Course setup

The course is conducted over five weeks of intensive full-time in person work. During the course, the participants will dive into the research questions that they have collected from their artistic practices and use them as material for an in depth look into methods, literature, documentation, exposition and more. 

This is some of what you will experience during the course:
•    Discover (and create) your artistic researcher
•    Navigate literature
•    Experience writing methods 
•    Experiment ways to document and share the research
 

General Entry Requirements: for studies at the second cycle with the exception of Swedish 1, 2 and 3.

Specific Entry Requirements: 180 credits in acting or equivalent. English 6 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 education via universityadmissions.se

You apply to the education in two steps

1. Apply to the education via universityadmissions.se 
Please note! Choose “Autumn 2024” if you search for the course at universityadmissions.se.
Last day for application: 15 April 2024

Please note that you need to submit supporting documents showing that you meet the entry requirements via universityadmissions.se under My pages/Documents/Upload documents.
Last day to submit supporting documentation: 2 May 2024

2. Submit your worksample via universityadmissions.se (according to instructions below):
Last day to submit worksamples to be part of the selection: 15 April 2024

Important dates for your application 

• Last day for applications: 15 April 2024 
• Last day to pay the application fee or prove that you are not required to pay the fees: 2 May 2024 (read more under Application and tuition fees below).
• Last day to submit supporting documentation for entry requirements: 2 May 2024* NB! SKH's date is an earlier date then the general date communicated on universityadmission.se.
• Admission results: Published on My pages on universityadmissions.se 11 July 2024.
• Last day to reply to possible course offer: 19 July 2024. 

* If you're completing your upper secondary studies in Sweden or other EU/EEA country, Switzerland or an IB/EB programme, you have until 5 July to submit your documents. All other supporting documents should be submitted together with your application.

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 course. Only files uploaded in the current admission round can be considered for selection.

Compile ONE PDF file containing the following material:
A motivation letter answering the following two questions:

1) As an actor/performer, what is an artistic question that moves you right now?
2) How can that question be investigated from inside your artistic practice? 

Max one A4 (approximately 4000 characters incl. blanks). 
Send your text as a PDF titled “introduction actors_YOUR NAME”

If there are more eligible applicants than available places there will be a selection. Selection is based on the submitted work sample from eligible applicants. In the assessment we especially consider the experiences/activities that focus on, and have a relationship to, the contents of the course.

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 70 500 SEK.

Read more about tuition fees and scholarships.