Assessment of entry requirements to the Bachelor Programme in Dance

The admission process to the Bachelor Programme in Dance is made by the assessment of the general entry requirements as well as the specific requirement: a Qualifications test. The process is divided into three steps, described below. After each stage of the process, there will be a decision on who will proceed to the next step. Everyone is informed of whether or not they will proceed. All three tests will be digital.

Application time plan

• Last day of application: 15 January.
• Last day for application fee and supporting documents: 2 February
• Admission decisions: are published on 31 March on My pages on universityadmissions.se
• Last day to reply to possible programme offer: 13 April

Qualification tests
During three selection rounds (all digital), we will look at your ability to: interpret, respond to and embody different physical tasks and set movement material; your willingness to communicate and work together with others; and finally, your interest in investigating/researching in process-based dance learning.

After each step, a decision will be made by an admissions group* regarding which applicants will proceed to the next step. Every applicant will receive notification of whether or not they have proceeded to the next part of the process.

The first step of the process (Qualification test 1) will be based on the materials that you send in with your application. The applicants that go on to the second step (Qualification test 2) will be invited to an online live workshop/class 16–18 March. After Qualification test 2, the admission group selects the applicants that proceed to the last step (Qualification test 3). Qualification test 3 consists of an online live workshop/class and a short interview with members of the admissions group 19–20 March.

• Qualification test 1: Takes place during January and will be based on the materials that you submit with your application. No participation is necessary.
• Qualification test 2: Takes place on 16–18 March. Online participation is necessary. Invitation will be sent out in the middle of February.
• Qualification test 3: Takes place 19–20 March. Online participation is necessary. You will find out by 18 March if you are to participate in this final test.

The applicant has to get the grade of pass regarding all the materials in the qualification test part 1 in order to be invited to attend qualification test part 2.

The scale for assessing the qualification test is:
Pass: The applicant demonstrates the requested ability
Fail: The applicant does not demonstrate the requested ability

*The assessment of the applicants in the qualification tests is made by an admissions group with expertise that reflects the current programme. The admissions group consists of dancers and choreographers from the field, and teachers working in the programme. With their joint experience and their ability to assess the applicants’ potential for development and capacity to handle the demands of the education, a selection will be made. A student representative also participates in the admissions group but will not take part in the final assessment.

Eligible applicants will be ranked on the basis of the submitted material according to the criteria below:
• the applicant's ability to solve given tasks,
• the applicant’s ability to articulate the body, and work with spatial choices and musicality,
• the applicant’s ability to reflect on their choices in relation to a broader context.

Selection
Should there be more eligible applicants than places in the programme, there will be a selection. Every applicant who fulfils all the general and specific entry requirements will be considered in the selection. The admissions group will make the selection by revisiting the materials the applicant submitted with the application as well as the online assignments. The admissions group will suggest which applicants are to be admitted and which should be placed on the waiting list.