This is an online course, with 3 days of teaching per week. 

Week 46, 47, 48: Monday and Tuesday, 13-15 and 16-18*; Thursdays: 13-15
Week 49: 1:1 conferences and supervision, times TBD (within class times already stated)
Week 50: Final assignment due Monday, Dec 8
Week 51: Final assignments returned with feedback, via email

(*Please note there is a one hour break to give time away from Zoom)

General entry requirement for studies at the first cycle, with exemption for Swedish 1, 2, 3 and English 6, and

Specific entry requirements
60 credits in artistic practice or equivalent work experience in artistic practice.

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

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. Biography
Upload a description of relevant professional experience that is in line with your expectations of the education. The biography must be written in English. Maximum 1 A4-page, approximately 4000 characters incl. blanks.

2. A statement
Upload an account where you present an artistic idea that could be the starting point for a writing project during the course. The statement must be written in English. Maximum 1 A4-page, approximately 4000 characters incl. blanks. Use pdf. 

Admission to the course is based on an overall assessment of the submitted application documents. A presentation of an artistic idea that could be the starting point for the writing project during the course is to be included in the application. During the assessment process, previous education and knowledge, professional experience and other experiences that could be of value to the course will be considered. 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.