Course setup

The course consists of independent work with individual supervision during  Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays of each week of the course, preliminary 10:00-16:00 CET (UTC+1). More information will be provided. The entire course takes place by distance on zoom and other digital platforms.

General entry requirements:
for studies at first cycle with the exception of Swedish 1, 2 and 3 and English 6.

Specific entry requirements:
60 credits in an arts or humanities or the equivalent experience and knowledge in performative and/or media-based practices or Black Studies.

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 education 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 universityadmissions.se under My pages/Documents/Documents/Provide educational documents (according to instructions below). 
Last day to submit worksamples: 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 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.

Upload a short text in English where you answer the following questions:
1. How does the theme of the course relate to your artistic practice?
2. What in your own practice do you wish to develop or reflect on?
3. Which thinkers or artists are important to you within Black Study?

Max 1 A4 (approximately 4000 characters incl. blanks). Please use pdf.

If there are more eligible applicants than available places there will be a selection based on how well the applicant situates their practice in relation to U.S. Black Study.

Special consideration is given to artistic experience/activity with a focus on and/or related to the course content.

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 51 000 SEK for non EU/EEA citizens. The application fee is 900 SEK for non EU/EEA citizens.

Read more about tuition fees and scholarships.