Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship

• Course structure

The course is conducted entirely online on a full-time basis over 20 weeks, with mandatory online classes equivalent to half a day to a full day per week. For these parts of the course, it is important that participants are self-motivated and able to take responsibility for managing their own time. The course also includes optional physical gatherings in Europe. NB! that participants are expected to fund their own travel and accommodation costs for these gatherings.

• Theoretical foundations

You will delve into the principles of cultural economics, policy, and the role of the arts in society, gaining a deep understanding of how cultural value is created and sustained within various contexts. This theoretical grounding is crucial for understanding the dynamics of the cultural sector and the impact of arts on society. 

• Entrepreneurial skills

The course focuses on equipping you with essential business skills tailored to the cultural sector, including marketing, fundraising, and project management. You will learn how to create business plans, pitch ideas, and manage budgets effectively, thereby preparing you to launch and manage successful and sustainable cultural enterprises.

• Innovation and creativity 

Emphasizing innovation and creativity, the course encourages you to think outside the box and develop new ways to address challenges and create impact through cultural projects. The course prioritizes storytelling, whether in your practice or project, and claims to foster co-creation, and innovative, holistic and sustainable entrepreneurship.  

• Real-world projects

Practical assignments will involve collaboration with cultural institutions and professionals, ensuring that you can apply their learning in real-world settings. These projects culminate in a final presentation of a chosen project, allowing you to showcase your ability to integrate theory and practice in addressing cultural and entrepreneurial issues. 

General entry requirements for studies at second cycle

Specific entry requirements:

- Bachelor of Fine Arts degree or another bachelor´s degree or equivalent relevant to the course

- English 5 

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).

You apply to the course in two steps

1. Apply to the course via universityadmissions.se.  
Last day for application: 15 October 2025.
Please note! Choose “Spring 2026” 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: 29 October 2025. 

2. Submit your worksample via universityadmissions.se under My pages/Documents/Documents/Provide educational documents (according to instructions below). 
Last day to submit worksamples: 15 October 2025.

Important dates for your application 

- Last day for applications: 15 October 2025.
Please note! Choose “Spring 2026” 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.

- Last day to pay the application fee or prove that you are not required to pay the fees: 29 October 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 December 2025. 

- Last day to reply to possible course offer: 15 December 2025.  

- Admission results 2: Published on My pages on universityadmissions.se 18 December 2025. 

Instructions for work samples

You need to submit the following work samples via universityadmission.se in order to be part of the selection to this education. Use pdf-files. 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. Submit via universityadmissions.se under My pages/Documents/Documents/Provide educational documents.

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. A letter of application with supporting documents in which you motivate why you want to take the curse and describe your qualifications for the course by answering the following questions. Max 1 A4(about 4000 characters including space.) Use pdf.

• How does the theme of the course relate to your own artistic activities and experiences?
• What are your expectations of the course, what do you hope to learn and develop?

2. A CV where you list and describe three artistic qualifications (from studies or professional life) that are relevant to this particular course and upload supporting documents of these qualifications. You can provide certificates from employers or others with whom you have worked with, programs, reviews or similar. It is important that the certificates state what you have done and to what extent.   

If there are more eligible applicants than places on the course, a selection is made based on your written application and if necessary, second-stage interviews.

Selection criteria:

1. The applicant´s ability to solve given tasks, problems or issues

2. The applicant´s creative ability

3. The applicant´s ability to reflect on their own and other´s artistic expression      

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.

Tuition fee for the course is 357 000 SEK.

Read more about tuition fees and scholarships.