that you need to submit supporting documents showing that you meet the entry requirements via universityadmissions.se under My pages/Documents/Documents/Provide educational documents.

Last day to submit supporting documentation: 2 February 2026. Please note that this does not apply to any work samples that may be used as qualification test, see below.

2. Submit your work sample via Varbi (according to instructions below). 
Last day to submit work samples via Varbi: 15 January 2026.

Instructions for work samples

You need to upload the work samples below via Varbi to prove the special entry requirement ‘Passed qualification test’ and to participate in the selection process. Only files uploaded in the current admission round are valid for the qualification test and the selection process.

If you have used AI tools/AI techniques to produce or process video, image, audio or text in any of your artistic works or submitted work samples, we expect you to disclose and describe your use and production process.

1. CV

Upload your CV that describes your professional experience related to chorepgraphy in chronological order. Please write in English. Please use pdf (maximum 150 MB/file). 

2. Video work sample

Upload 2–3 choreographic work samples in the format of video clip(s). The admission group will initially view approximately 10 minutes of your submission. If the video samples are long, please indicate where the viewing should begin, otherwise they start at the beginning. Please use MP4 (maximum 150 MB/file).

You may need to resize the video before uploading it.

Read more here about reduce video size and What is Bitrate.

3. Information about video work samples

Upload information on when the choreographic work was made, and what precisely your role was in creating it. Please write in English. Please use pdf (maximum 150 MB/file). 

4. Letter of motivation

Upload a letter of motivation where you answer the following questions:
Why are you applying for this programme and what expectations do you have?
What do you hope to do within this programme that you cannot do elsewhere?
Please write in English. Sign with name and date of birth. Max 1 A4 (about 2000 characters including spaces) Please use pdf.

5. A written text 

Write and upload a text where you address the following as starting points for an essay about your choreographic practice:
•    How does your art practice relate to the term "choreography"?
•    What do you think or observe that dance and choreography can "do" in the world that you would like to participate in?
•    Is there a particular field or culture you feel you are working within? Please discuss a few artists, things or phenomena that your work relates to.
•    What research, creation process or practice do you imagine you will investigate and develop in the programme?
Please write in English. Write 2-4 A4 (about 4000-8000 characters including spaces) Please use pdf.

Proceed as follow to upload work samples via Varbi:

• Register by providing name and e-mail address.
• Fill in you contact information.
• Please note! Fill in the application number you received when submitting your application to the course via universityadmissions.se.
• Submit the requested documents/files.
• Please name the document/file with content and your name for example: CV_ first name_ family name.

Confirmation that you have submitted your work samples via Varbi

When you've submitted your work samples you will receive a confirmation to the e-mail address that you’ve stated. If you don’t receive a confirmation e-mail, you should first check your spam filter. If the confirmation e-mail is not there, contact Varbi's technical support.

E-mail: support@varbi.com 
Phone: +46 520 580 050 (weekdays 08:30–12:00 and 13:00–16:30).

Important dates for your application 

• Last day for applications: 15 January 2026.
  Please note! Choose “Autumn 2026” when you search for the programme at universityadmissions.se.
• Last day to submit supporting documentation for entry requirements: 2 February 2026. * Please note that this does not apply to any work samples that may be used as qualification test.
• Last day to pay the application fee or prove that you are not required to pay the fees: 2 February 2026 (read more under Application and tuition fees below). Submit passport/identification card on universityadmissions.se under My Pages/Documents/Provide identity documents.
• Admission results: Published on My pages on universityadmissions.se 26 March 2026. 
• Last day to reply to possible course offer: 8 April 2026. 

* 5 July 2026 is deadline for you who need to submit proficiency test in English or Swedish.
Deadline for Diploma of Bachelor’s Degree and transcript of records for you who are currently studying the last term of your Bachelor’s Programme, is by the time for course start.

You can read more about the admission process including qualification test and selction here.

The assessment of entry requirements and selection take place in several stages.

The assessment of formal merits/grades is carried out by the Swedish Council for Higher Education and the Educational Deparment. The assessment of artistic merits is carried out by an admission group from SKH consisting of teachers from the field. A student representative may also participate in the admissions process, but will not make any decisions. Recognition of prior learning is assessed by an appointed teacher. 

After each stage of the process there will be a decision on who will proceed to the next step. Everyone is informed of whether they will proceed or not.

You can read more about the admission process including qualification test and selction here.

If you are a citizen of Sweden, another EU or EEA country or or Switzerland you are not required to pay application or tuition fees. Some other groups are also exempt from the requirement to pay application and study fees.

If you are not a citizen of Sweden, another EU or EEA country or or Switzerland you are required to pay application and tuition fees. The level of the study fees depends on which course/programme they are for, and the level is set in order to cover the actual costs of the course/programme in question. SKH has some possibilities of offering scholarships that cover the study fees for programmes.

If you are required to pay an application fee, the Swedish Council for Higher Education needs to receive your payment by the last date for paying the application fee. The application fee is SEK 900. If you are required to pay the application fee and the Swedish Council for Higher Education has not received your payment by the last date for paying the tuition fee, they will not process your application. Read more here.

The tuition fee for students liable to pay the tuition fee is SEK 200,000 for the first semester and SEK 800,000 for the entire programme. Applies to programme starting in autumn 2026.

Scholarships to Cover the Tuition Fee

If you are obliged to pay a tuition fee you can apply for a scholarship which covers the tuition fee. The scholarship does not cover any private costs during your studies. Please note that you still need to pay an application fee (900 SEK). The application fee is non-refundable.

Read more about tuition fees and scholarships.