Bachelor's Programme in Mime Acting

During the programme you will develop your artistic practice and ability to create.

Year 1 is focused on basic training in mime acting and supporting subjects. During year 2, you deepen your knowledge and continue to develop your own creation. Year 3 is mainly production-oriented including an individual project as well as an ensemble project. You apply, develop and consolidate your knowledge and artistic practice.

In the programme you will study:

• mime acting and an introduction to mime corporel
• improvisation, acting and clown technique
• dance and acrobatics
• voice, singing and text interpretation
• dramaturgy and performance creation
• stage production
• the performing arts in a historical, artistic and socio-political context
• health

From the start, you will present your work and develop the ability to perform for different types of audiences. As a fully trained mime actor, you are an actor and theatre maker with a broad knowledge of the body’s possibilities on stage and the creation of physical theatre.

General entry requirements for studies on the first-cycle level in higher education, with an exemption from Swedish 1, 2 and 3.

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.

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).

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: 16 January 2023
   
   Please note that you need to submit supporting documents showing that you meet the general entry enquirements via: universityadmissions.se/My pages/Documents/Upload documents.
    
2. Submit your worksample via Varbi (according to instructions below):
   Last day to submit worksamples to be part of the selection: 16 January 2023
   
    

Other important dates

• 1 February 2023: Last day to submit supporting documentation of previous studies (qualification)*
• 1 February 2023: Last day to pay the application fee or prove that you are not required to pay the fees (read more under Application and tuition fees below)
• 5 May 2023: Admission results published on “My pages” on universityadmissions.se

* 21 June is deadline for submitting your final grades for you who are currently studying the last term of your Upper Secondary Education in Sweden.

* 5 July is deadline for submitting your final grades for you who are currently studying the last term of your Upper Secondary Education in another country or IB- education.

* 5 July is deadline for you who need to submit proficiency test in English or Swedish.

Instructions on how to submit your work samples* via Varbi

* Please read below which type of documentation and/or files that is required for the programme you have applied to.

When you have entered Varbi:

1. Register by stating your name and e-mail address.
2. Fill in your personal data.
3. Fill in the application form and upload the required documents.
    

Before uploading your documents, they must be prepared as follows:

• You must scan your original documents. If the document is in colour, scan it in colour.
• All documents must be in PDF-format.
• Please name the document/file with content and your name for example: CV_ first name_ family name
   

Send in the following via Varbi:

The work samples consist of a motivation letter and two videos. Both letter and films must be uploaded via Varbi. The main language of instruction is English, and you choose whether you want to present the work samples in English or Swedish. Please read all the instructions carefully before starting your work samples.

1. Letter of motivation

Motivation letter in which you describe:

1. Why you are applying for the Bachelor of Mime Acting?
2. What you hope to gain from the programme?
    

Max 1 A4 page (4000 characters). Please use pdf.
 

2. Film 1: Optional content that represents you

In the first film, the content is optional. Choose something that you think represents you. It can be an improvisation or a scene in motion and/or text, or a clip from a performance you have worked on.

3. Film 2: Portray a story

In the second film, you will portray an excerpt from one of the following texts:

1. The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
2. The Lion and the Mouse
3. Persephone

Instructions film 2:

• Choose one of the three texts.
• Portray the text using both your body and voice.
• Do not focus on getting through the whole text in your film, if it is perceived as short on time. The important thing is that you present the story in a way that you are satisfied with. If you go on to audition 4, you will have the chance to play a longer piece of the story.
• You may NOT have any co-player, i.e. any other person, in the film.
• Make sure you are visible and can be heard well and that you are visible throughout the film, not just your face.
• If you use sign language, make sure the language is centered in the film.
• The story must be filmed in one shooting and the mobile phone must be still during the filming.
• The mobile film must be in an unbroken, unedited shot without zoom.
• Note that your application cannot be processed if the material in Film 2 has been edited. The test is then considered invalid and will not be assessed.

For both films, the following applies:

• The film may be a maximum of 1 minute long.
• Use one of the following formats: .m4v, .mov, .mp4, .wmv, .flv, .asf, .mpeg, .mpg, .mkv
• Max file size: 150 MB. For instructions on how to compress your film, please click HERE.

You can record them with a mobile camera. In the instructional video below, you will receive further guidance on how to record your film.

In order for your application to be complete you need to apply to the programme via universityadmissions.se and submit your worksample via Varbi.

The assessment of eligibility and the selection take place in several stages. The assessment of formal merits/grades is carried out by the Swedish Council for Higher Education. The assessment of artistic merits is carried out by an admission group from SKH consisting of teachers and professionals from the field. A student representative can also participate in the admissions group, but will not take part in the assessment.

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.

Here you find detailed information about the selection process.

If you are a Swedish citizen or a citizen of another EU or EEA country 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 Swedish citizen or a citizen of another EU or EEA country 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 the Bachelor's programme in Mime Acting is 251 500 SEK per term and 1 509 000 SEK for the whole programme.

Read more about tuition fees and scholarships.