Teaching is conducted through individual voice- and musical coaching, joint coaching lessons and scenic group exercises.

In seminars you will have the opportunity to raise questions around role interpretation, supervision in language interpretation and interpretation studies.

Independent work with learning and interpretation is a condition for the ability to make use of the content of the course.

Lessons are held during the day and the course is given at half speed.

Investigative work

Together with us teachers and your fellow student, you will practically and theoretically investigate the role you have chosen. You will study the entire role and familiarise yourself with the entire work it is part of. You will ask creative questions about the material and seek answers by listening, reading and practising, both vocally and on stage, the answers and ideas you find.

You will need to work consciously and independently between lessons, to take vocal and scenic interpretation further, throughout the course.

General Entry Requirements: for studies at the second cycle

Specific Entry Requirements:

• Pass on the qualification test in Opera.
• English 5 or equivalent.
• Bachelor or University degree in Classical Singing or Opera, at least 180 credits or equivalent.

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 needs to be turned in by 23.59 (Swedish time).

Apply to the course via universityadmissions.se

You apply to the course in two steps

1. Apply to the course via universityadmissions.se
Last day for application: 15 April 2025.
Please note! Choose “Autumn 2025” if 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: 25 April 2025. NB! SKH:s date is an earlier date then the general date communicated on universityadmission.se.

2. Submit your worksample via Varbi (according to instructions below)
Last day to submit worksamples to be part of the selection: 15 April 2025.

Important dates for your application 

- Last day for applications: 15 April 2025.
Please note! Choose “Autumn 2025” if you search for the course at universityadmissions.se.

- Last day to submit supporting documentation for entry requirements: 25 April 2025. NB! Stockholms University of the Arts' date is an earlier date then the general date communicated on universityadmission.se, but some documents you can submit later.*

- Last day to pay the application fee or prove that you are not required to pay the fees: 25 April 2025 (read more under Application and tuition fees below). Submit passport/identification card on universityadmissions.se under My Pages/Documents/Provide identity documents.

- Admission results 1: Published on My pages on universityadmissions.se 10 July 2025. 

- Last day to reply to possible course offer: 18 July 2025.  

- Admission results 2: Published on My pages on universityadmissions.se 24 July 2025. 

* 19 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 for work samples

You need to submit the following work samples via Varbi in order to be part of the selection to this education. For some programmes the work samples can also be part of the entry requirements. Only files uploaded in the current admission round can be considered for selection.

The purpose of the work samples is to assess the technical vocal abilities and musical musical dramatic abilities of applicants.

Assessment criteria

Eligible: the applicant demonstrates:   

• advanced technical vocal ability
• good ability to perform musical drama

Unqualified: the applicant does not meet the entry requirements  

Worksamples

1. State your voice type

2. State your repertoire: two recorded arias and three more to be performed if you are selected to the additional test at Stockholm University of Art.

3. Film: Upload a film where you perform the two opera arias/pieces.(Max 150 Mbit). Use Mp4, mov or avi. You may need to resize the video before uploading it. Read more here about reduce video size and What is Bitrate.

4. Audio file: Upload an uncompressed audio file where you sing the same opera arias/pieces as on the film.

5. Biography: Upload a list of your education, professional experience and other relevant experiences that you want to refer to. The biography must be written in English. Maximum 1 A4-page, approximately 4000 characters incl. blanks.

6. Certificates: Upload certificates supporting your biography. 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: Biography_ 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).

If there are more eligable applicants than places on the course, there will be a selection process.The selection is made through a joint assessment of the submitted documents and possibly also an admission test. 

In the admission test we assess vocal technique, music dramatic expression, the ability to read music and knowledge in music theory.

Ranking will be based on the same work sample portfolio as the assessment of qualifications.

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 the course is 154 500 SEK for non EU/EEA citizens. The application fee is 900 SEK for non EU/EEA citizens.

Read more about tuition fees and scholarships.